Blended learning, which combines face-to-face learning with a mixture of online activities, has been hailed as both a cost-effective way to relieve overcrowded classrooms and a convenient alternative to the traditional classroom experience. But it has quickly become much more than that.....Continue Reading
eLearn: Best Practices - Design Learner Success Into Your Curriculum
Design Learner Success Into Your Curriculum
March 2, 2010
Do you remember the first time you baked a cake, or drove a car, or built a deck, or installed a piece of software? Were you on your own or was there someone there to show you, assist you, help and support you, encourage you?
Think of a time when you were doing something for the first time and you weren't sure what to do. Do you recall your feelings of frustration, and then finally relief when you had someone to turn to for help?
As facilitators of e-learning in corporate environments, it is our responsibility to do what we can to ensure that both the organization and the individual learners gain the maximum benefit from all learning or training initiatives. We have a responsibility to ensure that as many success factors as possible are in play.
Discussions about e-learning in corporate training environments attract the attention of executives interested in addressing escalating training costs and in using technology to train employees. The implied e-learning promise is that efficiencies realized through training will go straight to the bottom line while revenue growth resulting from training will go straight to the top line...Continue Reading
Top 7 new iphone 4 features for education
Here are some of the best new features for education on the iPhone4
Better graphics resolution means better learning. 960-by-640 resolution, 326 ppi. iPhone 4 Retina display uses technology called IPS (in-plane switching) — the same technology used in the Apple LED Cinema Display and iPad — to achieve a wider viewing angle than on typical LCDs. Which means you can hold iPhone 4 almost any way you want and still get a brilliant picture.
Video Calling face time The two cameras means that the person holding the camera could be showing something while you see them explain it. It seems like a great way to teach in the field. This new forward facing camera will be great for teachers to connect to student VIA social media sites like Youtube and Facebook.... Full article
Better graphics resolution means better learning. 960-by-640 resolution, 326 ppi. iPhone 4 Retina display uses technology called IPS (in-plane switching) — the same technology used in the Apple LED Cinema Display and iPad — to achieve a wider viewing angle than on typical LCDs. Which means you can hold iPhone 4 almost any way you want and still get a brilliant picture.
Video Calling face time The two cameras means that the person holding the camera could be showing something while you see them explain it. It seems like a great way to teach in the field. This new forward facing camera will be great for teachers to connect to student VIA social media sites like Youtube and Facebook.... Full article
Typewriters are here to stay!
Nostalgia! So cute I had to share.
This thought crossed my mind a long time ago and today it is a reality. Very nice!
Those of us who finished high school before 1990 remember using a device called a typewriter. When you pressed a key and an arm came up inside the device, hit an inked ribbon, and left an impression on a piece of paper.... Full article
This thought crossed my mind a long time ago and today it is a reality. Very nice!
Those of us who finished high school before 1990 remember using a device called a typewriter. When you pressed a key and an arm came up inside the device, hit an inked ribbon, and left an impression on a piece of paper.... Full article
