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1st Post--ever!
So, this is my very first post to any blog, ever--at least in recent memory! I am feeling sorta proud since its my own blog that I am blogging on for the first time ever.
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2nd Blog
Just making sure I am blogging correctly......this is a test of my personal blogging system....this is only a test....
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Week 5 Discussion: Where’s the Social in Self-Paced Instruction?
Week 5 Discussion: Where’s the Social in Self-Paced Instruction?What was the discussion about?In the world of eLearning (in corporate settings, in particular), a lot of our instructional design work is...
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Week 6 Discussion: Strategies Discussion
What was the discussion about?Discussion protocols provide a step-by-step approach to discussion, and a structure for making sure that everyone in a group has a chance to lead and guide the discussion....
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Week 7 Discussion: Why is Informal Learning So Valuable?
Each learning experience I have, whether or not I am a student or a teacher, I am reminded how valuable informal learning really is to the learning process. Just today, I taught a class of nurses how...
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Week 9 Discussion: Attention Getter
A general overview of the discussion:In week 9 we broke out in groups with each member of the group to post a quote they identified with a significant ideas from the reading. We posted our quote to...
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Week 111 Discussion: Ideas for EdWeb Visual Communication
A general overview of the discussion:We participated in threaded discussions about the importance of visual display, and techniques for communicating content and ideas visually and how we can use...
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Facilitating Online Discussions
Timing, Motivation, Organization, Focus, Patience, Silence...what makes or breaks when it comes to facilitation online?There was lots of interactive discussion in week's three threaded discussion on...
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Formative Evaluation
What's a formative evaluation? Basically, when a instructional project is still in the design stage you seek out key individuals to provide you feedback on your design ideas. "Formative" refers to the...
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Online Teaching Techniques
In week five we discussed different online teaching strategies. The discussion surrounded how were going to engaged our audience using methods from Benders book. Some people were interested in how they...
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Instructional Approaches to Online Teaching
Teaching online and learning online is a new to many individuals and new to the realm of education. For years learning has come from face-to-face interaction. The with the advent of a mailing system...
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Ideation Blog: What's Up with all this technology
I am constantly surprised by all the new applications and web tools that are becoming available for use. As they come available, I am also constantly wondering "How can these tools be used in...
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Reflections on Technology (RSS and Blogs)
Learning any new technology can be challenging for the learners, as an instructors we can forget the challenges we faced when learning new technology. When I was learning how to use Dreamweaver I was...
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Cool Tools
We have been reviewing and getting "to know" about the latest and greatest tools being used on the Internet. As we know the days of communicating via email and instant messaging has given away to more...
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Cool Tools Con't..
NingIs a social networking site for just about everything. You can join a social networking group of like minded people to share ideas and have discussion on topics that of interested to you and your...
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eLearning Management: Process, People & Product
To be responsible leaders in eLearning, we must know the roles and responsibilities for our projects.Having a clear understanding on the process will allow for a smoother role-out and ensures content...
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5650 Historical Timeline
I had some "lively" drill instructors teach classes in boot camp. They would always having an attention grabber of some sort, then they would drill down a long list of terminal and enabling learning...
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More cool tools
We saw skrbl and Picnik and Mogulus and Imagination Cubed.There are many cool tools that we can use to design instructional messages or used to get our learners excited about an online class.This week...
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Instruction Package
What does it mean to deliver a powerful instructional message for online learning to our learners? Should we have animation, if so what kind? Does audio make the presentation better? How do we include...
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Scenario Based Instruction
I am thinking about the importance of including scenario-based instruction in eLearning content. I read on the CITT site, they suggest using "scenario-based practice every 3-6 screens." Scenario-based...
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