Category: e-learning
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Predicting the future of education
It is a tough job trying to predict what the future of education will look like. Many try. Many fail. It is precarious because it is changing rapidly as technology changes and as we as people change. Bill Gates has had his go at it (please read article and watch video here) recently and he…
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Overseas internet is crap!
My apologies for not sending out the regular posts but I have been traveling overseas and there is still a lot to do in regards to international internet connection. Because the travel has been constant there hasn’t been much time to sit down, connect to the net and type up posts. The cost overseas for…
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Cheating – can it be stopped?
I often get this question with elearning, ‘how do you know that the person completing the assessment or test online is the actual student and not a clever friend or family member’. Honestly, I don’t know. But this is not a new dilemma. If you think about even an assignment set for a ace to…
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Cloud computing and training
Cloud computing as a term has not been around for a very long time (possibly since late 90’s) but it is the future of the Internet. Check out this article regarding the importance of cloud computing. The key for educators is what does this shift mean? Personally I can only see good things coming from…
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Twitter power tips
I did a post last week on the usefulness of twitter for educators. If you haven’t at least had a play with it try it out for 30 minutes and search for topics that interest you and see what it brings up. If you are really starting to get into it and want to know…
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Games families play
A recent report has revealed that 8 out of 10 parents played video games with their kids and 97 percent of Australian households with children under 12 have at least one game console. Please read the full news report item here from news.com.au. What has this got to do with training? A great deal. This…
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Twitter – eTool of the week
There has been an incredible amount written about twitter and I am sure that you have an opinion about it even if you have never used it before. If you have never tried it, please give it a go today for just 30 minutes. The reason for this exercise is that most people do not…
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Teaching literacy with elearning
One criticism over the years has been that language, literacy and numeracy does not translate to elearning or that it would be very ineffective. Personally I haven’t read too many articles or research refuting these claims or adding anything positive to the argument. Of course elearning is changing rapidly as the technology changes and due…
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Education and the internet
At times we can get very carried away and create learning opportunities that are far too complex, don’t really appeal to the learner and don’t end up achieving an outcome. Sometimes keep it simple is difficult when you are on a roll. E learning is one of those areas where it is easy to forget…
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E – Tool of the week: PowerPoint add-in
How many times have you been running a training session using PowerPoint and you have had to flick to your web browser to show something on the web, generally using alt-tab, and then you get lost and can’t find you way back to your slide or you accidentally close the slideshow which means you have…