Whether via SMS, chat, whiteboard collaboration, audio and/or video conferencing, or a combination of the above, these synchronous tools bring a vital sense of mutual presence (instructor and learner) and help create a sense of community in the eLearning classroom.
As one of the pioneers of adult education, the American Malcolm Knowles was the first to develop an educational model based on the characteristics of the adult learner, as we discussed in our previous article The Adult: a distinct learner.
Essential for learning, the motivation is even more needed in online training where the feeling of isolation and discontinuation can put a brake on commitment. By following a few principles, we can not only avoid this trap but also use technology to multiply the motivation of learners.
Have you ever been in a learning situation where the information wasn’t easily available? Now multiply that by ten or twenty, and you’ll get a small taste of what a person in a disability situation experiences day by day, at the hands of poor design in a learning or any other context.
This is obvious: to be a good teacher you must be knowledgeable and a good communicator. But these are not the only skills that can demonstrate the ability to teach ... or help to develop it. Here are 10 original ones to cultivate:
When coaching professors and subject matter experts in the delivery of their narrations or voiceovers, I always encourage them to work with a script. Most of the time, they come back with eloquent, passionate, error-free prose.
It has multiple faces, we all have our favorite and the effects it exerts on us, without our knowledge, spark our curiosity. Color is a powerful element, an integral part of our lives. It is no coincidence that the neuromarketing experts study it in all its nuances.
The ADDIE model is a framework that lists generic processes that instructional designers and training developers use. It encompasses five interconnected phases, as follows: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation. This model is perhaps the most common design model in the instructional design world and works best when paired with other models or as a variation of the standard one.
Similar to traditional face-to-face courses, where instructor and learners interact in a physical classroom, online classes can take advantage of “live sessions” where the instructor delivers the lecture in real-time.
Fast, versatile, and engaging, micro-learning is an important trend in online education. This approach fragments information into "little bites" and can take now innovative forms to serve more structured online courses.
