When developing training materials, keep in mind the skimming reader. Encourage, with both carrot and stick, to actually read the material. The carrot can be as simple as making the information engaging (incorporate the social side of training–scenarios, case studies, real life impact, etc.) or very, very direct (push this button and your entire warehouse inventory will be deleted from the system).
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Writing for the Right Community
Posted in distance learning, learner materials, tests, writing styles, tagged discourse community, distance learning, instructional design, Training, writing on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Virtual or onsite
Posted in distance learning, e-publishing, working from home, tagged collaboration, distance learning, instructional design, Training, virtual working on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
But, sitting in a cubicle, conference room or over-flow space while working on client work does not, on the whole, add the value that the travel expenses raise. That is, if there is drudge work to be done (working on a class, curriculum, etc.), let me do it from home, and then come in for discussion, review, etc.
BBC applets for learning
Posted in Educational sites, distance learning, learner materials, tagged educational tools on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The BBC has some interesting online educational material, of which the following is a sample. Pretty engaging, even for an 8 year old.
Company to Watch: 2tor
Posted in distance learning, tagged 2.0 education, 2tor, blogs, distance education, distance learning, Moodle, podcasts on September 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
From the guy who brought you the Princeton Review (how to study for the SAT) comes 2tor.
Online Identity: Avatars and Prufrock
Posted in distance learning, tagged avatars, distance learning, identity, persona on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you are considering online education, I would recommend you stick to “actual” identities (every encounter, when taken to the logical extreme, is an avatarian persona) with your learners. There is enough post-structural irony in everyday life without adding to the layers.
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