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Course and Instructor Evaluation

Great idea to gather survey data via Google Docs. Simple yet effective. Unfortunately those are blocked at work but I’ll have to give it a shot with Zoho Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » Blog Archive » Course and Instructor Evaluation

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Napping Boosts Sophisticated Memory

I’m all for an afternoon nap just like back in kindergarten; a chocolate milk and then a quick cat nap. Where do I sign up? English-speaking students’ ability to remember Chinese characters they were taught just before a nap (and some without a nap): Upon awakening, they took a multiple-choice test of Chinese words they’dContinueContinue reading “Napping Boosts Sophisticated Memory”

Improving Long-term Learning Through Spacing Of Lessons

Very interesting research that says “increasing the time between the study sessions reduced the rate of forgetting. This reduction in forgetting was very large.” They go on to give some recommendations and other practical information. This is a “must read”. practice makes perfect" and "timing is everything…Proper spacing of lessons, the researchers report, can dramaticallyContinueContinue reading “Improving Long-term Learning Through Spacing Of Lessons”

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T+D Blog: Lifelong Learning Accounts

T+D Blog: Lifelong Learning Accounts. What a great idea!

Learnlets » eLearning 2.0

I believe training anybody on any particular tool (even the seemingly ubiquitous Microsoft Office suite), is the wrong way to go. Talk to them about the skill (writing, creating presentations, etc), and then give some assignments across a couple of different tools. This gives you transferrable skills, which will equip you to communicate and collaborateContinueContinue reading “Learnlets » eLearning 2.0”

Developing Online Training and Presentation Materials | Sun Learning eXchange

Developing Online Training and Presentation Materials | Sun Learning eXchange. Sun has lots of “2.0-ish” information including this video site. This particular video is a nice one about PowerPoint to video using Camtasia. The rest of the site has good info and examples of wikis, blogs, etc in a corporate setting.