eLearning Technology This month on the Learning Circuits Blog - I asked some very leading questions If we have responsibility for informal learning, social learning, eLearning 2.0, long tail learning, etc. then ...Don't we have to conclude that learning professionals must be literate in these things?If so, then what should learning professionals do to become literate?Should workplace learning professionals be leading the charge around these new work literacies?Shouldn't they be starting with themselves and helping to develop it throughout the organizations?
Reading level: accessibility for web writers, part 15 Writing clearly is an important web writing skill. Unfortunately a lot of web content is unnecessarily dense and complex, making it difficult to read. This is often the case on large sites where providing information to users appears to be the site’s main purpose. ITALICS - Volume 5 Issue 4 eLit 2006 was held on the 28th – 30th June 2006 at Loughborough University . The conference brought together academics, teachers, IT trainers & support staff, librarians and learning technologists from around the world to share experience, good practice and to discuss issues relating to the embedding of e-literacy skills into the curriculum and society as a whole. This is a special conference issue of ITALICS, jointly published with the Journal of e-Literacy (JelIT- and includes a selection of papers submitted to the conference and expanded for this publication. e-Literacy can be described as the “the awareness, skills, understandings and reflective–evaluative approaches that are necessary for an individual to operate comfortably in information–rich and IT–supported environments.” (Martin 2003).
» The Flipped (or Social) Webinar Learning in the Social Workplace You have probably heard about The Flipped Classroom where the traditional classroom model has been flipped on its head, so that students watch videos as homework and then apply the concepts in the classroom. If you haven’t, Dan Pink explains it in his piece in The Telegraph, Flip Thinking – the new buzz word sweeping the US: “During class time, the teacher will stand at the front of the room and hold forth on the day’s topic. Then, as the period ends, he or she will give students a clutch of work to do at home.
how to be an e-learning expert It's never been easier to reinvent yourself as an e-learning expert. Just by following the few simple steps below you too could be an expert within weeks. The only proviso I would give is that in order to achieve this you must be SHAMELESS. 1. Don't worry if you have no experience of teaching - we're all learners after all. 2.
The collaboration pyramid (or iceberg) inShare117 The majority of the value-creation activities in an enterprise are hidden. They happen below the surface. What we see when we think of collaboration in the traditional sense (structured team-based collaboration) is the tip of the iceberg – teams who are coordinating their actions to achieve some goal. We don’t see - and thus don’t recognize - all the activities which have enabled the team to form and which help them throughout their journey.
Women lose most from digital exclusion 21 September 2010 Information Dividend Report shows socially excluded women benefit most from IT access New research establishes a direct link between IT access and happiness. Women and those on low incomes and with few educational qualifications benefit most from access to IT. 3 Ways the Internet Is Changing Education Right Now The Internet has had a massive effect on all aspects of human life and interactions since its inception. The world has shrunk considerably and the speed of life has increased dramatically. But one specific aspect that the internet has had an enormous effect on is education. It’s changing education for good and for the good of all. Democratizing Education The internet is bringing education to almost all corners of the planet and leveling the playing field.
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