Studies Confirm the Power of Visuals in eLearning

Visual Content and Communication = Secret Sauce Unless you’ve been completely unplugged from all technology for years, you’ll know that visual content/communication and storytelling are incredibly important. I was going to say unless you’ve lived in the Stone Age, but communication there was purely visual! Think about all the carvings on rocks. Think about ancient Egypt and all the hieroglyphics. Not only is that visual content, but it also tells a story. I’m going to give you a little psychological babble here. When we think we think in terms of a movie playing out in our head. Combining the two pieces of content, visuals and stories, will make for a powerful 1-2 punch. In reading the previous short paragraph, I bet you have several images in your head right now.

Quels sont les secrets des Moocs qui cartonnent? EDUCATION Certains cours en ligne gratuits et ouverts à tous sont plébiscités par des apprenants qui veulent étoffer leurs compétences ou leur culture générale... Delphine Bancaud Petit à petit, ils ont fait leur nid. Les Moocs (Massive open online course), les cours en ligne gratuits et ouverts à tous, ont réussi à s’imposer. Alors que secrétaire d’Etat chargé de l’Enseignement supérieur, Thierry Mandon, a présenté ce mercredi la nouvelle plateforme Fun, qui diffuse les Moocs produits par les universités et les grandes écoles françaises, 20 minutes s’est penché sur ceux qui remportent le plus de succès. >> A lire aussi : Cinq questions que vous vous posez (peut-être) sur les Moocs 1) Ceux qui permettent d’acquérir de nouvelles compétences « Les Moocs professionnalisants qui permettent d’étoffer ses compétences rapidement, en obtenant si besoin est un certificat, fonctionnent particulièrement bien », confirme Gilles Daïd, coauteur du Guide pratique des Mooc.

Inquiry skills across the Australian Curriculum | inquiry learning & information literacy In this post I present my analysis of the Australian Curriculum v6.0. Inquiry skills and information literacy are embedded in the Australian Curriculum in the subject areas Science, History, Geography, Economics and Business (draft), Civics and Citizenship (draft, and in the general capabilities Critical and Creative Thinking (CCT) and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) . In this video I present the frameworks and concepts underpinning my analysis: In this video I present my analysis: My analysis revels that there are a number of omissions and misalignments across the Australian Curriculum. Further Reading: My first analysis of an earlier version of the Australian Curriculum is published here: Lupton, Mandy (2012) ‘Inquiry skills in the Australian Curriculum’ Access, June: 12-18. Like this: Like Loading...

The Storyteller's Secret by Carmine Gallo on Prezi Visual Aids Introduction Sixty-five percent of the population are visual learners. That is, they use images, pictures, colors, and other visual media to organize and learn information. The remainder of the population is comprised of auditory and kinesthetic learners (see pie chart). Therefore, by adding effective visual aids to your presentation you will increase the possibility of your students remembering the message simply because most people are visual learners. Click here to view some examples of ways the different "learner types" best receive and process information. Visual aids add a new dimension to presentations.

Visual Literacy: An E-Learning Tutorial on Visualization for Communication, Engineering and Business Neuf exercices pour améliorer sa concentration au travail La concentration consiste à mobiliser ses facultés mentales et physiques sur un sujet ou sur une action. Or notre cerveau est sollicité par de multiples informations et il ne peut en traiter qu'une seule à la fois de façon optimale. Il s'agit donc de le monopoliser, en se libérant des émotions parasites et en s'entrainant à agir, en activant ses cinq sens. Par cette pratique, vous gagnerez aussi en performance. Voici neuf exercices à effectuer avant et pendant ce travail. 1. Le chercheur Robert Nideffer, féru de psychologie du sport, a observé que l'attention de l'athlète se caractérise par deux dimensions : l'étendue, large ou étroite selon qu'elle est focalisée sur une seule ou plusieurs informations ; la direction, interne ou externe selon qu'elle est centrée sur les pensées et sensations ou sur un événement ou un objet extérieur. 2. 3. 4. Comme précédemment, regardez un seul objet mais sans vous y attarder. 5. Pour les auditifs, c'est une aide intéressante. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Strive academy athletes hone sports, leadership skills Athletes learn sports and leadership skill... Strive Sports Challenge Leadership Academy building leadership, self-awareness and other positive, influential character traits Jason Minto/The News Journal Two-week camp at St. Andrew's draws high school student-athletes from Delaware and around the country MIDDLETOWN – At first glance, it looks like the typical sports camp that draws students to fill their summer vacation void between the end of one school year and the start of another. The sound of bouncing basketballs, squeaking sneakers and echoing voices fills the Sipprelle Field House at St. Outside, girls lacrosse players inhabit one field and girls and boys soccer players fill another. But it’s what happens before and after — and often amidst — all these sports practices that makes the Strive Sports Challenge Leadership Academy unique and, those associated with it say, superior. This is the program’s 19th year and 14th at St. All went through a rigorous application process.

Making up metaphors – John Saito If you’ve ever taken a writing class, you’ve probably played around with metaphors. A metaphor is when you talk about one thing in terms of another: Time is moneyConsumed by loveThe sweet smell of success A lot of people think of metaphors as a fancy writing tactic—a way to spice things up or sound more poetic. Well, knock that idea out of your head, because metaphors aren’t just for poets. Metaphors are for everyone. In the design world, we depend on metaphors all the time. That ⚙️ icon that shows up in a lot of apps? The difference between an intuitive design and a confusing one often comes down to whether you’re using the right metaphors. Metaphors we live by George Lakoff is an expert in metaphors and wrote several books on the topic. In his book Metaphors We Live By, George Lakoff and co-author Mark Johnson show how everyday language is packed with metaphors. To see this in action, let’s take a closer look at one conceptual metaphor: Unknown is up. Metaphors we design with 1. 2. 3. 4.

tutoriel Je vais vous présenter aujourd’hui trois des outils majeurs de mon Environnement d’Apprentissage Personnel (EAP), dont je me sers au quotidien. En matière de veille documentaire, on peut distinguer trois démarches : trouver l’information pertinente sur le web, suivre la production des « bons auteurs », ceux que l’on a repérés comme producteurs d’articles sérieux et intéressants sur le sujettraiter cette information, conserver des traces des meilleures trouvailles, celles qu’on utilisera plus tard dans son travail et qu’on souhaitera donc retrouver sans peineet enfin (c’est facultatif, mais il faut partager son expertise, pas seulement profiter de celle des autres !) rendre publics les résultats de sa veille, afin qu’elle profite à tous les internautes partageant ses centres d’intérêts. Je vais vous décrire rapidement dans cet article les fonctions de ces outils et l’usage que j’en fait, et vous pourrez consulter les trois capsules vidéo qui vous les montreront en action.

True Leaders Have True Grit It’s not every day that distinguished Ivy League professors quote Hollywood actors in their epigraphs. But that’s exactly what Angela Duckworth, associate professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, did in a recent article she coauthored with Lauren Eskreis-Winkler for Observer magazine: "The only thing that I see that is distinctly different about me is I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be outworked, period. You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier than me, you might be all of those things--you got it on me in nine categories. - Oscar-nominated actor and Grammy award-winning musician Will Smith Why is this quote pertinent to Duckworth’s work? Duckworth’s research reveals that grit is an important determinant of success in almost any venture. Specifically, more than 1,200 freshman cadets took the grit test upon entering West Point and embarked on a grueling summer training course.