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Learning Technologies

December 9, 2012

Free Video Tutorials For eLearning Professionals

Would you like to have access to a collection of Free Video Tutorials for educational and learning technologies? Are you a student, teacher, educator, eLearning professional interested to learn how to use or master educational or learning technologies?

by Christopher Pappas

Corporate eLearning

December 8, 2012

Learning Technologies Can Help Organizations Build Better Relationships With Customers

Does your organization use customer-centered learning? Would you like your organization to uplift sales by 10%, increase cross-selling/up-selling by 11%, and getting new staff up to speed faster by 17%?

by Christopher Pappas

Blended Learning

December 7, 2012

What Is A Flipped Classroom?

“Flipped”, as in “Flipped Classroom,” is a buzzword often heard among the community of innovative educators. But what does this actually mean? Here are three informative multimedia presentations on the subject. The first is by Salman Khan, the pioneer whose highly successful website challenged teachers to consider changing the traditional classroom script. The second is a video by Aaron Sams, a teacher who wants to teach students how to set their own educational goals and become independent learners. The third is an infographic by Daniel Grafton that addresses important issues concerning Flipped Classrooms.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Software

December 5, 2012

Visual Engagement Takes It Up A Notch With Camtasia 8

If you watched the Camtasia Studio for E-learning webinar last month you probably caught on pretty fast that the revamped quizzing feature and interactive hotspots available in Camtasia Studio make for an amazing degree of interactivity. But students can still find a courses boring no matter how much clicking and dragging they get to do if the course itself is not visually engaging.

by Michelle Schoen

Game-Based Learning

December 4, 2012

7 Tips For A Game-Based Learning Success

Are you thinking of using games as a new way to develop eLearning content? Are you thinking of applying the theory of gaming in eLearning but you do not know how to? In the following post I will give you 7 tips to succeed with your Game-Based Learning.

by Rosalie Ledda

Online Courses (MOOC)

December 3, 2012

Converting Large Group Classes to Massive Online Courses

Last month, the NY Times declared 2012 as the year of the MOOC. With so many educators and students involved in these courses, we should think about how we can best convert the university course experience to this new, scalable online experience. For simplicity, let's break the process of transferring knowledge into three parts: instruction, coaching, and assessment / feedback.

by Scott Rapp

Educational Technology

December 2, 2012

12 YouTube Videos Every Online Educator Should View

What are the benefits for the teacher and learner in the context of open education and OER? How does a blended-learning school boost student achievement? How can we design the schools for 21st Century Learning? How will be the classroom of tomorrow? What are the tools and resources for the 21st Century Educator?

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Authoring Tools

December 2, 2012

List Of Authoring Tools: Part 3

In the List of Authoring Tools Part 3, you will find 37 eLearning Authoring Tools for the creation and development of online courses. Total number of Authoring Tools: 127!

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

November 30, 2012

6 Tips For Producing Good Quality Audio Narrations Every Online Educator Should Know About

Can we prepare, record, and finally produce a better audio narration? Of course we can. However, we should consider some aspects such as, budget, time, technology, and our available resources in general.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

November 29, 2012

Test And Assess – Be A Curator!

Paint cures but what’s that to do with testing? Curation as a process has been going on a long time; you probably had teachers who shared reading lists, sites of interest, things to do on your next family vacation.

by William J. Ryan

eLearning Design and Development

November 28, 2012

Ultimate List of Free Music for eLearning Development

At the Ultimate List of Free Music for eLearning you will find 34 websites where you can use Free Music for your Online Courses. You can download hundred thousand music files for thousands artist and use it for Free.

by Christopher Pappas

Educational Technology

November 27, 2012

Social Learning Tools Every Online Educator Should Know About

The following list of social learning tools are used from online educators for pedagogical and androgogical purposes.

by Christopher Pappas