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Educational Technology

January 29, 2014

The 5 Best Free Rubric-Making Tools For Teachers

Rubrics simplify grading for educators by clearly outlining where a student's work excels or falls short, rather than assigning arbitrary grades. While they’re valuable, creating rubrics can be time-consuming. Here are 5 great free rubric-making tools that can streamline the process for teachers.

by Christopher Pappas

Game-Based Learning

January 28, 2014

Marczewski’s Gamification User Types

Whilst many people are aware of Bartle’s Player Types, they may not be aware that Richard Bartle himself is of the opinion they do not translate well to non MMO games or non game related systems – especially gamified systems. As such, I went back to the drawing board to look closer at motivations that may drive users within gamified systems and how they can be used to design better experiences.

by Andrzej Marczewski

Online Courses (MOOC)

January 27, 2014

3 Skills to Improve Before Applying for MOOC

MOOC makes online education real. Are you ready to learn as much as possible? Read this article and find out what skills will help you to be more productive online student.

by Adam Fort

eLearning For Kids

January 27, 2014

Blended Learning Best Practices In An Elementary School EFL Classroom

A first hand account of the best practices taught in e-Learning applied to a blended elementary school EFL classroom in Korea.

by James Robert Finder

Mobile Learning

January 26, 2014

Gaze Into The Future Of Mobile Learning With Geoff Stead

In this exclusive interview with Learnnovators, Geoff Stead shares his wonderful insights on how the emerging mobile technologies and capabilities of smart phones could power up mobile learning. He also shares his advice to learning designers on the techniques to scale up to meet the challenges of designing learning interventions for this ubiquitous learning age. Equally valuable is his advice to organizations who wish to integrate mobile learning with their e-learning strategy to improve productivity! Geoff’s foresights on the future of mobile learning and the interesting shifts happening in the learning paradigms are truly thought provoking. Read on…

by Ravi Pratap Singh

eLearning Trends

January 24, 2014

Are You A Top e-Learning Blog Owner?

Would you like to share your Top e-Learning Blog Posts with a thriving community of more than 100,000 e-learning readers? Well... then Submit your e-Learning blog’s RSS feed at e-Learning Feeds.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

January 23, 2014

6 Tips For Storyboarding Like A Pro

Storyboarding is a helpful planning technique, and it’s not just for mapping out movies! You can benefit from storyboarding your e-Learning course - but first, let’s take a look at where this brilliant idea came from! Then, we’ll explore some tips to help you storyboard like a pro. 

by Christie Wroten

eLearning Articles

January 23, 2014

Book Review: The Power of Role-Based e-Learning

An informative review of The power of role-based e-learning: designing and moderating online role play. This text provides a great information for both the new teacher who has just started using e-learning in the classroom as well as the seasoned veteran looking for new ideas to bring to their students.

by James Robert Finder

eLearning Design and Development

January 22, 2014

How To Write Multiple-Choice Questions Based On The Revised Bloom's Taxonomy

Would you be interested to know how to write multiple-choice questions based on the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy? At the following article you will find 5 Tips to Write a Multiple-Choice Test Based on The Revised Bloom's Taxonomy.

by Christopher Pappas

eLearning Design and Development

January 22, 2014 | Sponsored

7 Top Tips for Creating e-Content Faster

One such crucial step in e-learning development is extracting relevant information out of Subject Matter Experts (SME), which can take up an unnecessary large chunk of the total development time. The article lists ways to ensure that SME interactions are faster and feed-in to the entire process if e-learning development.

by Heena Nanda

eLearning Design and Development

January 21, 2014

Educational Videos and Conceptual Objectives

This article provides guidance on developing videos for training objectives on conceptual knowledge. In particular it focuses on using animation, stories and other strategies to produce great videos.

by Steven Loomis

Learning Management Systems

January 20, 2014

Cloud-Based LMS: Is Your Data Safe In The Cloud?

Cloud-based Learning Management Systems are quickly growing in popularity. We trust our most sensitive information to our Learning Management System, including our courseware and learner information. But how safe is that data in the cloud? How much do you know about the security of your cloud-based LMS provider?

by Ryan Moore