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The Case Against Pre-Testing For Online Courses  
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Too often, online courses begin with pre-tests. Are pre-tests anything more than learner abuse? Under the best of circumstances, quizzes can be tedious and even anxiety-inducing. Putting tests before your content casts a negative shadow over a course before it has even begun. Let's examine the two major arguments for pre-tests and see how they hold up under scrutiny. Read more
With Students Flocking Online, Will Faculty Follow?  
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The current model of higher education was several centuries in the making. That leaves colleges adapting to online learning, a viable option for only about a decade, with a monumental game of catch-up. Read more
Participants' Experiences in a Virtual Classroom Using Synchronous Technologies  
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In assessing the participant feedback, Rao also includes a set of recommendations for course developers working in rural, geographically dispersed, and culturally diverse settings.
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More on Autonomous Online Learning  
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Nik Peachey -9 October, 2008 - 10:18

In my last blog post here, I wrote about a new project I had started using a blog and publishing online activities that students can work on autonomously.

EFFECTS OF SHORT-TERM MEMORY AND CONTENT REPRESENTATION TYPE ON MOBILE LANGUAGE LEARNING  
Due to the rapid advancements in mobile communication and wireless technologies, many researchers and educators have started to believe that these emerging technologies can be leveraged to support for
Autonomous Online Learning: Can it work?  
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Nik Peachey -11 September, 2008 - 09:06

I've just embarked on an experiment to find outif students are willing and able to develop their English working autonomously online.

Kudos and Complaints From My First E-learning Experience  
Not immediately obvious was the fact that the online learning environment embraces—in that strange and virtual way of the Web—active participation by students, who are responsible for discovering and learning more about a subject and communicating in writing... Read more >>
144 Tips on Synchronous e-Learning Strategy + Research  
The eLearning Guild conducted a survey of its members, asking for their favorite tips relating to strategies for effectively creating, managing, and using synchronous e-Learning... Read more >>
Producing Video Learning Objects for E-learning  
A number of trends have combined to make it attractive and feasible for teachers, trainers, and instructional designers to produce video learning objects-short video units as opposed to complete video programs. Video Learning Objects can be included in an online course or workshop or posted on a Content Management System... Read more>>
Learning Networks and Connective Knowledge  
The purpose of this paper is to outline some of the thinking behind new e-learning technology, including e-portfolios and personal learning environments. Part of this thinking is centered around the theory of connectivism, which asserts that knowledge - and therefore the learning of knowledge - is distributive, that is, not located in any given place... Read more>>
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