Blended Learning and Business Change.

Interesting observations in here about the difficulty many organizations have had in demonstrating a true value return on e-Learning, vs. simple cost savings. This is as serious a problem as measuring e-Learning in terms of seat time (and maybe with the same fundamental cause). -- BB

Blended Learning and Business Change: "Over the past few years, training professionals have become more pragmatic in their approach to technology-based media by using it to augment traditional forms of training delivery, such as classroom instruction and text-based materials."

8:46:18 PM    

Online Learning at Lehigh University.

Design Principles - A New Kind of Classroom: "Unlike the traditional classroom, courses are web-based and distributed from a distance, using an assortment of synchronous and asynchronous computer technologies -- and offered anywhere and anytime. In this way, online learning is different from the classic DE model by encouraging decentralized and collaborative learning environments."

8:39:20 PM    

David Krish: Metacognition, Distributed Cognition and Visual Design.

David Krish: Metacognition, Distributed Cognition and Visual Design

I've provided the link to Krish's homepage for those who might want to explore his works further. This article targets e-learning environments --"Metacognition is associated with planning, monitoring, evaluating and repairing performance. Designers of elearning systems can improve the quality of their environments by explicitly structuring the visual and interactive display of learning contexts to facilitate metacognition."
[The paper is under "Selected Publications".]
[thanks infodesign]

8:33:17 PM    

Now that's a good idea!

CNET: Macromedia lends helping hand.

CNET: Macromedia lends helping hand

"RoboHelp X5 will include FlashHelp, a set of simplified tools for transforming static tutorials into interactive Flash presentations."

8:30:40 PM