Mango Languages
Online learning for languages, focusing on realistic situations and conversations
Imported from Diigo
Using Moodle book - MoodleDocs
Free book on using Moodle (CC-NC-SA)
eLearn: Research Papers - Predictors of Success for Adult Online Learners: A Review of the Literature
Literature review on what makes online adult learners successful, including motivation and ability to self-regulate learning. A blend of synchronous & asynchronous learning is recommended by the author.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned...: Flash CS4: Inverse Kinematics and ActionScript 3.0
Very cool stuff in Flash CS4. Create a "bone structure" with joints that move realistically. I have no idea how I'd use it, but the demos are worth checking out.
Using Moodle: Set Assignments for Specific Groups
Discussion on group assignments, including a good video on groups vs. groupings
IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music
Public domain sheet music library. This is a wiki where contributors scan and upload scores.
Teachers’ salaries
Background paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2005. Global comparison of teacher salaries and relative income across countries.
How Does Teacher Pay Compare? Methodological Challenges and Answers
Research on US teacher pay and trends
Cammy Bean's Learning Visions: Instructional Design as a practice in corporate vs. academia
Notes on a session with Karl Kapp comparing instructional design in corporate & higher ed environments.
Introduction to Moodle for corporate L&D
Overview of the pros and cons of Moodle in the corporate realm
Donald Clark Plan B: Moodle: e-learning’s Frankenstein
How Moodle has evolved from its original educational roots
Learning in Tandem: Instructional versus experiential design: do you have what it takes?
Differentiating instructional design vs. experiential design--designing for complex environments with situation based learning
Where immersive and experiential learning succeeds is in replicating realistic environments and presenting complex problems that require deeper reflection and understanding than most content or concepts presented in traditional training. To design experientially, you have to design a mirror to reality.
Web Accessibility for Online Learning
Guide for accessibility specifically for online learning, looking at accessibility of the LMS and online content. Includes best practices and universal design information.
LilyPond, music notation for everyone
Open source music notation software
Flickr: The Stick Figures in Peril Pool
A collection of photos of sometimes bizarre warning signs. I have to find some ways to use some of these in presentations.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned...: Development Times for Captivate eLearning
Estimates for the production part of Captivate development. A large project (80-150 slides) should take 8-10 hours to produce. That doesn't include storyboards, scripts, voiceover scripts, or creating templates or skins. One hour of Captivate e-learning is estimated at 200-240 hours of total development time.
10 Search Engines to Explore the Deep End of the Invisible Web
Search engines for finding information in databases, books, journals, and other places not indexed by Google.
YouTube - UsingMoodle's Channel
Lots of great tutorials for Moodle
A List Apart: Articles: Contrast is King
When designing so colorblind users have full access to your content, you aren't stuck with black and white. Using contrast is important.
Working with SMEs in elearning » Making Change
Very practical tips for dealing with SMEs who want to dump lots of information and preserve their text-heavy PowerPoint slides
1. Read what they gave you.
2. Involve them from the beginning
3. Ask them to help identify what people need to do<br> and why they aren’t doing it
4. Ask them to help brainstorm activities and limit information
<p>If your SME keeps suggesting fact checks instead of more realistic decision-making activities, you might try the following questions:</p>
<ul>
<li>If a person doesn’t know that fact, what do they do wrong on the job? How would that affect our goal?</li>
<li>How could you tell by watching me do my job that I know that bit of information?</li>
<li>What mistakes do new people make?</li>
<li>What mistakes do people make when they get over-confident?</li></ul>
This helps remind the SME that the only information that should go into the material is the info that’s <strong>required to perform the activities</strong>
Custom E-Learning Training & LMS Solutions Kineo - New Skills for Instructional Designers
Slides from a presentation on ID skills, specifically at the intersection of instructional design and IT. Especially interesting were the comparisons of word clouds from descriptions of graduate programs in ID with word clouds from ID job descriptions.
If You’re Going to Do a Webinar… Read This « aLearning Blog
A link to my notes on Karen Hyder's session on synchronous interactions, by a woman who doesn't believe webinars should be used for anything more than information dumps
Blender - Training Solutions: Moodle Reporting and User Management: Is MOOMIS the answer?
Info on a tool for creating custom reports in Moodle
MOOMIS Report Creator
Information on the MOOMIS report creator for Moodle--create reports by groups over multiple courses
Interaction Equivalency in Self-Paced Online Learning Environments: An Exploration of Learner Preferences
Case study examining what types of interactions (student-teacher, student-student, student-content) students found most valuable in an instructor-led self-paced online course.
Visual Design of E-learning Systems
Criteria for evaluating the visual design and usability of e-learning systems. (Usability, readability, attractiveness)
Interviews with Designers - Christy Tucker
My interview with the UW-Stout ID certificate students in March 2010. Students contributed possible questions on a wiki, then decided as a group what the top questions would be for me to answer.
Using Moodle: Rubric
Information on using rubrics for assessment
Moodle.org: Modules and plugins (Assignment Rubrics)
Assignment rubric plugin info
21st Century Teaching and Learning: Learning in the Social Web: Online Teaching and Learning 2.0
Presentation on teaching online with VoiceThread & Ning, including survey results with learner perspectives on how these tools helped create a sense of community