4 Popular Learning Myths debunked
What you believe about your students directs your actions towards them. What do you believe? Is it true? As teachers, we need to be careful that we are following best practices in our classes, online and off-line, and this includes these four popular myths about learning: Students will learn more if they are taught in a…
Understanding Bloom’s Taxonomy in E-Learning – New Resources
- 22 Feb 2017
- Jason Johnston
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If you talk with me for long about education, you will realize that I’m a big fan of Bloom’s taxonomy. Specifically the revised taxonomy which takes into consideration our new digital world. By moving students into higher orders of thinking, we help them solidify understanding and push through assumptions. Besides that, assignments and learning become…
Optimal Length for Everything on the Internet
I loved this infographic and thought it had a lot of application to the world of education. Students in today’s world are having their attention spans and digital tastes formed by social media and all things internet. As instructors and e-learning experts, we should understand what works in the world of of the wide web:…
Research Shows That Online Learning Works, So Let’s Move Forward
- 15 Jan 2017
- Jason Johnston
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Many people are suspicious of online learning. Their main concern is wondering if it actually “works.” (These same people often do not apply this same question to face-to-face, lecture-based instruction, but that is a topic for another time…). Studies are showing that online learning generally does work. That is, we can meet learning objectives as…
The 6 Best Practices of Online Learning – Minds Online / Michelle Miller
- 14 Dec 2016
- Jason Johnston
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There is a high degree of overlap in online and face to face best practices. In the following presentation, I use the Six best practice for learning as outlined by Michelle Miller in the book, “Minds Online.” She draws from the following best practice lists to create a comprehensive 6 best practices that could be…