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Ginnette's blog post on the VoiceThread Debate - 0 views

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  • With learning design we need to make sure we incorporate as much experience and variety as we can.
    • Eric Calvert
      Eric Calvert on 15 Oct 10
       
      You're right -- incorporating as much experience and variety as possible is important.  Equally key, however, is making sure there's some scaffolding in place to help learners connect/relate these new experiences to previous ones.  Otherwise, they are likely to be quickly forgotten.
  • People are distracted by the Internet because there are tons of things that can be done instead of homework. But to the benefit of Internet, I remember doing all sorts of things (as a elementary/high school student) instead of homework and they weren’t Internet related. We will always try to find ways to do something else when we do not want to do something.
  • When my daughter was born with Spina Bifida, I looked at every site that was available about the subject. I wanted to learn as much as I could about the prognosis of my child. Also, the Internet has connected other families together that have children with Spina Bifida. The Internet has proven to be a great resource to those people.
    • Eric Calvert
      Eric Calvert on 25 Oct 10
       
      This is an interesting point.  "Distraction" could be "in the eye of the beholder" in some cases.  It might be quite easy for some to be very focused when using the Web for "informal" learning.  In this case, you were no doubt very motivated to learn as much as you could because you were learning about a topic that was very important to you personally.  Perhaps "focus" is less of an issue for designers to worry about if learners have choice is what they learn about?
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  • I believe that by using recorded webinars and educational seminars we will be able to teach the most people. This way, learners can access the education when they have time…they will now miss out on the things that they need to learn.
    • Eric Calvert
      Eric Calvert on 25 Oct 10
       
      I generally agree with this, but think learning designers should build in some ways for learners to check their comprehension after viewing an online webinar.  I'll admit to being guilty of tuning in to a webinar, then at some point thinking, "okay, I'm already familiar with the content of this section, so I'm going to keep it in the background and take a quick peak at my Twitter feed..." Usually I THINK I'm doing a good job of managing my attention, but in reality I do probably miss some important stuff.  
  • Training can be done from the workplace, reducing the need for travel and extra expenses that an employer will not necessarily budget and provide for.
    • Eric Calvert
      Eric Calvert on 25 Oct 10
       
      I think this helps explains why the demand for learning designers for both K-12 students and adult learning situations has continued to grow despite the recession.
Eric Calvert

Final Reflections - Voice Thread Debate | Ginnette Clark's blog - 0 views

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shared by Eric Calvert on 25 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • I think that the Internet has made us more efficient and better equipped to find out things that are important to us. When my daughter was born with Spina Bifida, I looked at every site that was available about the subject. I wanted to learn as much as I could about the prognosis of my child. Also, the Internet has connected other families together that have children with Spina Bifida. The Internet has proven to be a great resource to those people.
    • Eric Calvert
      Eric Calvert on 25 Oct 10
       
      Could "distraction" be in the "eye of the beholder" then? (It sounds like you had little trouble focusing when you were trying to learn about Spina Bifida online, but that staying focused takes more energy when you don't feel as strong of a personal connection to the content.)  Is a take-away lesson for learning designers that providing choice in content can help make some of the distracting qualities of the web non-issues?
  • Learners are also busy at work and employers do not always have the budget for travel for education. Online learning modules that can be accessed at any time can serve a great amount of people that need to know things. Training can be done from the workplace, reducing the need for travel and extra expenses that an employer will not necessarily budget and provide for.
    • Eric Calvert
      Eric Calvert on 25 Oct 10
       
      Good observation.  I think this is probably why we've seen so many job postings for learning designers despite the recession and job cuts in other fields.
Eric Calvert

Summary - UDL | Ginnette Clark's blog - 0 views

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shared by Eric Calvert on 02 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • I have seen students in a classroom setting that could not apply themselves, but when the teacher changed the method of delivery, the student perked up and began to do well with the material presented to them.
    • Eric Calvert
      Eric Calvert on 02 Nov 10
       
      Me too.  In situations like that, it would probably we wise for the teacher to make a quick note about the media used for instructional strategy selected that seemed to get the student's attention so he or she could make a point of using them again in the future.
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