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When Should You Use Video in eLearning?

Will this video help increase learners’ understanding of the topic? If you’re creating systems training, a video is an efficient way to illustrate the steps learners need to take to complete various tasks in the system. If you’re trying to demonstrate effective and ineffective communication styles, sharing examples via video might be an efficient way to illustrate your point . Make sure you keep the objectives in mind at all times when you’re considering whether or not a video will add impact. Will a short video clip suffice? If you’re drafting a video script and realize it’s about 10 minutes in length: re-evaluate the strategy. Although videos involve movement and often include audio, viewing a video is still a passive experience for learners. Watching and understanding the key points of a video requires concentration and effort. Make sure your videos are short (no more than 5 minutes in length) and follow-up with an activity or interaction that allows learners to cement t...
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Tips for e-Learning Content Development

Creating eLearning courses can provide an immense sense of satisfaction, knowing that the content is going to help someone learn something new. With the help of a subject matter expert (SME) and an authoring tool, eLearning courses can be created on any subject. The following tips can be taken as guidelines to create stimulating and exciting content that will engage the learner in a creative and fun way. Tips for Creating Engaging e-Learning Modules 1. Put Yourself in the Learner’s Shoes It is important to think about the best ways of imparting knowledge that will capture the interests and imaginations of learners. The content development team should think back to lessons in school that were boring, and try to keep their common elements out of their own content. In most eLearning content development firms, the SME provides the content matter – images, text, videos, photos, test questions and so on – and the Instructional Designer then takes this material and decides t...
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Next Trends in Online Education

In this modern world, when all the aspects of life became technologically shaped, people also show interest in Education becoming online. We all prefer studying by getting the information or study material instantly, with just some clicks on our technical devices. Let’s first give online education a definitive look. We can define online education as  “a method that helps an individual to gain knowledge and information related to their field of education via the internet, avoiding being physically attentive in a classroom”. Online Studies Upcoming Trends In this article, we are trying to cover all the data relating to new tendencies that could be seen in coming educational behaviour. We can figure it out with the help of following points: 1. Student-Centered Environment The term “student-centered environment” mainly emphasize on the methods of studying or gaining an education that allows us to pay attention to the student or knowledge seeker. We can broadly understand...
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How Is Technology Improving the Way Students Learn?

Technology has infiltrated literally every area of our lives from healthcare to education and beyond. In fact, even our homes are being governed by the latest advances in technology, so why shouldn’t technology be a huge factor in the way students learn ? If you are looking at finding a position as a Student Support Specialist, check out the duties listed on  The Job Explorer . Here you can clearly see that technology helps you better assist students and their teachers in achieving goals. Just take a brief look at some of the ways in which today’s  educational institutions are using technology to improve the way students learn , and your role in providing that technology for them. Virtual Simulations Speed the Rate of Learning What used to take years to study can now be completed within moments due to technology, especially in the sciences. Today, there is software which provides a simulation of plant growth under certain specified conditions. In fact, this type of v...
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Top 10 Tips for Launching Your Makerspace

1. PICK A PROJECT Ask students what they’re excited to see and try in the space. Then pick one project, tool, or strategy that will be your initial foray into your makerspace. Make sure the project includes elements that help define your library as a Future Ready program. Remember that hands-on projects that require collaboration will empower students as creators and lead to personalized learning . 2. FIND YOUR TRIBE Reach out to librarians you admire and ask what has been successful in their spaces and what steps they took. Visit them if you can. Build a community of practice around making and set aside time to meet or share ideas virtually . 3. TAKE STOCK Summer is the perfect time to assess your library and determine what you already have and what you need. It’s sometimes easiest to get started by making a small investment in a makerspace bundle. 4. FIND A PARTNER Talk with teachers and identify someone who shares your passion for helping kids to be self-sufficient ...
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Research-Based Tech Integration Strategies

When using digital devices, children often struggle to transfer the skills learned via the devices into their everyday lives. In a  recent study , for example, children who used software that showed them how to complete puzzles were unable to complete the puzzles using physical pieces—yet when a human demonstrated the task, the children were able to successfully complete it. Over the past decade, research on technology in learning has emerged that informs educators on best implementation strategies when using technology. Below are three practices that teachers can employ so they are using research-informed strategies when selecting tools and integrating those tools into learning . KEEP LEARNING SOCIAL Many schools have moved to a one-to-one device experience, but social learning should not go away just because students have a personal device. It’s important to find digital tools and instructional strategies that allow students to have  two-way conversations about wha...
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Are Learning Styles Useful?

Every teacher already knows that each student learn differently from his or her peers. In the last couple of decades a theory emerged that a few key learning styles could explain and define some of those differences in how children learn. The seven learning styles described are based on Howard Gardner’s idea of multiple intelligences. In defense of his work, Gardner himself emphasizes that what he described in his original work weren’t learning styles , but rather different facets of how each mind works. Nonetheless, his ideas have gone on to inspire discussions, infographics, teaching theories and quizzes all based around trying to pin down a clearer understanding of the different ways people learn. How Not to Use Learning Styles “Learning styles” has become a controversial term due to the fear that it can lead to harmful or reductive ways of thinking about how we approach teaching and learning . In the worst case scenario, students would be identified as one “type” of le...
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