Comments for http://insights.elearningnetwork.org Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:36:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Putting the ‘Design’ in Learning Designer, by Hans de Zwart by Terry http://insights.elearningnetwork.org/?p=562#comment-484 Terry Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:36:08 +0000 http://insights.elearningnetwork.org/?p=562#comment-484 Well written. It's good to hear there're people who are aware of these issues and that this kind of thought process is put into making our lives better in all the small ways. personally i've found Many elearnings to be painfully boring and utterly sleep inducing. I know it can be difficult to make something to be more appealing. but like what was mentioned in the text, paying attention to the details. the small stuff. we might not immediately sense them, but it makes a difference as a whole. example: - do not only have 1 set of questions for online learning assessment. because i know i can flunk it, remember the correct answers from the review and score 90 - 100% on my reassessment. - have more pop quizes (or brain teasers) in between the sections/chapters. - the elearnings can be designed to be interactive. instead of plainly reading the text or listening to the recording. eg. create scenarios which require user's response and based on that, provide feedback/consequence. having better graphics/animation would be nice. let the user put their own thoughts into solving puzzles in between chapters. one day, long after graduating from high school, i decided to read some elementary textbooks from america. the subjects included History, Geography, Science, etc. What i realized from them was that, it was so much more enjoyable to read and learn! because the author was putting his own thoughts and ideas into writing it, in a first person point of view, and at the same time being neutral about the topics discussed. often prompting the reader to think about situations and scenarios. i found the whole experience pretty engaging and beneficial. Compare that to the european text books, which my studies were based and the format that they were written. very formal, very factual, very point based. yes, it'd be good as notes. but what that does is educate a bunch of drones. who may not be able to relate the relevance of the learnings. and ends up being like a memorizing game. just to get an A in the exams. sad to hear that some of the kids these days who can answers mathematics/science questions flawlessly on paper but fail to explain how they reach the answer, or in what way does the factors could affect results, etc. Being pressured to learn things at a fixed (faster than necessary) pace might have somthing to do with it too. Well written. It’s good to hear there’re people who are aware of these issues and that this kind of thought process is put into making our lives better in all the small ways. personally i’ve found Many elearnings to be painfully boring and utterly sleep inducing. I know it can be difficult to make something to be more appealing. but like what was mentioned in the text, paying attention to the details. the small stuff. we might not immediately sense them, but it makes a difference as a whole.

example:
- do not only have 1 set of questions for online learning assessment. because i know i can flunk it, remember the correct answers from the review and score 90 – 100% on my reassessment.
- have more pop quizes (or brain teasers) in between the sections/chapters.
- the elearnings can be designed to be interactive. instead of plainly reading the text or listening to the recording. eg. create scenarios which require user’s response and based on that, provide feedback/consequence. having better graphics/animation would be nice. let the user put their own thoughts into solving puzzles in between chapters.

one day, long after graduating from high school, i decided to read some elementary textbooks from america. the subjects included History, Geography, Science, etc. What i realized from them was that, it was so much more enjoyable to read and learn! because the author was putting his own thoughts and ideas into writing it, in a first person point of view, and at the same time being neutral about the topics discussed. often prompting the reader to think about situations and scenarios. i found the whole experience pretty engaging and beneficial.

Compare that to the european text books, which my studies were based and the format that they were written. very formal, very factual, very point based. yes, it’d be good as notes. but what that does is educate a bunch of drones. who may not be able to relate the relevance of the learnings. and ends up being like a memorizing game. just to get an A in the exams.

sad to hear that some of the kids these days who can answers mathematics/science questions flawlessly on paper but fail to explain how they reach the answer, or in what way does the factors could affect results, etc. Being pressured to learn things at a fixed (faster than necessary) pace might have somthing to do with it too.

]]> Comment on Putting the ‘Design’ in Learning Designer, by Hans de Zwart by John El Basha http://insights.elearningnetwork.org/?p=562#comment-463 John El Basha Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:08:30 +0000 http://insights.elearningnetwork.org/?p=562#comment-463 Hi Hans, Big Lebowski is one of the best filmes I have ever watched. I agree with you about the importance of a designer putting himself in the place of the learner. Learning is an experience and not just a process. Its not a linear path from A to B. Many tiny changes can be made to improve the experience, making it enjoyable and more effective. Hi Hans,

Big Lebowski is one of the best filmes I have ever watched.

I agree with you about the importance of a designer putting himself in the place of the learner. Learning is an experience and not just a process. Its not a linear path from A to B. Many tiny changes can be made to improve the experience, making it enjoyable and more effective.

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