Games and learning have always been considered as separate entities by traditional education system. Despite this fact, a large number of students and even adults spend millions of hours completely immersed in games sitting in front of TVs, computers, mobile phones, iPads or other PDAs. The demands and needs of [...]
Online teaching and learning provides an efficient mechanism for engaging learners through collaborative learning. Educators/resource persons may find several ways to get learners on the same platform as compared to face-to-face settings since interaction between members in close proximity to one another may not be possible. It provides an opportunity [...]
Many corporate training professionals are adopting shorter learning sessions and courses over the longer, traditional full-length courses. This is to help learners engage and retain information. This is referred to as the “bite sized” approach to learning. This can be transferred to classroom teaching and learning. The “bite-sized” learning concept [...]
Are you planning to take an online course or have you recently started with an online course or training? Before you begin, it is important to understand that online and face-to-face are entirely different learning environments. One aspect of online delivery, which can surpass a face-to-face classroom, is flexibility of [...]
Most of the learners new to online learning think that taking an online course is comparatively easier than face-to–face course. Many online courses are asynchronous, which means that they can be taken anytime anywhere. This leads to the problem of self-discipline, which can be an issue for many first-time online [...]
There is an ever increasing ocean of knowledge around us which calls for efficient and improved knowledge acquisition techniques so that maximum knowledge can be retained by the learners. Moreover, the dynamically changing business environment puts completely different challenges on learning process – fast, just-in-time, cheap and relevant learning. E-learning [...]
Howard Gardner defined nine intelligences possessed by humans, i.e., multiple intelligences. These are visual/spatial, verbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical, bodily/kinesthetic, musical/rhythmic, interpersonal and intrapersonal/reflective, naturalist and existential (Table 1). Although we all possess all of these intelligences, we develop and utilize them differently. The awareness of multiple intelligences is useful to an online instructor [...]