Month: February 2014

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning Hattie’s Index Of Teaching & Learning Strategies: 39 Effect Sizes In Ascending Order Greg Alchin‘s insight: "Every study has a story, and every strategy and impacting agent has a background." It is worth teasing out and reflecting upon the comments listed on the right hand side of notes. See… Continue Reading Hattie’s Index Of Teaching & Learning Strategies: 39 Effect Sizes In Ascending Order…Continue Reading Hattie’s Index Of Teaching & Learning Strategies: 39 Effect Sizes In Ascending Order

See on Scoop.it – eBookED The total cognitive load, or amount of mental processing power needed to use your site, affects how easily users find content and complete tasks. Greg Alchin‘s insight: Greg Alchin’s insight: To improve learner comprehension and engagement, educators should:1. Implement strategies to support intrinsic cognitive load such as adding glossaries.2. Minimise… Continue Reading Minimize Cognitive Load to Maximize Usability | Nielsen Norman Group…Continue Reading Minimize Cognitive Load to Maximize Usability | Nielsen Norman Group

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning TOUCH this image to discover its story. Image tagging powered by ThingLink Greg Alchin‘s insight:  The incomparable Luis Perez’s nABLE Framework in a fully interactive format. It takes SAMR to a more inclusive perspective. Gotta love the man’s work! @_luisfperez  #plearnchat See on www.thinglink.com…Continue Reading nABLE Framework by Luis Perez

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning The total cognitive load, or amount of mental processing power needed to use your site, affects how easily users find content and complete tasks. Greg Alchin‘s insight: To improve learner comprehension and engagement, educators should:1. Implement strategies to support intrinsic cognitive load such as adding glossaries.2. Minimise extraneous cognitive… Continue Reading Minimize Cognitive Load to Maximize Usability | Nielsen Norman Group…Continue Reading Minimize Cognitive Load to Maximize Usability | Nielsen Norman Group

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning As social media continues to grow as a powerful medium for sharing information and ideas, the need for accessible infographics has become more critical.   An infographic is a visual representation of data that turns complex information into bite-sized pieces that can be read at a glance. Because it… Continue Reading How to create an accessible infographic | Access iQ…Continue Reading How to create an accessible infographic | Access iQ

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning Greg Alchin‘s insight: Putting SAMR into practice. This is one for my apptastic backpack. As always we just need to make sure that there are flexible and accessible options for all learners.  See on www.educatorstechnology.com…Continue Reading A Wonderful Visual on How to Use SAMR Model On Different Classroom Tasks ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning This Education Week special report is the latest installment in an ongoing series about online education. These stories examine the opportunities and persistent questions that surround schools’ and districts’ implementation of blended learning, the widely used instructional approach that combines technology-based instruction with traditional, face-to-face lessons. Greg Alchin‘s insight:… Continue Reading Exclusive Special Report on Blended Learning…Continue Reading Exclusive Special Report on Blended Learning

See on Scoop.it – eBookED SEATTLE, WA: International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) and IBM  today announced a collaboration to develop a white paper highlighting lessons learned from IBM’s recent decision to support EPUB as the company’s primary packaged portable document format.   EPUB is the widely adopted open standard format, for digital publications, developed by… Continue Reading IBM standardizing on EPUB to reduce digital barriers and increase mobile support…Continue Reading IBM standardizing on EPUB to reduce digital barriers and increase mobile support

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Want to start conversion testing your website, but don’t know where to start? Here 6 conversion rate optimization case studies + actionable advice to help. Greg Alchin‘s insight: How do you motivate online learners to actively engage and participate in activities? Conversion rate optimization offers some interesting research that… Continue Reading 6 Of My All-Time Favorite Conversion Rate Optimization Case Studies…Continue Reading 6 Of My All-Time Favorite Conversion Rate Optimization Case Studies

See on Scoop.it – personalised learning The Stages of Personalized Learning Environments (version 2) was updated from feedback and input from educators around the world. Greg Alchin‘s insight: The brilliant work of McClaskey and Bray continues to evolve. A must read and implement for all educators committed to empowering novice learners  to become expert learners.… Continue Reading Stages of Personalized Learning Environments (v3)…Continue Reading Stages of Personalized Learning Environments (v3)

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Defines User Experience (UX), the disciplines included in User Experience and how your business can benefit from providing a good user experience Greg Alchin‘s insight: Good User Experience (UX) is crucial if educators wish to engage  and sustain learners. Many educators only focus on one of the six UX disciplines… Continue Reading What Is User Experience (UX) | Why Is User Experience Important…Continue Reading What Is User Experience (UX) | Why Is User Experience Important

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Engage website visitors better by designing your site to match how people’s eyes move on the page. Here are some surprising eye tracking stats to help. Greg Alchin‘s insight: Understanding eye tracking research helps educators create and curate digital resources that will engage  and sustain learners.  See on blog.crazyegg.com…Continue Reading Eye Tracking 101: How Your Eyes Move on a Website

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Student reflection is a key ingredient in project-based learning, and for good reason. As John Dewey reminded us nearly a century ago, “We do not learn from experience . . . we learn from reflecting Greg Alchin‘s insight: Just because it is old doesn’t mean it isn’t valuable! John Dewey’s… Continue Reading PBL Teachers Need Time to Reflect, Too…Continue Reading PBL Teachers Need Time to Reflect, Too

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes Watch our YouTube videos featuring some of Australia’s best-known disability advocates talking about the technologies and apps that have changed their lives as well as their daily frustrations of dealing with websites and apps that haven’t been made accessible to people with disability.   Greg Alchin‘s insight: Powerful stories… Continue Reading Why access matters…Continue Reading Why access matters

Every school in Australia has legal obligations and responsibilities under Federal legislation such as the Disability standards for education (2005) to ensure that all learners with or without a disability are able to participate in learning on the same basis. To ensure that all learners are able to participate in learning on the same basis… Continue Reading Designing inclusive digital learning environments…Continue Reading Designing inclusive digital learning environments

See on Scoop.it – Brain Bytes From the “I have a dream” speech to Steve Jobs’ iPhone launch, all great presentations have a common architecture. In this talk, Nancy Duarte draws lessons on how to make a powerful call-to-action. (Filmed at TEDxEast.) Greg Alchin‘s insight: An extremely powerful presentation. Great learning has a powerful narrative… Continue Reading The secret structure of great talks…Continue Reading The secret structure of great talks