147 pages pdf - ICT Digital Literacy

Hey, Who Moved My Administration & Support?
#661: Easy On The Eyes
People don't like to read on a screen, so send paper if there is a lot of complex information.
Angel Sancho
Centro de Estudios Garrigues
#662: Be Ecological & Get Organized With e-Notebooks
Many courses require students to complete assignments and submit them as individual printouts or in 3-ring
notebook binders. The electronic notebook method may be used in lieu of printing assignments. How does it
work? The notebook is a group of subfolders and files inside a parent folder that is named with the class section
# and the student's name. Students submit folders weekly to the instructor. Be sure to discuss the process with
your IT staff first as network privileges will need to be granted to students.
Maryann Watson
Orange Coast College
#663: Are You Covered For "Overhead"?
Interactivity and collaboration are powerful tools that enable e-Learning to provide some of the
same mentoring and peer-to-peer knowledge exchange that typically occur in a "live," face-toface
environment. Interactivity and collaboration work best when moderators employ strategies
and tactics to get learners engaged, and to keep them engaged. Enabling technologies also
evolve, and learners' platforms may need updating. Someone needs to keep on top of this. In
short, there is an "overhead," or burden, that comes with deployment of e-Learning, and
successful e-Learning enterprises allocate personnel and budget to cover that overhead.
Larry Franks
VERTEX Solutions, Inc
#664: Let Your Home Page Self-Help Learners
Take the time to carefully draft the instructions you put on the home page of your e-Learning
site. This is the chance to tell users how to use the site, but also WHY it has been implemented,
and WHO can help them in case of problems.
Jocelyn Phelps
Groupe Société Générale
#665: Can We Set Up A Time To Talk At Your Convenience?
Just making an offer of personal telephone coaching to support an online learning program
heightens interest and willingness to "try it out" tremendously.
Lee Maclean
Converge Consulting Group
#666: Additional Contact Can Increase Usage Rates
Don't hesitate to "tickle" people who should be using an e-Learning module and who are not
(you can tickle with email or by phone). Sometimes there are strange reasons why they don't log
on: no one told them they should, the system was down the day the link was sent, their name
was misspelled by the administrator and they can't log in.
Jocelyn Phelps
Groupe Société Générale
#667: Support Your Support People
E-Learning without an adequate support system of tutors, coaches, and facilitators often leads
to low completion rates.
John Douglas
Teknita AS
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