Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

I began blogging because I needed a way to document what I was doing, thinking and studying. My professional life is pretty hectic much of the time, and I needed a space to write down my ideas and record my thoughts before I forgot them. In essence, blogging crystallised my thinking, and extended the scope of my knowledge.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 30, 2010

Anyone who blogs regularly will have discovered several truths. Many people struggle to maintain a regular blog that is consistently good, or at least meaningful. Although you are only as good as your last blog, all your previously blogs are also out there, archived, published for people to read (and for you to revisit, if you wish).

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

In a recent blog post, I gave seven reasons why teachers should blog. It was subsequently expanded to 10 good reasons by the contributions from readers - which is actually an eleventh reason why teachers should blog - you get back such great comments, suggestions, arguments and advice, it would be crazy not to share your content.

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Learning with e's

MAY 27, 2011

But are you as good as your last blog? Does yesterday's blog post still hold currency or must you continually press forward to write better, to expand on your ideas and elaborate your understanding of your subject? Blogging is different. But with your own blog, you can be master of your own destiny.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The academic world doesn't tend to value blogging as much as it does formally peer-reviewed publications. I have written about this previously, but need to re-emphasise the true value of blogging. Here are four reasons why the academic community should revise its collective opinion about blogging.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 15, 2012

Argyll and Bute's attempts to censor a 9 year old blogging about her school dinners backfired spectacularly when they were forced to very publicly retract their original decision. The Argyll and Bute council officials thought that newspaper coverage of the 9 year old's blog was causing catering staff to fear for their jobs.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Thursday, February 12, 2009 My Blogs Personality Type Well, it isnt very glamorous or creative sounding. But I suppose this is an appropriate description of my blogs personality? Check out your own blogs writing style at Typealyzer. And please, dont leave my blog alone. My blog is ISTP. And comments.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 25, 2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Jott This Blog I havent had so much time lately to blog, as this project Im working on has been quite grueling. I find my best time for thinking up excellent blog entries is late at night when Im lying in bed. I am calling this blog entry in on my cellphone as I drive. I know, its a bit ridiculous.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 5, 2012

If you are considering taking up blogging this year, and wondering what it might involve, I would be happy to offer you a few tips from my own experience. I have been blogging for just over 5 years and during that time have learnt a few things. Firstly, blogging can be time consuming. But don't let that put you off - join in.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Image from Pixabay I'm often asked why I blog. Here are 5 reasons: Firstly, blogging keeps me focused and engaged. I'm always seeking new ideas and content for my next blog. When you write regularly, you're always on the look out for new content. Also, you're only as good as your last blog post! Unported License.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

Tuesday, August 07, 2007 31 Days to a Better Blog: Days 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 This whole 31 Days to a Better Blog exercise is proving harder to stay on top of than I had even imagined. Well, I didnt even have an About This Blog Page. Day 7: Plan a Weeks Worth of Blog Posts. Im not trying to make money off this blog.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Oh, and as I mentioned in a recent entry on my blog, Dont Make Me Think by Steve Krug is useful on the usability stakes - perhaps more so when you step from courseware and in to the wider field of elearning/performance support. It's not really their fault that the 10 steps took me 21 posts on my blog (starting here ).

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The Learning Rooms

APRIL 11, 2025

Creative Commons Licence. Examples include technical knowledge, writing abilities or project management. A style guide is created to ensure consistency in the writing, formatting and design of documents and eLearning courses. Keywords used to describe and group content including blog articles, videos, and images etc.

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Learning with e's

JULY 29, 2019

Photo by Florian Klauer on unsplash I have been privileged over the past few years to have garnered a good audience for my writing. As this blog approaches 8.5 All this has been possible because they are all labelled as Creative Commons with a repurpose licence. I couldn't let that one lie.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 1, 2014

Thank you to all those who read and commented on my blog post on April 1st. I''m not really going to stop blogging. Hopefully I succeeded - albeit in a tongue in cheek way - to illustrate that blogging is never easy, but it can have great rewards. Others are profoundly affected by harsh comments on their blogs.

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CourseArc

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Top books, blogs, videos, and more to excel as an instructional designer. Look for details about Cathy Moore’s blog below). Write and Organize for Deeper Learning (by Patti Shank) . Write Better Multiple-Choice Questions to Assess Learning (by Patti Shank). Blogs, Videos, and Podcasts. Action @ Work.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 28, 2007

Animation Tools Avatars Blogs Clickers Gaming Tools E-Portfolios Mobil Learning Personal Learning Environments Personalization Rapid e-Learning Semantic Web Simulation Tools Social Bookmarking Social Networking Tools VoIP and Telephony Wikis Wearable Peer to Peer Authoring Tools Haptics (the ability to touch things and get a sense of force feedback.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Kineo Top Tips Although my blogging volume may be down, my writing volume certainly is not. Amidst client projects and presentations I think Im actually writing more than ever. Thanks for sharing :) I have spread the news further here: [link] Through my new swoosh delicious blog (whatever!).

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Learning with e's

MAY 5, 2011

All we need is something important to say, and a tool such as this blog as a vehicle to say it with. It never ceased to amaze me how many students contact me to say how much they enjoy reading this blog. Personally, it's one of the main reasons I continue to blog and invest my time in it. Unported License.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 20, 2007

But I find them painfully boring to read and to write. Ray Sims has written a great summary on Writing Learning Objectives , with citations to some good resources, including Vicki Heaths post Learning Objectives: Writing Learning Outcomes So They Matter. And Clive is definitely on the top of my Blogs I Like list!

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Learning with e's

APRIL 1, 2014

As this will be my last ever blog post, I thought I would explain why I have decided to quit blogging. In the 5 years since I first took up blogging, I have written just over 1160 posts, and have received over 4600 comments. I feel very sad that as April arrives and spring is finally here, it also signals the winter of my blog.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Even more valuable for me, many people commented and shared their ideas to me, which led to to write further blog posts, and publish a second, related post entitled Web x.0 and onwards by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 0 and beyond. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 15, 2015

The challenge was simple - you shared an image with a friend (or three) and challenged them to write a short, learning related blog about it. blimage = blog + image. Some have returned to blogging after a long time away, and others have been encouraged to blog for the very first time. In fact it's a video.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 10, 2007

Friday, August 10, 2007 31 Days: 8, 9 & 10 Day 8: Run an Advertising Audit on Your Blog. Obviously, thats not my focus so I took Micheles advice and tried to do something from Darens Get Your Blogging Groove Back series. I attempted to write a linking post. My house might be a mess, but Id rather my blog were neat and tidy.

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Learning with e's

MAY 14, 2011

Dave has carved out quite a reputation for himself as a champion of blogging for early years children. Dave (aka @DeputyMitchell on Twitter) talked about the way he has established blogging as an inspirational tool to promote more engagement in learning for primary school age kids. But this is not the end of the story.

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TechSmith Camtasia

AUGUST 21, 2014

It’s back-to-school season for most educators and this year, the TechSmith Education team is writing a series of blog posts with some ideas for the classroom. Let’s be honest, writing sub plans takes way more time than writing normal lesson plans. The level of detail needed is difficult to achieve in writing.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 4, 2011

One of the perennial problems teachers face, especially in early years education, is trying to get children to write. The main problem is that children are expected to write in a vacuum, for an audience of one (the teacher). In an article entitled Could blogging be the key to raising a generation of great writers?

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Blogging for example, provides students with a potentially very large audience for their writing. Previously, essay writing was for an audience of one - the teacher/assessor. Photo by Jim Cianca on Wikimedia Commons The height of SAMR by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning with e's

APRIL 6, 2015

I blog and I understand. Confucius (almost) Sometime in the next day or two, this blog will quietly cross the threshold of 5 million views. When I started blogging around seven or eight years ago, I set out to share my thoughts with a small community of my own colleagues and friends. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Now that Ive been actually doing some writing, Im having to put it all to work. Instead, try creating some drama -- write a scenario -- showing the learner what they will learn. Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It. So, whats been working for me? Take the Survey!

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 29, 2011

Anyone who writes regularly will tell you this: There are times when you struggle to write something worthwhile. At such times, I tend to either write rubbish and then ditch it (boy, you should read some of my rejects - you'd laugh yourself sick), or more likely, walk away from the page/screen and go and do something else instead.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

Marketing: I write the fact sheets. Proposal Writing: When the sales demo goes well, I write the proposal. Write all the design documents, project plans, change orders, etc. Product Vision: This is a key area where blogging has really helped me lately. So, what do I do if Im not doing that? The website copy.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 22, 2007

Update: Also be sure to check out this Facebook post over at the Read/Write Web that follows this same "study." sure to check out the Read/Write Web article that I posted a link to in this original post (as an update). Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 The Big Question This months big question from the Learning Circuits Blog: What did you learn about learning in 2007? I learned that connecting with the blogging community has helped me get more passionate about my work as an instructional designer. Me: "Well, well have to write him a letter."

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Some of the spam comments posted to my blog are amusing. They are almost always posted by 'Anonymous' which seems quite a common name for those sad individuals who spend their time trying to promote their lacklustre or spurious website links on the back of someone else's success. Others are simply baffling. yeah, right.

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Learning with e's

JULY 4, 2011

How do you drive people toward your blog, and how do you gain a regular readership for your website? I read a very interesting and thought provoking blogpost on popularity earlier today by Ankesh Kothari, who guest writes on the Problogger site under the title of The Secret to Blog Popularity. and nobody reads.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 9, 2007

Thursday, August 09, 2007 With Community Comes Great Responsibility In reflecting over the benefits of the first week or so of the 31 Days to Better Blogging Challenge , the biggest thing for me has been the overall boost in community. Sometimes, its ok to just write another blog entry to continue the conversation! Its awesome.

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