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Moving from Teacher to Facilitator | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

It’s in your mind One of the pioneers of adult learning theory, Malcom Knowles , explored the role of adult education and facilitation (andragogy) versus the traditional style of teaching children (pedagogy). Now the learner is responsible for helping create and shape the learning experience, and now they share the accountability as well.

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eLearning Glossary: Definitions for the Most Commonly Used Terms

Association eLearning

Pedagogy- The art or practice of teaching. Synchronous Learning- Synchronous refers to eLearning offerings where you participate as part of a group and everyone in the group needs to be logged in at the same time. Built-in assessment and reporting tools allow for automated certificate generation.

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Transformers

E-Learning Provocateur

Beyond our misgivings with technology, moreover, the virus has also shone a light on our pedagogy. Follow-up posts on the social network shift from the “what” to the “how”, while a synchronous session in the virtual classroom enables the learner to practise the latter in a safe environment.

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Daily Bookmarks 07/10/2008

Experiencing eLearning

Examples of colleges successfully using synchronous tools for office hours, student collaboration, and administrative work. tags: synchronous , highered , collaboration , education. The traditional CMS/LMS is designed for a more instructor-centered course, so the pedagogy of these courses reflects the technology.

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A Few of our Favorite CourseArc Features

CourseArc

It allows the team to collaborate both synchronously and asynchronously.”. She has experience both developing online content and training instructors on pedagogy and e-learning tools. These functions make it easy to collaborate with team members, stay on task and instill quality assurance from the beginning. “As

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Ultimate eLearning terms you should know: Part 2 (M-Z)

LearnUpon

Pedagogy: Derived from the Greek for ‘to lead’, pedagogy is a teacher-centred approach to educational activities in online and face-to-face environments. In eLearning, pedagogy involves selecting the best methods to convey information to learners.

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The Ultimate Glossary of eLearning Terms

LearnUpon

Derived from the Greek for ‘to lead’, pedagogy is an instructor-centered approach to educational activities in online and face-to-face environments. In eLearning, pedagogy involves selecting the best methods to convey information to learners. Synchronous Learning. PNG (Portable Network Graphics). xAPI (Tin Can).