Archive for November, 2010

Active Learning’s Forgotten Partner

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

Most educators would be quick to acknowledge the important role of action in the learning process, but students also need time to reflect. It is the yin-yang relationship of action and reflection that creates new knowledge. Reflection, however, is often the forgotten partner.

Test Your Way to a High-Quality eLearning Product

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

In my last post, I wrote about the Development Phase of an eLearning product. This is when your team actually creates the eLearning product. The Development Stage is extremely intense and demanding for team members on both the development and client side. In addition to implementing the design, all team members must be involved in [...]

Speech Recognition in Education

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

Speech recognition is becoming more and more prevalent in our lives. We can now talk to our phones, our cars, and our computers. With Seward’s focus on eLearning, a discussion of where speech recognition fits into this is in order.

What We’re Reading

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

Here are some of our favorite books and websites this week! I sent out a vague email soliciting items for this list, not specifying whether they should be for work or play. So, we have a bit of both.

Gone Mobile – Planning for the Mobile Revolution

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

If the realization hasn’t already struck you, consider this a wakeup call. Mobile is here to stay. If you want to maintain a competitive edge in the common market place, it’s time to incorporate mobile delivery into your online strategies.
Before we dive into a list of things to consider as you begin to plan for [...]