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eLearning Sucks
The document discusses the shortcomings of traditional eLearning and lectures, noting that attention spans drop off significantly within the first 10-25 minutes of a lecture. It advocates for more interactive and engaging eLearning content that allows learners to explore, interact, and learn through experience in a risk-free environment. The principles of game design, like challenge, feedback, and flow are highlighted as important for keeping learners engaged. The document calls for educators, designers, and communicators to work together to create more engaging online learning experiences.
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eLearning Sucks
- 1. eLearning sucks Adiscussion stimulus for teachers, marketers & communicators everywhere.
- 2. lectures are aninefficient way to teach
- 3. % of classpaying full attention Time (minutes) The Attention Curve After 10 minutes 35% of your audience you’ve lost Mills, H.R. (1977) Techniques of Technical Training , 3rd Ed. Macmillan, London
- 4. % of classpaying full attention Time (minutes) The Attention Curve After 25 minutes 75% of your audience you’ve lost Mills, H.R. (1977) Techniques of Technical Training , 3rd Ed. Macmillan, London
- 5. % of classpaying full attention Time (minutes) The Attention Curve Which leaves you with a beginning and an end (but no middle) Don’t say anything important here! Mills, H.R. (1977) Techniques of Technical Training , 3rd Ed. Macmillan, London
- 6. You end upsaying everything 3 times © World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org) swiss-image.ch Remy Steinegger Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tony_Blair_WEF_2008_cropped.jpg EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION “ ”
- 7. Most eLearning isalso like a lecture
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- 9. It’s like travellingby train One route. One speed. You can’t contribute to the journey, nor can you determine its outcome.
- 10. Using the webis not like travelling by train
- 11. Explore With theweb you can... Trigger Enquire Respond React Engage Create Query Interact Rewind Pause Repeat Test Customise
- 12. Thanks to theWeb, creating interactive learning content is becoming faster and cheaper.
- 13. The web-savvy generationnow expect a higher level of engagement
- 14. People enjoy videogames because their creators put engagement before everything else.
- 15. eLearning authors oftenput engagement a distant second to academic rigour.
- 16. The principles ofgame design are significant But the very word game is misleading. It’s synonymous with extra-curricular, solitary activity. This is a misconception we need to overcome.
- 17. of 40Just like a game eLearning can provide a controlled environment for experimentation, safe failure and experiential learning.
- 18. lecture? So whydoes eLearning have to be like a
- 19. In life we learn from experience
- 20. Learning results frompeer interaction & feedback in an entertaining and risk free environment. It also involves repetition, reinforcement, association and use of multiple senses. E Akl et al 2007 “ ”
- 21. Abilities Challenge AnxietyBoredom flow Csíkszentmihályi, Mihály (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience . New York: Harper and Row. ISBN 0-06-092043-2 Holt, R. Examining Video Game Immersion as a Flow State , B.A. Thesis Dept of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, 2000 The flow zone This chart demonstrates the balance between challenge and ability that results in “Flow” – a state of continuous engagement. This balance is unique for every individual; which is why teaching a large classroom is so difficult. eLearning has a tremendous opportunity to create a state of Flow that is suitable for every learner’s ability. of 40
- 22. Often we havecritical lessons to communicate...
- 23. Lessons which protectour safety and health...
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- 25. ...lessons which protectour future.
- 26. these lessons meritserious attention when it comes to online learning
- 27. We will needto work together Interaction Designers Educators Communication experts + +
- 28. lets make ithappen :) @seismograph slideshare follow us on twitter more presentations on (links open in a new window)