... Too Much Content! In his recent newsletter, Dr. Will Thalheimer writes: Most training courses, whether classroom or e-learning, suffer from presenting too much content. It's not that content is bad. The problem is that content presented without reinforcement is content that will mostly be [...]
Researcher Katy Jordan has taken a look at completion rates across a wide variety of free online courses for academic subjects (often called MOOCs). […]
Over at Psychotactics, Sean D'Souza has a great post on "Why It’s Critical To Slow Down The First Week Of A Course." He focuses specifically on getting course participants up to speed on the technical aspects of a course (how to navigate, post, add photos, etc...) [...]
As we try to reinvent a piece of the online learning puzzle, we're inspired by other startups who are coming up with new ways to learn. A recent favorite: Enstitute. Enstitute is a non-profit, apprenticeship-based, educational experience that turns startups & small businesses into classrooms. [...]
Let's highlight a couple of cool courses that recently launched on ruzuku. On the marketing side, Aliza Sherman is offering Rock Your Business Marketing with Pinterest. This 5-day hands-on, interactive course takes you through all the steps you need to follow to understand how [...]
Over at Rise to the Top, David Siteman Garland asks "Why Should I Create My Own Online Course?" He identifies 5 reasons, including: Leveraging your time (as opposed to selling your time hour by hour, as in personal coaching) Building a solid income stream with [...]
We’re always building a better learning experience for both Learners and Guides. Here are some specific improvements we’ve released over the past few weeks... Post photos, videos & files in activity discussions A key part of the learning community in a course is responding to [...]