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SyberWorks Media Center Presents a New Article: Best Practices for Building Student-Friendly Courses

Some people might like this item, but to me it illustrates the difficulty with the 'best practices' approach in learning. For example, one recommendation is this: "A course should consist of at most five lessons, each 30 minutes long or less. Most online courses should never run longer than 2 hours, and if one does, it should be divided into more than one course (each containing 20-30 minute lessons)." While this may be "best" for a certain set of students, it seems to me that this would vary a lot from course to course, person to person. Wouldn't it? Dave Boggs, The Boggs e-Learning Chronicle, August 5, 2009. [Link] [Tags: ] [Previous][Next]

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Re: SyberWorks Media Center Presents a New Article: Best Practices for Building Student-Friendly Courses

Olando7, August 5, 2009

I takes a lot of skill to keep the attention for 2 hours... even 1 hour online is difficult - but maybe I am a poor performer. Especially in virtual environments there is a problem of continuous (very) partial attention, it seems to me. One can delegate one's avatar to listen in while the real life typist is doing something very different, like reading mails, consulting Facebook etc.

I'd like to learn more about keeping the attention of virtual participants (which could be in virtual environments such as Second Life, or using tools such as Elluminate). [Comment] [Permalink] [Previous][Next]

Re: SyberWorks Media Center Presents a New Article: Best Practices for Building Student-Friendly Courses

mklofurno, December 1, 2009

Hi Stephen,

Thanks for your feedback. These articles are written with a focus on someone new to e-learning development.

Certainly, it would "depend" on the dynamics of the situation at hand.

Best Regards,

Mary Kay Lofurno
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