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Stephen Downes

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Well. "E-learning is often boring for the same reasons much traditional instruction is boring. It focuses on content presentation rather than the learning experience. In fact, I find that 99 percent of it all follows the 'tell-and-test' paradigm: convey a block of content through lecture, books, screens, movies, bullet slides, and so forth. Then, give a quiz." Interview with 'e-learning guru' Michael W. Allen.

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