Momenta Learning No. 58 News on Elearning and Online Learning

Welcome to the No. 58 Issue of Momenta Learning News on Elearning and Online Learning

MIT online learning report notes importance of teachers, instructional designers Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tasked with examining the future of online education have returned with a simple recommendation for colleges and universities: focus on people and process, not technology. Back in 2013, an MIT task force presented a vision of undergraduate education at the institute in which students spend half as much time on campus as they do today.

When Your Dream School Accepts You (But Only Online) This spring, Caleb Kinsella was one of the thousands of high school seniors around the country anxiously waiting to find out if he got into the college he wanted. At 6 p.m. one day, his top school, the University of Florida (UF), would update its website with every applicant's acceptance status all at once.

The Lonely E-Learning Designer From time to time, all instructional designers have considered their job to be an "austere and lonely office," to borrow the words of poet Robert Hayden. Even if we are lucky enough to be part of an instructional design and development team, when the brainstorming and collaboration are done, it is each of us alone facing the fear of the blank screen and trying to do our best for our learners.

Improve employee training with eLearning Companies today are challenged with finding ways to minimize employee turnover and increase levels of job satisfaction and engagement. The problem is that the millennial generation, which now makes up the majority of the workforce in America, has different needs and expectations of businesses than those of previous age groups.

MIT online learning report notes importance of teachers, instructional designers Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tasked with examining the future of online education have returned with a simple recommendation for colleges and universities: focus on people and process, not technology. Back in 2013, an MIT task force presented a vision of undergraduate education at the institute in which students spend half as much time on campus as they do today.

How Good Are Your Listening Skills? When Warren Buffett released his annual letter to shareholders in February 2015, it was filled with praise for his employees and managers. The Berkshire Hathaway CEO highlighted key executives, citing their integral contributions to his company and its success over the past year.

Could a liberal arts approach to online learning be more successful? - eCampus News As working adults become the norm in higher education, the focus of many colleges and universities has shifted to online education, with its promise of flexibility and convenience. To meet the needs of these learners, a large number of schools are pursuing massively scalable, highly automated solutions, although high dropout rates plague some of these business models.

4 strategies for creating online experiences that inspire offline activity You probably already know that bridging the gap between the virtual world and the real one can be challenging. Examples of bad e-learning that fail to do this are abundant. Frankly, those courses might be the single most damning piece of evidence cited against online learning.

Tracking student emotions 'could improve online retention' Monitoring the emotions of students during online learning could help to improve retention and course design, researchers believe. Academics at the Open University are developing tools to analyse learners' emotional responses to online programmes, using either self-reporting or automated technologies. These could include using webcams to monitor engagement and emotions via students' facial expressions or eye movements.

3 Ways Online Education Advances Residential Learning | Technology and Learning OLC Innovate is now in full swing in New Orleans. Unfortunately, I am not able to attend the Online Learning Consortium gathering this year (physically or virtually), so I'll be relying on all of you to share what you are learning.