Only Part of the Cure
E.learning Age › Nbr. 10/2005, December 2005 › Instructional Design
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What people have come to realize is that online learning in isolation is not the panacea that some of the training industry PR tried to convince them it was. As the industry edges towards maturity, people are now starting to embrace e-learning and understand its strengths and weaknesses, identify how it can best integrate with other forms of learning transfer, and how it can and should be deployed to support the effective management of learning. The most common model used for creating learning materials is the ADDIE model and most instructional design models are spin-offs of this. Good instructional design is what engages a learner and makes them return. If instructional design contributes to developing learner competencies, then it follows that it must fundamentally be about the learner. Whatever the future of learning, one thing that will always be a constant is the need for strong instructional design skills and learner-focused solutions.
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Only Part of the Cure
We've seen a lot of changes over the last 15 years - some fads, and some innovations which are likely to stand the test of time in one form or another. What we have come to realise (although it has taken a little while), is that online learning in isolation isn't the panacea that some of the training industry PR tried to convince us it was.
However, as the industry edges towards maturity, we're now starting to embrace e-learning and understand its strengths and weaknesses...See the full content of this document
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