Category Archive for Learning Environment
By John Baker | Published: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Next Generation Learning Environment is Here
Announcing that Desire2Learn Learning Suite 10 is available for clients to upgrade is truly exciting. Our team has put in a tremendous effort to build the most modern, beautiful, and elegant learning system in the market. This new release of our Learning Suite is the result of a strong focus on design, creativity, and technology. Months of ongoing communication with hundreds of clients including instructors and administrators, has made this possible. The input of learners and a focus on engagi...
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By Greg Boyd | Published: Thursday, February 09, 2012
Desire2Learn in the Corporate Vertical - Why, and Why Now?
2011 ended with a lot to be proud of for the Corporate team at Desire2Learn, with new clients coming on board in the final weeks of the year, and promise of more to come in early 2012. There is a great deal of momentum coming into the year because of both this growth, and also because of the investment Desire2Learn is making here in the years ahead. This is great news for our existing base of Corporate and Association clients, but does lend itself to the question of ‘why’ (let alone,...
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By Marsha Conley | Published: Thursday, November 17, 2011
Increase Student Success by Personalizing Online Learning
The idea of using technology to personalize education for each individual learner has been around since the early days of Computer Based Training. These early devices could track a learner’s answers to quiz questions and then deliver additional materials based on the questions missed which was a major improvement in those days. However, modern Learning Management Systems (LMSs) can do much more and have many new tools for personalizing online learning. What does personalizatio...
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By David O'Hagan | Published: Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Raging against the machine
Instructors today, from university professors to grade school teachers, are in battle. And in many cases they’re not really winning. The battle is against the onslaught of new technologies, many claiming to revolutionize learning. Some may be revolutionary, many will not be. Regardless, the battle that actually needs to be fought is the one to engage students. Many technologies are engaging. Many instructors struggle to engage, and that is where the issue lies. Engaging students certainly ...
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By Janna Cameron | Published: Thursday, March 31, 2011
Is this section 508 compliant?
I dislike this question. It’s not because I tend to dodge conversations about accessibility that I dislike the question – but rather because it’s so black and white. It frames accessibility as a checklist or series of milestones. It suggests that having good link names, page names, alt text, etc. magically makes a website accessible and that we can check some compliance box and stop working. Standards are a great tool. They set an excellent baseline fo...
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