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14 Nov

Designing Effective Multimedia Lessons for Learning

Posted by Matt Guyan | Instructional Design, Theory |

This blog post is a slightly altered essay that I recently submitted as part of my Master of Education (Educational Psychology) studies. The delivery of learning via the use of multimedia (also known as eLearning) continues to be a popular choice in workplaces around the world. In my current role as an Instructional Designer, I am involved in the design and development of eLearning courses for corporate clients with the aim of closing knowledge gaps in employees and ultimately improving their performance. The challenge for myself, and indeed all instructional designers, is how to best present information in such a...
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05 Nov

The Next OzLearn Tweet Chat is on 10/11/15

Posted by Matt Guyan | OzLearn |

On Tuesday 10th November at 8:00pm AEDST, @OzLearn is having its next monthly twitter chat. This month, our guest is Ajay Pangarker (@AjayPangarkar) and we'll be talking about evaluating learning. In preparation for the chat, you can read a post by Ajay here (there's a short video too). To join the chat, go to Twitter at 8pm on 10/11, search for @OzLearn and join in the conversation (don’t forget to add #ozlearn to your tweets). There is also an OzLearn LinkedIn group where you can view the Storify of the chat afterwards. Hope you can join us for the chat!
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18 Oct

Pushing My Buttons

Posted by Matt Guyan | ELH Challenges, My Portfolio, Show Your Work, Storyline |

Often when we talk about our work, we talk in terms of ‘what’ we did. The Showing My Work series of posts aim to also capture the ‘how’ something was done. E-Learning Heroes Challenge #89 - Creative Button Styles and Effects. The brief: This week, your challenge is to have fun with buttons! Play with different shapes, styles, and effects to show how you can use buttons creatively in e-learning. Be sure to include the Normal, Hover, and Selected states in your work. In this challenge from a few months ago, we had to design some buttons. I came a...
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09 Oct

The Next OzLearn Tweet Chat is on 13/10/15

Posted by Matt Guyan | OzLearn |

On Tuesday 13th October at 8:00pm AEDST, @OzLearn is having its next monthly twitter chat. This month, our guest is David Smith (@dsvirtually) and we'll be talking about technology and learning. You can read a blog post by David on this topic here. To join the chat, go to Twitter at 8pm on 13/10, search for @OzLearn and join in the conversation (don’t forget to add #ozlearn to your tweets). There is also an OzLearn LinkedIn group where you can view the Storify of the chat afterwards. Hope you can join us for the chat!
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04 Oct

The Human Memory System

Posted by Matt Guyan | Instructional Design, Theory |

This blog post is a slightly modified version of an essay that I recently submitted as part of my Master of Education (Educational Psychology) studies. The ability of the human brain to process, store and retrieve information has been the subject of much research and debate by cognitive psychologists over a long period of time. Whilst the terminology and functioning of the components of the human memory system (also known as our human cognitive architecture or HCA) have changed based on the findings of research, it is widely accepted that our memory system consists of a sensory memory that receives...
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Designing Effective Multimedia Lessons for Learning

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