Articles by Marc Gamble
Evaluating E-Learning: The Three-Pass Approach
(3/17/08)"You can't tell a book by its cover," goes the old saying. Can you tell good e-Learning from the vendor's Web site or a vendor demo? Probably not. An author with many years of experience as a learning architect gives you the tools you need to identify quality e-Learning products (both synchronous and asynchronous) and a process that will take you smoothly through the evaluation itself.
Five Interactive Ways to Improve Synchronous e-Learning Delivery
(3/12/07)Synchronous e-Learning (the “virtual classroom”) seems similar to instruction face-to-face, but the similarity is deceptive. Both the designer and the instructor must be aware of the information they lose when teaching online, and must have clear strategies for offsetting the loss. Interactivity is an ideal strategy for this purpose, and this article shows you five ways to add it to your courses.
Using Radio Production Techniques to Improve Synchronous Communication
(11/27/06)Many synchronous e-Learning designs assume that online instruction is primarily a visual medium. This may be due to the dependence of so many designs on slide-like visuals for support. But in fact the audio component often carries much of the information that you wish to teach. In this week’s article, an experienced producer explains how techniques from radio broadcasting can transform e-Learning.
