Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies

Online learning has definite advantages over face-to-face instruction when it comes to teaching and learning, according to a new meta-analysis released by the U.S. Department of Education.

Check it out: http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf

Online tool for building objectives

Objective Builder has a tutorial along with a wizard for building objectives as well as resources for building performance-based objectives.

Check it out: http://www.radiojames.com/ObjectivesBuilder/

A Storyboarding Template from the MinuteBio site

Jeffery at MinuteBio has a great new post - which includes a good storyboard template. He also includes other storyboard resources.

Check it out: http://minutebio.com/blog/2009/06/29/storyboard-templates-and-resources/

While on his site, check out the free e-learning course links. I liked the airport screener training at http://www.msnbc.com/modules/airport_security/screener/.

Wild and Wacky Friday: Screw in a lightbulb

Have you ever wondered about CFL light bulbs? Why would you want to use them instead of regular light bulbs? Check out this training video from the folks at Common Craft.

"CFL Lightbulbs in Plain English" introduces the benefits and risks of using compact fluorescent light bulbs. The video focuses on saving money and reducing pollution by switching to bulbs that use less electricity. The video includes:

• The connection between using electricity and burning coal
• Cost savings of using a CFL compared to a normal bulb
• How switching to CFLs can reduce CO2 emissions
• Proper disposal of CFL lightbulbs, which contain mercury

Check it out: http://www.commoncraft.com/cfl-video

http://www.commoncraft.com/transcript-cfl-light-bulbs-plain-english

Storyboarding Software

Free to try. Storyboarder Pro integrates into Microsoft Word (2003 or later).

Check it out: http://www.storyboarderpro.com/

Free Storyboarding templates

I found some free templates for storyboarding e-Learning.

Check it out:

http://elearninglive.com/wordpress/2007/04/free-storyboarding-template/ (word)

http://www.dsink.com/newsletters/archive/20050614.php (word)

http://sociablemedia.typepad.com/beyond_bullets/2004/06/storyboards_the.html (ppt)