elearning Magazine: What’s Wrong With Distance Learning?
elearning Magazine: What's Wrong With Distance Learning?"The fundamental issue here-what's really wrong with distance learning-is a flaw inherent to many design situations: well-intentioned managers and designers so totally fall in love with designing and building that they get disconnected from those who are stuck trying to use their stuff... If you think I'm overly harsh and critical of hard-working and earnest designers, then you're getting my point. These guys think learning is distant because it's far away from them. The right mindset should be to make the learning feel as close to the learner as possible-close to their jobs, their minds, and their hearts. Sure, the problem is understandable. Organizations today are moving into a space where most training departments simply haven't lived before. But that's all the more reason to up the ante and start thinking like world-class designers who know their target audience intimately. Here are five principles that can serve as a guide..."
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