Comments on: When a Webinar is a Bad Idea

By: What Makes Online Learning Effective? « aLearning Blog

What Makes Online Learning Effective? « aLearning Blog — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:43:17 +0000

[...] Webinars are a great example. They’re easy to conduct and attend, relatively inexpensive, and everyone seems to be offering them. Even when they should be doing something else (see When A Webinar Is a Bad Idea). [...]

By: More Defense and a Challenge « aLearning Blog

More Defense and a Challenge « aLearning Blog — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:46:59 +0000

[...] if you have information-focused programs, consider them for online delivery via Webinars (see When Webinars are a Bad Idea for ideas on making this decision). If you have content that is conducive to hands-on learning, a [...]

By: Are You Making the Right Webinar Choice? « aLearning Blog

Are You Making the Right Webinar Choice? « aLearning Blog — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:35:03 +0000

[...] on the right things? Assuming you have content that’s best matched to the Webinar format (see “When a Webinar is a Bad Idea”) don’t overlook the opportunity you have to produce your own Webinars, keep more of the [...]

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:31:29 +0000

Thanks so much, Mullygrub! Great post on The Sound of Silence — Finding the best ways to leverage the technology to match the best ways people learn might seem clear to us, but getting our trainers and moderators and others onboard is a constant challenge.

I got some great tips on doing just that from your post! Thanks so much!

By: mullygrub

mullygrub — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:06:26 +0000

This post is exactly what I’ve been training our webinar trainers and moderators about! It is so true that a conveyance of information does not lead to learning. Unfortunately “banking” information into people’s heads is too often mistaken for learning. Even back at the beginning of the 1900’s Dewey was wondering “why is it, in spite of the fact that teaching by pouring in, learning by passive absorption, are universally condemned, they are still entrenched in practice?”, yet today, here we are, still railing against the same practices.

Very glad to see a like minded educator

By: The Sound Of Silence « e-Learning etc

The Sound Of Silence « e-Learning etc — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:44:11 +0000

[...] to increase interaction, stating that not doing so results in a mere conveyence of information (Ellen has some musings about why this is a bad idea). How was this potential being left unfullfilled? By asking questions and answering them [...]