Finding Good Sources for Better Learning

I learned a little bit today about authoring tools that could substitute a cost effective training solution which are used by companies. There are actually good tools that are free on the net.

Besides Google Docs and other Google collaborative tools which I always depend on, there are actually a lot of other applications to around the net to improve my study through electronic learning. As a student, I really didn’t like studying alone before so I thought maybe I should find some people on the net that can help me or perhaps be my online co-learners. This is when I stumbled upon a lot of applications that I could use as back up in the lessons that the cost effective training solutions have been giving us, the employees.

Applications like Audacity and Talk Shoe are quite convenient to use. The fact is elearning authoring tools like these are hard to come by nowadays especially with a lot of learners thinking that they should just solely rely on their system. Many reviews and reports on electronic sites claim that using applications like Audacity, which its main feature is using podcasts for learning, and Talk Shoe, which uses an older approach to learning through a radio-inspired program, actually works good for general learners and also enhances learning for specific types of learners like the audio learner.

Another application which only a few people make use of is Dimdim. Youtube of course is the largest video site out there but Dimdim keeps everything on the learning side. This application is good for video conferences and actually outplays some of the big names in the internet like Yahoo, Google and Skype when it comes to hosting videos conferences. For learners who live far away from each other or from their online lecturer’s not only is Dimdim a good substitute for places like Skype but also a good and convenient way of learning through video and at least a lot easier to search in as compared to the video jungles of YouTube. I can say that I won’t even need to take those cost effective training solutions the company is force feeding the employees.

Generally when I get lost in lessons, there are sites like Wikispaces that I go to for a mini research on the lesson but then visiting forums and other online communities proved to be more useful in terms of gathered data. There are many other elearning authoring tools out there that may be useful to the type of course you have especially those which goes beyond words in order to study. Have you tried searching for it?

Videogames as ELearning Software Solutions

Perhaps one of the most underestimated learning opportunities, and mainly shunned upon, by parents and teachers is the value of videogames. Of course there are age brackets when it comes to games; however, the fact that games sharpen the mind’s flexibility and the brain’s response time should always be taken notice. I think it has been ages ago since videogames have been used to let children absorb knowledge and be creative about it. Some companies which focus on elearning software solutions may actually use this kind of tactic.

I still remember those pretend laptops which toddlers use in order to learn their ABCs and 123s. It even has sound to back it up, which of course is followed by these kids who re-mumble it per syllable. Some of these kinds of games become more visual by the upgrade. A good example for this would probably be my baby cousin’s educational toy. He uses this kind of technology to learn his basics with his favorite letter being G while a giraffe eating some tall tree in Africa appears on the screen.

The case maybe different for adults but basically, at its core, it is just really the same thing. E-courses teach just like that, to be exact. Parents and other grown ups understand there are some inappropriate game which children use like shooter games and some role playing games.

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Although as the case maybe, through the course of adapting better ways to produce learning materials and games which children both enjoy and learn from should be developed more. And this is more so since videogames are usually on a play alone basis. In videogames there will be objectives to be determined; missions to be cleared, strategies to be used and levels to be reached. Mental self-discipline and as well as a little determination would be required to finish the task. Focus and concentration is also observed and trained through this.

Children will always remember the games they play and thus could be an effective strategy if just given the proper attention and creativity. I say this because educational games are always branded as boring when, on the other hand, these games need not be boring since that’s the developer’s job. If such an obstacle and brand is cleared, it may be that gaming electronic courses can be one of the main pavement of elearning software solutions in the future.