Great Advice for Writing Quiz Questions

If you write examination questions you should read this article by Tom Kuhlmann that gives some very basic but often overlooked advice on the subject.

Reading this article motivated me to looked through some of my old bookmarks and found this post from Cathy Moore that puts the "what not to do" in writing multiple choice quesitons in the context of multiple choice questions.

Very clever! (much more than I).

Do you write a lot of multiple choice questions?

Here is a brief primer on the advantages and disadvantages of multiple choice questions and how best to implement for effective assessment.

Learning Theory in a "Nutshell"

Creating Passionate Users, a blog that has been dormant for a year or so, still offers it's archive of highly entertaining and informative posts to anyone interested in creating effective (and not boring) educational materials.

The following post from a few years ago provides a very accessible presentation on how individuals learn, based on prevailing research.

Creating Passionate Users: Crash course in learning theory

Enjoy!

10 Facts About Learning

Donald Clarks Plan B blog is always a great and informative read. The following post does not disappoint.

In this post Clark offers a short list of scientifically proven learning facts (not flavor-of-the-month variety) that should be printed and kept close by as you develop your courses.

10 Facts About Learning

Make sure to review them often to help with retention.

I do wish there was a reference list included but some of the comments to include to sources for this list.

The eLearning Guild has made several archived webcast recordings from their online conference Converting Existing Course Content to e-Learning available for free to anyone who signs up as an associate member (minimum). There are some great presentations about how to go about converting live classroom materials for delivery over the web.

These web casts, delivered by Adobe Connect feature audio, slides and live screen action along with participant text chat. This provides the feel of attending the session live, of course, without the ability to comment or vote in the occasional polls.

Migrating from "Live" to Online Courses

Despite the title, this article has some good suggestions for modifying content for online delivery that was originally used for "live" face-to-face courses.

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Elearning Tips and Tricks

I haven't had a chance to look through all 162 Tips but from what I've read there are some great suggestions in here. I like #37 myself.

"Use less text. Present only one thought or concept per screen."

The book is called 162 Tips and Tricks for Working with E-learning Tools and includes suggestion from members of the E-learning Guild.