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Friday, August 15, 2003
Unnecessary complexity - George Siemens, elearnspace Blog
Unnecessary complexity - I've been thinking about why some online courses are successful...why some technology tools are adopted by "the majority"...how the type of technology selected can assist in better learning.... What does this have to do with elearning? In this forum, I advocate for simple teaching tools (blogs, RSS, wikis, simple social technologies) and for flexible/extendable learning environments (communities of practices). Selecting complex tools that are beyond a learner's needs result in learner frustration. The tools should be utilitarian and largely unnoticed. Simplicity is the easiest on-ramp to technology adoption and use.
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