Textual Double Header

Friday, 4 September, 2015

Donald Clark did a good textual double header last week….. the first piece was on why text actually makes for good learning. Two 10 reasons including its fast, leaves the learner in control and is searchable. Perhaps the big downside (not mentioned) is that it requires effort, i.e. you have to WANT to read to do it, making it an ACTIVE learning process. That is perhaps one of the reasons that it is so effective - people have to engage to do it. Video content, in contrast, is PASSIVE so there will be a significant proportion of people who will watch but NOT engage.

Which leads quite neatly on to his second piece - top 10 tips for WRITING online content. These ARE good and are designed to ENGAGE learners. They include CUT CUT CUT (less is more), using images, stab points, key words and meaningful headings.

For learners and writers alike, these two articles are a great starting point.

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