Review of the content: part 2

[ashwinvis]

Acquisition of Skill

This episode is quite polished

• The title Meaning does not convey much. Perhaps it can be combined with subsequent paragraph.

Meaning Memory retention is also improved when learners are required to...
The power of analogies Good analogies can be extraordinarily useful ...

Lesson Design

• Backwards lesson design - should start with learner personas and then follows learning objectives. This point is omitted in the beginning.

Good Interactive Teaching Practices

• The section on Cognitive load should come before Lesson Design episode, since it is quite important. Also here we mention the term before explaining it. Move it to Acquision of Skill / Lesson Design episode.

Teaching Mechanics

• Greg Wilson's slides show a couple of other issues of on-line teaching which we do not mention: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XUq9HJ9gntMxrZYlA6l0oFEQJ4Im9XodoP77eMkPzh0/edit#slide=id.gbb75ed8958_0_0 . The exercise suggested at the end, is a better wording from what we have (Do you have any ideas for how to solve them or reduce their effects?):

Describe one tool or practice you have used online (or seen used) that isn’t included in this lesson.

• Move the discussion on online workshops and the exercise to the middle / end?

I did not get enough time to go through the last two episodes closely, but it seems OK from a quick glance.