Upside Learning
JANUARY 29, 2010
I have great respect for Apple as an organization particularly because I use an iPhone and I think the iPhone has definitely become one of those game-changers in the smartphone world and by a large margin. I was looking forward to the Apple iPad even more so as we have been doing good stuff on mobile learning and putting up applications and tools on iPhone as pilots and on a trial basis.
Experiencing eLearning
JANUARY 22, 2010
Welcome to stop #10 on the blog book tour for Learning in 3D! How does the instructional design process change when you’re working with virtual worlds and 3-D environments? That’s the question addressed in Chapter 7 of Learning in 3D by Karl Kapp and Tony O’Driscoll. The chapter is titled “Overcoming Being Addled by ADDIE.&# For all the impressive visual and technical feats possible in virtual worlds, a foundation of good design is still critical.
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E-Learning Provocateur
JANUARY 12, 2010
Academia is teeming with learning theories. Some of them are old, some of them are new. Some are flash-in-the-pan, others stand the test of time and remain applicable to this very day. Some of them are controversial, while others have assumed the aura of conventional wisdom. Some of them are simple, while others are incomprehensible to mere mortals.
Tony Karrer
JANUARY 18, 2010
Before I start with any of my actual predictions, let me throw in an overall prediction that the year is going to start off slow for most people, but by the end of the year, we will all be thinking: “Wow, 2010 was a crazy year!” When I say that, keep in mind that 90% of what workplace learning is all about will be basically unchanged this year. It’s mostly going to be the same – as it always is.
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Learning Visions
JANUARY 30, 2010
It’s Saturday night, and I’m reading an ID book. Just because. Instructional-Design Theories and Models: An Overview of their Current Status, edited by Charles M. Reigeluth, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1983. [I ordered it used a few weeks ago. When I opened the package on Friday, the nostalgic aroma of the library stacks hit me. Oh how I love the smell of books!
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Upside Learning
JANUARY 14, 2010
Wikipedia defines mobile learning as “Any sort of learning that happens when the learner is not at a fixed, predetermined location, or learning that happens when the learner takes advantage of the learning opportunities offered by mobile technologies&#. In other words, mLearning decreases limitation of learning location with the mobility of general portable devices 1.
Kapp Notes
JANUARY 1, 2010
What seemed like science fiction a few decades ago is now reality. While creating products, working on deliverables and collaborating across organizations on a large scale in virtual worlds seems like science fiction, the truth is that 3D environments for working, learning and collaborating are the not-too-distant future. Today, for many, it is hard to imagine a 3D Internet when so much content and information is still presented in two dimensions.
Integrated Learnings
JANUARY 26, 2010
By Shelley A. Gable. Think back to the last time you were in training, whether it was online or in the classroom. What pieces stand out most? While hopefully there are memorable moments from throughout the course, you can probably also recall how the course started and ended. Our tendency to remember especially well how sequences of information or events start and end is explained by primacy and recency effects.
ID Reflections
JANUARY 19, 2010
The post, "I have seen a thousand faces" left me wondering and reflecting for a long time. It was my discovery of the morning.It is a visual representation of moments captured, moments that make up everyone's life, moments of pain, love, laughter. The human face has always been the teller of tales, and here you will see a beautiful rendition of that ageless story--the story of life.
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Learning Visions
JANUARY 23, 2010
What did you want to be when you grew up? (And maybe you’re still asking yourself that. And maybe you haven’t really grown up yet.) As a 9-year old kid, did you think, “I wanna be a firefighter, a doctor, a teacher…or maybe…an instructional designer!” I suspect that few of those who now practice the fine art and science of instructional design, started off early in life with that vision.
Clark Quinn
JANUARY 13, 2010
Karl Kapp and Tony O’Driscoll have launched the age of virtual worlds in organizational learning by providing a thorough overview in their new book Learning in 3D. This is a comprehensive and eloquent book, covering the emerging opportunity in virtual worlds. Replete with conceptual models to provide structure to the discussion as well as pragmatic guidance to how to design and implement learning solutions, this book will help those trying to both get their minds around the possibilities and th
Upside Learning
JANUARY 19, 2010
During the course of a routine trawl of my news-feeds I stumbled on something interesting that I found relevant to my current research into mobile learning. This particular post was from ReadWriteWeb and writes about a new type of iPhone application called PowerOne that in the post says ‘…wants to solve the “there’s not an App for that&# problem that many professionals experience when they try to use their iPhones at work.
Kapp Notes
JANUARY 29, 2010
Here are the resources for the Learning in 3D presentation at ASTD TechKnowledge 2010. Here are the slides. Learning in 3D View more presentations from kkapp. Resources: Alternatives to Second Life A Few More Alternatives to Second Life Applying ADDIE to 3D Worlds Questions about Second Life Virtual Worlds Worth Billions in the New Year Save Yourself Time and Money--Before Implementing a Virtual World, Do an Analysis Recent Second Life Happenings: Going Corporate Resources for Researching Virtua
Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.
Integrated Learnings
JANUARY 14, 2010
By Shelley A. Gable. I recently came across a discussion on LinkedIn that debated whether classroom (instructor-led) training is more credible than eLearning. After comparing the effectiveness of the two methods in a variety of studies, many researchers have concluded that they can be equally effective and that the instructional strategies drive effectiveness, not the medium.
ID Reflections
JANUARY 4, 2010
Today morning started on a wonderful note. An impromptu #lrnchat ! It was triggered by a question posed by @marciamarcia : In your opinion, what's the problem social media for learning solves? Please weigh in! And as she commented 90 minutes later: 168 unique responses (not including mine) in 90 minutes. Organized spontaneous on point educational delicious.
Learning Visions
JANUARY 28, 2010
My live blogged notes…ASTD TechKnowledge 2010 in Las Vegas, NV. Allison Rossett is a Professor of Educational Technology at University of San Diego and noted author. Recap of her recent article for ASTD: e-Learning – What’s Old is New Again When you say you’re doing elearning what are you doing? The big names talk about how web 2.0 is turning courses on their heads (Downes, Rosenberg…) Here’s how Rossett created survey: Step 1: Defined what’s in and what’s out what are people doing today?
Clark Quinn
JANUARY 29, 2010
Yesterday, in case you’ve been living under a rock, Apple released their take on the tablet computer, the iPad. Steve Jobs has been quoted as saying it’s “the most important thing I’ve ever done.&# And that’s saying a lot. Like him or not, he’s changed the face of our digital lives several times: popularizing the GUI interface with the Macintosh, changing the music market with the iPod, and upending the mobile market with the iPhone.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.
Upside Learning
JANUARY 30, 2010
Learning is fast turning Social, Informal, & Mobile. That’s the message I’ve been hearing loud & clear from Learning Technologies 2010. While what’s being said in most of the sessions isn’t entirely new to us, it does reaffirm the direction in which things are going. The level of participation in these areas was clearly visible at the event which is a good sign.
Kapp Notes
JANUARY 31, 2010
Week three was a bit hectic for the tour. First, Tony and I both had live appearances and then we had an early post, a post-poned post and a Saturday post.hectic but exciting. Here is the re-cap. Day Eleven: Randy Hinrichs at his 2b3D's blog. Had an entry titled Welcome to 2b3d 3D Learning Blog Time where he talked about the fact that "3D virtual learning is about the experience" and not about the technology.
eLearning Brothers
JANUARY 5, 2010
I came across this article and thought it listed some nice advantages of eLearning. Have a read! The Advantages of eLearning. By Karen L. Jones. Technology has revolutionized business; now it must revolutionize learning. In the 21st century, people have to learn more than ever before. Especially for global organizations, live classroom-based training is becoming too costly and cumbersome.
ID Reflections
JANUARY 1, 2010
As my thoughts surfaced from the subconscious to the conscious this morning when I woke up, I found myself thinking about Semantic Web and Homophily. Lying still for sometime, I tried to mentally brush aside the cobwebs and think back to what had triggered this association. That pondering took me back to all the blog posts by various bloggers that have most influenced my thought process and my posts in 2009.
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Learning Visions
JANUARY 29, 2010
When Karl Kapp invited me to join the blog book tour for Learning in 3D, he dangled a little carrot in front of me. Apparently, I make a cameo appearance. So I am reading this book as a scavenger hunt (leave it to Karl to turn it into a game!)…my narcissistic antennae all aquiver. For those of you who don’t already know, this book is Karl Kapp’s and Tony O’Driscoll’s homage to the 3D Learning Environment – a glimpse to the future of education and training (“the learning function”) and how it nee
Clark Quinn
JANUARY 26, 2010
It flashed on me last night. Jeopardy-style, the answer to the question is the answer to the question “why do/will smartphones rule&# is “because ‘there’s an app for that’&#. Let me explain. First, you have to be clear on what a smartphone is. David Pogue has tried to call the converged mobile platform which can be customized with applications the “app phone&# , because he considers a smartphone to be a phone that can check email.
Upside Learning
JANUARY 7, 2010
“May we live in interesting times” –Chinese Proverb. It’s amazing to see an accelerating rate of change leading up to what is now generally accepted as the true beginning of the ‘age of collaboration’. As more and more humans bring devices into their lives that connect them to the global network in its myriad forms. As a facilitator for social interaction and for mobile learning, these networks are unsurpassed in mankind’s history.
Kapp Notes
JANUARY 11, 2010
Today is the beginning of a 30+ stop blog book tour. Below are the tour dates and "stop" locations. During the Blog Book tour, I will be not be posting on Kapp Notes, instead, I will be posting on the blogs which are listed below. (although I will have some posts about live appearances and such.) The tour will last into February and promises to be a lot of fun.
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Challenge to Learn
JANUARY 31, 2010
Skip to content Homepage Kasper Spiro Change to learn “ On a mission to make EasyGenerator the best and most successful e-Learning authoring tool in the world ” ‹ The most beautiful office in the world! QMlive: The way software should be › January 31, 2010 Output management I am writing a series of post on my professional foundations both for (e)learning and managing.
The Performance Improvement Blog
JANUARY 29, 2010
Employee training and development professionals, with the endorsement of their HR and Training departments, continue to invest in the latest and greatest technology and content without first figuring out how best to get the results their organizations need. Richard Flanagan, co-author of The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning, likens this to buying a drill before you know what kind of hole you want.
Learning Visions
JANUARY 28, 2010
This are my liveblogged notes from Thursday, January 28 Keynote at ASTD TechKnowledge 2010 in Las Vegas, NV. Richard Hilleman, the man behind the EA sports brand (Madden football) -- currently focused on EA’s internal university. People Lie… …but their actions don’t. This is the most important trend in video game design. (When people lie, they make his job harder).
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