Tony Karrer
JANUARY 2, 2009
Once again, Clayton Wright has been nice enough to compile an incredible list of conferences focused on use of technology in learning. Clayton publishes this as a Word document but does not publish it as a web page. He has generously allowed me to republish here. You can contact him at: crwr77@gmail.com. His notes on the list. Please note that events, dates, titles, and locations may change; thus, check the specific conference website.
Experiencing eLearning
JANUARY 31, 2009
WebAIM: Screen Reader Survey Results. Results of a survey of screen reader users. Screen reader users are not uniform in their responses; proficiency levels and preferences vary widely. Clear heading structure is recommended, as this was a very common navigation technique. Because of the diversity of responses, it may be best to provide options so people can access content in the way that works for them. tags : accessibility , webdesign.
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eLearning Cyclops
JANUARY 29, 2009
How well does Gagne’s Nine Events of Learning fit in e-learning? I think it is a good fit, but in full disclosure, I do not always use all events or in the intended order. If you are not familiar with Gagne, here is a quick overview. The following are examples of how I believe we can incorporate each event, although I have taken some interpretive liberties with each event.
Kapp Notes
JANUARY 30, 2009
As learning professionals, we are familiar with Donald Kirkpatrick and his four Levels of Evaluation.If you need to get up to speed, you can read an interview with him here. However, Level 1 Evaluations which measure initial learner reaction to instruction are typically boring checklists or Likert-type scales which are painful to complete and don't provide much more information than how was the room temperature or donuts.
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Learning Visions
JANUARY 23, 2009
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, January 23, 2009 Learning Myths with Dr. Will Thalheimer Another lunchtime webinosh with Dr. Will Thalheimer. The topic today: Myths the business side has about learning. But first, the news. Learning News Inaugural oath flub. Justice Roberts tried to administer the oath from memory.
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Tony Karrer
JANUARY 21, 2009
For people new to the concepts of social media and reviewing their tool set, is Twitter a good choice as a tool? Introduction to Twitter for Learning Here are some good initial starting points that discuss Twitter for Learning - Twitter for Learning Twitter - A Teaching and Learning Tool Twitter Collaboration Stories Quick Start Guide to Twitter Twitter Newbies Guide 10 reasons why Twitter will help improve your already existing networks Newbie's guide to Twitter Twitter is Not for People New to
Experiencing eLearning
JANUARY 30, 2009
xtranormal. Create animated movies with computer-generated voices and 3-D characters. I haven’t played with it yet, but it looks promising. tags : animation , web2.0 , MEGA. The Plagiarism Checker. Quick automated plagiarism checker. Copy and paste text and it looks for phrases online. tags : plagiarism , tools. [ws] Color Scheme Designer. Color scheme generator which includes a feature for simulating what the colors would look like for people with different types of color blindness. tags
Lars is Learning
JANUARY 25, 2009
Here's an article published in Learning Technologies magazine this week. I wrote it some time back (old world printing deadlines) failing to fully forward plan for some events, like Obama moving from Elect to Active president status last week. But I'd welcome your comments on what you think mission critical e-learning means to your organisation or the organisations you work with.
Kapp Notes
JANUARY 28, 2009
One of the great things about what I do is getting to meet and work with really thoughtful and creative people and the other day, I got a chance to brainstorm with a group of great people on the topic of Virtual World Implementations. The group included Clark Aldrich (who I have worked with quite frequently lately.its been great), Susan Hendrich (who I knew from her blog and virtual interactions and finally got to meet face-to-face), Eilif Trondsen , Director SRI Consulting Business Intelligence
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Learning Visions
JANUARY 14, 2009
Last night, Dr. John Curry interviewed me for his Introduction to Instructional Design class. I was one of four instructional designers that John interviewed and the only non-degreed one in the bunch. John asked each of us a series of questions: how we came to the instructional design field, what our current day-to-day jobs as instructional designers are like, what skills we feel are important for instructional designers, and what we feels the future of the field will be.
E-Learning Provocateur
JANUARY 31, 2009
I’ve been seeing a lot more social media icons on websites these days, and you may have noticed that I’ve recently added a few to this blog. Why? Well, I figure that if I’m serious about the use of social media for collaborative learning and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, then I should do what I can to encourage participation. However, not everyone shares my view.
Tony Karrer
JANUARY 26, 2009
Last year I laid out in January my Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008. In my post, 2008 2009 - written in December 2008, I looked at how well I did in those predictions, and my results were pretty good, not perfect. So, let's try it again this year. #1 - "Self-Directed Learning" Increases Due to economic pressures, companies are going to reduce training budgets to a point where it doesn't make sense to create content on marginal topics.
Experiencing eLearning
JANUARY 28, 2009
Mind Hacks: The Straight Dope on Learning Styles. Interesting perspective on learning style theories, arguing that they may be useful because they help teachers become more aware of how they’re teaching, even if the research support for any given theory is lacking. tags : learningstyles , education , research. Learning styles seem intuitively sensible.
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.
From the Coleface
JANUARY 29, 2009
Just a shameless plug to say that I will be speaking at the Institute of Assocation Managers conference on 12 Feb 2009. IofAM is the professional association for professional associations…at last, an answer to one of those many infinite regress questions like “who audits the auditors?” I will have the chance to expand on the points made in 9 ways to design better conferences and add in a certain extra je ne sais quoi.
Kapp Notes
JANUARY 13, 2009
Image from a virtual world created by Forterra. Considering the implementation of a virtual world? Below are a few tips from a interesting whitepaper by Forterra Systems , a company that provides private, virtual world technology for the corporate, healthcare, government, education, and the entertainment industry. The main product of Forterra is OLIVE™ (On-Line Interactive Virtual Environment).
Learning Visions
JANUARY 30, 2009
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, January 30, 2009 Do Instructional Design Degrees Get "Wasted"? In my recent post Instructional Design - Whats in a Name? the usual controversy erupted. ID student commented: My problem with the industry is that the degree in instructional design is required of management. which is pretty stupid.
Clark Quinn
JANUARY 28, 2009
Old Site. I’ve been busy updating my website. The previous version was done by hand in an old version of Adobe’s DreamWeaver , and while it was very light and minimal, it wasn’t very ‘elegant’ For instance, I’d had one problem that really bugged me, hadn’t been able to fix (though recently I managed to beat it into submission).
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.
Tony Karrer
JANUARY 5, 2009
I thought I'd kick off this year by posting a series of posts on topics related to tools and methods for work and learning. I'm hoping to address questions such as: How do you create a personal tool set or Personal Learning Environment (PLE) for yourself? What should be in your tool set? What are the most important methods to adopt in addition to the tools?
Experiencing eLearning
JANUARY 27, 2009
An absolutely riveting online course: Nine principles for excellence in web-based teaching. Not a whole lot new to me here, but a solid collection of principles to guide online facilitators. If you’re looking for an introduction for facilitators or administrators who aren’t familiar with online learning or don’t really “get&# why you can’t just shovel face-to-face content into an LMS to have a great course, this would be a good way to help show what’s required
eLearning Cyclops
JANUARY 25, 2009
With turbulent times, shrinking training budgets, and a level of uncertainty, more e-learning professionals are searching for new opportunities. So, what are the best sites to search for an e-learning job? Here are the sites I have found most helpful: e-Learning Guild - You can search jobs posted on their site and you can post your resume there too.
Kapp Notes
JANUARY 29, 2009
Using a virtual world or metaverse for training is not as science-fiction as it sounds. A metaverse or virtual world is simply the natural extension and convergence of several technologies currently used for online learning. The first software element that makes up a virtual world is a synchronous learning tool similar to WebEx or Adobe Connect or Saba’s Centra.
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Learning Visions
JANUARY 30, 2009
In my recent post Instructional Design - What's in a Name? the usual controversy erupted. ID student commented: My problem with the industry is that the degree in instructional design is required of management. which is pretty stupid. My (educational) background is in Management of technology (MBA/IT). I've seen jobs that require a MA/MEd/MS in ID even though those individuals in those jobs don't design instruction.
Clark Quinn
JANUARY 23, 2009
I was pointed by Harold Jarche to Dave Snowden talking about the coming age and the characteristics of what it will take. He documents a shift from mechanistic to systematic, and posits that the coming age is chaotic, requiring a new approach. Dave terms this ‘ praxis ‘, a continual cycle of experimenting on the basis of theory and reflecting, rather than pre-determined approaches.
Tony Karrer
JANUARY 13, 2009
For many of the roles and projects you will be involved in, part of what you need to be able to do is to put yourself in a continuous learning mode. You need information radar that continuously scans for new, quality information that you should be aware of. And certainly, you have to be able to quickly commit it to your metamemory. Information Addiction Let me start this topic with a word of caution.
Experiencing eLearning
JANUARY 21, 2009
AdobeTV. Video tutorials for Adobe products, grouped by product and by channels for roles (education, photographer, designer, etc.). tags : tutorials , photoshop , flash , design , video. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Posted in Bookmarks. Tags: Bookmarks.
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eLearning Cyclops
JANUARY 22, 2009
Video can be a great compliment to e-learning courses. Here are a few ways you can use video in your courses: Vignettes of experts providing advice/tips as it relates to the course's content. I will usually place the video in a box in the corner with a play button. Once the user reads the content they can then "hear from as expert." FYI: I want the video to add to the content, not overshadow it.
Kapp Notes
JANUARY 27, 2009
Here are some interesting statistics about learning. Of course, the data was collected before the great finanical meltdown but still interesting data According to ASTD, an organization of professional learning and development practiioners: ASTD estimates that U.S. organizations spent $134.39 billion on employee learning and development in 2007. This amount reflects direct learning expenditures such as the learning function’s staff salaries, administrative learning costs, and non-salary delivery
Learning Visions
JANUARY 27, 2009
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Are You an Order Taker? When you design learning interventions, are you trying to create better learning or are you just taking the customers order and delivering what they asked for? Will Thalheimer, in the follow-up notes to his brown bag on Learning Myths , writes: "Many of us have been trying for decades to make changes, but I think also that many of us are just doing o
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