E-Learning Provocateur
MARCH 16, 2009
Instructivism is dead. Gone are the days of an authoritarian teacher transmitting pre-defined information to passive students. In the 1990s, constructivism heralded a new dawn in instructional design, turbo-charged by the rise of Web 2.0. Students morphed into participants , empowered to seek new knowledge and understanding for themselves, in the context of their own unique, individual experiences.
Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning
MARCH 4, 2009
For the third time I was going through all my resources- files and bookmarks to find online icebreakers. I thought I'd do myself (and you) a favour by listing the most interesting ones. 10 online icebreakers (the picture relates to number 10!): 1. Two Lies and A Truth. Ask participants to list three interesting things about themselves. (I own two iguanas; I once shook hands with Tom Cruise; and I love to waterski.
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Experiencing eLearning
MARCH 28, 2009
Cynthia Calongne’s Presentations on SlideShare. Slideshare presentations by Cynthia Calogne from CTU, who does lots of Second Life work. tags : slideshare , presentation , education , secondlife. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Posted in Bookmarks. Tags: Bookmarks.
Upside Learning
MARCH 26, 2009
It’s everywhere – these varied conversations about learning games and the spending of millions of dollars to further the state of art in learning games. I’ve been on a similar tack; however, it’s quite obvious that most training departments don’t have the millions or even hundreds of thousands of dollars that are required for sophisticated learning game development nor do they have the many months it can take to develop a full-fledged game.
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Tony Karrer
MARCH 31, 2009
As a follow on to the discussion of social learning and formal learning in Long Live … great post by BJ Schone - Have LMSs Jumped The Shark? I constantly hear people (across many organizations) complain about their learning management system (LMS). They complain that their LMS has a terrible interface that is nearly unusable. Upgrades are difficult and cumbersome.
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E-Learning Provocateur
MARCH 24, 2009
The Learning Circuits Big Question for this month is: If you peer inside an organization in 10 years time and you look at how workplace learning is being supported by that organization, what will you see? To answer this question, I’ve organised my own two cents’ worth under six major banners… 1. The responsibility for e-learning development will decentralise across the organisation.
Clark Quinn
MARCH 10, 2009
I go to libraries, and check out books. I admit it, when there’s a lot I want to read, I’d rather read it on paper (at 1200 dpi) versus on the screen. And some recent debates have got me thinking about libraries in general, public and university. There’re some issues that are unresolved, but leave me curious. As the editor on one for-profit journal (British Journal of Education Technology), and now on one ‘open access’ (Impact: Journal of Applied Research in Work
Experiencing eLearning
MARCH 27, 2009
Inside Higher Ed: The Impact of Dropping the SAT. Want to improve diversity at a college without spending a lot of money? Drop the requirement for SAT or ACT as part of admissions. tags : education , highered , standardizedtests , diversity. These models suggest that any move away from the SAT or ACT in competitive colleges results in significant gains in ethnic and economic diversity.
Upside Learning
MARCH 26, 2009
This month’s Big Question from the Learning Circuits blog asks: If you peer inside an organization in 10 years time and you look at how workplace learning is being supported by that organization, what will you see? …. One could consider the topic from a sci-fi viewpoint; learning modules à la MATRIX – like Trinity asking Tank to run the training program for a B-212 helicopter.
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Making Change
MARCH 30, 2009
You lurch awake at 2 AM, thinking, “What if the client asks where I put sub-policy 12.5B? Did I cover it? Where?&#. At the start of an elearning project, your client will often give you more information than will be useful. Some of it will go into your elearning material, some will go into job aids, and some will get cut. Here’s one way to track what happens to your client’s favorite content. 1.
Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning
MARCH 26, 2009
What are Interaction Models? An interaction model is a template which one can easily change (customize) to create interactivity. With interaction models at hand, you don't have to build interactivity from scratch. For example, a crossword puzzle where you can put new words and clues easily, to create an entirely new crossword, is an interaction model.
Lars is Learning
MARCH 20, 2009
Here's an article I've written for publication covering the benefits learning technology offers in bringing new employees up to speed. Your comments are welcome, especially on the ideas around making use of the pre-joining period. = E-induction: Save time, reduce costs and improve quality with e-learning While the headlines are dominated by job losses and uncertainty, it's easy to forget.
Clark Quinn
MARCH 31, 2009
The controversy surrounding the formal/informal roles has suddenly created a flurry of excitement around a post on eLearn Mag. However, I’ve addressed it over at the TogetherLearn site, as it seemed somewhat appropriate to respond from the perspective of a champion of social and informal learning. In short, I point to the issues covered in the Broken ID series , and say that formal instruction isn’t the greatest thing to champion in it’s current form.
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.
Experiencing eLearning
MARCH 27, 2009
These are my liveblogged notes from Alan Levine , Rachel Smith, and Cyprien Lomas’ webinar “ What’s On Your Horizon? &# about the 2009 Horizon Report. This webinar is part of the preview for the TCC 2009 conference. My comments are in italics. Please forgive any typos or awkward phrases; those are mine, not Alan’s, Rachel’s or anyone else’s.
Upside Learning
MARCH 29, 2009
Articulate’s suite of products rate high in the rapid authoring segment. We have used them for several projects, and have found them very effective for development and simple to use. They give standards-conformant output, and save development time and cost. The latest version, Articulate ’09, has some interesting new features like Single-slide Preview, FLV Support, Easy Audio Editor, and Articulate Branding Removed.
Making Change
MARCH 3, 2009
My latest project, the Elearning Blueprint , is now available and ready to help you save the world from boring elearning. The blueprint is an interactive job aid that helps anyone design lean, lively elearning. It can be used by one person or an entire team—including subject matter experts. And because it’s based on Action Mapping , the blueprint helps you create materials that improve business performance.
Tony Karrer
MARCH 16, 2009
The Big Question this month is Workplace Learning in 10 Years : If you peer inside an organization in 10 years time and you look at how workplace learning is being supported by that organization, what will you see? What will the mix of Push vs. Pull Learning; Formal vs. Informal supported by the organization? Are there training departments? What are they doing?
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.
Kapp Notes
MARCH 31, 2009
Screen capture from Scratch an MIT project that involves a simple to great game design software. Here is an interesting article that discusses how the creation of video games can be an excellend tool for teaching students. The article Computer games as liberal arts? provides some interesting insights into how creating games can teach a number of subjects.
Clark Quinn
MARCH 29, 2009
In my last post , I referenced John Seely Brown’s mention of dispositions, and I think it’s worthwhile to try to represent and discuss his point here, as it’s relevant to social learning, organizational culture, and success, topics I’ve mentioned in the past. In The Power of Dispositions , JSB & Douglas Thomas (Ubiquity) argue that we need more than skills for 21st century education.
Experiencing eLearning
MARCH 25, 2009
Role Models in Educational Technology on Ada Lovelace Day | Janet Clarey. Extensive list of women in educational technology, including many bloggers. A number of new names for me here. tags : education , technology , e-learning , instructionaldesign , motivation , diversity. Share Best Practices - Patterns : eLearning Technology. Instead of calling them “best practices&# maybe they should be “better patterns&# ; there isn’t just one way to do things.
Upside Learning
MARCH 30, 2009
Microsoft Surface was formally launched and is now available in 12 countries. A school in the UK used it for a day; here’s what they did with it: Such technology opens up a paradigm of interaction that been under-utilized in learning. Surface will probably be the first in a long line of products that include software and hardware for touch and gestures.
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eLearning Cyclops
MARCH 26, 2009
On retrospect, my best, most well received courses did NOT contain next buttons. These were courses well designed for the self directed, adult learner. And I believe by not including those dastardly, rotten next buttons it ensured that I consciously designed a very engaging course that kept the learner wanting to participate. These stinking next buttons are just holding us back.
Tony Karrer
MARCH 24, 2009
I'm hoping you can help a reader with thoughts and likely help others of us … A medium size nonprofit and lobbying organization is working on a designing and creating a social / work network for experts, students, volunteers who are willing to help through campaigning, lobby, sharing knowledge, working on solutions (writing documents). They currently don't have any kind of solution.
Kapp Notes
MARCH 30, 2009
Recently, I spoke with a reporter from The Vancouver Sun about the future of the music industry and digital music. I have written before on the topic in my post New Music Distribution Model: Video Games. The music industry is still struggling with creating a new revenue model and how to handle the disaggregation of content. I told the reporter: "I think they (CDs) will go the way of 8-tracks,” he said.
Clark Quinn
MARCH 28, 2009
As part of the continual rethink about what I offer and to who (e.g. training department rethinks to managers, directors, VPs; experience design reviews/refines to learning teams), my thoughts on learning experience design took a leap. I’ve argued that the skills in Engaging Learning (my book) are the ones that are critical for Pine & Gilmore’s next step beyond their experience economy , the transformative experience economy.
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Experiencing eLearning
MARCH 25, 2009
We’re looking for a good subject matter expert for a specific course we’re planning to develop. Prior experience developing online courses is not a requirement for this job. From our Director: I am looking for an expert in Response to Intervention to work with an instructional designer to create an online graduate course for in-service teachers.
Learning Visions
MARCH 25, 2009
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Instructional Designers Survey My friend Robin is working on his Masters Degree in Instructional Design at the University of Massachusetts. For his thesis, hes thinking about tools and processes to better support the ID process.
eLearning Cyclops
MARCH 24, 2009
Yesterday, I presented an overview of e-learning for an audience of classroom trainers and training managers. Among the many things I covered, I included an exercise where they identified advantages and disadvantages of e-learning. I thought I would share the results. Keep in mind, these are classroom trainers that are open to e-learning and the use of technology in training, but they are not the choir.
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