Learning Visions
MAY 6, 2009
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Describing What You Do: Instructional Design Youre at a playground and you start talking to the mom sitting on the bench next to you. Eventually, she asks you what you do for work. What do you say? Are you met with comprehension or blank stares?
Upside Learning
MAY 22, 2009
The New York Times recently launched version 2.0 of their Times Reader for Windows, Mac, and Linux, developed using Adobe’s AIR and Flex. This is available for download from the NY Times’ Time Reader 2.0 site or Adobe’s Marketplace. The previous version of Times Reader was developed using Microsoft’s Silverlight and Windows Presentation Format (WPF).
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Experiencing eLearning
MAY 30, 2009
Corporate eLearning & Flash Development Portfolio -:- Clearly Trained. Portfolio with samples of simple and complex Flash simulations, corporate e-learning, and educational games. Several of the examples are from Edheads.org, some of my favorite simulations and games. tags : e-learning , portfolios , simulations , games , flash , 3d. Posted from Diigo.
Making Change
MAY 14, 2009
I climbed onto the tram, folded my ticket, and with some trepidation stuck it into an unmarked metal box. A happy ding announced my success. I did it! I correctly rode a tram in Amsterdam! Small victories like these make me love to travel. Every day I move from clueless to confident as I tackle questions like, “How do I peel and eat this hardboiled egg using only this tiny spoon?
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Kapp Notes
MAY 22, 2009
Before a large scale implementation of any new learning technology, you really need to run a pilot group. You need to catch problems on a small scale and then adjust, correct and modify based on the feedback and experience of the pilot group. Skipping a pilot of a new technology is a dangerous gamble. It could be, as they say, "career limiting." So I suggest a carefully chosen pilot group, but, you might ask, what does that pilot group "look like"?
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Learning Visions
MAY 6, 2009
You're at a playground and you start talking to the mom sitting on the bench next to you. Eventually, she asks you what you do for work. What do you say? Are you met with comprehension or blank stares? This was me yesterday: Playground Mom: So, what do you do? Me: I'm an instructional designer. I create eLearning. Playground Mom: [blank stare] Me: corporate training.
Upside Learning
MAY 8, 2009
We discovered ‘The Ten Commandments of eLearning” as elucidated by Cath Ellis and Clive Shepherd. We’ve decided to follow in the same vein and list our commandments. First off, we thought ten is too many to remember, so we cut it down to five. There are some similarities to Cath and Clive’s commandments but that is to be expected given the nature of this post. 1.
Experiencing eLearning
MAY 27, 2009
Directory of Social Networks for Learning Professionals. Jane Hart has collected this list of examples of social networks for learning professionals, including many groups on Ning and Facebook. tags : socialnetworking , education , collaboration , facebook , ning , pln. AllThingsPLC — Articles & Research. Articles and research on professional learning communities.
Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning
MAY 30, 2009
A digital cinema provider from Hollywood will soon start using Raptivity for sales presentations. The owner of a Spanish humanities and technology web site has plans to use Raptivity for enhancing his web portal. Raptivity , the e-learning tool? Yes, and no. Yes, because in essence, both will use the same Raptivity software we use in e-learning. No, because their versions of Raptivity - Raptivity Presenter and Raptivity Web Expert - are specially adapted to support presentation making and web de
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Making Change
MAY 11, 2009
Some questions from blog readers have alerted me to the fact that when Apple “upgraded&# Keynote 08 to create Keynote 09, they removed the ability to export slideshows as interactive Flash files. I’ve written a bit on this blog about how great it is that you can export from Keynote to Flash but…now you can’t! So: If you currently have Keynote 08, don’t upgrade.
Kapp Notes
MAY 26, 2009
Here are some interesting examples of using virtual worlds for learning, manufacturing and business: In the manufacturing arena, the level of complexity of today’s assembly lines cannot be accomplished with two-dimensional visualization. A virtual 3D world is needed to make sure all of the manufacturing equipment and human employees work together flawlessly.
Learning Visions
MAY 12, 2009
What's your take on using audio in eLearning? For or against? Do you use audio on every slide because the client says people will think it's broken if you don't? (This has happened to me!) We've taken this up before and many of us IDs know the strategies for using audio most effectively by now. We know to avoid narrating text word for word, for instance.
Upside Learning
MAY 28, 2009
There’s more talk about Digital natives going around; Jeremiah Owyang blogged from the Corporate Social Networking Conference in Amsterdam. Time and again, this talk about Digital natives and the millenials comes up, and there still isn’t much agreement about the key issues at hand. There seems to have been a fair bit of Interesting talk at the conference: “By age 20, kids will have spent 20,000 hours online –the same amount of time a professional piano player would have spent practicing&#
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
MAY 24, 2009
Facilitating_online.pdf. Course leader guide for an open course for online facilitators with week-by-week notes and activities. CC-By-NC-SA. tags : e-learning , teaching , education. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Posted in Bookmarks. Tags: Bookmarks.
Tony Karrer
MAY 28, 2009
As part of the eLearning Tour , Christopher von Koschembahr demonstrated a podcast where he conducted an interview. The interviewer was a female voice asking questions. She would ask a question and then he would respond. What was interesting is that the interviewer was produced using Text to Speech. You can listen to the result at the 12:23 mark of the first video on the eLearning Tour page.
E-Learning Provocateur
MAY 11, 2009
I attended the CeBIT Expo at Sydney’s Darling Harbour this morning. While there wasn’t a lot that caught my eye in terms of e?learning (it is an IT event after all), I liked the look of these tough little tablet PCs that were being demonstrated by Motion Computing. They look perfect for “on the go&# kind of work, and I’m pondering their potential for m?
ID Reflections
MAY 28, 2009
Why am I writing about Twitter? Because it is a powerful social networking tool that is fast becoming a social learning tool. The connotation of the word social is changing from one of "connect" to bring into its fold other meanings like collaborate, learn, share, give, participate, hear, be heard, ask, be answered.This is not a litany in praise of Twitter--it is in support of all social networking sites (SNS) that will help us to collaborate and build collective knowledge.
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.
Learning Visions
MAY 29, 2009
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, May 29, 2009 Join Me at ASTD ICE June 1&2 Are you going to ASTD this coming week? Ill be hanging out at the Expo with the Kineo crew on Monday and Tuesday. Were booth #1926. Stop by and say hi! And if you cant make it to the Expo, join us for Beer & Bloggers/Tweeters/eLearning folks: Monday, June 1st 7/8:00ish and on at the Dubliner.
Upside Learning
MAY 18, 2009
I have always believed that the present economic slowdown would positively benefit the eLearning industry in the long run. There have been several recent surveys to suggest the same (two of them are mentioned in the latter half of this post) and now, a ValueNotes report released in May 2009 specifically examines the status of the Indian eLearning outsourcing industry and predicts a high rate of growth until 2012, despite the current recession.
Experiencing eLearning
MAY 14, 2009
Chartle.net – interactive charts online! Lots of types of charts: pie, bar, line, radar, timeline, maps. Licensed CC-By so OK for pretty much any use. tags : web2.0 , tools , visualization. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Posted in Bookmarks. Tags: Bookmarks.
Tony Karrer
MAY 26, 2009
Here's what you might have missed last week. eLearning Learning Hot List - May 15, 2009 to May 22, 2009 Top Posts The following are the top posts from featured sources based on social signals. The Challenge of Training the PlayStation Generation - The E-Learning Curve , May 15, 2009 Metalearning - eLearning Technology , May 20, 2009 Presentation: Blogs in Education - Don't Waste Your Time , May 22, 2009 Aligning Learning Theory with Instructional Design - The E-Learning Curve , May 21, 2009 List
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eLearning Cyclops
MAY 27, 2009
Whether face-to-face or online, gaining attention is a crucial element to course design. This element is prevalent in both Gagne's 9 Elements and Keller's ARCS Mode l. The important thing to consider in implementing this element is that it does not need to be a single occurrence at the start of course, but can be integrated throughout the course. And it must have a learning objective and/or reinforce the content at hand.
Web Courseworks
MAY 26, 2009
I noticed Jane Bozarth's blog posting concerning a lively discussion on "Tips for Working with SMEs?" My blog post on handling subject matter experts back in January also seemed to stimulate discussion. I am currently working on my PhD. dissertation proposal on contributing factors to expertise-sharing between the SME and the design team. Project success depends on several factors, starting with achieving respect between the two parties.
Learning Visions
MAY 29, 2009
Are you going to ASTD this coming week? I'll be hanging out at the Expo with the Kineo crew on Monday and Tuesday. We're booth #1926. Stop by and say hi! And if you can't make it to the Expo, join us for Beer & Bloggers/Tweeters/eLearning folks: Monday, June 1st 7/8:00ish and on at the Dubliner. Tags: kineo beer astd.
Upside Learning
MAY 26, 2009
There’s been quite a bit written about how Twitter can be used for learning. A few interesting reads are listed at the end of this post. I personally believe that Twitter is a great tool to get access to knowledge and information—provided you follow the right people. It’s also a great place to get answers—better than Google searches sometimes—if the right people are following you.
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Experiencing eLearning
MAY 13, 2009
Harry Maugans » How to Create an Animated, Sliding, Collapsible DIV with Javascript and CSS. Similar to the other link about collapsible text, but this one allows for animation and has two separate links for sliding down & sliding up. tags : css , javascript , webdesign , howto. Harry Maugans » How to Create a Collapsible DIV with Javascript and CSS.
Tony Karrer
MAY 13, 2009
Catherine Lombardozzi recent post Coaching informal learning sparked something for me around online coaching opportunities. In prior posts she identifies the following elements as being needed for informal learning strategy to be effective in the workplace: Motivation for learning. A culture that provides access to other people who support learning in a wide variety of ways Easy access to materials that support learning Skills in utilizing electronic tools to manage learning.
eLearning Cyclops
MAY 26, 2009
The e-Learning Guild has released its latest e-book, 65 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Budget. And as with all their e-books you can't beat the price, free. Here the link where you can download it. [link] I have a couple of tips in there too. I hope they are helpful.
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