Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, January 07, 2008 The Value of Instructional Designers Ive been having on ongoing conversation with other instructional designers as to whether or not we need to have the technical skill sets to actually build the courses we design. Many instructional designers ( Christy Tucker , Wendy Wickham ) build their own courses using tools like Captivate.

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Lars is Learning

JANUARY 3, 2008

As mentioned in the previous post, here is an article I wrote back in December 2006 but it's interesting to see how relevant it feels now on re-reading: -- It's been said before, but I think we've forgotten. We are programmed to forget. So we need reminding. Regularly. As learning and development professionals, designing and delivering training.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 5, 2008

In a comment in my post Amusing Findings in Keywords Jack Pierce asked: I'm searching for the right term for what a lot of us do when we do EPSS type solutions. We could use EPSS as a term, but it seems a bit old, and a bit engineering-like. So, for some time, we have added "ecoaching" to our "elearning" offering, to describe our electronic support options.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 31, 2008

Remember those algebra or physics story problems.if a train left the station traveling 70 mph at 1:00 pm on route to the next station 3.4 miles away, what time would the train arrive at the next station? Well the folks at Edheads have done it again, last time I discussed their virtual knee surgery simulation. Learn About Knee Surgery This time they created a Virtual Crash Scene.

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From the Coleface

JANUARY 28, 2008

January is the time of year when you’ll read lots of predictions as to what will be hot in 2008 in L&D, so I thought it would be rude not to get into the act too. My methodology is surprisingly simple – take what two bodies who try to predict what conferences people will pay to attend have included in their programmes for the year. The Trainers & Developers Network is serving up: Improvisation for trainers.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, January 25, 2008 Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objectives My recent post on alternatives to listing out learning objectives generated a lot of interest and a good conversation. ( See My Objection to Learning Objectives.) I attempt to summarize here, but feel free to go back to the original post and read all the comments: Clive Shepherd hates when learning objectives are the first thing

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Lars is Learning

JANUARY 6, 2008

I wrote this article back in November for Learning Technologies magazine. I'm placing it here as a matter of record and to note that social networking tools are clearly important to accelerating the (effective) learning process. We are social animals by nature, so any technology that allows us to connect more efficiently and effectively with others will flourish.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 22, 2008

I just saw a link by Christy Tucker to a wonderfully funny, but a little too true: On the High Art of Getting Grades Without Learning Anything. It caused me to remember that last year while attending a session at ASTD 2007, a few random people and I were discussing session hopping (prior to a session). I think the term is probably self-explanatory – but in case you don't know what this is – A session hopper moves between sessions at a conference that are scheduled at the same time in order t

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 30, 2008

In terms of "going green" there are lots of efforts to help people learn to use less energy and conserve our natural resources. One fun way to teach kids about conserving energy is to have them become Energy Hog Busters. They can learn methods to conserve energy by playing a series of fun, educational games explaining the value of conservation. Check out the Energy Hog Buster web site and become officially licensed to hunt hogs, not quite like having a 007 licence to kill but close (ok, not even

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From the Coleface

JANUARY 21, 2008

It seems that in its constant desire to be taken seriously by people ‘in the business’, training professionals have been telling a few porkie pies about the scientific basis of their stories. Early in a new year, it was surely only a matter of time before the old chesnut about goal setting in Harvard was used…step forward Rob Yeung in January’s Accountancy magazine.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 31, 2008

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 29, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Wills New Taxonomy for Learning Objectives Will Thalheimer , along with many other illustrious eLearning professionals, made some great points in the comments of Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objections. Be sure to check out Wills post from June of 2006: New Taxonomy for Learning Objectives : Instructional professionals use learning objectives for different purposes&#

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Lars is Learning

JANUARY 28, 2008

A recent study has found that a ninety minute daytime nap helps speed up the process of long term memory consolidation. The group that slept in the afternoon showed a distinct improvement in their task performance by that evening, as opposed to the group that stayed awake, which did not exhibit any improvement. Following an entire night's sleep, both groups exhibited the same skill level.

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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.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 28, 2008

ASTD TechKnowledge 2008 is coming soon in San Antonio. Now that it's less than a month away, I thought I'd sit down and try to do some conference planning. To help me prepare, I went back to a few previous posts on related topics. In looking back, I first found a lot of posts that really suggested the key was having a good set of questions to provide a lens onto the conference: Be an Insanely Great Professional Conference Attendee Conference Preparation Better Questions for Learning Professional

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 29, 2008

We often talk about reusing "knowledge objects" for elearning but seldom do organizations really take it to heart. Every course is "special" and the content needs to be "modified" each time to ensure that it has the right meaning. One organization that has taken reusability to a high art is Disney. Their ability to reuse a song, an image or a character is impressive.

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From the Coleface

JANUARY 15, 2008

Welcome to 2008. I’ve had a fantastic start to the year, with the joys of becoming a father for the first time. Lilia is gorgeous, hard work at times and suddenly 9:30 pm has turned into an eminently sensible time to go to bed, rather than a time to move on to the second pub. Back in the world of work, the start of the new year means that the biggest e-learning event of the year is on the horizon.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 30, 2008

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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.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 21, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, January 21, 2008 Putting the Demand Back in On-Demand Learning I didnt come up with that headline. One of my very smart and witty clients said that in a conversation we were having the other day with a group of his internal subject matter experts.

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Lars is Learning

JANUARY 27, 2008

This week will be the Learning Technologies 2008 show in London. I'll be there for both days (30/31 January), delivering a seminar on "Less Learning More Often" which covers some of the ground described in my earlier article on the theme. I've also written the Last Word for the Learning Technologies magazine which as a sneak preview I've reproduced below.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 18, 2008

BJ Schone asks a good question in his post - How do you build eLearning courses? I have built our courses using a custom template created using HTML and JavaScript. They couldn't believe I wasn't using Lectora or another similar authoring product. They stressed that my courses would be difficult to maintain over time (in case I leave the company). My point of view was a little different: I chose this method because I have greater ability to customize courses as I please, and I can control every

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 28, 2008

A while ago, I posted an assessment tool developed by Heather G. called Gamer Rater. The post Gamer 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 or 4.0? asked a series of questions to which one could answer to determine what level gamer you are. We had some issues with age so we have modified those elements, added some menu item information and made a few other cahnges. Thanks for all the suggesttions and so.here is the new and improved version.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 29, 2008

I've enjoyed reading Karl Kapp's Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning (Pfeiffer, 2007). It's been out a few months now, but I just got round to it. Karl's basic premise is that there's a wide cultural gulf between the boomers (that's me) and the gamers (those brought up with technology), and that this gets in the way of the transfer of knowledge and expertise from one to the other.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 28, 2008

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 16, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Im a (K)nitwit! Its winter here in New England. A time when this womans thoughts turn to knitting. Or, rather, the desire to be a knitter. Cold nights coupled with a growing maternal nesting instinct, have forced me to buy some yarn, pull out the needles, and learn how to knit.

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Lars is Learning

JANUARY 19, 2008

After a short break skiing in the Swiss/French Alps (the break fortunately not involving any bones), I found myself thinking further about how much (most?) training activity across the planet fails to transfer into any lasting learning. When I learned to ski some 20 odd years ago, I started out on a dry slope which, back then, was more like skiing on a thick, plastic carpet with the consistency.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 2, 2008

I was recently conducting a workshop on some of the methods and tools being described as part of this series and someone asked me how I was opening pages in new tabs. It made me realize that as we are so wedded to our browsers for many of the things I'm describing, I really should point out a few browser keyboard shortcuts that everyone should know: Ctrl+T – new tab Ctrl+click on a Link – open in new tab Ctrl+Shift+click on a Link - open in new foreground tab Shift+click on a Link - open in new

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 24, 2008

I do a lot of work with organizations funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). My work as an evaluator provides me the opportunity to see the high quality work these organizations produce. One of the NSF funded organizations, Wisc-Online has created a large database of online, multimedia learning objects on dozens of topics. There are even social networking aspects such at "write a review" and "tell a friend" built into the library.

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Vignettes Learning

JANUARY 14, 2008

One of the toughest challenges in running an e-learning project is finding the right talent and ensuring they fit into the roles and expectations of the team. The list below is a good starting point to identify roles, responsibilities and qualifications. List of Roles and Job Functions in e-Learning Development _ Project Champion and Leader Principal areas of responsibility Strategy for e-Learning Managing the total process of group contributions Oversees Readiness Study, Viability Study, Learni

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