Wed.Feb 29, 2012

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MOOC reflections

Clark Quinn

A recent phenomena is the MOOC, Massively Open Online Courses. I see two major manifestations: the type I have participated in briefly (mea culpa) as run by George Siemens, Stephen Downes, and co-conspirators, and the type being run by places like Stanford. Each share running large numbers of students, and laudable goals. Each also has flaws, in my mind, which illustrate some issues about education.

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The Accidental Instructional Designer: A Learning Solutions Workshop!

Learning Visions

On March 19, I'll be leading a one day workshop in Orlando as part of the pre-conference program for the eLearning Guild's 2012 Learning Solutions conference. From the workshop description: Most of us working as instructional designers got here by accident, by showing an aptitude for training or expertise in a particular subject matter area. And now, here you are, responsible – in some way – for the design, development, and/or delivery of eLearning.

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Presentation Tomorrow on Gamification

Kapp Notes

Tomorrow I will be presenting ideas from my new book: “The Gamification of Training: Game-based Methods and Strategies for Learning and Instruction.”. This books shows how to design online instruction that leverages the best elements of online games to increase learning, retention, and application. It explains how to match different game strategies to types of learning content for the right learning outcome and discusses how gamification techniques can be used in a variety of settings to improve

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“Nice to Know” vs “Need to Know”

eLearning Brothers

We have all had project “kick-off” meetings with Subject Matter Experts where they do an information “dump”. They share with us anything and everything they have ever learned about the topic. We are then left reviewing all the content/information that has been given to us and try to determine what is “Nice to Know” and what is “Need to Know”. Of course to the SME, all of the content is “Need to Know”, so it is our job to ask the right questions to sort through all the information.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

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Don't be afraid to call yourself a trainer

Clive on Learning

The word 'training' is unfashionable, so much so that at one recent conference it was referred to as 'the T word'. As a result, just about every self-respecting trainer has been relabelled with a title that centres on 'the L word' (whether or not their role has changed or not). Yet when I first entered the profession I was perfectly happy to be called a Training Specialist.

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Everyone's a critic

Learning with e's

Everyone's a critic, they say. Until it comes to academic writing, that is. Many students fail to realise their full potential when it comes to essay writing, usually because they can't seem to find their way out of the descriptive cul-de-sac they make for themselves. If they could only find it within themselves to write critically, they would earn higher grades.

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Training: Adobe Photoshop basics for Adobe Captivate 5.5 users – Part 1

Adobe Captivate

Date and time: Thursday, March 8, 2012 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM US/Pacific Description: Join Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaisingh to learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop for creating and editing images/assets for Adobe Captivate 5.5. This is the first part of 2 part series wherein we will discuss different techniques used in creating and managing [.].

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Social Learning Platform Curatr Releases Version 2.0 by News Editor

LearningGuild

(Press Release) UK-based Curatr, an award-winning platform that creates rich, active, and social. eLearning, has released version 2.0 of the software. Curatr combines a unique interface with. game-like mechanics and a collaborative learning environment.

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Training: Adobe Photoshop basics for Adobe Captivate 5.5 users – Part 2

Adobe Captivate

Date and time: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM US/Pacific Description: Join Vish and Dr. Pooja Jaising to learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop for creating and editing images/assets for Adobe Captivate 5.5. This is the second part of 2 part series wherein we will discuss different techniques used in creating and managing [.].

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

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Course of the Week: eZDiversity by Myca Multimedia

OpenSesame

'Check out the OpenSesame Course of the Week: eZDiversity by Myca Multimedia - and get 50% off this week! eZDiversity is an online diversity training course designed to increase knowledge, awareness, and skills for effectively managing diversity and inclusion. While earlier diversity programs dealt primarily with race and gender, we now recognize that the entire spectrum of differences represented in today''s multi-cultural and multi-generational workforce represents a tremendous opportunity for

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Give Tests a Test Run

Integrated Learnings

By Shelley A. Gable. After drafting an assessment for training, what steps do you take to validate that it is realistic and accurate? Many of us probably have assessments reviewed by subject matter experts (SMEs). But have you considered administering the assessment to a group of experts as well? First, let’s look at what makes for a quality training assessment.

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Workplace Frustration Trumps Engagement

The Performance Improvement Blog

A frustrating work environment trumps engagement every time, especially for the most motivated and committed employees. This is the theme of a webinar (see video) that David Zinger, of the Employee Engagement Network , did with Mark Royal of the Hay Group and co-author of The Enemy of Engagement. Just when we thought engagement was the end-all and be-all of high performance, we hear that engagement without enablement will get us nowhere.