Top eLearning Learning Mobile Mobile Learning Content for 2011

Integrating Game Design Principles into Instructional Design for e-Learning

Experiencing eLearning

MAY 4, 2011

These are my live blogged notes from the webinar. Any typos, awkward phrasing, or errors are mine, not the presenter’s. My side commentary in italics. Integrating Game Design Principles into Instructional Design for e-Learning. Webinar presented by Ethan Edwards of Allen Interactions ( Allen Interactions blog ). Learning Objectives. -Identify the characteristics of games that create motivation and engagement.

Instructional Design

Instructional Design Games Integrate Instructional

Designing e-Learning for Maximum Motivation

Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

These are my live blogged notes from the Designing e-Learning for Maximum Motivation webinar by Ethan Edwards of Allen Interactions. Any typos, mistakes, incomplete thoughts, etc. are likely mine, not the presenter’s. My side comments in italics. Quick Summary of the Motivation Rules. Say less. More challenging. Delay judgment. Content-rich feedback.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Design Compliance Training Multitasking

E-learning That Makes You Make Tough Choices

Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Have you ever been tasked with developing e-learning that needed to jolt people out entrenched viewpoints? It’s a challenge, and one I certainly haven’t always succeeded in meeting myself. What if you were charged with creating learning to tackle a big problem like poverty or homelessness? The Urban Ministries of Durham , North Carolina worked with ad agency McKinney to create the game Spent.

Instructional Design

Instructional Design Flash Press Games

Top Ten Tools for Learning 2011

Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 23, 2011

This is the fifth year that Jane Hart has been collecting lists of top tools for learning. The list will be finalized on November 13, but you can see the ongoing results in this list. I have contributed my lists in 2007 , 2008 , and 2009. You can contribute your top tools too. As in 2009, I’m going to divide my list into personal learning and course development.

Diigo

Diigo Google Scholar Delicious Tools

Instructional Design Portfolio Resources

Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 16, 2011

I love how some of my posts from 2007 still generate regular comments, such as this question today about software for creating a portfolio. First, if you’re wondering why you need a portfolio , read Tom Kuhlmann’s explanation. Portfolio by cirox. If you’re trying to plan or create a portfolio, check out April Hayman’s very thorough series on creating an instructional design portfolio: Decide what skills you want to showcase.

Portfolio

Portfolio Instructional Design Resources Instructional

Lurking or Legitimate Peripheral Participation

Experiencing eLearning

JULY 18, 2011

During the July 7 early #lrnchat about social media and social learning, there was a lot of discussion about lurking. In response to the question “What are some ways you learn through social media that aren’t collaborative, with other people per-se?&#. I replied : I do a fair amount of lurking (ie “legitimate peripheral participation&# ).

Social Media

Social Media Wikipedia RSS Community

Attract Students’ Attention in 30 Seconds or Less

Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 7, 2011

Better Beginnings: How to attract students’ attention in 30 seconds or less. Presented by Dr. Carmen Taran. Thanks to the eLearning Guild. Official description: Information overload, tripletasking, hyperchoice, and short attention spans are just a few of the symptoms of the modern client. Because so many forces compete for one’s focus, we often need to catch students’ attention in a matter of seconds.

Attention

Attention Information Overload Photography Voice

Overqualified Instructional Designers?

Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

I received two questions this week from a reader who wishes to remain anonymous. My experience with both is somewhat limited, so hopefully some of you will be able to help. PhD/EdD = Overqualified? Firstly, have you seen many folks with doctorates working in the field? Do you think a PhD/EdD makes you more competitive or does it make you overqualified?

Instructional Design

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design

eLearning Learning August Top Posts

Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The eLearning Learning site got a major upgrade a few weeks ago, with a new design that has more of a magazine feel and shows more images. I know many of my readers are new to the field of e-learning, or hoping to transition. eLearning Learning is a great site to get a snapshot of what people are talking about in the field without being as overwhelming as subscribing to dozens of individual blogs can be.

Social Bookmarking

Social Bookmarking eLearning Taxonomy RSS

Instructional Design Experience Before Your First Job

Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 11, 2011

One of the recurring questions I hear from those trying to start their instructional design careers is “How do you get experience in the field so you can get your first ID job?&#. It feels like a catch-22 for many people trying to get that first ID job: you can’t get any experience until you get a job, and you can’t get a job without experience.

Instructional Design

Instructional Design Job Instructional Instruction

Synchronous Software Scavenger Hunts

Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 3, 2011

If I’m doing software application training, doing it as a webinar isn’t really my first choice. I’d rather create a bunch of Captivate tutorials and job aids to let people learn at their own pace, when they need to use the skills. Just-in-time, interactive training that supports or simulates actual tasks is my first choice. Application training via a synchronous tool like WebEx, Adobe Connect, or Elluminate too often ends up with passive learners.

Synchronous

Synchronous Virtual Classroom Software WebEx

Freelance Instructional Design: More Tips from the Trenches

Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2011

I’ve gotten some great tips from others working as independent consultants or freelance instructional designers in comments on my Getting Started as a Freelance Instructional Designer and Tips for Starting to Freelance posts. I love having so many brilliant and generous people in my network who freely share the wealth of their knowledge. Networking.

Instructional Design

Instructional Design Social Networks Instructional Instruction

Getting Started as a Freelance Instructional Designer

Experiencing eLearning

JULY 7, 2011

If you are starting out as a freelance instructional designer or consultant, what do you need to know and do? I am currently exploring my options for freelance work. I know many of you out there have made the leap from regular employee to consultant. I’m interested in any words of wisdom you might have. Do you have any favorite resources or books?

Instructional Design

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction eLearning Consultant

Weekly Bookmarks (1/23/11)

Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 23, 2011

AdobeTV. Adobe tutorials on creating e-learning, including a collection on advanced functions in Captivate. tags: e-learning adobe tutorials captivate. Research: The Educational BS Repellent | Connected Principals. Highlights of what one principal has learned from Visible learning: a synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement. Some of the ideas in education reform that we hear the most about (such as class size) maybe aren’t as important or have as much impact as other str

Open Source

Open Source Diigo Screencast Tutorial

Weekly Bookmarks (7/17/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

JULY 17, 2011

Ed Tech and Instructional Technology Related Programs in the United States. Curt Bonk’s collected list of masters and doctoral programs in instructional technology. tags: instructionaldesign highered newid. Future Work Skills 2020 (PDF). Drivers that will change the landscape of work and key skills needed in the next 10 years (sense-making, social intelligence, novel & adaptive thinking, cross-cultural competency, new media literacy, virtual collaboration, etc.). tags: career 21stcentu

Diigo

Diigo PDF Virtual World Tagging

Weekly Bookmarks (7/3/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

JULY 3, 2011

Big Dog, Little Dog: Five Years later: A Review of Kirschner, Sweller and Clark’s Why Minimal Guidance during Instruction Does Not Work. Review of Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark’s paper bashing constructivism, discovery, and problem-based learning, plus some context and research on the other side. tags: learning training pbl constructivism research inquiry.

Cognitive

Cognitive Diigo Theory Instructional

LinkedIn Connections and Generic Invites

Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

I know many bloggers have an open connection policy, and that’s great for them, but I am generally more restrictive in who I connect with on LinkedIn. I prefer to connect with people who I could actually say something intelligent about if asked for an introduction. However, over the past few months, I’ve noticed an increase in invitations from people whose names I don’t recognize.

Social Networks

Social Networks LinkedIn Write Blog Twitter

Weekly Bookmarks (8/21/11)

Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 21, 2011

The Human Factor: How Gender Differences Matter in Software Training by Mary Arnold : Learning Solutions Magazine. If your software training includes time to explore or “tinker,&# men and women will have different rates of success. A strategic approach may be better than going through individual features. This research focused on adding new features with an audience who was already familiar with the software; I’m not sure the same training technique would work with beginners with an

Diigo

Diigo Diversity Training Beginner Tutorial

Weekly Bookmarks (8/7/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 7, 2011

Intel Education: Designing Effective Projects: Thinking Frameworks. Review of Bloom’s Taxonomy, including problems and the revised version, with information about the differences between factual, conceptual, procedural, and metacognitive knowledge. tags: bloom learning education. Those teachers who keep a list of question prompts relating to the various levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy undoubtedly do a better job of encouraging higher-order thinking in their students than those who have no such

Taxonomy

Taxonomy Bloom Diigo Analysis

Weekly Bookmarks (1/30/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 30, 2011

Tools for Freelance Instructional Designers « Design Doc. Collected tools from a LinkedIn eLearning Guild discussion on must-have tools for freelancing. tags: instructionaldesign tools freelance. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Filed under: Bookmarks.

Diigo

Diigo eLearning Guild Doc Social Networks

Weekly Bookmarks (7/31/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

JULY 31, 2011

The impact of instructional elements in computer-based instruction_July2007.pdf. Study examining what happens when you remove common elements of instruction. Practice with feedback was critical; information, objectives, examples, and review made little difference. “This study investigated the effects of several elements of instruction (objectives, information, practice, examples and review) when they were combined in a systematic manner.&#. “Results indicated participants who used on

Bloom

Bloom Taxonomy Diigo Attitudes

Weekly Bookmarks (5/29/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

MAY 29, 2011

The 2011 Non-Official Global eLearning Guild Salary & Compensation Calculator — Travis’s Thoughts. Calculator based on the data from the eLearning Guild salary survey report. Choose your variables and see the average salary. tags: instructionaldesign e-learning career. The Human Factor: Creating Color Palettes (The Easy Way) by Mary Arnold : Learning Solutions Magazine.

eLearning Guild

eLearning Guild Diigo Tagging Survey

Freelance Company Name: Ideas Needed

Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 17, 2011

Idea by annais. For some time, I’ve been meaning to set up an official business for my freelance side projects. However, I’m stumped on the name. Tucker is a common last name, and there are several other Christy Tuckers in the online space (including one in education even). That excludes anything generic like “Tucker Consulting.&#.

Ideas

Ideas Companies Consulting Solution

Weekly Bookmarks (6/26/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 26, 2011

Scenarios, Stories and Micro eLearning: “How to Ask for a Raise&# Scenario Plus 10 Reasons Why Scenarios Work. Nice summary of the benefits of scenario-based learning. tags: learning training e-learning scenarios storytelling. Calendar of Learning Events. Dave Ferguson’s spreadsheet of training and learning conferences, sorted by event date or due dates for proposals. tags: training learning profdev e-learning.

Diigo

Diigo Micro-Learning Calendar Summary

Weekly Bookmarks (6/12/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 12, 2011

People like virtual instructors that look, act like them. Learners like avatars with the same gender and ethnicity, but they also like those who give feedback the way they want: comparing against others or comparing against their own past scores. However, learning didn’t always improve based on liking the avatar better. tags: research e-learning avatar.

Diigo

Diigo Score Tagging Study

Weekly Bookmarks (6/5/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 5, 2011

E.gg Timer – simple online countdown timer. Type a time and it starts a timer in your browser window. Useful for showing break times in online synchronous training. You can bookmark a specific URL for a time if you regularly use the same length of time. tags: tools productivity. Creating Accessible Flash Course – Course Introduction – 1 of 7. Free resource on how to create accessible content using Flash, from the US Department of Veterans Affairs. tags: flash captivate section508 accessibi

Diigo

Diigo Flash Synchronous Tagging

Five Years of Blogging

Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Five years ago today, I published my first two posts on this blog. As I noted in my first post, five years ago I was developing a course on social media tools for K-12 teachers called Building Collaborative Online Environments. I didn’t feel that I could really encourage teachers to use these tools with digging in to use them myself. Will Richardson was the SME for that course, and I’m very grateful for his influence in starting me on this path.

Blogging

Blogging Plateau Social Media Instructional Design

Weekly Bookmarks (7/24/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

JULY 24, 2011

Share Google Reader items on Google+ | David Vielmetter. I assume at some point Google will add Google+ to the “Send to&# options in Google Reader, but until then, here’s a workaround in Firefox. tags: google+ howto. ID and Other Reflections: Lurking is Not a Static State. Perspectives on lurking as an active act in part of the cycle of participation, pulling together quotes from multiple sources. tags: community lurking.

Diigo

Diigo Firefox Google Tagging

Weekly Bookmarks (7/10/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

JULY 10, 2011

Splitting recordings into separate tracks – Audacity Wiki. The method of labeling and using “Export multiple&# worked really well for creating audio for Captivate. tags: audacity audio howto. I Came, I Saw, I Learned…: Adobe Captivate 5: Make Quick Work Out of Adding Audio to a Project. Tips for streamlining the process of adding multiple audio files to Captivate. tags: e-learning captivate audio howto. elearn Archive: So you want to be an e-learning consultant… Harold Ja

Wiki

Wiki Audacity Adobe Captivate Diigo

Weekly Bookmarks (5/1/11)

Experiencing eLearning

MAY 1, 2011

How Much Narration in eLearning? Our Lessons Learned by Don Bair & Mike Dickinson : Learning Solutions Magazine. Two IDs look at the use of audio narration–how much, quality of speakers, quality of equipment. Includes guidelines based on their survey of employees. I wish they had some more info about the survey they conducted though (i.e., how many responses they received, how many total employees at the company, etc.). tags: e-learning audio research casestudies.

Diigo

Diigo Voice Compliance Training Microphone

Weekly Bookmarks (04/04/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 3, 2011

Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment. Mega list of online resources related to assessment–tools, journals, conferences, consultants, glossaries, online discussions, portfolio tools, handbooks, and more. tags: assessment education highered. The ‘digital natives’ debate: A critical review of the evidence – Bennett – 2008 – British Journal of Educational Technology – Wiley Online Library.

Diigo

Diigo Journal Portfolio Tagging

Weekly Bookmarks (2/13/11)

Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Elearning Advantages. Collected list from Karl Kapp with research highlights on advantages of e-learning, including reduced learning times and increased retention levels. tags: e-learning research. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Filed under: Bookmarks.

Diigo

Diigo Tagging Research eLearning

Weekly Bookmarks (1-2-2011)

Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 2, 2011

3 Web-Based Tools that Generate Awesome Tag Clouds. Better than your average tag cloud–interactive, colorful, shaped like clouds, etc. tags: visualization tagging tools. Four Steps to Effective Virtual Classroom Training by Ruth Clark : Learning Solutions Magazine. Four-step model by Ruth Clark on designing for synchronous online training via Elluminate etc.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Virtual Classroom Elluminate Moodle

Weekly Bookmarks (5/22/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

MAY 22, 2011

Nine Shift : How much more productive are teleworkers? Summary of findings from a number of studies showing increases in productivity due to telecommuting. Increases in productivity range from 15% to 50%. tags: telecommuting productivity research. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Filed under: Bookmarks.

Diigo

Diigo Summary Tagging Study

Weekly Bookmarks (5/9/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

MAY 9, 2011

Accessibility Resources. Resources on Section 508 and WCAG accessibility, including a tutorial on 508 and a comparison of 508 vs. WCAG. tags: accessibility webdesign section508 WCAG. Online Education for Instructional Designers: Picking the Right Program by Lorna Collier : Learning Solutions Magazine. Learning Solutions Magazine article on online education programs for instructional designers.

Diigo

Diigo Creative Commons Comparison Instructional Design

The New Learning Architect

Experiencing eLearning

OCTOBER 11, 2011

These are my live blogged notes from Clive Shepard’s presentation titled The New Learning Architect , part of the eLearning Guild’s Thought Leaders Webinar Series. Clive’s book of the same title is available for purchase if you have a Kindle (which I don’t, so I haven’t read the book). Additional information and excerpts from the book are available on the Onlignment site.

Compliance Training

Compliance Training Authoring Tools Wiki Coaching

Questioning Gagné and Bloom’s Relevance

Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 2, 2011

Several weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Lauren Hirsh. Lauren needed to do an informational interview for her masters program, and I needed some new profile pictures. (The pictures turned out terrific; I’m sure I got the better end of the bargain.). During the interview, Lauren asked some very thoughtful questions about the relationship between theory and practice.

Bloom

Bloom Taxonomy Research Performance Support

Tips for Starting to Freelance

Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

In August, I quit my job as a long-term contractor at Cisco to officially make the leap to freelancing. I did some side projects earlier in the year, but not enough to replace my full-time income. I want to share my experiences and tips from these first three months as an independent contractor for anyone else thinking about making this change. Get a Project First.

Tips

Tips Liability Instructional Design Social Media

Weekly Bookmarks (6/19/2011)

Experiencing eLearning

JUNE 19, 2011

Tiny Timeline Tidbits – lilybiri’s posterous. Tips and shortcuts for the Captivate timeline. tags: e-learning captivate. 10 eLearning Freebies: Instructional Design and eLearning: Tips, Advice and Reviews. Free templates, sound effects, graphics, and more. tags: e-learning free storyboard cartoon m-learning template audio graphics. Resources from my presentation at Innovations in e-learning Symposium | Kapp Notes.

Simulations

Simulations SCORM Captivate Diigo

Weekly Bookmarks (9/4/11)

Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

WebAIM: WebAIM: Web Accessibility for Designers. Infographic with principles for accessible design. tags: accessibility webdesign. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here. Filed under: Bookmarks.

Diigo

Diigo Tagging Web Design

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Experiencing eLearning

Integrating Game Design Principles into Instructional Design for e-Learning

Designing e-Learning for Maximum Motivation

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E-learning That Makes You Make Tough Choices

Top Ten Tools for Learning 2011

Instructional Design Portfolio Resources

Lurking or Legitimate Peripheral Participation

Attract Students’ Attention in 30 Seconds or Less

Overqualified Instructional Designers?

eLearning Learning August Top Posts

Instructional Design Experience Before Your First Job

Synchronous Software Scavenger Hunts

Freelance Instructional Design: More Tips from the Trenches

Getting Started as a Freelance Instructional Designer

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Freelance Company Name: Ideas Needed

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Five Years of Blogging

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