Kineo. Normal. false. false. false. EN-US. These are my liveblogged notes from a concurrent session with Julie Dirksen. I'm at the ASTD Tech Knowledge 2013 Conference in San Jose, California. Apologies for typos and incoherence. In ID school, we learned about the A and the D-esign part is mostly -- then all this cool stuff happens in this black box. There's a lot of cool stuff from game design that we can apply. It's not about making a multiple choice test look "gamey". We can make stuff look like games, but it doesn't have the fundamental elements that make games engaging. I know, but." MORE >>

These are my live blogged notes from a webinar presented by Brandon Hall on Wednesday, April 26 2011. I joined about 10 minutes late, so missed a bit!) Tom Werner, Chief Research Officer, Brandon Hall [link] LMSs are adding social features – including RSS feeds, peer ratings of content. In Brandon Hall’s research, haven’t talked to a single LMS vendor who is NOT adding these tools. It’s now available on demand as it’s needed. More content can be created by more contributors. Can get more feedback about what’s working! Customers are now so knowledgeable about cars using the Internet. MORE >>

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?&#. replied : I do a fair amount of lurking (ie “legitimate peripheral participation&# ). also retweeted this message by Colby Fordham : We all like sharers, but there is a value in lurking. You] have to [learn] the rules and important topics. and Jane Bozarth replied. …and then stop lurking. But is that always necessary? MORE >>

Jane Bozarth : Better than Bullet Points: Creating Engaging eLearning with PowerPoint. Session hosted by Training Magazine. Effective design using PPT as a tool. Not PPT 101. But will talk about how to make instruction more engaging, interactive and interesting. Why PowerPoint? We have it. It’s cheap. It’s idiot proof. Pretty universal. Easy to deal with. Many tools out there that still have to start with ppt Use it as a storyboarding tool, prototyping. Can do an awful lot with PPT. Creating asynchronous instruction. Info dumps are not instruction! How BAD can e-learning be? 73 slides of text. MORE >>

My live blogged notes with session with Ethan Edwards of Allen Interactions (www.alleninteractions.com). Same issues we’re dealing with in elearning today that we were dealing with 30 years ago. Better elearning, better processes! ADDIE…we’ve heard of it, is it iterative? Regardless of what you do – you need analysis/backgrounding. Challenges of design for elearning: instruction must stand on its own can’t be adjusted or fixed on the fly (when we teach classroom…”let’s skip these pages.” Often it’s skipped altogether. Or it’s perceived that analysis is already done by SMEs. These are failures. MORE >>