Wed.Dec 14, 2011

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Great TED Video by Tom Chatfield: 7 ways video games engage the brain

Kapp Notes

Here is a great TED Video that clearly details the ways that video games engage us, transfix us and compel us to action. Tom Chatfield also describes how video games are data collection machines and they are constantly collecting data on players. Imagine what a learner professional can do with all those data points in terms of improving learning and promoting behavioral change.

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Learning in Wonderland: the untapped potential of workplace learning

Performance Learning Productivity

This is the first of three posts adapted from articles I have written for Inside Learning Technologies & Skills magazine. This article appeared in November 2011. The second and third articles will be posted here a little while after they have been published in the magazine. I’ve taken Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ as a theme for the series.

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The Flipped Learning Revolution — Coming to a Brain Near You?

Dashe & Thomson

One of the concepts in training that has taken the biggest strides this year has been that of the “flipped classroom.” My colleague Jon Matejcek first covered it back in March in his article “ Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of the Classroom.” Essentially, the idea is to upend the traditional teaching model of classroom lecture followed by personal practice at home.

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Authentic Learning

Clark Quinn

This week, #change11 is being hosted by Jan Herrington (who I had the pleasure of meeting in West Australia many years ago; highly recommended). She’s talking about authentic learning , and has a nice matrix separating task type and setting to help characterize her approach. It’s an important component of making our learning more effective.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Six Tenets of Community Management: Learnings

ID Reflections

I am back again after being away for more than 3 months. Ihave been somewhat lazy but I also deliberately stayed away from posting as Itried to consolidate and synthesise all that I was learning. I have beenplaying the role of an enterprise community manager for some time now—6 monthsto be precise—and thought it would be a good idea to jot down my learnings fromthe past few months.

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Last chance to vote for a ScreenChamp!

TechSmith Camtasia

We have an important job for you: determine which screencaster deserves a brand new MacBook Pro (and a bunch of other goodies). Voting for our ScreenChamp Awards ends Friday, December 16 at 4:00pm ET (21:00 UTC). You can vote once per day , so depending on when you read this you still have 2-3 votes left! Right now, the leading videos show how to use social media features of a website creation tool, how to operate a library app, and how to play Aussie football.

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Learning is turning ? into !

KnowledgeStar

Learning is essentially is all about turning ? into ! Learning always starts with a question. Who?, What?, Where?, When?, Why?, and How?

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Boring Technical eLearning Can be Engaging

Vignettes Learning

Synthesis The challenge in designing technical learning content is how to make it more engaging. Technical information can come alive with the right approach that grabs learners' attention and keep them focused while learning its value and impacts on their jobs. __ How do you make technical eLearning content engaging and interesting? So many of us give up the struggle.

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Gen Y Wants its Employers to Go Green, Mostly

Mindflash

The young are often perceived as crusaders for a better, cleaner, fairer way of doing business, and there is some evidence that this folk wisdom on youthful idealism is correct. A recent analysis by Pew found that the younger the person, the more likely they are to support clean energy and environmental protections. Meanwhile, across the pond, Sky’s new survey of graduate trainees, current and recently graduated MBA students, and middle managers earmarked for leadership positions found that Bri

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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Beginning Instructional Authoring: Are You Looking Out for YOUR Skills? Pep Talk, Part 1 by Patti Shank

LearningGuild

Professional development is vital in any career, and especially so in those careers that move as fast as ours in eLearning does. But the task can seem overwhelming: what should be in your professional development plan, and where do you start? It’s not all technical skills. Here is some excellent advice on creating your own plan for 2012 – and for starting on it today!

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HTML5—What’s the Urgency?

The Learning Circuits

I’m starting to get some questions along the lines of, “We’ve been hearing we need to switch to HTML5 delivery, and we’d like to be forward-thinking, but why and when should we do it?” Those are really good questions; thanks for asking! Some companies need to deliver content on iPads now. In that case, there is urgency to consider something other than a Flash-based solution.

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We are Learning Designers

Sticky Learning

Let me explain why I don't call myself an Instructional Designer - I do a lot more than design instruction! To me the word instructional brings forth notions of teacher led instruction in formal education settings. Chalk and Talk, Tell and Do, information being 'pushed' from the facilitator to the student. OK, I know that this is not what the majority of today's Instructional Designers actually do (they could even be offended by my description).

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Course of the Week: Bloodborne Pathogens by Convergence Training

OpenSesame

Wednesday, December 14, 2011. Bloodborne Pathogens. . $25 per seat . Volume. Discount. Price. 2-49. 24%. $19.00. 50-99. 30%. $17.50. 100-499. 35%. $16.25. 500-999. 40%. $15.00. 1000+. 50%. $12.50. Bloodborne Pathogens. by Convergence Training. Meet your workplace safety goals with engaging, effective training from Convergence. This interactive course uses 3D animations to bloodborne pathogens and demonstrate common methods of transmission.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Beginning Instructional Authoring: Are You Looking Out for YOUR Skills? Pep Talk, Part One by Patti Shank

LearningGuild

Professional development is vital in any career, and especially so in those careers that move as fast as ours in eLearning does. But the task can seem overwhelming: what should be in your professional development plan, and where do you start? It’s not all technical skills. Here is some excellent advice on creating your own plan for 2012 – and for starting on it today!

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1000+ eLearning Posts in 6 years

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

Milestones are important. I remember looking back at my blogging at the 5 year mark, but I've never thought about quantity of posts as a milestone.until I saw 1000 posts in the blogger admin section. From post 1 to 1000 it's been an incredible ride. Seriously! New technology arrived like the iPhone and the iPad. mLearning became so big that The eLearning Guild dedicated an event with mobile learning as the singular focus, mLearnCon.

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Secrets of an organised person

Good To Great

Most people have a Christmas shopping list, but I have a Christmas shopping spreadsheet. This doesn’t paint me in a particularly carefree, spontaneous light, I know (although it does keep me within budget) – but when I recently confessed this on Twitter, I wasn’t met with much surprise, especially from those who’ve worked with me.

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More 3D Training in the UK?

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

www.vbsworlds.com I've often wondered why Europe seems more accepting of interactive 3D technologies than the US. The first interactive 3D tool I used was called Superscape. They were headquartered in Germany. I think. Well, since I'm on this 3D kick from yesterday's post I'll point you to this cool 3D case study from CaspianLearning.com: VBSWorlds Used to Pioneer 'Step-in, Step-out' eLearning in Defense There are lots of discussions around the use of 3D spaces in learning.

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The DNA of Online Learning

This white paper examines how organisations can get the best out of online learning, via a deep dive into how it works and how to apply it in order to achieve specific objectives.

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We are Learning Designers

Sticky Learning

Let me explain why I don't call myself an Instructional Designer - I do a lot more than design instruction! To me the word instructional brings forth notions of teacher led instruction in formal education settings. Chalk and Talk, Tell and Do, information being 'pushed' from the facilitator to the student. OK, I know that this is not what the majority of today's Instructional Designers actually do (they could even be offended by my description).

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Course of the Week: Bloodborne Pathogens by Convergence Training

OpenSesame

'Meet your workplace safety goals with engaging, effective training from Convergence.

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We are Learning Designers

Sticky Learning

Let me explain why I don't call myself an Instructional Designer - I do a lot more than design instruction! To me the word instructional brings forth notions of teacher led instruction in formal education settings. Chalk and Talk, Tell and Do, information being 'pushed' from the facilitator to the student. OK, I know that this is not what the majority of today's Instructional Designers actually do (they could even be offended by my description).

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