Thu.Jun 16, 2011

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Making the most of Informal Learning

Jane Hart

Tweet. Tomorrow I am going to be chairing an all-day event in Bristol for the eLearning Network, called Making the most of Informal Learning. Here’s a brief overview of the event: “We know how important informal learning is in the workplace, but how do we encourage it? We know there are many free and low-cost tools that can help, but which should you be using?

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What is a Scrum and How is it Related to ISD?

Kapp Notes

A Scrum is agile development methodology for working with complex, unpredictable projects using an iterative approach. Scrum is usually associated with large scale software development projects and is used by many large massively multiplayer online game development companies to update and maintain their products. But elements can be used for the ISD project (or all of it if its a large enough project).

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Madison, WI. Ground Zero For Games & Research Review - GLS

Web Courseworks

I attended the GLS conference yesterday and was most impressed by the caliber of attendee and the fabulous posters depicting the best and the brightest game/research projects going on. This link will take you to a photo montage of the poster event which quickly and visually displays high quality game development projects (mostly related to education).

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Resources from CSTD Webinar

Kapp Notes

Here are my slides and some resources I discussed during me presentation. Thanks everyone for attending. Hope everyone got some useful information for designing games and simulations for learning. The Role of Games and Simulations in Learning. View more presentations from Karl Kapp. 1. An experience as an avatar can change a person’s real life perceptions.

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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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At The Brain Gym

KnowledgeStar

Like I said, in this new global hyper-competitive digital economy, only the companies with the highest Corporate IQ will win. A Brain Gym might just be the new espresso maker of the next decade.

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Why Every Great Workplace Needs a ‘Classroom’ Environment

Mindflash

Picture this – a classroom that provides real time education, uses actual workplace events to learn from and requires on-the-spot thinking. What would you pay for your employees to be part of this kind of learning experience? Work and the workplace are our new classroom. Our workplace brings our employees into events that require them to think, learn and practice – then provides immediate feedback – an optimal learning environment.

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The Battle of Stories – Instructional Design Approach

Vignettes Learning

Synthesis For stories to really be effective and serve their purposes, of imparting lessons that the learners need to learn, we also need to identify the strongest ideas or stories that we want to change or “battle” with. Finding the impact stories and slogans is a great starting point in gathering what we need to know regarding the ideas that we want to change.

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Four Task Management Tips to Increase your Productivity

CLO Magazine

Previously, we examined multitasking , uncovering the fact that the human brain cannot perform two tasks at the exact same time. (The origin of the term “multitasking” is in reference to a computer’s ability to simultaneously complete multiple tasks.) The article recommends that focus be on effective task management rather than multitasking. This means toggling between tasks while still maintaining high levels of productivity.

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Employee Orientation vs. Onboarding: How to Capitalize On the Difference

Mindflash

When did new employee orientation become onboarding? I’m not sure, but the concept has taken hold to describe a more comprehensive process than sitting an employee down on day one to fill out I-9 and W-4 forms. Dictionary.com and Webster don’t recognizing onboarding as a word so I resorted to less traditional sources to hunt down a definition. Wikipedia states that the process is also called “organizational socialization.

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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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“What’s Up with the Kids These Days?” – Keys to Managing Your Millennial Employees

OpenSesame

“What’s up with the kids these days?” Let’s face it: this expression is as old as time itself. You can imagine caveman dad saying to caveman son, “We didn’t have the wheel when I was growing up! You have it easy!” Yet now, more than ever, this timeless expression is infiltrating the workplace in response to millennial employees.

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Promises and Pitfalls of Gameful Design

Usable Learning

Quick post to point to this fabulousness from Sebastian Deterding (via @bertbates ): Don’t Play Games With Me! Promises and Pitfalls of Gameful Design. View more presentations from Sebastian Deterding. Sidenote: I’m currently at the LEEF Conference ([link] and it’s interesting to see the backlash against the term “Gamification.&# The presentation above talks about Gameful Design, and Nathan Verrill from NatronBaxter used the term “Applied Gaming.&#.

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eLearning and Subject Matter Experts - Alex Lifeson of RUSH teaches me Tom Sawyer

Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

What does this have to do with Corporate eLearning you might ask? Well, its all about capturing subject matter expert (SME) knowledge. No, seriously! Bare with me on this. I grew up listening to RUSH. When I was 16 I made enough money at my summer job to buy my first electric guitar. Nothing fancy. just a cheap Ibanez Roadstar II. Well, that was cool.

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Keep on Learning, Big Blue

CLO Magazine

IBM turned 100 today. That’s a rare feat for a company, and not just in today’s rapid-fire business environment. In his best-seller “Built to Last,” Jim Collins noted that only 71 of the companies on the original Fortune 500 list still hold a place today. MIT professor Peter Senge says the average life of a company is 30 years. Not life on the Fortune list, mind you, but life as in birth through death.

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The Ultimate LMS Buyer’s Guide: Everything You Need to Know When Purchasing an LMS

Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.

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“What’s Up with the Kids These Days?" - Keys to Managing Your Millennial Employees

OpenSesame

'For the first time in history, four generations are present in the workplace. Each has their own skill set, communication styles and values which inevitably clash and create a challenging dynamic for traditionalists, boomers, generation X-ers, and millennials alike.

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Vote for your Favorite New Feature in Adobe Captivate 5.5 [Poll]

mLearning Revolution

'It has been three weeks since we announced and started shipping Adobe Captivate 5.5 and the feedback we are getting from our customers is very positive. I’m always interested in seeing what is that one feature in a new release that stands out from the rest. That one new capability in the software that you say this is what I’ve been waiting for, the killer app if you will.