Learning Visions

APRIL 9, 2009

Demographics of Casual Games: In 2007, 61% of online game play was in the genre of casual games. Creating a library of casual games to teach simple lessons (credit cards, personal budgeting, saving, loans, etc.) What do players know about the teaching topics. Poll: Do you play any of these? How much fun is player having?

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 10, 2007

Friday, August 10, 2007 More on Learning Styles Today Mark Oehlert points to Stephen Downes post Professor Pans Learning Style Teaching Method (in particular, the comments thread which I had missed as I typically just read Downes post right through the feed reader). And there are people making a business out of it. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

Thursday, April 26, 2007 Rubric for Online Instruction Chico State This morning, I stumbled across this Rubric for Online Instruction from Chico State University. I first heard of them when my husband was applying for k-12 teaching positions. At the time, it just seemed like a way to take all of the joy out of teaching.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 9, 2009

"I teach people to do stuff using technology." 9:37 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Cammy Bean Greater Boston, MA, United States View my complete profile About This Blog Subscribe in a reader Subscribe via email Are you an Instructional Designer? Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Better than Bullet Points Develop a treatment Apply Richard Mayer’s SOI model Choose graphics with soul, interactions with meaning, and animations that teach Taking an existing classroom course – think about TRANSFORMING it, not converting it. Choose Graphics with Soul, animations that teach, interactions with meaning.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Instructional Designers = Liberal Artists I recently posted a survey, asking instructional designers to tell us about their educational background and ID training. Theres a few with MEds and teaching backgrounds, which gets you somewhat close to ID. Ill have to ask that in another survey! Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JULY 30, 2007

Monday, July 30, 2007 A Deserted Second Life An interesting read from Wired.com on Second Life and Corporate America. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. How companies are spending millions and yet no one comes. 8:50 PM Anonymoussaid. link] Nobody's interested. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

MAY 15, 2007

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 Can we throw away e-Learning? Says Healy, "Without discussion or one-on-one teaching e-learning is cheap, ineffective and gives the impression that a company does not care enough to invest time or money into training." Just don’t use it as a replacement for real teaching. The reality of poor design.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Thursday, February 15, 2007 Art History e-Learning Nuggets I was looking for some inspiration the other day -- a way to refill the creative cup -- and decided to head over to the Louvre website for a closer look. Hey thanks for posting this, it might help me in my art history class and my e-learning class! Take the Survey!

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The program teaches employees effective skills and behaviors to use when dealing with clients. Suffolk Construction doubled in size from 2007 to 2015 and is still expanding. A three-day immersive learning experience held at Suffolk headquarters in Boston helped drop the new hire attrition rate after the first year.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 16, 2007

Friday, February 16, 2007 eLearning Technology: What is eLearning 2.0? These learners would go through online courseware for about 6 hours that would teach them about the software and test them using simulations. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JUNE 5, 2007

Tuesday, June 05, 2007 Personal Learning Earthquake Sometimes tectonic plates shift and earthquakes form cracks in the crust. And it started dawning on me that the PLE was about a revolution in learning -- about teaching people to learn -- about empowering individuals to take control of their own learning environments, their futures.

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Learning Visions

JULY 31, 2009

Is it the schools who use eLearning to teach their students? Is it the professors who teach at those institutions? Since I had the opportunity for a nice schmooze fest after the eLearning Guild ID Symposium in Boston. Is it the teachers at those schools? Is it the non-profits who create eLearning for their members? Rangimarie!

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Learning Visions

JUNE 8, 2007

Friday, June 08, 2007 Instructional Designers Tools Theres been a good conversation going on over at Christy Tuckers Experiencing E-Learning blog about instructional design. My background is in advertising, teaching English and IT (technical writing/editing, e-sales administration). 9:34 AM Anonymoussaid. Take the Survey!

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Trivantis

MAY 2, 2012

Join Laura Gillenwater as she teaches you how to get the right kinds of evaluation for your e-Learning course before it’s implemented. in Education from Boston University and has been an educator for over 20 years. Experience: Laura is a Senior Learning & Development Consultant and e-Learning Specialist at Sun Life Financial.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 22, 2007

Thursday, March 22, 2007 Games vs. Gaming The topic that kept me thinking late last night: the difference between games and gaming; between people who play computer games and so-called gamers. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JUNE 7, 2009

It discusses personality traits, attitudes toward teaching, other factors that might interest you. I Say Instructional Designer, You Say Tomah-toe Reminder: Boston & Chicago Articulate/Moodle Semin. This is an abiding interest of mine and one that I had hoped would become my dissertation topic. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

MAY 9, 2007

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 Cognitive Flexibility Theory & Multiple Representations After reading Clarks comment on my posting from yesterday , Ive been looking into Cognitive Flexibility Theory (Spiro), trying to better understand the notion of "multiple representations." I think theres quite a bit of alignment with CFT. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Of course, I then need to mention some topics, because otherwise, people think I teach others how to _use_ a computer. It is difficult for them to understand that you could help teach domains that you are not an expert in. Free Articulate & Moodle Seminars in Boston and Ch. 11:52 AM learnnuggets said. 12:03 PM Downes said.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2007

Monday, February 26, 2007 The Learning Show Thanks to Will Thalheimer for continuing to provide great learning resources. Since learners are bound to forget what we teach them, what strategies can instructional designers use to transfer that info to the learners long term memory? Lets just hope I dont forget it all. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Learning objectives clarify exactly what it is youre trying to teach. I called this one out as one of the top things I learned about learning in 2007. I sat in on a couple of Michael Allens sessions at ASTD 2007 and when he advised us to spare our learners from learning objectives, it really surprised me. I see the value.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2006

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 TIPP Learning Styles Last week, all of the instructors at the school where I teach had to take an online test to assess our learning styles. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Sidebar: This, Tony Karrer , is why schools still need to teach good writing. Id even say that teaching skim and writing for skimmers could be done later in a students lives 7+ 11:09 AM Cammy Bean said. Ive been told its not as devastating as Revolutionary Road. Thankfully. Dont think I could handle that right now. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

MAY 16, 2007

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Debunking the Learning Styles Myth As you may know, Ive been on a focused mission to better understand so-called learning styles and their place -- or not -- in e-Learning. Tobias states: Some adaptations to learning styles may lead instructional developers to teach concepts using multiple illustrations.

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Learning Visions

MAY 12, 2009

The most culturally appropriate use of audio is in the teaching of languages and music, and in social studies. Other than that - pretty much no way (unless its strategic - the best way to teach a concept is by audible lecture or story). Free Articulate & Moodle Seminars in Boston and Ch. Kia ora Cammy! Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Trying to teach to different generations is not necessary -- more about teaching to capabilities. How can we teach these skills online? For more reading on millenials (see her slides, cuz I cant see them). Slides will be emailed. Session will be repeated in a few weeks. We now have an abundance of information. Next month.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

6:21 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Cammy Bean Greater Boston, MA, United States View my complete profile About This Blog Subscribe in a reader Subscribe via email Are you an Instructional Designer? I disagree with that, though heavens knows that at times organizations seem opposed to learning.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 17, 2009

This app "Write my name" is dedicated to all the parents who love to teach their child how to write their name or any words. "Write my name" can help teach your kids to spell ! So I decided to develop an application which will help and also give some fun for kids to play, to learn and write their alphabet and words.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Monday, August 20, 2007 Getting Started in Instructional Design Many readers find their way to this blog because they are interested in learning more about instructional design. I teach online courses and I am really trying to gain more experience in ID so that I can land a job doing ID full time in the future. Take the Survey!

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Big Dog, Little Dog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

In 2007, Rockwell Collins' mentees were asked to rate the ways mentoring allowed them to contribute to the success of the company. You need knowledge - Boston Globe. We have neglected to teach them that one cannot think critically without quite a lot of knowledge to think about. Shifting the Shape of Mentoring - ASTD.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 28, 2007

Thursday, June 28, 2007 Emerging Technologies in e-Learning I sat in on a lunchtime WebEx presentation with Gary Woodill -- Director, Research and Analysis, Brandon Hall Research. e-Learning = teaching and learning through electronic methods. How you teach will depend on who you are teaching. 1980s CD ROMS. 1980s CD ROMS.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 11, 2008

The new scheme is designed to "teach" customers how to think about the systems that make up the cars theyre modifying (its a performance parts co.). And were committed to continually refining the scheme as we learn more about the customer base. Gary.thanks for another new term! And I loved the examples you gave. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Thursday, September 27, 2007 Messy Learning OK. But I dont think folks are comfortable with the notion that TEACHING or TRAINING can or should be messy. What makes for messy training/teaching? The training doesnt teach what the participants want or need (failure to consult with actual learners while designing the program).

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 16, 2008

From an instructional design perspective, I think its a great resource: excellent illustrations, written in a conversational tone (as if you were sitting next to the author and she was teaching you), with lots of hipster humor. Dan Roddy recently shared a link to a great article on tips for writing in a more conversational tone. Very cool.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2009

Do we really know if were teaching the right stuff?) Catchya later from Middle-earth 8:15 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Cammy Bean Greater Boston, MA, United States View my complete profile About This Blog Subscribe in a reader Subscribe via email Are you an Instructional Designer?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 8, 2008

For my specific position, its more relevant that I have K-12 teaching experience than whether I have a masters or not. Even though IDs arent teaching and probably dont fall under accrediting standards, its an environment where people are used to looking at degrees. Accrediting bodies look at what degrees faculty and leaders have.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 The Rise of Rapid e-Learning Mike Alcock, MD of Atlantic Link Ltd has written an article over at Trainingzone.co.uk: The Rise of Rapid e-Learning. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Some insightful industry analysis, surrounded by a lot of marketing speak.

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