Learning Visions

JULY 30, 2007

Im looking for some input: good examples of software product training. Im working on a pitch to a software company -- technical audience (think database guys). Ive done about 8 gazillion software training programs in my time. Posted by Cammy Bean at 3:15 PM Labels: software training 2comments: Martin M-B said.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Getting to Good Enough "Dont let good enough get in the way of perfect." Right now, Im proofing a storyboard thats full of endless text bullets and boring software demos with no interactivity -- and theres really nothing I can do about it. What would you do if you were me? Just do it.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 29, 2008

Monday, December 29, 2008 7 More Things You Dont Need to Know About Me. eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B. Check it out. Its all still true.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

It’s about design, not software! eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B. Bad elearning can be horrible no matter what tool you use. Less is more.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

In my early days, I wrote a lot of software training courses. eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B. Instruct, Demo, Practice, Test, Rinse, Repeat.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 9, 2009

" Since I'm a software trainer for a significant chunk of my job - that sentance pretty much covers everything :') 6:47 AM Jonathan Atleson said. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. My personal elevator speech when people ask me what I do for a living.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Thanks to Ben Edwards of Redbird Software and B.J. eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B. But now its official: there is an eLearning Pulse.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Motivating Learners in Learning Designs As Ive been writing courses on fascinating subjects like Six Sigma and financial software training after financial software training, Ive been trying to keep that motivation carrot out in front. So what we I learn about learning in 2008? Worst grade ever. Any guesses? Im primed and ready.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 16, 2007

I particularly liked this approach he describes for a software training course. These learners would go through online courseware for about 6 hours that would teach them about the software and test them using simulations. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Heres a taste of whats on my plate right now: Lots of Software Trai ning Finishing up a big project update for a large financial institution. Wrapping up software training for another client. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Plenty to do, but not in a frantic way.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 5, 2008

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Instructional Design: Wheres Your Center? Every software interaction and menu is explained in detail. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 16, 2007

The site was created by Ben Edwards of Redbird Software and B.J. eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B. Schone of eLearning Weekly fame. Check it out.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 6, 2007

In a March 13, 2005 article in The Toronto Star The Art of PowerPoint: David Byrne (Yes, that David Byrne) Defends a Reviled Software , "Byrne suggests that the medium itself is not the sole factor behind ill-fated attempts at over-simplifying complex information." The noted Edward Tufte blames PowerPoint. United States License.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 1, 2008

Monday, December 01, 2008 My Facebook has Tipped Malcolm Gladwell says that everything has a Tipping Point , that point at which a virus goes epidemic, when the hip new thing goes mainstream. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Think Uggs. United States License.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 15, 2007

You could apply the ADDIE model to software development, right? eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B. Can I, um, have your attention, please?

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Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2007

9) Bugtracker by FogBugz Weve been using this bug tracking software in-house for the last few months. eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 9, 2009

Electronic Software Association -- trade org for game developers in the US Gama Sutra Game Developer Magazine Timeline/Team to Develop? Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Its the best software around and completely portable. eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B. Mark writes, "You wanna know what a PLE is?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2007

The only performance support Ive actually ever written are bulky user-guides to go along with a software training program. eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Im with certain forums relating to software I use rather than my topics of my blog, but youve nspired me to investigate futher. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

When training a new system (IT, software) how do you separate the benefits of the system with the benefits of the training? eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B.

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

That leads to 1:1 laptop programs in K-12 schools in which faculty have said the computers are basically ebook readers because software and access to the internet isnt addressed well enough from an instructional perspective to make the computers more useful. 12:03 PM Downes said. "I 1:13 PM Joe Deegan said. United States License.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 28, 2007

Incremental: Some forms of online training support current ways of doing things Virtual classrooms, presentation software, authoring tools, assessment tools, LMS. Collaboration Software Learner generated content (instead of teacher preparing things, learners put things online and edit together. Incremental vs. Disruptive Innovation.

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Learning Visions

MAY 22, 2007

eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Powered by Blogger.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

Of course, I was thinking that last week I had arrived when I got my first email asking me to do a review for software--for which I would be given a free copy. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Its the first time Ive been tagged for a meme too. Danke sehr.

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Learning Visions

MAY 16, 2007

Take learning a piece of software. If youve ever taught a software class, you know you will have explorers in your class who will wander off the track being presented in class following the "I wonder what happens if you do x" train of thought then get lost from where you are going. Can I, um, have your attention, please?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Technical Infrastructure -- servers, software, etc. eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B. Financial/ROI -- current training- and technology-related costs.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Things go wrong (software fails, power goes out). (A eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B. A whole bunch of other things, right?) United States License.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Friday, December 19, 2008 Best Practices for Software Training? This has been the year of software training. Weve taken scenario-based approaches, so the learner can sit with an expert and watch how he does his job using the software. Short demos (some with practice) linked right from the software itself.

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Learning Visions

JULY 10, 2007

Karl: "The two of the most used items for synchronous learning are lectures via PowerPoint and software training (app sharing)." $199 Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 20, 2007

When writing software courses (of which I have been writing many of late), I try to keep the lesson titles very task-based, so its obvious to the learner what will be covered. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. 6:25 AM Cammy Bean said. Can I, um, have your attention, please?

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

After a few years, I got involved in an IT initiative (then it was called MIS) -- designing a new software application to support our call center business. I did stand-up classroom sessions on the software. They liked my software training experience. That led into training. I had expertise. I had a knack for communication.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

LMS support, LMS training, Asynchronous software support and Management jobs Ive seen all require an ID degree, however the duties dont seem to warrant a degree in ID. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. I am now an ID student (half way done). I like what I am learning.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 21, 2008

Friday, March 21, 2008 E-Learning Project Reality: Guerrilla Instructional Design Ill define it in one word: grueling. Mostly software training, with bits of process and product information thrown in for good measure. Mostly software training, with bits of process and product information thrown in for good measure.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 16, 2008

Thursday, October 16, 2008 Guesstimating Seat Time Many eLearning projects are priced out based on expected "seat time" -- that is, how long the learner has to sit on his or her butt to learn (watch!) But that varies wildly if youre talking software training vs. something more complex and soft. what needs to be presented/taught.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 26, 2009

Time will tell whether the software had anything to to with the program and learners' success. Open source brings a tremendous advantage over proprietary software: it gets better over time. culture with the whiz-bang) and keep the contents (content and data) out of enterprise systems. 9:28 AM Linda said.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2008

Monday, January 07, 2008 The Value of Instructional Designers Ive been having on ongoing conversation with other instructional designers as to whether or not we need to have the technical skill sets to actually build the courses we design. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des.

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