Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Friday, February 08, 2008 Instructional Designer as Consultant? With the rise of rapid eLearning tools and the ease with which virtually anyone can now create a course, whats changing for the instructional designer? SMEs using rapid eLearning tools)? Are designers beginning to help others author content?

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Learning Visions

JULY 13, 2009

Product knowledge training creates major challenge for organizations, including: Keeping content up to date: products change rapidly. Monday, July 13, 2009 Kineo Product Knowledge E-Learning Webinar Kineo will be holding a free webinar on creating effective product knowledge e-learning on July 16th, 2009. Take the Survey!

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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. In theory an overlap exists between the needs of learners and the goals of the organization. with those of the organization. Whos Your Master? Are you being content centric or learner centric ?

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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. More just-in-time performance support tools; "hey, how do I do that?" Plenty to do, but not in a frantic way. Much juggling.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Presented by Training Magazine Network Diagram of the learning process: Input: you can get input in lots of ways Organize Apply Evaluate (in a wheel – each of these is a subprocess) Looking first at learning. Taking tools and using them in a new way – add intentionality to them. In a disconnected learning system: Need.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Friday, September 12, 2008 Connectivism: Week 1 With little time these days, Ill be auditing the auditors version of the 12 week Connectivism course happening now. I disagree with that, though heavens knows that at times organizations seem opposed to learning. Id be interested in your take on my (somewhat unformed) notion.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 9, 2009

Nick Maynard) Skillpoint Alliance (Kristy Bowden) Partnership of profit and non-profit organizations. Electronic Software Association -- trade org for game developers in the US Gama Sutra Game Developer Magazine Timeline/Team to Develop? Work with and for consumers how to better manage their money. Focus on casual video games.

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Learning Visions

JULY 31, 2009

Is it the tools we use to create eLearning? Is it the companies and people who create those tools? Is it the research organizations that produce the industry reports? Since I had the opportunity for a nice schmooze fest after the eLearning Guild ID Symposium in Boston. What is the eLearning Industry? Is it a methodology?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Who Gets to Be Called an Instructional Designer? A SME builds a course with the latest rapid eLearning tool. These days organizations, for want of head count, take anyone from any background as Instructional Designers and Technical Writers. A technical writer takes on a new challenge.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2006

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 e-Learning Success in Manufacturing This article is kind of old (from 2002), but provides insight into the successes achieved by one manufacturing organization. It made me think of a proposed project we have with a major auto manufacturing firm. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

MARCH 11, 2008

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Accidental Learning Yesterday, on my evening commute, I head a wonderful essay by noted cellist Yo-Yo Ma for NPRs "This I Believe" series. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Every day I make an effort to go toward what I dont understand. What Ive learned?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 14, 2009

an instructional designer in the Clinical Guidance Organization for Humana Health Care Each interview is about 30 minutes long. As the tool available to employees/learners/students grows and theres more information out there, the role of the ID will change. Hope to continue blogging and learning from you!! 7:50 AM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

The biggest question I have is how do organizations ensure that the right content is in all the right places? Youve got your wikis and your blogs and your rapid e-Learning pieces and your social networking tools, but should someone be making sure that the right stuff is out there? Take the Survey! Where Are All the Women?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 9, 2009

Help organizations to bridge the gap between research on learning and reality.) They are a tool in your toolbox. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. What will happen? Be sure to read all of the great ideas put forth in the comments.] Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JULY 2, 2007

It seems to me that FaceBook is a great networking tool. Heres some examples of whos on Gin: A national non-profit organization. It seems to me that a system like this could provide some of the networking that FaceBook provides -- within an organization -- and provide a lot of content. Then again, perhaps Im missing something.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Learning News Microsoft just released Semblio , a new authoring tool Skype 4.0 When training a new system (IT, software) how do you separate the benefits of the system with the benefits of the training? What are the simplest, most effective tool to measure learning? Will says the #1 tool we should be using is our brains.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 9, 2009

One of the participants talked about a focus group/research project his organization did. The advantage: the text content can be corrected and polished by a text author and missing topics can be added, now and in future revisions. Joel Harband Tuval Software Industries 5:04 AM Jeff Goldman said. For now, this is all heresay.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

This is a big consulting project -- a first for me -- in which we have this amazing opportunity to work with a large organization to help them define their e-Learning strategy. It was fairly organic. Understanding the Organization -- organizational structure, current training initiatives, resistance to change, content specifics, etc.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 7, 2009

The reason I missed most of the Beer & Bloggers session (after doing my best to get it organized), is that the crew from Articulate took Kineo out to dinner at Clyde’s. I Say Instructional Designer, You Say Tomah-toe Reminder: Boston & Chicago Articulate/Moodle Semin. hours to get to DC! Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

And then there are consultant-types who focus on performance improvement within organizations, of which learning and training is a key component -- and thus technology. I think where the results will get tricky is in how one defines "edublogosphere". All of us e-Learning bloggers certainly promote educational technology. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

I usually start out by saying "Im an E-Learning author" – if whoever Im talking to then has little question marks in his/her eyes, I add that I develop computer learning programs for companies. This post has been removed by the author. Whats wrong with our sisters, I wonder. 11:03 AM Cammy Bean said. 11:52 AM learnnuggets said.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 5, 2007

So the PLE conversation has been, for me, framed in terms of the LMS and tools. And -- maybe -- also providing them with tools. And teaching people how to use the tools for their own growth. With very little imagination, you can probably figure out what kind of organization I mean). How do you make an LMS into a PLE?

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Learning Visions

APRIL 14, 2007

So now Im sold on the values of social networking tools and Web 2.0. I had so much to share with these women in just a few minutes and I think they walked away really seeing the potential in these tools for their organizations. To put real personalities and faces and human warmth on top of all these words I have been reading.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

Certainly with the rise of rapid e-Learning tools and the increase in SME-published content well start to see an increase in the frequency of updates to e-Learning material. We need to find out what tools our clients use and what systems they have in place. Well need to advise those clients on what tools they should be using.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 22, 2007

Something that will be out of range for most organizations, at least for now. The conversation was initially focused on defining just what ILS is. I was of the naive mindset that ILS = dragons and virtual worlds and high-end 3D graphics and enormous budgets. Mark tried to set me straight on this point. This could be tetris or solitare.

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Learning Visions

MAY 22, 2007

Investment in use of tools is low, so if it doesnt work, youre ok. Whereas if higher risk (development of entire course), people more likely to use non-open source tools. A lot of these rapid tools ARE being used by folks without training backgrounds. They may consider it more "information transfer" than formal training.

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Learning Visions

JULY 6, 2007

And it will serve a double-purpose in terms of educating them about the potential uses for wikis within their organization. I really do believe that for many people and organizations it will be the personal use of wikis that propels them into more collaborative work with them. Yes, I love my wiki. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Monday, February 04, 2008 The Big Question: Instructional Design as a Spectrum The Learning Circuits Big Question this month: Instructional Design - If, When and How Much? Different tools; different projects; different expertise. Work with 3D tools like Second Life. Look at organizations structures and define strategy.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

The fact that its not on everyones to-do list shows how low on the radar virtual worlds are for most organizations -- and nothing to be ashamed of. This post has been removed by the author. Blogger's New Polling Tool My Online Visual Identity 31 Days: Days 26, 27, 28 So What Kind of a Gamer Are You? 2:44 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

JULY 10, 2007

Karl Kapp: Assisted with survey questions.wrote an essay on 3D tools (with Tony ODriscoll). 61% wanted a side by side comparison of tools. Its going to change drastically -- integration with virtual social worlds Karl: Interesting to note the # (27%) of organizations that are using more than one tool. Elluminate 4.2%

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Learning Visions

JUNE 2, 2007

So all the talk about tools and maps has struck me as odd. All the many cool tools and widgets and features that really smart people are creating -- thats all we need. In my professional practice Ive watched thousands of people pay no attention to their personal learning, always leaving "training" up to their organizations.

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Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

Friday, May 04, 2007 Rapid e-Learning, Templates, & SMEs Theres been a lot of good talk lately about rapid e-learning tools and templates and the roles of SMEs vs. instructional designers. Our tools still require the user to work in the Flash environment, but you really dont need to know Flash. I think about this topic a lot.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 9, 2007

Suddenly, you need a new level of organization and ways to keep track of it all. Ive been using a tool called co.mment. CoComment is another commenting tool out there to help you manage all those conversations. This is why using a feed reader (I use Google Reader) is essential to staying on top of all of the blogs you read.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Or maybe you want to learn about the life of the author of that great novel, and then end up reading about Puccini. Is a messy training program just one in which the presenter is clearly not organized? Things go wrong (software fails, power goes out). tools in a learning context using this approach. By accident.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2008

Friday, January 25, 2008 Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objectives My recent post on alternatives to listing out learning objectives generated a lot of interest and a good conversation. ( For many organizations, that means "We have a template set up to produce it X way." See My Objection to Learning Objectives.) Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

How can I help our clients better use our tools? Weve got a gig to help an organization with a large membership craft an e-Learning strategy. Its all about connecting with the right organization - who do YOU want to work with? What Tools are you using???? How can we improve our templates? What is the market asking for?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2009

How does this comment compare to your own organization? In the most basic view, when youre in a training group, your job is to help resolve problems related to lack of skill or knowledge insofar as they detract from the organizations ability to achieve its results. You truly dont need an ID education for that. Interesting observation.

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