Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Getting to Good Enough "Dont let good enough get in the way of perfect." " This adage works for me most of the time as Im designing eLearning courses. Right now, Im feeling like just getting to good would be an achievement. What would you do if you were me? Just do it. Take the Survey!

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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. Im not talking about the quantity of my friends, but rather the breadth and depth. Christy -- Im all for games increasing brain power.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 21, 2008

Monday, January 21, 2008 Putting the Demand Back in On-Demand Learning I didnt come up with that headline. Im co-opting it and encourage all of you to do the same. Im writing financial industry software training course storyboard #10, in a series of 29 courses! So much on-demand training consists of boring page turners.

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Moodle Learning Objects Instructional Design Brandon Hall 100

Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Me: Im an instructional designer. Im sort of distracted by the naked boy who just ran by (not mine). billbrandon had this comment on Twitter: I usually just tell em Im a writer. Im comforted to know that Im not the only one who receives blank stares or gets tongue-twisted in trying to describe what I do.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

And this is definitely not one of those things that Im learning for the first time, but here goes: Motivation is everything! So what we I learn about learning in 2008? Im primed and ready. I agree--totally cool and Im not even the proud mama! Id go so far as to say that Ive reinvented myself as a learning professional.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 New Product Announcement Just in time for the holidays: "socially-networked virtual game-based blended mobile cloudy-learning 4.0" if i ever start a blog, im stealing that title. if i ever start a blog, im stealing that title. New Product Announcement Best Practices for Software Training?

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Thursday, December 11, 2008 Blog-o- the-Month at ISTE Island in Second Life Imagine my surprise when Scott Merrick contacted me, letting me know that Learning Visions had been nominated as Blog-o-the-month on ISTE Island in Second Life. link] Im Bliss Yue (get it?) New Product Announcement Best Practices for Software Training?

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eFront

JANUARY 10, 2011

Hardcover: 560 pages Publisher: Pfeiffer (April 25, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 0787978310 Designing Successful e-Learning , Michael Allens Online Learning Library: Forget What You Know About Instructional Design and Do Something Interesting by Michael Allen. The truth is that there are a lot of books for e-Learning professionals.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Im not blogging for the money or the fame, but I am in it for the community, networking and learning opportunities. Im already behind. So Im thinking Ill finally join Jay Crosss Internet Time Community. I admit to getting overwhelmed at times with all the tools out there. So I guess it doesnt hurt to try and get better.

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Learning Developments

JANUARY 14, 2009

Jan 13, 2009 Im not yet Captivated by Lectora Im putting together a self-paced web-based training course for how to order textbooks using a PeopleSoft application. Im using Lectora to develop a SCORM package that will eventually be imported and used in the LMS. So far Ive found Lectora to be a good course development tool.

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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. Im interested to see what responses you might get. Im interested to see what responses Ill get as well. Whos Your Master? As you create training solutions, to what master are you answering?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Learning News Microsoft just released Semblio , a new authoring tool Skype 4.0 Hit Us Hard 31% Hurt A Little 33% Not Much Effect 33% Helped Us 3% (Is "it hasnt hurt us yet, but Im nervous" an answer?) Roy : "If Im a business leader, I really need to know if training is working in order to invest $$." Its not about the tools.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 8, 2009

If I were in charge (but sadly, Im not), Id put her in the Whos Who of eLearning. But the goal was about selling software for elearning and education, not necessarily focusing on the needs of IDs. Its been nice to get my ID "voice" back. Luckily, there is a lot of overlap. Take the Survey!

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Learning Developments

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Dec 9, 2008. One of the tasks Ive been working on is selecting a tool kit for creating the content. There are certain courses that this tool will work very well for and save lots of development time. Lectora I choose Lectora as the next piece of my tool kit. Captivate does a very good job of creating software simulations.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

I said a similar thing in a comment on Tony Karrers blog the other day: Isnt the main tool of the PLE our very own little brains? Its the best software around and completely portable. Tony came back talking about all the tools he uses as an extension of his brain. Its personal and personalized. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

3) I went to the same high school as presidential candidate Oback Barama (although Im 7 years younger and have never laid eyes on him in person). I used to speak it fluently; these days Im pretty rusty. Wendy Wickham Ray Sims Apologies if youve been tagged previously or have done something similar, Im just playing the game!

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

My current business card says Im a "Manager of Instructional Design". 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.

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Mark Oehlert

AUGUST 1, 2008

Im tired people, so Im only going to say this about 1,000 more times. Hey authoring tool person - you ever make "a learning"? Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Im tired people, so Im only going to say this about 1,000 more times. Cool Tools. April 2008. March 2008.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Thursday, February 21, 2008 My Client is Addicted: Audio in eLearning Cathy Moore had a post a few months ago ( Addicted to Audio? Now, maybe Im just jaded and want to get to an approved storyboard. Maybe its the fact that Im recovering from pneumonia and just dont have the energy to fight the fight. But I caved.

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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. Im coming at it more from the e-Learning perspective.

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Learning Visions

MAY 12, 2009

As Im ramping up in my new job, Im talking with my new Kineo colleagues about everything under the sun. Is there some historical background here that Im missing, like computers in the UK didnt have speakers until 2002 so they never bothered? We know to avoid narrating text word for word, for instance. You do know that, right?)

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Audio Culture Corporate eLearning Authoring Tools 100

Learning Visions

JUNE 15, 2007

Friday, June 15, 2007 ADDIE: Its a Process This is probably an argument made in any Instructional Design 101 class; I dont think Im saying anything new here. You could apply the ADDIE model to software development, right? Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JUNE 28, 2007

Instructional designers can take the tools and create a good learning experience or not. Incremental: Some forms of online training support current ways of doing things Virtual classrooms, presentation software, authoring tools, assessment tools, LMS. Incremental vs. Disruptive Innovation. Person in next cubical?)

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Emergent Brandon Hall CD-ROM Authoring Tools 176

eFront

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Therefore, as we move forward, we all must consider when, how, and why we integrate the tools that we do into our classrooms. => for Associations Jeff delivers an easy-to-read primer on how to leverage social media tools to expand the learning value that associations deliver. Dunlap Protocols for Online Discussions Joanna C.

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 10, 2008

» June 10, 2008 Ohhh.the new iPhone is a wee sexy lass isnt she? Im not even about to begin linking to all the stories on the new iPhone ( this is a fairly thick link farm for you). Yes, iTunesis apparently the new enterprise tool. Posted by: Craig | June 10, 2008 at 10:28 AM The comments to this entry are closed.

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Mark Oehlert

JANUARY 14, 2008

» January 14, 2008 Oh.this does not bode well for Microsoft. Instead of a man with no country, Im a man with three computers and three operating systems. This is the worst piece of software engineering excrement ever to wander up onto the shore since I dont know what. Im serious. January 14, 2008 in Arrghh!!!

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Things go wrong (software fails, power goes out). (A But Im learning. Im just back from two this week, and presented yesterday at USQs Pedagogies and Learning Conference in Brisbane. tools in a learning context using this approach. Learning to "design" to these tools will be the challenge -- a messy one.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

And by asking this, Im not suggesting that design isnt important, for it is - its seen by some as part of the pedagogy. 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. Karl, Of course Im trying to bait you!

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 100

Mark Oehlert

APRIL 21, 2007

As DArcy explains "If you want to clean up your browser after Sitemeter, delete anycookies you might have from "specificclick.com" (I had 4 cookies fromthat domain, but Im not sure if they were a result of Sitemetertracking code from my blog, or from elsewhere.)" They will not install mallisious software.

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Social Bookmarking Social Networks Wiki IM 32

Mark Oehlert

AUGUST 24, 2007

From Mashable comes this post on " 16 Awesome Data Visualization Tools " TouchGraph offers a search/data visualization product that reminds me of Search Crystal. The other visualisation tool to watch out for is gapminder - help files suggest that the ability to animate your own data set visualisations is in the pipeline.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 20, 2007

As Michael Allen says in Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning : "Learners think, Im supposed to do my best to learn whatever is here, so I might as well spend all my time learning it rather than reading about learning it." (p. And yet one could argue that most learners dont even bother reading them. 2:31 PM Michele said. 8:48 AM Karl Kapp said.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 9, 2009

Im not sure if the SME was reading a script, reading the notes, or just speaking from the heart. Joel Harband Tuval Software Industries 5:04 AM Jeff Goldman said. I've also successfully discussed medical terminology for doctors, electronics and software for Dell, Microsoft, and many others. So thats one version.

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Audio Moodle Corporate eLearning Authoring Tools 100

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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Authoring Tools Software Moodle Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Im cammybean on deli.ci.ous -- try adding me to your network and make a for: cammybean list. Technical Infrastructure -- servers, software, etc. I tagged some of the resources I found on deli.ci.ous, which youre free to grab yourself. If you have any suggestions, please offer them up! (Im Ill do the same for you!) Thanks for sharing.

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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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Authoring Tools IM IMS Instructional Design 100

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

link] February 14-16, 2011 O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, 5 th annual, produced by O’Reilly Media, New York City, New York, USA. link] April 28-29, 2011 International Scientific Conference on eLearning and Software for Education (eLSE), Bucharest, Romania. link] As of Nov.

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