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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

We have edited and compiled 141 pages and 14 chapters covering the ABC’s of getting started to global implementation strategies. The latest version of the course manual includes several minor corrections and is dedicated to the memory of our co-author Jeanne Smuts who died on 28th July 2009.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009 Market Differences in eLearning Im a fan of the number 42. I think Tonys Big Question of this month on being stuck, speaks about how people feel in such setups :) Im waiting to get more traffic in my blog before I throw questions on IDs into tech writing. Thanks so much for creating a post on my comments.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 25, 2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Jott This Blog I havent had so much time lately to blog, as this project Im working on has been quite grueling. I find my best time for thinking up excellent blog entries is late at night when Im lying in bed. That is, of course, if Im even awake after the kids have finally fallen asleep.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 25, 2007

Monday, June 25, 2007 Getting Pysched for FaceBook Im definitely feeling out-of-my element in this whole FaceBook thing. Im trying to get into it and discover its potential professional uses. Im just scratching the surface, I suppose. Im feeling lonely and really nerdy. Id like to push this somehow, but Im not sure.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Using FaceBook Im trying to expand my horizons a bit these days and have been taking a closer look at a whole bunch of tools out there, including SecondLife and FaceBook. Im interested in how we could leverage that existing community for better communication, learning opportunities, networking, etc.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 16, 2007

Im wondering if any e-Learning designers out there consider these differences when creating courses. I may have the opportunity soon to do some design for a strictly-female audience, and Im just starting to think about different tactics to take.suggestions? Online Chat with Charles Reigeluth (Instructional.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

So, what do I do if Im not doing that? Im not such an anal person, so this isnt my favorite thing in the world. What strategies are helping other vendors succeed? e-Learning Strategy Consulting: This is a new area for me. e-Learning Strategy Consulting: This is a new area for me. The website copy. I schmooze.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Thursday, June 14, 2007 Defining an e-Learning Strategy: Planning the Kickoff In the spirit of building a Community of Practice -- sharing ideas and processes -- I thought Id try and share what I can of a current project. I googled "Defining an e-Learning strategy" and various iterations thereof. Heres what I did in those weeks.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 5, 2007

Im just about to kickoff a new project with a manufacturing organization to produce some custom courses. Im gonna call them an "immature e-Learning organization." Posted by Cammy Bean at 3:01 PM Labels: e-learning strategy , messy learning 2comments: Michele Martin said. Are you a strategy consultant? Games are scary.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 13, 2007

And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. Ive been exploring the use of Second Life for a client for whom Im developing an e-Learning strategy. Theirs is an audience comprised only of women and Im not convinced Second Life will feel appropriate to them. As you may know, Ive only been there once.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Thursday, February 08, 2007 Back to bloggin Im gonna try this again. See Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development: Welcome to the Learning Clinic. And so now I feel compelled to enter the conversation, although Im not sure yet if I have anything to add. Im gonna try it. Ive been lurking for awhile. felt.connected.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Friday, February 06, 2009 Building Measurement into Our Training-Development Process Another lunchtime webinosh with Dr. Will Thalheimer. 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?) The topic today: Building Measurement into Our Training-Development Process.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Im wondering if we should be talking about tiers of instructional design. Look at organizations structures and define strategy. Today Im feeling more like a hazy purple. Im wondering if in the carpentry example if a master carpenter would agree with you? Look at our survey results. But maybe it does.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 5, 2008

What strategies do you use to ensure a project stays learner centric vs. sponsor centric? Im interested to see what responses you might get. Im interested to see what responses Ill get as well. Instructional Strategies? So the vendor scopes it out and does the design work, the storyboarding, the development work.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 12, 2007

That said, Im a little concerned that the gamer mentality is sometimes presented as important to corporate culture and that as a result women should get into gaming. Im a bit of an über a-hole when it comes to stereotypical representations - the giggly "girl" (which is the name of this episode) just lights my match. Which is correct?

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Learning Visions

MAY 12, 2009

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Audio in eLearning: Cultural Differences? Weve taken this up before and many of us IDs know the strategies for using audio most effectively by now. Weve taken this up before and many of us IDs know the strategies for using audio most effectively by now. Whats your take on using audio in eLearning?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Then I realized Im a constant notetaker, in the pen-and-paper sense. Thats one way for me to process the information Im seeing/hearing, and the same may be true for at least some live bloggers. The others, of course, are just showing off. Online Chat with Charles Reigeluth (Instructional.

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PLE Personal Personalization Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

JUNE 8, 2007

I think Im somewhat of an anomaly in the field. Maybe Im not an instructional designer at all. A Conversation with Karl Kapp ► February (11) ID Live with Charles Reigeluth on EdTechTalk Kineo Insights Webinar: Kronos Moodle Case Study Kineo Insights Webinar: The Truth About Open Sourc. I dont do any programming.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 12, 2007

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environmental World Tony Karrer asked in the comments on my PLE post yesterday , Im curious if you distinguish your learning environment (tools, skills, etc.) Most of what Im doing outside of work these days involves the care and feeding of two small people, ages 2 and 4.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Facebook for the Enterprise Im still mucking around in Facebook, trying to get it. A Conversation with Karl Kapp ► February (11) ID Live with Charles Reigeluth on EdTechTalk Kineo Insights Webinar: Kronos Moodle Case Study Kineo Insights Webinar: The Truth About Open Sourc.

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Social Networks Facebook Enterprise Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

Im always happy to spread the good word. A Conversation with Karl Kapp ► February (11) ID Live with Charles Reigeluth on EdTechTalk Kineo Insights Webinar: Kronos Moodle Case Study Kineo Insights Webinar: The Truth About Open Sourc. An excellent vision of how web2.0 is/will change the way we work. 2comments: Carolyn said.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 3, 2008

Now Im not saying that SMEs are rats, or instructional designers are rats. Photo credits: The Last Happy Chef by Mykl Roventine Open Onion by Darwin Bell Mouse Spaghetti Tastes Better When Cooked by Jannes Pockele Posted by Cammy Bean at 11:17 AM Labels: instructional design 3comments: Michele Martin said. Instructional Strategies?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

So Im spreading the word and saying: go take the survey and add your own little self into the mix. A Conversation with Karl Kapp ► February (11) ID Live with Charles Reigeluth on EdTechTalk Kineo Insights Webinar: Kronos Moodle Case Study Kineo Insights Webinar: The Truth About Open Sourc.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 18, 2007

Now I see that you can publish a Google Doc right to my blog, so Im going to try that now. A Conversation with Karl Kapp ► February (11) ID Live with Charles Reigeluth on EdTechTalk Kineo Insights Webinar: Kronos Moodle Case Study Kineo Insights Webinar: The Truth About Open Sourc. Aah -- corporate control.

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Google Docs Doc Google Instructional Design 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. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Online Chat with Charles Reigeluth (Instructional.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

Monday, January 19, 2009 Instructional Design: Whats in a name? And by asking this, Im not suggesting that design isnt important, for it is - its seen by some as part of the pedagogy. He or she matches content type to strategy. The difference is the strategies. Karl, Of course Im trying to bait you!

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Learning Visions

MAY 23, 2007

Hes not coordinated enough yet to work the controls, but he seems to have the basic strategy down and tells us where to go. Im definitely hooked -- you might say, "immersed" or "addicted". Ive written about my gaming experience before. Its rather limited. So last night I stayed up until 1:00 playing Zelda: The Twilight Princess.

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Learning Visions

JULY 6, 2007

We installed MediaWiki on our local server a couple of weeks ago and Ive been using it to record everything I can for my e-Learning strategy project. Im a Word power-user and love all the little tricks and shortcuts. I dont have to open 800 documents. And I love it. Bye bye Word. Interview transcripts go in the wiki.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

My current business card says Im a "Manager of Instructional Design". And now Im here -- "Manager of Instructional Design." But at this point, Im here to stay. If youd like to learn more about what Im doing these days, check out my current job description. My point is this: I dont think Im that unusual. Hi Cammy!!!

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Learning Visions

MARCH 11, 2008

Im avis fan of serendipitous learning. A Conversation with Karl Kapp ► February (11) ID Live with Charles Reigeluth on EdTechTalk Kineo Insights Webinar: Kronos Moodle Case Study Kineo Insights Webinar: The Truth About Open Sourc. Instructional Strategies? What unknowns have you crept into? 1:21 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 2, 2007

Im a practical person at heart; not a theory-based one). The reason Im so keen on the idea of PLEs (not as a system, but as a set of tools and skills) is that I think it puts power back into peoples hands, rather than leaving them at the mercy of organizations who dont really have their best interests in mind. Thats it, isnt it?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Im going to quote heavily from the article here, inserting my own thoughts along the way. Granted, Im not commenting on the design nor the quality of the material. 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.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 28, 2007

Marshall McLuhan) -- Im not trying to be a smarty-pants here, but I looked this up and Gary was close: "We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. Any LMS needs to have open-standards (not just open source) so you can take your content to another source. We march backwards into the future."

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Im a linear reader in recovery and have been actively learning how to skim books and not feel guilty about it. Although Im not in active instructional design mode for any projects right now, I did jot a bunch of ideas. those born between 1991-2000), Im a bit of an ape (no offense to apes, mind you). Do They? ) No boomers here.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 11, 2007

Im curious if you distinguish your learning environment (tools, skills, etc.) A Conversation with Karl Kapp ► February (11) ID Live with Charles Reigeluth on EdTechTalk Kineo Insights Webinar: Kronos Moodle Case Study Kineo Insights Webinar: The Truth About Open Sourc. Thanks for your delightful clarity today!

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E-Learning Acupuncture

DECEMBER 20, 2007

You might ask, what do I think about when Im shoveling? Well, its a bit out of my budget for the moment; however, Im going to Hawaii in another sense this spring. There is about 3 feet of snow outside and I have been shoveling dutifully for several days. Well, this morning, I was thinking about Hawaii. Where theres no snow! Are educat.

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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. 11:21 PM Cammy Bean said.

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