Jay Cross

MAY 8, 2014

Vendors of packaged training courses filled ASTD’s exhibit halls. Members of the Instructional Systems Association, a group of business owners, wryly called ASTD “the union.” The Board enlisted the help of identity consultants and branding experts and eventually decided on a new name: ASTD.

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ASTD Director Association Outsource 89

Kapp Notes

MAY 17, 2013

Watching an avatar that looks like you performing an activity influences you to perform a similar or same activity in the future. Trainees learn more from simulations games that actively engage trainees in learning rather than passively conveying the instructional material. of Interaction. Reference: Sitzmann, T.

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ASTD Slides Simulations Comparison 175

Kapp Notes

MARCH 22, 2013

Had a great time last night with the wonder folks from the ASTD DC Metro chapter, a full house with lots of great questions and interactions. Watching an avatar that looks like you performing an activity influences you to perform a similar or same activity in the future. of Interaction. Reference: Sitzmann, T.

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ASTD Simulations Authoring Tools Comparison 195

Kapp Notes

APRIL 24, 2013

Had a great time last night with the wonder folks from the ASTD Mid-NJ chapter, lots of great questions and interactions. Watching an avatar that looks like you performing an activity influences you to perform a similar or same activity in the future. and might have even gotten a few job opportunities!). of Interaction.

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ASTD Simulations Resources Comparison 150

Web Courseworks

JUNE 4, 2009

I’ll confess that I may not have been at the ASTD conference every day this past week, but I do have some impressions of the event I’d like to share. I was a little disappointed that ASTD decision makers, whoever you are, did not put the eLearning vendors together. ” Tags: ASTD Elaine Biech Game Based Learning.

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ASTD eLearning Consultant Simulations Learning Objects 113

Learning Visions

APRIL 24, 2011

come to ASTD New England Area’s Regional 2011 Conference: Learning 2.0 – Don’t get left behind. David is an active speaker at industry conferences and has written articles for CLO magazine, Training Magazine, and Talent Management Magazine. Chances are, if you’re reading this blog, then you’re not so far behind as all that.

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ASTD Learning 2.0 Conference Case Study 172

eLearning 24-7

MAY 20, 2013

Welcome one and all to the wrap up of the ASTD international conference and expo. Why hasn’t ASTD figured out how to do things right. Once again, ASTD dropped the ball. Apparently there must be a huge demand for scalping ASTD badges or hood winking ASTD for access into their show. Leapfactor. Map on the app.

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ASTD Conference SumTotal e-learning vendor 77

E-learning Uncovered

AUGUST 14, 2014

This past week, Tim and I had the great opportunity to attend and present at the Greater Atlanta Chapter of ASTD ’s ACE (Atlanta Conference & Expo) 2014. For those of you who are actively involved in ASTD national and local chapters, you undoubtedly know the benefits of these types of events.

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ASTD Conference eLearning Guild Comparison 69

Kapp Notes

MAY 14, 2013

Watching an avatar that looks like you performing an activity influences you to perform a similar or same activity in the future. Trainees learn more from simulations games that actively engage trainees in learning rather than passively conveying the instructional material. of Interaction. Reference: Sitzmann, T.

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ASTD Simulations Resources Comparison 150

Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2013

These are my liveblogged notes from ASTD Tech Knowledge 2013 Opening Keynote kicking off today January 29, 2013 in San Jose, California. Geeks are really social in term sof engaging in certain activities. Apologies for typos and incoherence. danah boyd. Microsoft Research. Companies do this because sharing knowledge builds up everyone.

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Social Networks ASTD Knowledge Social Network 174

Kapp Notes

MARCH 22, 2013

Had a great time last night with the wonder folks from the ASTD DC Metro chapter, a full house with lots of great questions and interactions. Watching an avatar that looks like you performing an activity influences you to perform a similar or same activity in the future. of Interaction. Reference: Sitzmann, T.

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ASTD Simulations Authoring Tools Comparison 119

eLearning 24-7

MAY 11, 2012

With great anticipation I entered the huge expo at ASTD International show earlier this week. If you think they used the ASTD app and wrote down some notes, I think you would be surprised. His retort – “It’s not active” Which means that you could not see it, because it was turned off.

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ASTD ILT vendor Blackboard 82

Mindflash

MAY 16, 2012

When I registered for the ASTD International Conference & Expo 2012 over a month ago, I planned to write a recap post for two reasons: First, it’s a chance to share what I learned so people who couldn’t attend might learn something from my experience. Image via ASTD’s Facebook photo album.

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ASTD Yammer Evernote Conference 84

The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 17, 2014

According to the 2013 State of the Industry report from ASTD , instructor-led programs continue to be the primary method for training and developing employees. Given that only 15% to 20% of the participants in these programs will end up applying their learning to achieving the strategic goals of their organizations and ASTD estimates $164.2

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ASTD Agile Coaching Mentoring 245

Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 13, 2010

2) Watching an avatar that looks like you performing an activity influences you to perform a similar or same activity in the future.

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ASTD Resources Virtual World Exercise 133

Adobe Captivate

JANUARY 26, 2010

The Captivate team is going to present in full strength at ASTD TK 2010 in Las Vegas. captivate , collaboration through the cloud , astd techknowledge 2010 , allen partridge , tridib roy chowdhury. Do stop by the booth to meet our evangelist, Allen, who recently delivered the popular webinars on Cp and mLearning. Session #: W105.

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TechKnowledge ASTD Captivate Toys 61

Web Courseworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Gamification Strategies for Instructional Designers and Trainers skills seminar I led at the recent ASTD Chicagoland Chapter meeting at the DePaul University School for New Learning on September 18 th. Active participation from an enthusiastic group of attendees made the exercise a success. That was the main thrust of the Game On!

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Gamification Simulations Blended Learning Association LMS 239

Kapp Notes

APRIL 16, 2014

Soon I will be presenting at the ASTD International Conference in Washington, DC. Game thinking, from an instructional game designer’s perspective, is approaching the design of a learning event from the perspective of learner actions and activities that lead to a meaningful outcome while navigating some sort of risk.

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Instructional Design Games Instructional Instruction 243

Take an e-Learning Break

DECEMBER 13, 2010

ASTD estimates that U.S. This amount reflects direct learning expenditures such as the learning function's staff salaries, administrative learning costs, and non-salary delivery costs (including outsourced activities). These types of informative statistics appear in ASTD's annual State of the Industry Report. total ($78.6

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ASTD Report Industry Outsource 45

Making Change

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

” You’ve probably heard this if you’ve proposed starting with an activity instead of first providing instruction. If I were queen, this scaffolding would be optional, it wouldn’t teach the content, and it would be provided in the activity , not as pre-activity instruction.

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Cognitive ASTD Asynchronous Instructional 274

Clark Quinn

JULY 30, 2013

Charles Jennings’ work with the 70:20:10 Forum is pushing the model that we could be focusing on a wider range of activities beyond courses. These include questions about how effort is distributed across different activities, what pedagogical beliefs are being used, where the learning culture is at, and how outcomes are being measured.

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Survey ASTD Suite Forum 172

Challenge to Learn

MAY 22, 2013

Today was the last day of ICE ASTD 2013, I selected some sessions that focus more on how the rapid changes in the digital world will affect the Learning organizations. Take into account how the brain works when designing learning activities. I attended two great sessions. I made mind maps of both sessions (click to enlarge).

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Organization Change ASTD Agile 181

Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 18, 2014

The two sources I use for benchmarks are Bryan Chapman’s research and Karl Kapp’s ASTD research. This will be mostly linear with some interactivity and a branching scenario practice activity. Karl Kapp’s ASTD research on the time to create one hour of learning. My time tracking template.

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Develop Storyboard Ratio Captivate 379

Making Change

JUNE 9, 2010

You might get ideas from this recording of a webinar that I gave today for the Baton Rouge ASTD. It’s about 45 minutes long and shows how to use action mapping to quickly identify which content and activities will be most useful. Brainstorm realistic activities that help learners apply their new knowledge on the job.

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Elluminate Design ASTD eLearning 236

Kapp Notes

JULY 28, 2011

As Tony Bingham, president and CEO of ASTD states, “Today, we actively pursue content based on search terms and our preferences [while in the future]…content will find you – rather than actively seeking it, your activities and interests will determine what finds you, be delivered how you want it, and to your preferred channel.

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Industry Social Networks ASTD eLearning 183

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

In The 2000/2001 ASTD Distance Learning Yearbook. Alexandria VA: ASTD. [2] The conclusion reached by Fleming and Levie is supported b William Horton, a leading expert in the field of web-based instructional design, in his work titled Designing Web-Based Training. References. [1] 1] Moore, M. 2001) Three types of interaction.

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Interactive Cognitive ASTD Distance Learning 191

Challenge to Learn

MAY 3, 2013

And they explain CCAF (Context, challenge, activity, feedback). Ordering information Leaving ADDIE for SAM: Books published by ASTD Press can be purchased by visiting ASTD’s website at store.astd.org or by calling 800.628.2783 or 703.683.8100: Library of Congress Control Number (print edition only): 2009940017.

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Instructional Design ADDIE Agile eLearning Developer 233

Steve Howard

MARCH 16, 2011

On the networking front, I joined the Atlanta chapter of the ASTD , and I hope to get involved in an active role in the future because I’m not cut out to only be a passive drinker at the well of knowledge. I am very excited to be a part of Atlanta’s geek population.

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eLearning Guild Diversity Training ASTD Adobe 45

Web Courseworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Gamification Strategies for Instructional Designers and Trainers skills seminar I led at the recent ASTD Chicagoland Chapter meeting at the DePaul University School for New Learning on September 18 th. Active participation from an enthusiastic group of attendees made the exercise a success. That was the main thrust of the Game On!

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Gamification Simulations Blended Learning Association LMS 138

Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

It made me think that corporate executives are not keen to get into MOOCs (I’m just hoping that the next two weeks will be more active on corporate mlearning front). You know an idea’s time has come when ASTD and CLO Magazine start talking about it and when Google launches a product (free BTW) to support the movement.

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Diversity Training SkillSoft Wikipedia ASTD 214

Origin Learning

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Complete freedom is given to them to choose the specific activities that they participate in. As each activity is introduced, learners must approach it with the consideration: What do I feel most drawn toward? Each of these stations is meant to allow the learner to explore and apply the day’s content. What’s most relevant to me?

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Diversity Training Cognitive Learning Styles ASTD 100

Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Mobile Learning is being loosely attributed to any learning activity that is not location bound, which is very surprising! With more enterprises and staff using tablets for business related activities, and rapid growth in enterprise mobility, it is only a matter of time before Users demand their eLearning on tablets. The growing need.

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iPad eLearning Mobile Learning Adoption 271

Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 1, 2014

ASTD data suggests US companies spent $164billion on employee learning and development in 2012 saying that ‘ despite a continuously changing economic environment, organizations remain committed to training and development’. Supporting our workforce to get better and achieve to their potential is not just about the money.

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Diversity Training Compliance Training Training Train 225

LearnDash

JANUARY 6, 2014

Needless to say, not much activity is happening outside of the house – so what do you do to pass the time? If you are interested in some more specific courses related to elearning, then you can’t go wrong with the ones offered by ASTD. They have a nice amount of free training programs with interactive exercises.

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eLearning ASTD Exercise Site 143

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

These are my live blogged notes from Thursday’s keynote at ASTD TK11 with Karen Wickre (Global Communications Team) and Ann Farmer from Google. Facebook – a consumer marketing platform – great for promotions, contest, activities, feedback on naming things, civic and community involvement Communicate with an educational mindset.

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FAQ Write Blog ASTD Social Media 200

Clark Quinn

JANUARY 28, 2014

As a consequence of the forthcoming book (no cover comps yet nor ability to preorder), I’ve had to put my thoughts together, and I’m giving the preliminary version next Thurs, February 6, at 11AM PT, 2PM ET as a webinar for ASTD.

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Social Networks ASTD Social Network Performance Support 163

Learnnovators

MAY 29, 2014

That said, there are rich skill statements out of places like ASTD and LPI.” – Clark Quinn (in our interview with him). “ Top 8 Competencies of a Mobile Learning Designer : This is our post on the top 8 competencies that a learning designer needs to possess for actively engaging in the design and development of mobile learning activities.

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Social Learning Social Informal Diversity Training 167