The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

A funny thing happened while we were learning informally. In fact, the buzz about informal learning seems to grow every day. Social learning technologies, which often facilitate informal learning, seem to have paved the way for greater interest in this approach. Coach: What is your definition of informal learning?

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 11, 2006

Nancy just created a post out of an article and presentation that I had linked to before: Full Circle Online Interaction Blog: Blogs and Community - launching a new paradigm for online community? This forms a big network of people linked first through content and eventually directly (in person or via social networking).

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Introducing The Conversation Prism eLearning Trends 2007 and 2008 TechCrunch White Label Social Networking Platforms Chart How to Insert YouTube Videos in PowerPoint Presentations LinkedIn Tips and Tweaks: Do More with your LinkedIn Account Introduction to Wikis, Blogs, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking and RSS Corporate Policies on Web 2.0

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Here is an end-of-the-year roundup of eLearning and related articles you might find helpful, interesting or enjoyable. Whether yours are formal or informal, this list of online presentation applications from SitePoint might be useful to you. This link takes you to the final article, so you can see the list of previous ones.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 19, 2010

Before you just place any old photo into an online course or informational web site, it’s a good idea to think about whether a realistic graphic is required. Some of the cognitive advantages of low-fidelity graphics include the following: Quick Visual Scanning: When we read an image, we scan it to extract significant information.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

In this article, I’m featuring a wonderful interview with successful social media expert, Jane Hart. She provides compelling reasons to implement a social and collaborative environment as part of workplace learning. You can read more from Jane at her blog, Social Media in Learning. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 25, 2010

With this in mind, here are a few sites that feature cognitive psychology podcasts, research, articles and news. Cognitive psychology uses an information-processing model to explain mental operations in computational terms. It has an entire section on Mind and Brain with loads of articles. Share this on Linkedin.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 17, 2007

Its privacy policies are questionable and it is giving out user information to applications willy-nilly. Something like the social network operating system , maybe. These are nicely captured by this article as Tony Karrer pulls together a number of recent resources on the site to throw out some ideas. Great example, Luis.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 3, 2010

Look for words of interest and then search for those articles or pages. You can also use word clouds as the basis for writing a poem, for studying another language and for comparing two pages of information. Janet Clarey compared two articles from this site using word clouds. Share this on Linkedin. Create a Mashup.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 6, 2010

Instructional design is the process of identifying the skills, knowledge, information and attitude gaps of a targeted audience and creating or selecting learning experiences that close this gap, based on instructional theory and best practices from the field. Related Articles: 35 More Qualities of the Ideal Instructional Designer.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 16, 2010

But the explosion of complex information in most knowledge domains has changed all that. This makes me wonder if we’re doing as much as we can to visualize information when we design learning experiences. Visualizing information makes it tangible so that people are more likely to comprehend it. Share this on Linkedin.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 27, 2009

Social media technologies are exploding, providing an array of offerings for learning online. The prevalence of social networking, real-time search and discussion, and collaborative technologies increase the opportunities for informal and unstructured learning and can enhance structured learning strategies as well. Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 15, 2009

This assures potential users that their information will be safe and was definitely worth the 16 hours it took to write. Good microcopy gives your audience the information they need in a small space. Your goal is to be as informative as possible in a small space. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning

MARCH 30, 2009

I think most of us agree that there is an important social dimension to learning. But in what ways do social software applications such as LinkedIn and FaceBook help people to learn? I do find Wikipedia to be a powerful learning tool, one that I access almost everyday and for which I write at least two or three articles a year.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

As a result, designers and developers who can think visually are able to envision the final product, conceive visuals for content and visualize how information fits together. When I have a lots of information and content to understand and organize, I sit on the floor with large pieces of paper and start diagramming like mad.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Extract information from SMEs and structure and organize content it in a way that makes it easy to learn. Organize information well. Conduct research and synthesize information from a variety of sources. Create learning sessions with information that is useful and applicable to the learners’ real world—i.e.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

It’s safe to say that emotions are an influence on perception, attention, motivation, and the encoding and retrieval of information. The final article in this series will present practical ways to design for the emotions. Related Article: Emotions and Learning: Part I. Share this article with a friend! Tweet This!

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 30, 2006

The author(s) have been writing individual articles for months or years. This is my attempt to help you get a sense of topics of my blog and find some of the more interesting past articles. Presentation - ISPI Los Angeles Introduction to Wikis, Blogs, Social Bookmarking, Social Networking and RSS Practical Suggestions: Web 2.0

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Social Networks Instructional Design Authoring Tools Guide 102

Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2009

Twitter as Personal Work and Learning Tool My LinkedIn Open Connection Approach - Treating LinkedIn like a massive, virtual cocktail party. Other Ways to Tap into the Social Grid In the session, I discussed the use of LinkedIn, Twitter and Blogging as my primary tools for tapping into the social grid.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

He makes a good case for developing independent learners and outlines the advantages of informal learning—it’s cheaper, more responsive, less controlling, less patronizing and more in tune with the times. What are your recommendations for communicating the value of using social media tools for learning? value of social media.

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 15, 2010

It was an ideal model for integrating a structured yet informal learning paradigm. It was informal in that it was a voluntary endeavor with no prerequisites or requirements. It gave me the controls to stop, start and repeat the flow of information. Related Articles: 10 Social Media Tools For Learning. Tweet This!

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 21, 2009

They teach in an informal and casual style and give you the sense that they can help you become competent in whatever you’re trying to learn. Share this on Linkedin. Share this on del.icio.us. Tags: RECENT ARTICLES REVIEWS SOFTWARE REVIEWS. The instructors are knowledgeable. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Instead it means learning dictionaries where information can easily be looked up and retrieved. Coach: In general, how do you compare the effect and impact of informal learning in the workplace versus formal, structured eLearning? So by shear volume, informal learning is the most powerful tool for learning in organizations.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 14, 2010

Implement a social media strategy as part of a learning experience. Use social networking applications and services to build groups with a common interest or goal. Sharing knowledge and experience through informal networks is a motivating and natural way to learn. Chunk information. 10 Social Media Tools For Learning.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 14, 2010

Implement a social media strategy as part of a learning experience. Use social networking applications and services to build groups with a common interest or goal. Sharing knowledge and experience through informal networks is a motivating and natural way to learn. Chunk information. 10 Social Media Tools For Learning.

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The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 7, 2009

As creators of future learning spaces, it’s helpful to have a fellow educator identify the abilities that need cultivating in a world of increasing change, global participation and information anxiety. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Email this to a friend?

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 11, 2008

in Business : Nice article from CIO magazine urging people to get out there are try some 2.0 Set up accounts at Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, Dopplr and Twitter. Clay Shirky My latest additions to del.icio.us stuff Here are some of my main del.icio.us The Lewin Links This link should take you to the page I have on del.icio.us

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The eLearning Coach

MARCH 1, 2010

This is the third article in the series on emotions and learning. Ensure feedback provides solid information and is phrased in an encouraging way. When a learner encodes and stores information, an emotional reaction can serve as a mental index for locating the stored memory and corresponding information at a later date.

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Design Cognitive Simulations Case Study 76

eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2010

Twitter has APIs, so does Facebook, even Linkedin. Examples: Post your status update in Linkedin and it appears in Twitter. Now what if you create a Mashup that takes this premise but sends a SMS to the student or sends information in the LMS to that specific end user or end users in a synchronous based learning environment.

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eLearning 24-7

MARCH 22, 2010

In 1993, I had a group page on CompuServe, where my high school students could share information with other high school students around the world. After the Kobe earthquake, students from Kobe provided us actual eyewitness accounts and articles, which we published in our high school paper. Social Media – Followed by an example.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Do you have a training or information need that could benefit from a social media strategy? So here are descriptions of ten applications representing different social media technologies that promote learning. One way to learn and solve problems more effectively is by visualizing information. Listing is alphabetical.).

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Social Media Social Networks Wiki Media 83

Jay Cross

JULY 4, 2009

Articles: Get Out of the Training Business. Continued to get my social network act together: Flickr /jaycross. Linkedin /jaycross. Del.icio.us /jaycross. Informal Learning. Articles: The future is people, not technology. Also gave session entitled Under the radar great technologies that you could be using.

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eLearning 24-7

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

It identifies those who offer trials and provides additional information. If you want to use a freebie, my blog contains an article on free course authoring tools – the most widely used one is courselab. These sites include Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Twitter, Facebook, various Linkedin Groups, Linkedin.

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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 27, 2018

In this article, I highlight how you can achieve this when you digitize instructor-led training sessions through our eSpace tool. In this article, I will focus on why it makes sense to digitize your instructor-led training delivery and enhance its value and have more engaged learners. Provides easy revision of the information.

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Social Networks Blended Learning Performance Support Performance 73

The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Alphabetical order allows for quick and easy access to information. information about cell phones with high-end cameras). Providing the big picture helps adult learners make sense of information. It also provides a framework for fitting information together in memory. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This! Categorical.

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EI Design

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In this article, I highlight how you can achieve this when you digitize instructor-led training sessions through our eSpace tool. In this article, I will focus on why it makes sense to digitize your instructor-led training delivery and enhance its value and have more engaged learners. Provides easy revision of the information.

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Social Networks Blended Learning Performance Support Digital 40

The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Both the Gestalt psychologists and modern perceptual researchers realized that perception tends to organize information into wholes, rather than parts. Share this on Linkedin Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Share this on del.icio.us Share it on StumbleUpon Add this to 100 bookmarks. Email this to a friend?

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