Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 NewsFlash: PowerPoint Bad For Learning Found via SlashDot , an article in todays Sydney Morning Herald " Research points the finger at PowerPoint." The article cites new research from the University of New South Wales (home of John Sweller, "founding father" of Cognitive Load Theory).

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 16, 2008

These two resources came to mind: For more on the spacing effect, be sure to read this 2006 article by Lars Hyland: Less Learning More Often. For more on the power of forgetting, be sure to view Will Thalheimers The Learning Show: Dont Forget Forgetting Luckily, Ive found a great knitting book.

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Learning Visions

MAY 18, 2009

While youre there, be sure to check out the previous 22 tips -- all great articles written by Stephen Walsh, one of Kineos founding partners. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Its tip #23.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2009

Sunday, August 23, 2009 US Dept of Education Report on Online Learning The US Department of Education has just released a new report "Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies". Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Nice brief title.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 2, 2008

Reading Well by moriza 73% of Americans said they had read "a book of some kind", according to a survey cited in this fascinating article (I was reading way past my bedtime last night): Twilight of the Books: What will life be like if people stop reading? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2006

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. 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.

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Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Have you seen this article from TechCrunch: Could Facebook Become The Next Microsoft? Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? No, Google is.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 12, 2008

ASTD (Warning, you need to purchase the article, which I didnt do.) E-Learning Guilds Annual Salary Reports for the US and Canada 2008 (Lots of ways to cut the data here. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Great report!) [I

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Found this article, via Alec Saunders : Facebook for the Enterprise = Facebook. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Learning Visions

APRIL 6, 2007

In a March 13, 2005 article in The Toronto Star The Art of PowerPoint: David Byrne (Yes, that David Byrne) Defends a Reviled Software , "Byrne suggests that the medium itself is not the sole factor behind ill-fated attempts at over-simplifying complex information." Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 10, 2007

The whole Learning Styles controversy just wont go away; its an entrenched theory at all levels in the education and e-learning field. The Telegraph article that Downes refers to shows how much attention the topic still garners. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, March 30, 2007 Enciclomedia: Mexican Classrooms go hi-tech Found via Slashdot , this BBC News article on the use of Enciclomedia in Mexican classrooms. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, March 30, 2007 Video Games & Retirees Interesting article in todays New York Times by Seth Schiesel about the increasing acceptance of video games among retirees/baby booomers, especially older women.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 10, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Women Gamers on the Rise According to an article today in Times Online (Nintendos women gamers could transform market) , Japanese women gamers have overtaken men to become the biggest users of the Wii and DS. "If

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Learning Visions

APRIL 5, 2007

Thursday, April 05, 2007 More on PowerPoint and Instructional Design Continuing the PowerPoint conversation begun yesterday here and picked up by Clive on Learning: Dont blame PowerPoint.and Quintus Joubert PowerPoint vs. Interactive Learning. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 4, 2007

Mark Oehlerts response to Tom Crawford on the Kindle reminded me of a New Yorker article from last month, in which Anthony Grafton concludes that paper books are an anthropological record of their times and of the people reading it. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 22, 2007

This August 21 article posted by Sharon Gaudin in Information Week reports that Half of Companies are Blocking Facebook: "Employers are increasingly blocking access to Facebook because theyre concerned about the time wasted and the information leaked when workers use social networks on company time." Is that a time waster?)

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 16, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thanks to Tony Karrer for a great overview article on eLearning Technology: What is eLearning 2.0? Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

use these tools for social -- they dont have these in their learning toolkit. Marc Prensky has updated his article. The perils of multitasking] Action Plan Learn the theories of your craft -- its incredibally important now to learn theories Use new tools in order to apply them. lost some stuff here.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 25, 2007

Ran across this article, The Psychology of FaceBook , which talks about the collecting of friends and relationships aspect of it all. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. There must be more, or is there?

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Learning Visions

APRIL 15, 2009

So easy to clip from articles online, jot down to do lists, and tag and organize it all. Delicious Tag articles as you go. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Evernote I heart Evernote.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design?

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Learning Visions

MARCH 19, 2007

On Learning Circuits site I found an article called The Auditory Advantage written by Lenn Millbower from January 2003. I thought this article gave some useful examples of how one might use music to good effect in an e-Learning program. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 16, 2009

Nows a good time to go back and thumb through some of my old favorites be they books, blog posts, articles, whatever. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Have any to add?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2007

where I was pointing out the general lack of women in the e-Learning blogosphere. For some backstory , see the Boston Globe article, " Women tap the power of the blog " July 17 2006. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? It seems this is old news.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 13, 2007

Donald does a great job recapping various articles and provides some useful links, including the following: 2) Second Thoughts on Second Life by Sylvia Martinez. He cites a USA Today article which says, Students "dont like it for activities that can be done in a real classroom, such as lectures or slide shows.

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Learning Visions

JULY 30, 2007

I think my secondlife category in deli.ci.ous has more articles than any other category). Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. My SL stats: I have an account and an avatar named Bliss Yue.

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Learning Visions

MAY 10, 2007

This means that I learn best through my visual channel, next kinesthetic, with audio being my weakest channel. We used a different approach: The Playground Theory of Learning developed by Shelly Loewen. Ive been looking into the learning styles theory a bit the last few days, after having a humble learning moment.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

There was a great NYTimes article a few weeks ago about a mom signing up for a FaceBook account, completely appalling her teenage daughter. (Id Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

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. Im going to quote heavily from the article here, inserting my own thoughts along the way. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 2, 2008

Todays challenge: apply one of the eleven helpful tips mentioned in this article to eLearning/instructional design. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 12, 2007

was excited by this article. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. 10:46 AM Fon said. Thank you again.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Check out this article called Girl’s Night Logged On which is really intersting about a female gaming dynamic that is rarely discussed. Karl -- in the "Girls Night Logged On" article that you mentioned, the games these women are playing are more traditional games like solitaire, jigsaw puzzle, matching games, and canasta.

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Learning Visions

MAY 16, 2007

Came across this post on Guy Wallaces Pursing Performance Blog, Debunking the Myth -- There Is No Such Thing as "Learning Styles". I take it that Guy is not a fan of learning styles. Guy includes the text of a 2001 article by Sigmund Tobias of Fordham University. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Formal Learning DIY Learning (Do-it-Yourself) is the term of the week, it seems. Elliot Masies most recent Learning Trends newsletter leads with the headline "DIY: Do It Yourself Trends". Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

I googled "Defining an e-Learning strategy" and various iterations thereof. I read articles, followed links, looked at websites. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. It was fairly organic.

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Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

I think its worth bearing in mind that my original blog post was in response to Kineos article, which in itself was a response to discussions about giving rapid content creation tools to SMEs. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? 2:21 PM Barry Sampson said.

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