Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 26, 2009

And don't forget those organisations - typically cottage industries - that provide training services to the big boys, but have had neither the capital nor the technical expertise to integrate e-learning into their offerings. But this year we have seen a major shift. Many of my colleagues are doing the same.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2009

I was particularly taken by Diana’s five media forms (the descriptions are mine): Narrative media : explain, demonstrate, describe Interactive media : facilitate reflection, check understanding, encourage exploration, provide feedback Communicative media : allow exchanges between learners and between learners and tutors Adaptive media : facilitate (..)

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 30, 2009

Cath Ellis recently set out her ten commandments of e-learning and this prompted me to try and articulate my own. Use cases, problems, exercises, scenarios, simulations or whatever it takes to provide the learner with the opportunity to test out the idea and, where relevant, to build skill. Encourage the learner to work with the idea.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 10, 2009

tools to provide visibility into work / project progress by dispersed teams. and review them regularly; get buy-in from all stakeholders; and articulate the purpose of the Web 2.0 tools being used and provide training on how to use them. tools to facilitate knowledge capture and/or transfer; 36% utilised Web 2.0

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Clive on Learning

MAY 17, 2010

Chances are that you are using the classroom elements to enthuse students about the topics covered by the course, to explain key ideas with the benefit of visual aids and interactive exercises, to stimulate discussion and provide opportunities for working with the new ideas.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 31, 2011

Of course, you could use an online simulation, in which no-one gets to laugh at your mistakes, but these can be expensive to produce and may not always provide the necessary realism. Luckily, virtual classrooms do provide alternatives, including the text chat. Feedback should be honest, yet always constructive and never personal.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2009

I was particularly taken by Diana’s five media forms (the descriptions are mine): Narrative media : explain, demonstrate, describe Interactive media : facilitate reflection, check understanding, encourage exploration, provide feedback Communicative media : allow exchanges between learners and between learners and tutors Adaptive media : facilitate (..)

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Clive on Learning

JULY 29, 2009

PowerPoint > Articulate/Adobe Presenter > Flash > LMS/web site. The third option provides you with the richest and most interactive end result.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

I've been out of action this week, but this has provided me with an opportunity to package up the presentation I gave on the 30-minute masters at DevLearn in San Jose, to make this available to a wider audience.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Using the default parameters provides an easy way to generate a decent end result, but just about every aspect of the activity can be customised if you wish. Dragster is a versatile online tool for creating stand-alone, Flash-based drag and drop activities. You can use text boxes as the draggable elements or images.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 26, 2007

I'm a sucker for any publication that purports to provide some sort of objective, scientific message, in the hope that this might put some issues to bed and provide a sound base for practical application. There's also a rather curious error in chapter 1, which is mis-titled 'An Introduction to Articulate Presentations'.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 1, 2009

Develop adaptive software that provides an individsualised learning experience that is well suited to the particular learner. To compensate for this, the trainer needs to work hard to establish a climate of open communication, in which students can freely articulate their needs and provide feedback.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

It also explains why your average facilitator's guide is never quite enough of a foundation on which to run a workshop - however thoroughly it lists all the steps involved in preparing and running the event, it's inadequate if it doesn't also provide you with a repertoire of interesting and illuminating anecdotes.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

It also explains why your average facilitator''s guide is never quite enough of a foundation on which to run a workshop - however thoroughly it lists all the steps involved in preparing and running the event, it''s inadequate if it doesn''t also provide you with a repertoire of interesting and illuminating anecdotes.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 24, 2008

So, returning to the theme of my last few posts on online authoring tools, One prediction already on target followed by Online authoring tools not so novel , here is the quandary: with the desktop tools that Adobe and others like Articulate provide, your content is pretty safe because it resides on your local computer and you can continue to use the (..)

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Clive on Learning

MAY 8, 2007

In the case of the latter, I was coming to the conclusion that the presentation would probably have benefited from visual aids, to help the audience visualise the structure of the presentation, to help them maintain orientation within that structure and to provide some imagery to associate with the points I was making.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 19, 2007

A few days later, authoring tool provider Mohive released a free whitepaper entitled Global learning: the five cornerstones to effective e-learning localisation and this seemed to cover most of the bases. Testing : Don't assume you've got it right - test it locally. Avoid including words in your images and animations.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 7, 2007

Blogger: I didn't choose my blogging tool, I just took the easy option and used the one that Google provided. Articulate: I had to choose a couple of authoring tools and this is the one I use for rapid stuff. I use it any chance I get because it's so easy to use and always works. It seems absolutely fine. What else can you say?

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

I offer my own feedback and suggestions, but peer review provides the greatest value. In time, learner-generated content will form the major part of the site, providing a wealth of practical examples to inspire those that follow. During the online period, learners have the opportunity to consume some content that I prepared in advance.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 4, 2007

Now, to arrive at a manageable number of alternatives, you have to sub-divide the market into categories: Rapid tools ( Articulate , Captivate , Atlantic Link ) as opposed to whatever the others are called ( Authorware , Lectora , etc.).

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 11, 2007

The panel consisted of representatives from Adobe Captivate , Articulate and Qarbon , along with Jay Cross (yes, I know, I wondered whether he'd just turned up in the wrong room and, given that he's always got something interesting to say, they just allowed him to join in). They both refer to the authors of this rapid content as being SMEs.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 23, 2005

It also explains why your average trainer's guide is never quite enough of a foundation on which to run a course - however thoroughly it lists all the steps involved in preparing and running the event, it's inadequate if it doesn't also provide you with a repertoire of interesting and illuminating anecdotes.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 8, 2020

I was particularly taken by Diana’s five media forms (the descriptions are mine): Narrative media : explain, demonstrate, describe Interactive media : facilitate reflection, check understanding, encourage exploration, provide feedback Communicative media : allow exchanges between learners and between learners and tutors / subject experts Adaptive media (..)

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Clive on Learning

JULY 28, 2015

We want information that will help us to meet a current work challenge or provide us with a competitive personal advantage. To provide relevance you need to understand your audience well. At work, things are different. We are not interested in content in its own right; we’re interested in solving problems.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 28, 2015

We want information that will help us to meet a current work challenge or provide us with a competitive personal advantage. To provide relevance you need to understand your audience well. At work, things are different. We are not interested in content in its own right; we’re interested in solving problems.

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