The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 23, 2014

In the first of a series of blog posts that Ralph Jacobson and I wrote for the ASTD Workforce Development Blog, we argue that strategic leaders need strategic tools. Examples of these kinds of tools, including Jacobson’s “The Leader’s Map”, can be found at www.Learning2BGreat.com.). What are your ideas about this?

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The Learning Circuits

AUGUST 15, 2012

After nearly a decade and 500+ posts, we are shuttering the Learning Circuits Blog and posting exclusively on the ASTD Learning Technologies Blog. Well, ASTD’s website redesign in April enabled us to publish blogs through our own Communities of Practice—rather than externally house them.

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Blogging ASTD Communities of Practice Expertise 48

Upside Learning

JULY 24, 2012

Regular readers of this blog will be aware that we recently supported ASTD research on Mobile Learning , a report around that was released in May 2012. ASTD conducted a free webinar on that research report this week. Manager, Learning Technology at Qualcomm).

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eFront

DECEMBER 26, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 12/26/2010 Top 10 e-Learning Blog posts for 2010 Getting new ideas and tips concerning e-Learning is important to me. > Which is your favorite e-Learning blog post for 2010? Thanks for the list, Chris.

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Blogging Social Networks Open Source Storyboard 101

The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 30, 2014

Leaders need tools (See: ASTD Workforce Development Blog ). A useful strategic leadership tool could be an assessment instrument, a visioning process, a strategic planning map, decision-making steps, a feedback structure, or any aid that helps a leader facilitate improvement of individual, team, and organizational performance.

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Leadership Benefits Tools Organizational Learning 190

eFront

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 11/21/2010 The most updated and popular E-Learning Blogs After a long research, I have created a list of the most updated and popular e-learning blogs regarding e-learning.

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Social Networks Blogging Custom eLearning Development Authoring Tools 104

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Thursday, February 12, 2009 My Blogs Personality Type Well, it isnt very glamorous or creative sounding. But I suppose this is an appropriate description of my blogs personality? Check out your own blogs writing style at Typealyzer. And please, dont leave my blog alone. My ID blog matches my own MBTI test (INTJ).

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Blogging the Personal Janet Clareys recent post On Growing Facial Hair is right up my alley of interest. If I were to blog it all, wed be WAY off the topic of instructional design. Bloggings not a contest. This is me trying to get my blogging energy back. Blogs by definition are blabbermouths.

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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. I am calling this blog entry in on my cellphone as I drive. What a great tool?

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Learning Visions

JULY 13, 2007

Friday, July 13, 2007 Off Blog Ill be off the blogging grid for the next week. Reflecting on #ASTD10 Recommended: "In Defense of the LMS" Chicago Bound: Kineo at ASTD ICE #astd10 One Year on at Kineo #yam Now that’s an Enterprise Moodle! -- Kineo Moodle f. Take the Survey! The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Blogging Wiki eLearning Guild Moodle 100

Kapp Notes

MAY 21, 2013

Here are the resources from my ASTD ICE 2013 presentation. Games embedded in a program of instruction are better tools for learning than stand alone games. Blog posts discussing subjects covered in presentation: Two Types of Gamification. Companies Mentioned. Enspire Learning. Zombies Run. Knowledge Guru. Allen Interactions.

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ASTD Simulations Resources Comparison 228

Rapid eLearning

JULY 6, 2010

For example, I use the social bookmarking tool, Diigo , quite a bit. It’s one of my favorite tools because it makes team collaboration and file syncing so easy. In today’s post, I thought I’d share a few that work well with this blog and allow you to access the blog posts in a different format. The content was gone.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2012

The first week of the blog book tour has ended and it has been a fantastic week with informative blog posts, information and opinions about gamification and even a bit of controversy. I urge you to become the model for which you want others to follow—don’t use external rewards as a motivational tool. Week One Recap.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 10, 2007

Monday, December 10, 2007 Blog of the Week Ego boost alert for this Bean: Donald Taylor has cited Learning Visions as Blog of the Week 13. Your blog is awesome and you know I love your sense of humor and willingness to just say things. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. Im blushing.

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Blogging eLearning Guild Moodle Brandon Hall 100

Kapp Notes

JANUARY 30, 2013

ASTD TK 2013 has been a great time. Simulations embedded in a program of instruction are better tools for learning than stand alone simulations. Blog posts discussing subjects covered in presentation: Summary of #Games Research Qualitative Literature Review Conducted by Fengfeng Ke. Reference: Sitzmann, T. Personnel Psychology.

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ASTD Simulations Resources Comparison 228

Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2007

Thursday, July 26, 2007 Updating My Blog Lately, Ive been having blog envy. Wordpress and Typepad blogs look moh bettah to me. Tabs seem more professional, they make a blog feel more like a "real" website. The blogs I envy are very white ( Michele Martins blog comes to mind). They have tabs. Take the Survey!

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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

I did a webcast for the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) on the topic of the manager’s role in employee learning and performance improvement. If you didn’t attend and would still like to listen to my talk and see the slides, go to the ASTD site. The Cliff’s Notes version is in three parts. Anticipation.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Thursday, December 11, 2008 Blog-o- the-Month at ISTE Island in Second Life Imagine my surprise when Scott Merrick contacted me, letting me know that Learning Visions had been nominated as Blog-o-the-month on ISTE Island in Second Life. I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. Nice blog.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Friday, November 16, 2007 Blog Readability Test: What a Joke! Get a Cash Advance My blog came in at the genius level on the readability test. I suspect that Christys muppet translation will put her blog into the genius level for its illegibility. Posted by Cammy Bean at 1:20 AM Labels: blog , me 4comments: Christy Tucker said.

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Blogging Moodle Instructional Design Brandon Hall 100

Learning Visions

JUNE 25, 2007

Monday, June 25, 2007 The Blogging Dinner Table Brian Grenier did an interesting informal survey of the edublogosphere , the results of which are quite interesting. She has FaceBook up all day long and reads a few of her friends blogs, so that she can keep in touch. And blogging fits that need. Granted, this was one person.

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Blogging Instructional Design Moodle ASTD 100

Kapp Notes

JULY 30, 2012

Had a great Webinar with some wonderful people through ASTD. ASTD Gamification Webinar Slides from Karl Kapp. Simulations embedded in a program of instruction are better tools for learning than stand alone simulations. Blog posts discussing subjects covered in presentation: Consider Player/Game Interactions.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2012

I live blogged most of the sessions I went to: Jane McGonigal. Here are some other highlights of the conference, in pictures: Talking authoring tools and HTML5 at TK Chat with Dave Anderson of Articulate, Patrick Krekelberg of Allen Interactions, Thomas Toth and Judy Unrein. Thanks to ASTD for letting me play along this year!

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TechKnowledge Picture ASTD Virtual Classroom 162

Learning Visions

JUNE 22, 2007

Friday, June 22, 2007 The Buzzing Blogging Hive This morning I had the pleasure to chat live with Brent Schlenker and Allison Anderson in one of Brents occasional " talk casts ". Early in the conversation Brent asked us about our blogging experiences. When I first tried out blogging, I was in a vacuum. It was a very flat world.

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Blogging Instructional Design Moodle ASTD 100

Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Thursday, August 02, 2007 31 Days to A Better Blog I mentioned to Michele Martin that I was interested in participating in the 31 Days to a Better Blog Exercise being led by problogger Daren Rowse. Im not blogging for the money or the fame, but I am in it for the community, networking and learning opportunities. Check em out.

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Learning Visions

MAY 30, 2007

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Blogging is the new Graduate School Im not the only one getting an informal masters degree out here. In a guest post on the Brazen Careerist, Ryan Healy writes, "maybe blogging is the new graduate school." If you offer intelligent opinions or advice on a credible blog, then you are an expert.

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Blogging Cognitive Rapid eLearning Write Blog 100

eLearning Cyclops

DECEMBER 8, 2013

There are many misconceptions about our field that mislead people in believing they can start by simply acquiring the "right" development tools and jumping right into making courses. As anyone working in the field will probably agree, it is not as simple as mastering the development tools. ASTD e-Learning e-Learning Guild ISD'

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Instructional Design eLearning Guild ASTD eLearning 172

Tony Karrer

MAY 14, 2008

Anyone going to the ASTD Conference in San Diego in June? Even better if you might be interested in blogging about sessions, thoughts, notes, etc. ASTD's site still hasn't provided much value for me. Presentation at the ASTD Conference. Presentation at the ASTD Conference. It's nice to get together at conferences.

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Kapp Notes

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This month's ASTD Learning Circuit's Blog Big Question is "How do I communicate the value of social media as a learning tool to my organization?" If that feeling doesn't exist, social media won't work as a productivity enhancement tool. Here are several ways to help sell Social Media in an organization.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 29, 2007

Thursday, March 29, 2007 Blogging & Boundaries in the Professional Sphere Karyn Romeis recent post echoed stuff thats been rolling around in my mind about blogging, professionalism, sharing, confidentiality, roles, boundaries, etc. Why am I blogging about e-Learning, and not about my kids or gardening? (Im By default.

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The Learning Circuits

APRIL 30, 2012

TODAY"S BLOG STOP: April 30: Enid Crystal New York ASTD Chapter Blog. The blog book tour has been a lot of fun, with interesting comments and exciting dialogues and some in-person stops. May 1: Jeanette Brooks Word of Mouth blog. I also did webinar for the Houston Chapter of ASTD arranged by Debbie.

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The Learning Circuits

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Change is afoot for the LC Blog. After many years of managing the LC Blog for us, we’re giving Tony Karrer a much needed break. We’re actually hoping that will give him time to work on other projects for ASTD. Please join ASTD in thanking Tony for his many years of managing the LC Blog. So, what do we have planned?

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Kapp Notes

MAY 17, 2013

Simulations embedded in a program of instruction are better tools for learning than stand alone simulations. Blog posts discussing subjects covered in presentation: Two Types of Gamification. Reference: Sitzmann, T. 2011) A meta-analytic examination of the instructional effectiveness of computer-based simulation games.

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Allison Rossett

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

You hear it at conferences, on blogs, even on twitter. Come online to our YinYang tool and answer questions about your circumstances. Then, with your situation in mind, you will be invited to answer the 15 questions at the heart of the tool. Tweet Today, the buzz is about informal learning. Are your programs informal?

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Tools ASTD Informal Learning Twitter 142

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Last week at ASTD TechKnowledge , I did a keynote on Work Literacy and eLearning 2.0, Tools for eLearning. Knowledge Work Framework Tilde Effect Concept Worker Knowledge Work Not Separate from Learning Tool Set 2009 Search Better Memory Network Learning Information Radar Remote Collaboration Common eLearning 2.0

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Learning Visions

JUNE 7, 2009

Sunday, June 07, 2009 Thoughts on ASTD This past week, I spent Monday and Tuesday at the ASTD International Conference & Expo in DC. We talked about some of the sessions she attended (go read her blog for all the news). Posted by Cammy Bean at 12:39 PM Labels: articulate , astd , kineo 6comments: Jane Bozarth said.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 22, 2008

ASTD TechKnowledge 2009 is coming to Las Vegas in January. Thursday, 01/29/2009 8:00AM - 9:00AM Over the past 20 years, there has been an explosion of information sources, greatly increased accessibility of experts and expertise around the world, and new tools emerging every day. How are we doing at keeping up with these changes?

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TechKnowledge ASTD Wiki Social Networks 102

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

These are my live blogged notes… Kara Swisher – All Things Digital What is happening now in Silicon Valley is a quantum leap – changing industries. taking these tools people use in their personal lives and bringing them to workplace. people want to be able to move content around, shift it, recommend it. But these changes are coming.

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