The Performance Improvement Blog

AUGUST 27, 2014

In my online course for the Association for Talent Development (formerly known as ASTD) titled, Essentials of Developing an Organizational Learning Culture , participants want to know what they can do in the short term to create a learning culture. For example, Jane Hart has a five-point plan for increasing social learning.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning [My notes from a webinar. Lance Dublin: Formalizing Informal Learning … &#%!? Examples of informal: Water cooler, SoMe Informal learning is never intentional. Lance asks: What happens if you add intentionality to an informal activity?

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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. Twitter = “an information utility” – mostly use them as a heads up on what’s going on – raising information to a level/surfacing it. Solution: tag each FAQ – link to job roles.

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FAQ Write Blog ASTD Social Media 200

Tony Karrer

JULY 18, 2006

Great post by Harold Jarche - Informal Learning and Performance Technology responding to my post - Informal Learning - Let's Get Real. What is curious though is that much of the discussion around Informal Learning seems to center on Communities of Practice. key to informal learning solutions.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 10, 2010

I primarily used the eLearning Learning and Communities and Networks sites and used Conference , Online Facilitation of Conferences , Online Interaction in Conferences , Moderating Online Interaction , and others. In most cases, and in my case, the community manager also performs the moderation functions. Below are some helpful tips.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 28, 2010

My live blogged notes…ASTD TechKnowledge 2010 in Las Vegas, NV. Recap of her recent article for ASTD: e-Learning – What’s Old is New Again When you say you’re doing elearning what are you doing? Tags: astd allison rossett. Allison Rossett is a Professor of Educational Technology at University of San Diego and noted author.

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Blended Learning Virtual Classroom ASTD Social Networks 145

Learning Visions

MAY 24, 2011

These are my notes from a session with Allison Rossett “Falling in Love All Over Again—With ISD” at ASTD ICE in Orlando, May 24, 2011. Find it yourself through networks and community. The experience is vivid and authentic – full of worked examples , with opps to think about and DO something. “So 400 + films – taught standards.

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Instructional Design Social Networks Theory Learning Theory 184

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Example of the Learning Interaction. Here’s an example of the learning interaction combined with the previous template. They let the learner collect information. Once they have the information, you could continue the interaction by having them use the information to make a decision. Learning Interaction Downloads.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

For example, the sessions I attended seemed to be split 50/50 between those touting mobile learning as the “next big thing,” and those where the presenters responded that their companies didn’t “do” mobile, but nevertheless advocated “device-agnostic development.”

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Thursday, August 02, 2007 Online Portfolios Jennifer Madrell shows us a great example of an online portofolio , which she calls a "svelte and sparkly version of this blog - that is a requirement and capstone project at Indiana University." For years I had a stack of CDs -- examples of courses I had created over the years. A wiki tool?

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 30, 2011

Often there’s little concern about how relevant the information is to the learner. Thus the learner is usually not engaged and has to wade through a lot of information. This is something an information dump can’t easily do. Engage Your Learning Community. In this example, we asked some questions about public education.

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2013

These are my live blogged notes from the opening session at the ASTD International Conference and Expo (ICE) -- happening this week in Dallas, TX. A paradigmatic example: How do we leverage a worldwide ecosystem as our learning environment? Building a community of peer-mentors. Forgive any typos or incoherence! Hackathons.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 20, 2012

We’ll explore a few ways here, both formal and informal. If you’re looking for formal education on instructional design, we started to compile a list of degree and certificate programs in the elearning community. Informal education. You’ll definitely need to augment your formal education with informal activities.

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Authoring Tools Skills Rapid eLearning ASTD 79

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 13, 2012

It makes sense that the back and forward navigation is at the bottom right corner since it isn’t critical information and one of the last things we need to see on that screen. For example: choose A if you want to go this route. Before and After Examples Work. Navigation should be consistent. This is a lack of leadership.

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Rapid eLearning ASTD Help Design 79

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 14, 2012

A good example is with office-themed templates. They also work great for simple exploration interactions where the learner can click on various resources to collect information. Also updated session information for Hawaii (8/30), Seattle (10/5), Milwaukee (10/23 & 24), and Chicago (11/14 & 15). Sign up here.

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Rapid eLearning Templates Free ASTD 79

Rapid eLearning

MAY 15, 2012

Here are some examples created in Articulate Storyline: Formal elearning courses like this role playing scenario. Interactive marketing material such as this laptop example. As you can see, each example is a bit different and not all are what we’d call “elearning.” July 18: Knoxville, TN ( Smoky Mountain ASTD ).

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Rapid eLearning Course ASTD Articulate 86

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

So I decided to weed through some rapid elearning information and pull out a few posts that you may have missed. At the recent ASTD conference we demonstrated a bunch of elearning tips and tricks. View an example of the template in action. View an example of the template in action. From the Community.

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Resources Rapid eLearning ASTD Tutorial 79

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Linear courses are often the result of our focus on sharing information and not knowing how to move beyond this. Instead of pushing information out, create a way for the learner to pull information in. The assumption is that with more information things will be better. But information is only part of the learning process.

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Convert Interactive Rapid eLearning ASTD 81

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 13, 2012

It makes sense that the back and forward navigation is at the bottom right corner since it isn’t critical information and one of the last things we need to see on that screen. For example: choose A if you want to go this route. Before and After Examples Work. Navigation should be consistent. This is a lack of leadership.

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Rapid eLearning ASTD Help Design 65

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

For example, there are often training initiatives that require some face-to-face sessions and peer interaction. Consistent delivery of information. I like this example from Mike Enders. And it’s quite effective in sharing information. But there are also many courses that are information pieces. Learner flexibility.

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Blended Learning Solution Rapid eLearning ASTD 88

Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Following is an example of the published template. The Glassy Blue template is simple and perfect for information sharing and compliance training. If you’re interested in having a workshop in your area, have your local ISPI or ASTD chapter contact me. October 17 : Bloomington, IL ( CIC-ASTD ). Demos & Downloads.

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Templates PowerPoint Quizmaker Compliance Training 77

Rapid eLearning

JULY 5, 2011

Good examples. For example, some shapes convey meaning even if they don’t contain any significant content. Here’s a simple example. Without any context, a pyramid generally will tell you that the information is weighted based on its position in layers and that there’s usually some sort of interconnected sequential relationship.

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Rapid eLearning Help Design ASTD 86

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 28, 2012

For example, the image below is a screenshot of the Articulate Storyline website. Crop the screenshot to a clean sliver so that you pick up all of the elements of the template but none of the page’s information. If you’re interested in having a workshop in your area, have your local ISPI or ASTD chapter contact me. Sign up here.

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Templates Rapid eLearning ASTD ISPI 84

Rapid eLearning

MAY 22, 2012

Many times the compliance courses share information that is already available in other formats in the organization. If that’s the case, do you need a full multimedia product to share that information? For example, the course navigation is locked or there’s way too much information. That’s up to 300 minutes of information.

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Compliance Training Compliance ASTD Course 78

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. We understand human motivation and how people process information and how they learn and how to shape behavior so it lasts. Week One Recap.

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Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Strategy & Research, Harbinger Knowledge Products): Janhavi has over 17 years of experience in the Information Technology field with a focus on web development, project management and marketing. I attribute this to two primary reasons, emerging technology and the growing expectations of the learning & development community.

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Raptivity Flash to HTML5 Conversion Harbinger eLearning Tools 100

Rapid eLearning

MAY 31, 2011

What I’d do is treat each screen the same as a slide and then use clickable icons to reveal the course’s information. For example, instead of a screen with eight bullet points, I’d have a screen with eight icons. Each icon would have a label and when clicked would display additional information. Screen Design Ideas.

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Templates Free Rapid eLearning iPad 82

Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Strategy & Research, Harbinger Knowledge Products): Janhavi has over 17 years of experience in the Information Technology field with a focus on web development, project management and marketing. I attribute this to two primary reasons, emerging technology and the growing expectations of the learning & development community.

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Raptivity Flash to HTML5 Conversion Harbinger Blended Learning 100

Mindflash

JUNE 14, 2012

As an example, here’s a link to my Facebook page , and more information on Facebook pages. Participation also helps prepare you for the emergence of social media communities in your organization. In order for the overall community to flourish, the individuals must know how to participate appropriately. Participate!

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Social Networks Social Media Media Social 92

Tony Karrer

JUNE 8, 2009

Tools - Don't Waste Your Time , May 10, 2009 Informal Learning Technology - eLearning Technology , May 11, 2009 Capture Examples - eLearning Technology , May 29, 2009 Presentation: Blogs in Education - Don't Waste Your Time , May 22, 2009 Top Other Items The following are the top other items based on social signals.

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Social Networks Wiki Corporate eLearning Case Study 100

Trivantis

APRIL 19, 2012

Community Forum. Community Forum. Sample Courses. Examples of Lectora Titles. -->. Helpful Information. -->. Session Information. How do you strike a balance between giving learners more control over their learning experience while guiding learners to review all of the information in a learning module?

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 7, 2011

A key is to see each slide (which becomes a Flash movie) as a piece of information. Your job is to assemble to information. You can do so using the default linear structure or use PowerPoint’s hyperlinking feature to direct the user’s access to the next piece of information. This lets you apply your own custom theme colors.

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Rapid eLearning Tips Flash ASTD 80

Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

They’re about sharing information using elearning tools. For example, the human resources department is introducing a new bonus program and they want to have an “elearning course.” Information-based courses need to demonstrate a greater awareness of the content. Knowing the right information is proven in relevant activities.

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Effectiveness ASTD Case Study Wiki 81

eFront

DECEMBER 12, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 12/12/2010 Free Storyboard Templates for e-Learning What I really like about the e-Learning community is that the most e-Learning professionals have a great passion of sharing their knowledge.

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Storyboard Templates Free Authoring Tools 110

Rapid eLearning

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Above is a good example of something that is the appropriate size for a portfolio. This is about the size example you want on your portfolio—something that’s easy to click through and demonstrates your skills. There’s lots of power in the elearning community of practice. Only a handful in the community is actively engaged.

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Job Diversity Training Tips Portfolio 81

Performance Learning Productivity

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

For example a study of 829 companies over 31 years showed diversity training had "no positive effects in the average workplace." ATD has been producing this annual report for years (originally as the ASTD). A ‘learning activity is not necessarily an indicator of learning’ tag should be attached to every piece of this data.

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Metrics Personal Personalization Diversity Training 186

Rapid eLearning

MAY 17, 2011

In today’s post we’ll take a look at some real examples of how people have dealt with the course instructions. Examples of E-Learning Course Instructions. Perhaps these examples will prompt some ideas for your next course. If a new user needs the information, they get it. The Interface Tour. Click here to view the demo.

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