Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

In my early days, I wrote a lot of software training courses. 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. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design?

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Learning Visions

APRIL 11, 2008

I put myself as academic, since the courses I develop are graduate courses. I figured youre really more interested in what type of courses I design rather than where the money comes from. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design? 1:21 PM Dave Ferguson said. United States License.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Better than Bullet Points Develop a treatment Apply Richard Mayer’s SOI model Choose graphics with soul, interactions with meaning, and animations that teach Taking an existing classroom course – think about TRANSFORMING it, not converting it. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design?

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Mindflash

JUNE 6, 2012

Consider research conducted by ASTD that suggests it takes about 45 hours of development time to create one hour of classroom training (and it’s even longer for e-learning initiatives). The quest to seek out information on their own radically transforms what easily could have been another boring training seminar.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 5, 2009

So then its really easy to think that the best way to make a course more engaging is to make it fun. Clark Quinn in Learning Predictions for 2009 : I continue to see interest in games, and naturally I’m excited. Of course, sometimes they coincide.) (Now ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2008

" This adage works for me most of the time as Im designing eLearning courses. Of course good is very subjective. In the past, Ive cut it down significantly, and sent it back to the writer/author hoping theyll learn a leaner writing style. Not usually, of course, but I tried. Perfect is unobtainable.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 21, 2008

What have you done lately to create a course that will intrigue and inspire your learners? Im writing financial industry software training course storyboard #10, in a series of 29 courses! Im writing financial industry software training course storyboard #10, in a series of 29 courses! I know I do.

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, May 01, 2007 Beginning Instructional Designers Toolkit I want to incorporate a reading list for the next level of the 30-minute masters (taking a crash course in Instructional Design). Blooms Taxonmy, of course.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 1, 2007

What strikes me about this whole DIY/informal learning/death of ISD conversation is that what were really talking about are those so-called motivated knowledge workers. These are guys who will take informal learning by the horns and run with it. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. Its ok Dan.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

Wednesday, November 07, 2007 InVision Learning: Seeking eLearning.NET Developer Were seeking a full-time.NET Developer to join our growing company here in Westborough, Massachusetts. Invision Learning is seeking a.Net Developer to create leading-edge interactive multimedia and web-based eLearning applications. United States License.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 29, 2008

Be sure to check out Wills post from June of 2006: New Taxonomy for Learning Objectives : Instructional professionals use learning objectives for different purposes—even for different audiences. Learning objectives are used to guide the attention of the learner toward critical learning messages.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 16, 2007

this clearly effects how we should all be designing and building courses now. I particularly liked this approach he describes for a software training course. At any time during the course, the learner could click “Ask a Question&# and it would allow them to type in a question that would be saved in their question list.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, November 05, 2007 Instructional Design Inspiration As I mentioned last week , Im in the midst of designing my first custom eLearning course in quite awhile. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 14, 2009

Today we build courses which have specific learning objectives, tomorrow this same course could sit additional learning resources all of which together forms a learnin environment for an individual. Hope to continue blogging and learning from you!! Some of us will still be creating the course with the objectives.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

I've not seen John's link to tuition free ID course so far - thanks for pointing to that. 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. This is a great list Cammy.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 12, 2007

Monday, March 12, 2007 Free the Learners -- Free the LMS Jay Cross in Free the learners talks about his afternoon omelette and anarchy and then goes on: People ask how to track informal learning in their LMS; my response is don’t. But how will we know if they are learning? We build it because they ask for it.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Invision Learning is seeking an Instructional Designer to design leading-edge interactive multimedia and web-based eLearning applications. Our company specializes in Custom Courses, Flash Templates, and Learning Portals. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design? United States License.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Over at The Learning Circuits Blog , Clark Quinn is wondering about pre-tests. Ive always wondered about them myself and have only reluctantly included them in courses. Well, I recently took Will Thalheimers Original Learning Research Quiz which had me rethinking the whole point of prequestions/pretesting. United States License.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2009

Question of the Week -- Economy How has the economy affected your learning unit? 9% Hit us Hard 47% Hurt a little 41% Not much effect 3% Helped us MYTHS the Business Side Has about Learning Client asked him to develop a course for business side. To help improve on-the-job learning. Its a training issue. ("We

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 22, 2007

But I havent "done" a course in ages. I havent worked with a SME and thought about appropriate learning activities and chunked out the content. And now Ive got a two-hour custom course on my plate. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design? The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

From the perspective of the adult learner, I think its appropriate to think of skill level in these terms: a novice might have a different "learning style" from an expert. Clark & Mayer address this a bit in e-Learning and the Science of Instruction when talking about closed navigation vs. learner control. Getting an Informal M.Ed

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, September 12, 2008 Connectivism: Week 1 With little time these days, Ill be auditing the auditors version of the 12 week Connectivism course happening now. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

Say, if youre purchasing a course library from SkillSoft or some other vendor: If a client has their own LMS, do they purchase the courses outright and host them on their own servers? Or do clients purchase courses that can be launched through their LMS, but that are hosted by the off-the-shelf vendor? United States License.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 5, 2008

Content Centric Solutions These are those courses that have the entire book of knowledge in em. That course that meets the needs of the learner. As the course designer, youre not encouraged or even allowed access to actual learners to get an understanding yourself. The sponsor says "we want this eLearning course."

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Learning Visions

JULY 31, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. When we talk about the “industry&# , we (and by “we&# , I of course mean those of us in the industry) often refer to it as if it’s this monolithic thing that you can touch. Of course it's not the perfect analogy.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Of course, we watch DVDs and videos and YouTube. Sometimes its nice to be fed entertainment -- or information. Informal Learning, Web 2.0, Theres some lesson in here for me about learning.and teaching.and presenting information. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design?

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

I dont have an undergraduate or advanced degree in ID, but I did go to graduate school for Instructional Systems Design and I know others who have taken certificate courses from Langevin and others. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design? ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 8, 2007

I dont build courses. If youre an instructional designer within a corporate training group, it seems -- most likely -- that youll be asked to both design and build courses. Rapid e-Learning tools, like Articulate , change the amount of actual technical skill an ID would need within such a group. I dont do any programming.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 16, 2007

Another important reason to understand your audience when developing e-Learning, even along gender lines. Im wondering if any e-Learning designers out there consider these differences when creating courses. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design? United States License.

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Learning Visions

MAY 15, 2007

Nice synthesis of many of the conversations that have been floating around about the role of SMEs and all these great content creation tools that empower non-programmers to create e-Learning, including this one here which had a good comment thread. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Updating 19 courses (which I wrote last year). Built six courses. Many lessons learned. Courses way too big, but some cool features that I really like. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design? ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. Much juggling.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 8, 2007

Tom provides "practical real-world tips for rapid e-Learning success" with enticing blog entry titles such as How Can Baking Cookies Improve Your E-learning Course? Posted by Cammy Bean at 10:53 AM Labels: rapid e-learning 2comments: Clive Shepherd said. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

As I recall, she has two kids in high school who are taking online courses, and thats what got her interested in ID and e-learning. Even some bigger schools like my high school (around 1500 students) are using online courses for supplemental studies. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design?

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Learning Visions

MAY 20, 2009

Well, first of all I apologize for being self-serving, but I cant not promote my own company, Phasient Learning Technologies, which does provide custom course development and eLearning consulting services as well as tools. Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 15, 2009

My best column: eLearning, of course! Not only is Twitter great for the occasional laugh, but also a great source of information and links. I cant program to save my life, but I can create a course flow mockup using PowerPoint that gets my ideas across to those who can make it look really good. Now I stop first at Twitter.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 16, 2009

Audio : Ive been learning the basics of using Adobe Audition for sound recording and have been creating narration for a course were currently building. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design? Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 19, 2007

Whos really used music in e-Learning to good effect? I think my resistance to using music in courses may have something to do with the notion of music not being taken seriously in a learning environment. Similar to that whole corporate resistance to games -- excuse me, I meant to say "immersive learning simulations".

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