Learning Visions

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Mass Chapter ISPI November Meeting Im speaking at the next Mass Chapter ISPI Meeting, thanks to the always energetic Jean Marrapodi. e-Learning Tools Crash Course: Deciding What Authoring Tools to Use and When So youve heard about PowerPoint, Articulate, Captivate and Flash.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 14, 2007

So now Im sold on the values of social networking tools and Web 2.0. And I realized that Im no longer a beginner. 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. Completely.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

What if we say that everyone who creates instruction is an instructional designer. Im wondering if we should be talking about tiers of instructional design. PowerPoints on steroids. Create complex simulations and games. Create online learning experiences for use in K-12 classrooms. Look at our survey results.

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eFront

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Your storyboard template format could be either Word or PowerPoint. Celtx creating a storyboard! If you are willing to donate your storyboard template, you can either leave a comment to this post or contact me privately. These free storyboard templates were donated by the Instructional Designers and e-Learning professionals Group.

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Learning Visions

MAY 12, 2009

As Im ramping up in my new job, Im talking with my new Kineo colleagues about everything under the sun. Is there some historical background here that Im missing, like computers in the UK didnt have speakers until 2002 so they never bothered? Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID. You do know that, right?)

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2008

This manufacturing process training course was originally delivered as a four hour plus death-by-PowerPoint classroom session (if you could see the original PPT source content, youd begin glazing over within a few slides). Heres some of what I tried to incorporate in order to (we hope) create an engaging experience: Less is More.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

Im trying to advise a client but I have little to no experience in this area. 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. Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 8, 2007

I think Im somewhat of an anomaly in the field. I use Word, PowerPoint, Visio. Maybe Im not an instructional designer at all. My company creates customized course development templates for organizations. Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

My current business card says Im a "Manager of Instructional Design". And now Im here -- "Manager of Instructional Design." Ive created a lot of bad e-Learning over the years -- page turner after page turner. And Ive created some really good stuff. But at this point, Im here to stay. And yet here I am. Hi Cammy!!!

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eFront

JANUARY 5, 2011

This is why I created the following list with the Top 10 open source e-Learning projects for 2011 that will help you implement a low cost e-Learning solution. App Inventor - (mLearning) App Inventor for Android allows people with minimal programming experience to create simple, personal apps for Android devices.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Im going to quote heavily from the article here, inserting my own thoughts along the way. They have become adept at incorporating flash animations, pdfs, PowerPoint presentations, audio-visual material and any number of other techniques for getting training messages across to users in effective and imaginative ways.

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eFront

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Based on my favorite e-Learning blogs I created the following list with my Top 10 e-Learning blog posts for 2010. The following list is in chronological order. > Which is your favorite e-Learning blog post for 2010?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 9, 2009

Heres what I recall: They created a set of powerpoint slides. Perhaps the subject matter expert had created them?) Lets just say, a set of slide were created by someone. Im not sure if the SME was reading a script, reading the notes, or just speaking from the heart. And create content that learners will trust.

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eFront

JANUARY 16, 2011

For me it is unacceptable that eLearning organization create courses that they do not have voice. Record (English, French, Spanish or German) PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files, and web pages, and convert them to speech automatically. Come on guys are you serious! Are you familiar with the learning styles ? Get started right away!

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eFront

JULY 12, 2010

In order to create a border effect on your themes just use the following css elements: -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px Shaded letters and boxes Shaded letters improves the text readability and they are a nice touch especially for headers. The same way, shaded boxes offer an easy stylish element for your pages.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

As a result, I have created the following list of the most updated and informative e-Learning community on Twitter. During the last 2 years I was able to exchange ideas, share thoughts, and learn from this community of practice.

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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. e-Learning Acupuncture by Eric A.

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eFront

MARCH 30, 2010

3) [professor] Use the open-source version to create locally lessons and then just upload them to you distant server. 5) [professor] Create the structure of the lesson prior adding content 6) [professor] Copying from word directly to the integrated editor is possible but it adds unecessary word-specific tags. It is much faster!

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eFront

JUNE 1, 2010

When you create a Course-instance it duplicates its father course. Previously you had to create 4 different courses to achieve this effect. You can now create a course with 4 different instances and you can assign the same lessons to each one of them in unique mode. At a second step you can customize its name and behavior.

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eFront

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

For more info check the related wiki article: [link] 2) You can create tests with qualitative characteristics A very strong feature of eFront is the ability to create pools of questions and combine them to tests. For example you can create a test with a "duration around 10 minutes and around 20 questions".

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eFront

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

On a class group page you can add links, videos, discussion threads, photos, create events and send group messages. Facebook was not created to be used as a learning environment and for sure I wanted more learning features! 1) Interactions between Learner and Content SlideShare You can create and share presentation on Facebook.

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eFront

MAY 3, 2010

The Learning Technology Awards program showcases innovations in the products in the marketplace for creating and managing learning, talent, and performance. The Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Awards are presented by Brandon Hall Research, one of the leading research firms in training and development.

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eFront

JUNE 9, 2010

Create a theme for eFront embodying but no limited to: a consistent colour coded background, alternate layouts and a variety of font settings of your choice. Please check the developers section on how to create a module. You can create as many videos as you want! Use your imagination and create something useful and objective.

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eFront

OCTOBER 31, 2010

note : Epignosis has created a module that provides integration of BigBlueButton conferencing in eFront Open Source Learning Management System. note : Epignosis has created a module that provides integration of Dimdim conferencing in eFront Open Source Learning Management System. The project is hosted at Google Code.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The Insider’s Guide to Becoming a Rapid E-Learning Pro by The Rapid e-Learning Blog One of the great benefits of rapid e-learning is the ability to create e-learning courses much faster and easier than ever before. Contributions by educators and students are included. That’s where this free 46-page ebook by Tom Kuhlmann comes in.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 21, 2008

Ive got the PowerPoints and Word docs to prove it. Oh, except Im the developer and audio engineer too. And Im "lucky" enough to have access to the software. Im wondering if theres anything better out there. Cathy Moore, Tom Kuhlman, Clive Shepherd write about creating better questions, layouts, etc.) Thank you.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

link] January 27-29, 2010 American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) TechKnowledge , Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. link] March 10-12, 2010 Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) Conference: Collaborate, Communicate, Create, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2008

In reducing the value of an instructional designer by handing them tools to be lone gunmen, we have created the problem of believing we can replace or eliminate the instructional designer, since our in-house resident experts can do the very same job. But Im not sure I can get people to hold their answers back.

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