Rapid eLearning

JUNE 12, 2012

The guiding principle for rapid elearning design is to be intentional. Not all of the information about a given topic needs to be in an elearning course. What can you do to get the learner to practice using the information in a setting similar to what they’d do in the real world? July 18: Knoxville, TN ( Smoky Mountain ASTD ).

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

To help you relax and enjoy the last few days of summer, I’ve included a free tab-themed elearning template. The Glassy Blue template is simple and perfect for information sharing and compliance training. Feel free to download it and use as you wish. Comes with all sorts of free resources, too. Glassy Blue Template.

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Knowledge Guru

JANUARY 20, 2014

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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. Each icon would have a label and when clicked would display additional information. The trick here is to pick icons that visually represent the essential idea of the information. Free PowerPoint Template.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

> If you know a free e-Learning book that is not included in the list please I will highly appreciate if you write a comment with a link to that book. -- -- CU Online Handbook - University of Colorado Denver (Update 12/06/2010: suggested by PRL ) Do you currently teach online? Facilitation Online - The Center for Education Technology.

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Making Change

AUGUST 19, 2013

The material feels like a stream of activities, not pages of information followed by one lonely memory check. The recap will be memorable and concise because it refers back to concrete examples, such as, “As you saw with Ravi’s objection, it’s best to …” But what about the information?

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Upside Learning

APRIL 16, 2013

Your LMS vendor can be your best guide for the right infrastructure setup and to assess the readiness of your current setup to support blended learning. Inform them about various technical features and learning capacities of the LMS in respect of blended learning, while underlining the benefits of using them. FREE eBook.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 3, 2010

Had a great time last week in Indianapolis presenting to the Central Indiana ASTD chapter. So I had time to kill and decided to pull together a free elearning template for the blog readers. Feel free to download it and make your own changes. we also discovered that Indianapolis has two airport terminals.

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Learning Visions

MAY 9, 2007

Wednesday, May 09, 2007 Getting an Informal M.Ed The benefits: Its free! Posted by Cammy Bean at 2:33 PM Labels: informal learning , instructional design 1 comments: Cathy Moore said. I think its a great idea to learn ID informally, while you apply it to the real world. At least not formally. Thanks for helping.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 17, 2013

Of course you’ll need to have an LMS with progressive design and implementation, which allows for informal and social learning interactions to happen in your enterprise. This could work well for areas where information is constantly evolving. ASTD ICE 2013 | May 19 – 22 | Dallas, TX, USA | Stand #839. FREE eBook.

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 6, 2010

Hear a Blog offers a free service where they convert the blog posts to a podcast. When we access information the same way all the time, the familiarity could produce a certain level of complacency. I’ve gotten used to quickly scanning headlines, images, and bold text for pertinent information. The content was gone. Sign up here.

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eFront

OCTOBER 31, 2010

As a result, the following post is Free and Open Source Web Conferencing (Online Meetings, Webinars) Tools for e-Learning. The following list contains free and open source Web Conferencing tools that are nt in particular order. OpenMeetings is a free browser-based software that allows you to set up instantly a conference in the Web.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 14, 2015

There was a lot of good information captured from a variety of people. So now with Dave’s blessing, is a bit of information about my own personal conference preparations. So now with Dave’s blessing, is a bit of information about my own personal conference preparations. The conference guide, sticky notes and a highlighter. (I

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 9, 2011

Guide to e-Learning. E-Learning Heroes Community : tutorials, PowerPoint templates, and free downloads. So they’re not bored with the course structure; they’re bored with information that they don’t need. You get some information, apply it, and then see how you did. Many times the courses we build are information dumps.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 28, 2010

I also included a free PowerPoint elearning template to celebrate the holidays and a great 2010! Click to download the free PowerPoint template. Animated effect to introduce new scenes or information. Get more out of the free images you get from Microsoft Office. Using fill effects to enhance free notebook template.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Thursday, February 22, 2007 Informal Learning -- Getting Learners to Ask the Right Questions In a post on informal learning by Ray Sims (thanks to Tony ), he lists out a whole bunch o good things "to do on behalf of increasing informal learning aligned with company strategy and goals." The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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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. In today’s post we’ll look at a few guiding principles that help in the transition from linear to interactive elearning. Instead of pushing information out, create a way for the learner to pull information in.

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Upside Learning

APRIL 30, 2013

By pulling in formal and informal learning channels together, you can increase communication and collaborative learning not just amongst your learners but also between learners and trainers. Thus, learners are not completely dependent on one source of information, but can access it from the LMS whenever they need it. FREE eBook.

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Rapid eLearning

APRIL 1, 2012

Now with Twitter they are able to sit at their desks and feel like they are making an important contribution to humanity as they share all the important information that busy people are missing because they are working. April 10 : Jacksonville, FL ( NEFL ASTD ). Feel free to contact the chapter if you have questions.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 28, 2012

Then use their work as a guide to inspire yours. 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. August 30 : Honolulu, HI ( ASTD Hawaii ).

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 5, 2012

This library of courses is free of charge and available to anyone working to reduce poverty and alleviate suffering in the developing world. To volunteer check out this information. July 18: Knoxville, TN ( Smoky Mountain ASTD ). July 25: Portland, OR (ASTD). July 31: Austin, TX (ASTD). How Can You Help?

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Mindflash

APRIL 3, 2012

Sharon Bowman , owner of Bowperson Publishing and Training , once said at an ASTD conference I attended, that the ideal instructor is “the guide from the side, not the sage on the stage.” Guides ask. Your questions should be pointed and information-gathering. Questions are the key to driving learning success. Sages tell.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 9, 2010

ASTD's Big Question for March is How do we leverage open content in workplace learning? The concept seems straightforward--a no brainer, take content that is used by many different organizations, and share it with others so that the overall cost is extremely low or free. Tags: ASTD Big Question.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 30, 2011

So any time you can find a free solution, you’ve won. 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. The site lets you build simple surveys.

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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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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2011

And many of them offer low cost or even free access to the types of assets you can use in your elearning courses. Free stuff : It’s a cost-effective way to build a portfolio of resources. Sometimes you’ll even get free stuff. Feel free to share your thoughts by clicking on the comments link. Louis (ASTD).

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Rapid eLearning

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

They’re about sharing information using elearning tools. Information-based courses need to demonstrate a greater awareness of the content. There were no performance goals in these modules other than to share additional information. In either case, step away from an information dump and let the learner process the information.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 10, 2010

Maybe Brent Schlenker, Heidi Fisk, someone at ASTD or other conferences can tell us the # of RFPs vs. into the conference. good moderator has a light touch, barely noticeable, and a well- moderated community is spam-free, troll-resilient and buzzing. Moderation is essential to a clean, healthy, vibrant community. Problems if not!

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 10, 2012

Because of this, the peer coach may take short cuts, not present complete information, or neglect the needs of the new person. This can ensure consistent delivery of critical information as well as compress the time to learn. Asynchronous access : The information can be accessed anywhere and at any time.

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Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 4, 2011

Despite that it was a great year of traveling around and getting to meet many of you at conferences and informal jam sessions. And as far as conferences, I’ll be at the usual ones like ASTD ICE and Devlearn. And as usual, if I’m on the road, I’ll try to stay an extra day and do some informal Articulate jam sessions.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 5, 2010

Gordon Snyder who writes Gordon's Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Blog posted a video from keynote event I did in January in San Francisco about virtual worlds and technology-based learning. Webcasts are free for AHRD members. You can register for this free event here. And another virtual world shut down.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 29, 2010

I can’t help but making connections to some of what I heard this week out in Las Vegas at ASTD Tech Knowledge 2010. He presented this morning at ASTD on Learning in 3D. I’ll give you a free subscription to my blog if you do! I see the potential, think it’s where we’re going, but don’t think we’re quite ready for prime time.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Consistent delivery of information. By compressing the time and ensuring consistent delivery of the content, it frees up time for more meaningful conversation and learning activities in the classroom. And it’s quite effective in sharing information. But there are also many courses that are information pieces.

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Rapid eLearning

MAY 24, 2011

Introduction : information about the course and its purpose. You can add some production notes on each slide to help guide the process. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments link. Tidbits: I’m at the ASTD International Conference & Expo this week. Are there other chunks you’d add to the list?

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Rapid eLearning

JULY 5, 2011

On top of all of that, applications like PowerPoint provide a lot of free graphics and templates and it’s easy to rely on those for the design part of the course. So I went back and realized that there was no relationship between the information and how it was stacked in the pyramid. October 25: Baton Rouge, LA (ASTD)—Webinar.

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Rapid eLearning

MARCH 20, 2012

We’ll explore a few ways here, both formal and informal. Informal education. You’ll definitely need to augment your formal education with informal activities. Free tutorials. More Than 100 PowerPoint Tutorials & a Free Template. You don’t need to be an expert, but you should be familiar with the basics.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Collect data to help make an informed decision. We’re an information-driven culture so it’s easy to understand why we fall back on the need to create a course. So a lot of our training is focused on pushing information to people so that they can know more. October 25: Baton Rouge, LA (ASTD)—Webinar. First Things Fast.

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