Learning Visions

JANUARY 9, 2009

Instructional objectives designed to guide behavior: for the learner , for the developer. Todays focus: Focusing Objectives A statement presented before learner encounters material to help guide learner attention to the most important aspects of the learning material. There are other ways to guide attention. (Delayed feedback.)

Instructional 100

Instructional Instruction Learning Objects Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2007

Perhaps we just include this in the wiki and the informal learners can go off and do their own research (because we learn best by doing, right?). Michael Allens Guide to E-Learning 9:41 AM Frans Donkervoort said. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. Getting an Informal M.Ed Blooms Taxonmy, of course.

Instructional Design 154

Instructional Design Toolkit Instructional Instruction 154

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

They might refer to theory, but they dont get bogged down in it: e-Learning and the Science of Instruction by Ruth Clark and Richard Mayer Michael Allens Guide to E-Learning by Michael Allen Gadgets, Games & Gizmos for Learning by Karl Kapp Last May, I started a bit of a list in this post: Beginning Instructional Designers Toolkit.

Instructional Design 236

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 236

eFront

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

You can share information relevant to your course with your learners. Koofers Share your old tests, quizzes, and study guides with other students. Flashcards You can create flashcards to help you study on Facebook. NewsRack A fully featured RSS reader that can be used as a standalone client with Google Readers.

Social Networks 111

Social Networks Facebook Open Source VLE 111

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2007

A 26-minute presentation with just the right mix of theory, practical information and humor. Since learners are bound to forget, its best to cover the high priority information. Then put the other information into references, performance support and follow-up courses. ( A lot of useful information in a short time.

Authoring Tools 100

Authoring Tools Moodle Instructional Design Simulations 100

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Will points out the validity of pretests and prequestions, arguing that "prequestions function as learning objectives" guiding the users "attention toward some aspects of the learning material and away from other aspects of the learning material." ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. Where Are All the Women?

Moodle 100

Moodle Learning Objects Instructional Design Brandon Hall 100

Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2009

Information presentation is sufficient as a training design. 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. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

Case Study 124

Case Study Instructional Design Moodle eLearning Guild 124

Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2007

Dror states that learning designers shouldnt worry so much about learning theories, which are too abstract and dont guide us in how to design learning. Some highlights from the interview: Understand cognitive load so you can optimize the presentation of materials to the learner and increase the capacity of learners to acquire new information.

Rapid eLearning 100

Rapid eLearning Newsletter Cognitive Second Life 100

Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

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. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. Getting an Informal M.Ed Getting an Informal M.Ed

Rapid eLearning 100

Rapid eLearning Cognitive Tools CD-ROM 100

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning. 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. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

Instructional Design 125

Instructional Design Custom eLearning Development Instructional Instruction 125

Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2008

Heres the short version: Objectives guide human behavior. These are the ones we present to learners to help guide learner attention. Bottom line: By using very specific words and phrasing, learners can use learning objectives to guide their attention to the information in the learning material targeted by the learning objectives.

Learning Objects 124

Learning Objects Learning Objectives IM IMS 124

Learning Visions

MAY 22, 2008

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. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

Project 100

Project IM IMS Moodle 100

Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Scroll down the page until you find the section on Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. 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. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

Market 100

Market Corporate eLearning eLearning Consultant eLearning Strategy 100

Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2009

In Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning he reminds us to motivate the learner by giving them the WIIFM (whats in it for me). Another important trick is to push the client to identify what information the learner really, really needs to know *in their head at all times* and what can be punted to a job aid to be referred to as necessary.

Content 100

Content Instructional Design Moodle eLearning Guild 100

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

A Guide to Breakthrough Learning for Managers/Participants. (A Thank you for such informative entry. And this is quite useful information for us. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. Guest speaker today is Roy Pollock, CLO of Fort Hill Company. Roy wrote Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning.

Authoring Tools 100

Authoring Tools Metrics Wiki Develop 100

Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Thanks to Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning for that tip. 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. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. Any guesses?

Big Question 100

Big Question Authoring Tools IM IMS 100

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

It makes a big difference to someone like me to have a guide. All this to say, Im keeping an open mind. 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. Schone said.

Second Life 100

Second Life IM IMS Moodle 100

Learning Visions

AUGUST 17, 2007

Friday afternoon, I was fortunate enough to have been given a guided tour by non other than Abbott Bundy (aka Karl Kapp ). My biggest takeaway from this experience: you really need a guide when youre first starting out in SL. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. Karl showed me around his student sandbox.

Second Life 100

Second Life Instructional Design Moodle eLearning Guild 100

Learning Visions

DECEMBER 20, 2007

As Michael Allen says in Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning : "Learners think, Im supposed to do my best to learn whatever is here, so I might as well spend all my time learning it rather than reading about learning it." Objectives are important, and we can sometimes guide learners develop their own. jay jay 1:59 AM Cammy Bean said.

Learning Objects 150

Learning Objects Learning Objectives Authoring Tools Instructional Design 150

Learning Visions

JANUARY 3, 2008

We created a training program with printed student/teacher guides for ILT. Much of what I learn feeds right into these changes we see in the industry with the focus on informal learning and social media. What does a formal program in ID give you that an informal one doesnt? And actually we didnt create eLearning. I dont know.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Survey Instructional Instruction 100

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 10, 2007

A safe place for elearning professionals to experience 2L with a guide and some friends. 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. Id like to plan a weekly hour for second life newbies.

Second Life 100

Second Life Poll Games IM 100

eLearning Learning Posts

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. Microphones and Audio Information - eLearning Technology , November 4, 2009. Open Source E-Learning Development 10: Joomla! Windows 7: The complete guide , November 5, 2009. Audio in E-Learning - Kapp Notes , November 3, 2009.

Google Wave 46

Google Wave Social Media Google Media 46

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

This may be why the concept of informal learning is such a hard sell. As Michael Allen says in Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning , "you can teach someone, but you cant learn someone" (to echo something Mark Oehlert recently ranted about ). ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. Forget about it. Its formal.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Authoring Tools Brandon Hall Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

Some claiming to be IDs have no idea how to present information, how to logically order the presentation, or how to write. Why, I do not know, as generally speaking, the user guides I write are more complex than the training materials I create. This generally happens when a trainer morphs into an ID. I am first a technical writer.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 100

Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

There are many sites that give away open source content or images under creative commons licenses. Tidbits: I’m at ASTD TechKnowledge in San Jose all this week. While I’m in the San Diego area, I’ve made some time for an informal Articulate jam session. I usually buy the $1-$3 versions and they work fine. Free Assets.

Rapid eLearning 80

Rapid eLearning Authoring Tools Instructional Design Low Cost 80

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Its a fine line, and Karl makes sure to mention that management must also guide the use of corporate cheats to the ethical benefit of organizations, employees and customers. They desire instant (or almost instant) learning delivered in an informal manner. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. 153) I agree.

Games 100

Games Wiki IM IMS 100

Mark Oehlert

AUGUST 25, 2007

How would you feel if the ratings for a session you presented say at ASTD or the eLearning Guild were instantly available for public consumption? Peer-to-peer mesh networking, open source OS, this is a tool that is also expressly built on an educational theory. Total transparency.

Social Networks 32

Social Networks Social Bookmarking eLearning Guild Wiki 32

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

It’s a BarCamp, the Open Source Version of a Conference. Interesting spaces - informal meeting and/or socializing space. As a presenter, great guidance and specific information from organisers. Enough variety to provide a wide range of options Enough opportunities for informal fellowship to allow me to meet others.

Conference 36

Conference Authoring Tools Diversity Training Compliance Training 36

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 16, 2008

Non-linear user control (linked web pages) is the cheapest, and non-linear system control is the most expensive (guided simulation), with linear in the middle (system control is cheaper than user control, since theres less navigation to test). ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

Authoring Tools 100

Authoring Tools IM IMS Instructional Design 100

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

link] December 12-15, 2009 Technology Information Education Services (TIES) Educational Technology Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. December 14-16, 2009 International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies (ICICT): Human Capital Development for Progress, 7 th , in cooperation with IEEE, Smart Village, Cairo, Egypt.

Conference 115

Conference eLearning Conferences Blended Learning Diversity Training 115

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

What are they doing – how do they display information and what they’re teaching us about their product? The guiding pylons of our effort for mandated training campaign have become: 1. We moved on to establish an open philosophy that encouraged our design teams to examine things like measurement points, objectives, etc.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Sexual Harassment Training Market Games 100

Learning Visions

AUGUST 15, 2007

The students suggest that role playing, taking on someone elses role (experience schizophrenia at UC Davis Hallucinations site), and guided tours of historical sites are great uses of SL. [In Which is why I think guides are necessary. Is your team an informal team of people who just happened to like this stuff?

Second Life 100

Second Life IM IMS Instructional Design 100

eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

How to support informal learning - Informal Learning , July 12, 2010 Interview. Cross is a champion of informal learning, Web 2.0, They are currently refining informal/web 2.0 Here’s a step-by-step guide! An information and resource aggregator to collect information and resources. On principle (heh).

Adobe Captivate 96

Adobe Captivate iPad Blended Learning Diversity Training 96

Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2008

The tools are democratizing the learning process (in the same way blogs did for information) and giving the capability to the front line people and removing the friction that the formal learning departments create. Most of the time the SMEs are developing large parts of the content, and I serve as a guide for that process.

Instructional Design 174

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Blended Learning 174