Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009 Market Differences in eLearning Im a fan of the number 42. I think Tonys Big Question of this month on being stuck, speaks about how people feel in such setups :) Im waiting to get more traffic in my blog before I throw questions on IDs into tech writing. Do watch out, Im very keen to know what people would say.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Using FaceBook Im trying to expand my horizons a bit these days and have been taking a closer look at a whole bunch of tools out there, including SecondLife and FaceBook. Im interested in how we could leverage that existing community for better communication, learning opportunities, networking, etc.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

This hasnt gotten onto my radar before -- Im not sure if there are any state-funded online programs in Massachusetts. Within higher ed, Im sure well continue to see growth in online, but it is starting to plateau a bit. 10 years ago I cut my elearning teeth in the K12 market, working on projects for two big US providers.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 16, 2007

Im losing my steam, but trying to stay somewhat on target. So go ahead and "Email or IM another blogger in your niche to introduce yourself and your blog". Beyond that, I think all I can do is provide my own take on things in a fairly transparent way. I want to share as much as I can about projects Im working on.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

So, what do I do if Im not doing that? Im not such an anal person, so this isnt my favorite thing in the world. To provide what the market is asking for? And Im really excited about the project Im working on. Im on the fence if I want to get into Instructional Design or be an Eduction Advisor. I schmooze.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Hit Us Hard 31% Hurt A Little 33% Not Much Effect 33% Helped Us 3% (Is "it hasnt hurt us yet, but Im nervous" an answer?) could do a Level 3 support at that point. Level 4 Eval traditionally done during Learning Outcomes (there were a lot more things on his chart, but Im not that fast and it was somewhat complicated.)

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 25, 2010

Of course, it’s such a big topic that I decided to cheat and quickly point the person to eLearning Learning and particular to eLearning Sales , eLearning Sales Metrics , Sales eLearning Case Studies , and Sales Performance Support. Im looking for the Why? Build a performance support system. ASTD is born.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 4, 2007

But they will never provide all the copies of, say, “The Wealth of Nations&# and the early responses it provoked. Great post, Cammy and Im completely with you on loving the physical feel of a good book. link] I hope that Im wrong. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Don 8:38 AM Davesaid.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 10, 2007

Im also interested in the results of the poll question I asked, " Are you a Gamer? Again, not statistically significant Im sure. Next thing I know I am trying to text chat Newbie, suddenly I am getting teleport requests and IM from all my other SL friends and trying to talk on Skype laughed so much trying to cope with it all.

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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? And, interestingly, we're designing more and more e-learning to support this trend.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Facebook for the Enterprise Im still mucking around in Facebook, trying to get it. Provides some real examples of how business-folk are using FB; compares Facebook (emotional attachment) to LinkedIn (static resume). Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Learning Visions

JUNE 12, 2007

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environmental World Tony Karrer asked in the comments on my PLE post yesterday , Im curious if you distinguish your learning environment (tools, skills, etc.) Most of what Im doing outside of work these days involves the care and feeding of two small people, ages 2 and 4.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Im concerned that women will be excluded if such a focus is put on gaming skills -- or at least the gamer label. Dona was an early Atari employee (and the only woman at the time) and spoke about women in the gaming industry and provided some specific ideas for getting girls and women more involved in games and gaming.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2008

Im not just thinking about the gadgets and the gizmos that you use or the instructional design "method" behind the process (e.g., Im excellent at creating ridiculous rhymes and ditties for my kids; I think I could come up with something interesting for a course. Im delighted that youre finding value in all of my ramblings.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 3, 2008

Now Im not saying that SMEs are rats, or instructional designers are rats. Im thinking of Chestertons remark that theres a big difference between a man who wants to read a book and a man who wants a book to read. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Sometimes you need a five star chef. Even a rat. Great post!

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

My current business card says Im a "Manager of Instructional Design". After a few years, I got involved in an IT initiative (then it was called MIS) -- designing a new software application to support our call center business. And now Im here -- "Manager of Instructional Design." But at this point, Im here to stay.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 8, 2007

Up until recently, Tom was guest blogging for the Articulate Customer Support Blog (Gabe Anderson), but now hes gone solo. 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? Just this week -- for once Im in the know.

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Learning Visions

MAY 10, 2007

It implies that each of us has a natural inclination toward learning of some kind, and that if that natural inclination can be identified then teaching experiences can be provided that facilitate our learning. Im with you. Of course, this is all just my unfounded and profoundly biased opinion (Im very very visual). Or a job aid.

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Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

For me this is is one of the key failings of traditional elearning content: fitting your learning need to pre-existing templates, whether thats SME built rapid content or something produced by an elearning provider. From a rapid e-Learning perspective -- or just e-Learning in general -- templates and tools provide a starting point.

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Learning Visions

MAY 16, 2007

Im interested in your background -- it sounds like your experience is in the classroom. Im definitely not saying to throw out the baby or the bathwater here. Im definitely not saying to throw out the baby or the bathwater here. Im coming at it more from the e-Learning perspective. 1:32 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

See the intense comment thread on The Real World, Second Life and Facebook/MySpace where Cathy provides some interesting commentary on women in Second Life. As someone who develops corporate elearning, Im simply thrilled! Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Im a writer and a schmoozer. It would be great if you could provide some info on this. Im sorry its taken me so long to get back to you on your question about Instructional Designers here in the US. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Im getting a Masters Degree in Instructional Design. But Ill have the knowledge and the confidence that I know what the hell Im talking about for once. Maybe its managers or mentors who have to provide guidance -- on-the-fly instructional design. (I Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. And its free.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

Blog link not provided to protect the innocent]. And by asking this, Im not suggesting that design isnt important, for it is - its seen by some as part of the pedagogy. What most trainers/teachers dont understand is exactly how the information they are providing will impact a organizations bottom line. 1:38 PM Nicole said.

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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. Either these companies wont have the time or the resources to do it internally, or they will be looking for that extra-edge that a focused e-Learning company can provide: instructional design expertise, graphic design, interaction design.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Im a linear reader in recovery and have been actively learning how to skim books and not feel guilty about it. Although Im not in active instructional design mode for any projects right now, I did jot a bunch of ideas. those born between 1991-2000), Im a bit of an ape (no offense to apes, mind you). Do They? ) No boomers here.

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Learning Visions

JULY 2, 2007

Then again, perhaps Im missing something. The Gin System provides you with (among other things): Secure login Calendar of events Phone & Email lists Email group s ("public" f0r all members; or private for designated members only) Questions: Allows for easy posting of questions. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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eFront

JANUARY 5, 2011

eFront enables "community learning" and supports the principles of "collective knowledge". It provides teachers with a highly intuitive visual authoring environment for creating sequences of learning activities. The project is hosted at Google Code.

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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." (p. Instead, provide some meaningful and memorable experiences using interactivity, graphics, animation, and storytelling.

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eFront

JANUARY 16, 2011

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 1/16/2011 Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning Open source software can be used as we wish, without long-term commitments and with a community of professionals that extend and support them.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 29, 2007

Examples (David/Judy) Performance Support -- the way to go and the proper place for m-learning Review or Reinforcement -- following models of Will Thalheimer for optimal reinforcement to use m-learning as an adjunct to main delivery of training. Could you provide reference charts available for reference out in the field? Many thanks!

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Learning Visions

JUNE 11, 2007

He reveals the thinking about PLEs inside the financial services industry: (A PLE/Education Portfolio owned by the learner) also requires a means for the learner to accept updates to their PLE, made by people providing training, so the student has a verified training record, verified qualifications and ce points/hours or other measurement."

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Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

To makes sure that clients get the most out of Rapid Create, or from any other authoring tool they may select, Epic also provides training and capability building to ensure internal teams are skilled-up in creating effective e-learning. Im going to spend some time looking into this product more. 1:31 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Are "instructional designers" of the experienced/trained in ID sort, providing more consulting expertise to the lower-tier of instructional designers (a.k.a. Tom Kuhlman is certainly providing this expertise to the Articulate user community and beyond with his Rapid E-Learning Blog. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2009

Michael Allen urges designers to provide "meaningful and memorable learning experiences." wait, Im getting verbose. 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. Set the expectation.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

But Im learning. Im just back from two this week, and presented yesterday at USQs Pedagogies and Learning Conference in Brisbane. Boy have I seen some good content messed up in this way by the content provider! Increasingly we are seeing the move towards performance support resources rather than pre-emptive elearning courses.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

Well need to provide our clients with some guidelines for updating content and version control. Im sure it matters to them. Of course these vendors will want to provide updated content in order to ensure their clients dont have out of date material. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Is that true?)

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