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ASTD's Big Question for December 2008: New Learning

Kapp Notes

The ASTD Big question this month is What did you learn about learning in 2008? Those are a few of the lessons I've learning and I am sure there are so many more as I learning through blogging, writing articles, speaking with others, reading and being part of the overall learning and development community.

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#TK11 Keynote: Google’s Karen Wickre and Ann Farmer

Learning Visions

These are my live blogged notes from Thursday’s keynote at ASTD TK11 with Karen Wickre (Global Communications Team) and Ann Farmer from Google. Writing by individuals not execs. Corporate Comms oversees the internal process for blogs, etc. This wasn’t a session to easily live-blog. snappy or straightforward?,

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Book review: Leaving ADDIE for SAM: will agile eLearning development become mainstream?

Challenge to Learn

I will write some future posts on this, trying to make the translation from best practices and techniques in agile software development to Agile e-Learning development. A post that I wrote for the ASTD’s big question blog on agile development. There is a lot more that can be used. Print edition ISBN: 978-1-56286-711-9.

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Writing True/False, Matching, Drag and Drop, and Short-Answer Questions for Workforce Training Tests

Convergence Training

Recently we’ve written a series of articles about writing effective test questions for workforce training assessment. In this article, we’ll give you a few general tips for writing specific types of questions. Writing reliable and valid test questions. How to write multiple-choice questions.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Games for the Six and Under Crowd (iPod Touch/iPhone)

Learning Visions

When shes trying to write a letter she doesnt know, I have to "dot it out" on paper for her so she can trace it herself. Bubbles appeared on the screen whenever you pressed any key at all. However, if you pressed an R, a red one would appear, B for blue and a few other specifics. Mostly just in random colours.

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Death of Magazines - Broader Deeper Coverage

Tony Karrer

In particular, I say that since I've begun to shift my scanning behavior to blogs (scanning is how you stay up-to-speed on a topic) - my rapid fire skimming of blogs via a Skim Dive Skim approach has meant that magazines have mostly become pretty irrelevant to me. And somehow, ASTD conferences attract 50-75% newbies to ever conference.

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Discussing the ASTD Handbook, eLearning, and Published Expertise with Elaine Biech

Web Courseworks

When my copy of the second edition ASTD Handbook arrived at the office this summer, I immediately felt the urge to explore my new resource and see what content made the final cut for an important industry asset. The second edition ASTD Handbook is filled with great insights from industry experts. The ASTD Handbook does just that.

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