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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Describing What You Do: Instructional Design

Learning Visions

Me: Im an instructional designer. Im sort of distracted by the naked boy who just ran by (not mine). billbrandon had this comment on Twitter: I usually just tell em Im a writer. So what I tell people is my job is similar to that of a film director who directs a movie or an ad maker who visualizes commercial ads.

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Sales eLearning – 21 Great Resources

Tony Karrer

Most of the content is presented as static web pages that tell how to perform particular tasks, but some of the pages contain embedded Captivate movies to demonstrate or simulate use of the system. Just when you've made the transition from the prior generation of CBT authoring tools (e.g., Im looking for the Why?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Emerging Technologies in e-Learning

Learning Visions

Instructional designers can take the tools and create a good learning experience or not. Frozen Foods Movie Theaters vs. Blockbuster Wired Phones vs. Cell phones F2F Training vs. Online Training A lot of current online training is not disruptive, still incremental. Incremental vs. Disruptive Innovation. Person in next cubical?)

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objectives

Learning Visions

Its like the opening credits of a movie. Belatedly, Im thinking that there are relatively easy ways to enable learners to have cake or to eat it as they see fit. Im not sure I suggested writing WIIFM learning objectives, but they probably have their uses. Not sure if any company has try to innovate on this. Take the Survey!

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M-Learning Message Home

eLearning 24-7

In 1982 or thereabouts a wonderful movie debuted. It was about this funny looking ET thing that ate Reese’s Pieces and hung out with some kids that were annoying and went on to have less than stellar movie careers. Mobile is still on the rise, with more vendors (LMS, authoring tools, assessment, e-learning tools, etc.)

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Who Gets to Be Called an Instructional Designer?

Learning Visions

A SME builds a course with the latest rapid eLearning tool. Just because a film professor has a graduate degree doesnt mean he/she can make a great movie. Im with you all. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. A technical writer takes on a new challenge. If so, when?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: This job aint dead yet.

Learning Visions

At least, this is what Im told. And as long as companies still pay for it we are all sittin pretty making some coin crankin out the Captivate movies sippin a cold pint. These folks are described to us by their managers as wanting to do their jobs and then go home and crack a few beers. Although that describes most of us, right?)