Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Today, I’m sharing two categories of my top posts of 2021. The first category is the top posts that I wrote and published this year, excluding updates of old posts. The second category includes the top posts by overall views, regardless of when I actually published them. Evergreen blog posts. Top 5 posts overall.

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Simulations Examples Sample Diversity Training 363

Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2022

I’ve had the opportunity to be interviewed on some wonderful podcasts over the last few years. I have also recorded several conversations about instructional design careers, freelancing, and other topics. I had a great conversation with Betty Dannewitz on her If You Ask Betty podcast.

Podcasts 411

Podcasts Podcaster Podcasting Compliance Training 411

Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 23, 2021

I have given a number of presentations on scenario-based learning over the past five years, plus a few presentations on other topics. I have also had the pleasure of being interviewed on several podcasts and video casts. Scenario-Based Learning: Why & How. Streamlining Branching Scenario Planning and Design.

Compliance Training 539

Compliance Training Podcasts Podcaster Podcasting 539

Ashley Chiasson

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

If you haven’t read my Instructional Designer Origin Story , I’ll give you the brief rundown of how I got into Instructional Design: Graduated from university and was applying for graduate programs in Speech Language Pathology. Didn’t know Instructional Design was a thing.

Instructional Design 60

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 60

Experiencing eLearning

MAY 3, 2016

I recently gave a presentation to the Online Network of Independent Learning Professionals about blogging to build your business. This is specifically about what I have learned about blogging to build your reputation as a learning consultant over my 9+ years of blogging. Mistakes I Made. Blogging Platforms.

Blogging 119

Blogging Business Write Blog Social Networks 119

Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful. I share these links periodically here on my blog. This post includes links on story design, visual design and usability, tools, and templates. Story design. Rance Green summarizes the structure for instructional story design.

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Tools Design Write Blog Templates 394

Dashe & Thomson

MAY 8, 2011

Too bad my crystal ball is in the shop for repairs, but I think we can muddle through. It has been around for all of my 15+ years as an instructional designer and training developer, and goes back much further than that. I hope you’ll share yours with us as well. OK, so this is not about the easy questions.

Social Networks 162

Social Networks Performance Support Blended Learning Wiki 162

Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2012

The first week of the blog book tour has ended and it has been a fantastic week with informative blog posts, information and opinions about gamification and even a bit of controversy. Week One Recap. She felt that in an industry where knowledge is valued that withholding knowledge to shape behavior or action was wrong.

Gamification 264

Gamification Blogging Instructional Instruction 264

Association eLearning

JANUARY 20, 2015

I found something interesting while cleaning off an old shelf recently. I planned on reading it one last time and then donating it. Instead, I kept the book. If you reinforce the same key information with examples, it provides context and lets your members see why the content is important. Here’s a summary.

Examples 100

Examples Case Study Social Networks Association 100

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise Learning? by Paul on January 7, 2011 in LMS (Learning Management System) , social learning People love to learn. It’s true. And that’s fine.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Facebook Blended Learning Enterprise 100

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Facebook or Kanye West: Which Pop Icon Has a Future in Enterprise Learning? by Paul on January 7, 2011 in LMS (Learning Management System) , social learning People love to learn. It’s true. And that’s fine.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Facebook Blended Learning Enterprise 100

Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

The Rapid Elearning Blog. Almost daily I get emails asking how to get started with developing elearning. To be a successful elearning designer means you have to know something about multimedia, graphic design, instructional psychology, and perhaps a little about Web and Flash technologies. December 11th, 2007.

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Rapid eLearning Blogging Authoring Tools eLearning Consultant 73

Dashe & Thomson

MAY 4, 2011

Last week I had a phone conversation with Ian Huckabee of WeeJee Media. Cammy Bean’s latest blog post provides many ideas as well as real-life examples for Using Social Media for Learning. As I write this blog, the man now has 94,894 followers on Twitter and every major news outlet in the world is scrambling for an interview.

Social Networks 182

Social Networks Social Learning Social Blended Learning 182

Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 8, 2011

I agree with Clive’s observations on this topic. You receive a link to the eLearning and instructions in your email to complete the work before the system goes live in two weeks. OK, this is kind of a worst case scenario, but I have actually seen this happen…on more than one occasion.

Blended Learning 145

Blended Learning Social Learning Social Social Networks 145

Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 13, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange of Information by Paul on March 14, 2011 in social learning Most of us in the adult learning industry have already found and incorporated Twitter into our everyday lives.

Social Networks 163

Social Networks Twitter Social Learning Blended Learning 163

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 30, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? All you have to do is put their words to paper, design the desired instruction and begin training. However, just as often this makes an instructional designer’s job more difficult.

Social Networks 124

Social Networks Blended Learning Web Wiki 124

Litmos

DECEMBER 8, 2016

It's the end of the year and, in case you've missed the most popular blog posts throughout 2016, I've compiled the top 5 for you here. The act of reflection is a major learning theme for me this year and reviewing the year's blog posts is a great reflection exercise. I attended the Edtech day of Phoenix Startup Week last week.

Blogging 75

Blogging Instructional Design Slideshare Cognitive 75

Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 12, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning? I’m sorry, but somebody explain to me why she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Blind Side , honestly. I argued that they were both dead wrong.

Social Networks 140

Social Networks Blended Learning Personal Personalization 140

Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I Love To Learn While reading the article, specifically the excerpt above, I was blown away by how simple yet powerful an idea Best Buy was implementing. Customers don’t want to be sold but they love to buy. I think the same thing applies to employees or even people in general when it comes to training.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Social Networks Roles Mobile 100

Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I Love To Learn While reading the article, specifically the excerpt above, I was blown away by how simple yet powerful an idea Best Buy was implementing. Customers don’t want to be sold but they love to buy. I think the same thing applies to employees or even people in general when it comes to training.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Social Networks Roles Mobile 100

Matrix

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

It is exactly November 10 th , and it’s the one year anniversary of the MATRIX Blog! The MATRIX Blog turns one! Precisely one year ago I published the very first blog post, obviously entitled “ MATRIX says hello! Not bad for a new kid on the block, I would say. Ok, anniversary muffins. Still yummy.

Blogging 62

Blogging LMS Instructional Design Learning Management System 62

LearnDash

AUGUST 10, 2021

Reviews from course creators: One of our most common pre-sales questions is: Do I have to be a professional developer to use LearnDash? That’s why we love getting reviews from course creators of all levels, because it really goes to show that we’ve succeeded in building a plugin that is favored by beginners and professionals alike. “I

Emergent 261

Emergent Hosting Write Blog Quiz 261

eFront

DECEMBER 26, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 12/26/2010 Top 10 e-Learning Blog posts for 2010 Getting new ideas and tips concerning e-Learning is important to me. > Which is your favorite e-Learning blog post for 2010? I'm very appreciative.

Blogging 101

Blogging Social Networks Open Source Storyboard 101

Web Courseworks

JULY 13, 2017

My favorite aspect of working as an instructional designer is the creative work. I love writing branching scenarios, preparing presentations for conferences and webinars, and editing images for clients’ courses. I also enjoy testing out new software to see how I can best leverage it as a creative outlet.

Social Media 154

Social Media Media Social Write Blog 154

Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2012

The first week of the blog book tour has ended and it has been a fantastic week with informative blog posts, information and opinions about gamification and even a bit of controversy. Week One Recap. She felt that in an industry where knowledge is valued that withholding knowledge to shape behavior or action was wrong.

Gamification 100

Gamification Blogging Instructional Instruction 100

eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 13, 2013

Especially when it comes in the form of questions from readers of the blog and various followers on my social media channels. I have done a segment like this in the past and it was very popular. Am I missing something? I always hear “I’m looking at SumTotal, CoD, Expertus”, when folks mention it to me.

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SumTotal Blogging vendor Saba 73

Learning Visions

JUNE 25, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, June 25, 2007 The Blogging Dinner Table Brian Grenier did an interesting informal survey of the edublogosphere , the results of which are quite interesting. I think the answer is that theyre all on FaceBook and MySpace.

Blogging 100

Blogging Instructional Design Moodle ASTD 100

Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, August 02, 2007 31 Days to A Better Blog I mentioned to Michele Martin that I was interested in participating in the 31 Days to a Better Blog Exercise being led by problogger Daren Rowse.

Blogging 100

Blogging Authoring Tools IM IMS 100

Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2013

We have compiled the 50 best eLearning posts of 2012 from our blog. And for us, it’s a time to relook at the posts that trended on twitter and other social channels, and were loved by our readers. The Mobile Learning Ecosystem I – 10 Important Questions. Instructional Design Basics: Designing A Timeline.

Best eLearning 277

Best eLearning Blended Learning Augmented Reality eLearning Strategy 277

Learning Visions

MARCH 29, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, March 29, 2007 Blogging & Boundaries in the Professional Sphere Karyn Romeis recent post echoed stuff thats been rolling around in my mind about blogging, professionalism, sharing, confidentiality, roles, boundaries, etc.

Blogging 100

Blogging IM IMS Confidentiality 100

Learning Visions

MAY 30, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Blogging is the new Graduate School Im not the only one getting an informal masters degree out here. In a guest post on the Brazen Careerist, Ryan Healy writes, "maybe blogging is the new graduate school."

Blogging 100

Blogging Cognitive Rapid eLearning Write Blog 100

Learning with e's

JULY 15, 2022

I have been involved in educational technology since 1979, and still teach and speak about my research in the area even today. But I have also, as those of you who follow this blog, grown back into my roots as a performance poet and writer. So when Mike's new book hit the shelves, I was very interested, to put it mildly.

Write Blog 138

Write Blog Picture Voice Open 138

Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Digital transformation played a significant role in furthering student-centered learning where kids loved each other. Table of Contents I. Student-centered learning is a term that could also be used for a specific philosophy in pedagogy that puts the needs of the student first, tailoring the instructional materials to them.

Voice 52

Voice Roles Education eBook 52

Degreed

APRIL 18, 2024

Honestly, I don’t care much for change. But I do care a lot about how we learn at work. That’s why we’re excited to announce a new initiative, Degreed Experiments. This will be a blog series (and hopefully a two-way conversation) geared toward exploring the suitability of emerging technologies for the challenges in L&D.

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Emergent Technology Taxonomy Evalution 59

Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, August 07, 2007 31 Days to a Better Blog: Days 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 This whole 31 Days to a Better Blog exercise is proving harder to stay on top of than I had even imagined. I have a bit of catching up to do.

Blogging 100

Blogging Second Life Wiki Instructional Design 100

Fly Plugins

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This is why you see an increasing number of universities offering a Cyber Security bootcamps. UX Design for Mobile Applications With almost 2 Million apps on Apple’s App store, an increase of around 80K apps for 2023, the need for exceptional user experience (UX) design for mobile applications is a must. Yep, I can relate.

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Cyber Security Training Diversity Training Ideas Create 172

Matrix

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

With so many of the Baby Boomers retired over the past two years, combined with a global staffing shortage, your L&D department might have to hire an instructional designer with little to no experience. Why mentor instead of teach? Instructional design is, in itself, very practical. Working on a project.

Instructional Design 94

Instructional Design Mentoring Instructional Instruction 94