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JUNE 8, 2015

I have found that managers often educate and enrich themselves professionally by reading non-fiction business books. The book Creativity, Inc., is a book about how to build and manage a creative culture. This book gives fresh and sometimes unconventional ways to manage creative people working in a creative environment.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

eLearning book review elearning project management teamwork' This may include promoting a particular type of work culture, strategic planning, implementing evaluation and setting the tone for the organization through policy. A manager is a type of leader that, […].

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MARCH 7, 2013

I must admit that I was pretty excited to receive a copy of Jeff Cobb’s new book, Leading the Learning Revolution, in the mail recently. Although this book [.]. While not necessarily association, or even eLearning specific, Jeff drives home the point that the Learning Revolution is here, and that it’s time to capitalize on it.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Really, there is so much new material in this book that the publisher should have given it a new title. I just got my copy of Bill Horton’s second edition of E-learning by Design. Disclaimer: Bill and I are friends. However, as he will attest to, I enjoy being intellectually critical of his work.

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APRIL 14, 2011

I am very excited to announce that my new book, “ MindMeld: Micro-Collaboration between eLearning Designers and Instructor Experts ,” is in the final publishing stages (including pre-order status)… So for the next few weeks I will be posting a series of blog entries regarding my new book and its contents.

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APRIL 17, 2015

I thought Wiseman’s talk was very inspiring, so I decided to check out her new book, Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work. The main premise of the book is that rookies are often more valuable to a company than veterans. I found myself asking, “How do I encourage my team members to learn like rookies?”

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MAY 18, 2016

In his recent book Improving Professional Learning: Twelve Strategies to Enhance Performance , Knox offers a distillation of what he has learned over the course of his long and distinguished career. As could probably be deduced from its subtitle, Improving Professional Learning is first and foremost an immediately practical book.

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MAY 17, 2011

At this session I will be covering some great material about how to improve the results of your team collaborations as well as announcing the premiere release of my book, “ MindMeld: Micro-Collaboration Between eLearning Designers and Instructor Experts.”

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The book entitled Leading Geeks by Paul Glen presented new ideas that inspired me to share a list of reasons why the idea of creating many small projects are central to [.]. Little is written on the topic of managing computer programmers, and I find that frustrating considering how important this is to managing an eLearning business.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

New eLearning Books by Elaine Biech. Dr. Andy Hicken and I are contributing authors in 101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom , a new e-learning book by my friend and colleague, Elaine Biech. The book’s front half lists 200 tips for “making training active and learning successful.” 10 Tips.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

New eLearning Books by Elaine Biech. Dr. Andy Hicken and I are contributing authors in 101 Ways to Make Learning Active Beyond the Classroom , a new e-learning book by my friend and colleague, Elaine Biech. The book’s front half lists 200 tips for “making training active and learning successful.” 10 Tips.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Do you remember the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books you may have read when you were little? Each decision you made would correspond with a page number in the book which you were supposed to immediately turn to. Different decisions elicited different results. A few weeks ago I published a blog post on Virtual Patient [.].

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

See my new book, The Expert’s Halo , for more on how to succeed with that.). Executives are discovering that online events are a profitable business initiative. We are seeing greater reliance on our member experts for contributing to the development of higher quality content. The quality of learning events is improving.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

For example, if Jane read a book on instructional design, that information would be stored as Jane (actor) read (verb) Introduction to Instructional Design on eBook (object) in the LRS. For instance, xAPI could track whether Jane finished a chapter of her book rather than whether she read the entire book.

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APRIL 14, 2011

I am very excited to announce that my new book, “MindMeld: Micro-Collaboration between eLearning Designers and Instructor Experts,” is in the final publishing stages (including pre-order status)… So for the next few weeks I will be posting a series of blog entries regarding my new book and its contents.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

After reading her book, Staying Healthy in Sick Organizations: The Clover Practice™ , I have found that many of the principles and methods that she has developed and laid out in her book, can be applied in our own eLearning departments to improve our work environment and the quality of our team work. Our salaries are confidential.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I’ve interviewed them and reviewed their books for this blog. Jeff’s book Leading the Learning Revolution is a reflective masterpiece that touches those of us who have been in educational technology since the pre-dot-com days. I have been a supporter and follower of Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele for almost a decade.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Many themes of my book MindMeld focus [.]. With the mission “to develop and recognize the proficiency of its members and advocate the use of Human Performance Technology”, I have come to believe that all managers of eLearning should consider joining this group.

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AUGUST 12, 2009

I first reviewed the book when it hit the market in 2007. I was shocked that “the book” was not even for sale in the eLearning Guild’s Annual Gathering’s bookstore this year. Tags: Bill Horton eLearning books eLearning Guru. Yet colleagues kept asking, “Where are the Hortons?”

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JUNE 16, 2016

However, what holds the article together is the coverage of key research points of Jennifer Hoffmann and Brad Thurber, from their e-book report: The State of Learning and Development in 2016. According to Lou, companies are not following through to drive improved on the job performance. She lists a few statistics to drive this point.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

National associations or “communities of practice” have been in the business of content curation for many years: publishing journals, books containing the community’s body of knowledge, and face to face educational sessions. Yep, museums hire curators to assemble artifacts to display and tell a story. Nothing new you say?

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JUNE 30, 2011

In this post, I’m going to address a chapter in my book that talks about complex ILOs that produce highly interactive experiences and how these experiences can affect learning. If you have already read the book, I appreciate any reviews or comments that you may offer. Click to view full size.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Bill Horton was seeking to bounce some ideas off of me regarding topics in his new book, so I was pleased to have the opportunity to interview him about what is coming in the new edition. They have published several books on the topic, and have made great contributions to the e-learning community.

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AUGUST 28, 2015

Your instructor may have already established expertise through the publishing of a book or blog. As a protégé of William Horton and his book eLearning by Design , I like to give learners opportunities to do and connect , not just absorb a lecture or a book chapter. Luoma does.

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AUGUST 28, 2015

Your instructor may have already established expertise through the publishing of a book or blog. As a protégé of William Horton and his book eLearning by Design , I like to give learners opportunities to do and connect , not just absorb a lecture or a book chapter. Luoma does.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

I am planning to conduct a series of interviews with Clark Aldrich about his upcoming book (available for pre-order) called The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games: How the Most Valuable Content Will Be Created in the Age Beyond Gutenberg to Google. As Clark notes, his new book should provide a basis for “common ground.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

In 2011, Penny Ralston-Berg and I published our book, MindMeld: Micro-Collaboration Between eLearning Designers and Instructor Experts. The book was the result of my seven years of doctorate research at the University of Wisconsin into best practices for developing online interactive learning objects (ILOs).

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

In this upcoming webinar, Connie will be highlighting the most beneficial visual design principles from her book, Visual Design Solutions : To register for Crash Course in Visual Design, use this link. Visual Design Principles. Interested in learning more from eLearning industry’s thought leaders?

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

” His first book Whale Hunting is a 250 page epic on how to secure large accounts. His latest book RFPs SUCK! The new book is succinct, well organized, and full of useful tips if you are tasked with either creating or responding to an RFP. The truth is that RFPs often do SUCK. A summary check list.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

We watch our favorite TV shows, store our libraries of books, purchase groceries, and even chart our medical records. She has also co-authored, “ The eLearning Guild’s Handbook on Synchronous eLearning ,” and, for Lynda.com, authored, “ Up and Running with WebEx Training Center.”. We live in a world where everything is online.

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JUNE 13, 2011

One last thing of note, Penny Ralston-Berg and I will be attending the UW Distance Teaching & Learning conference and hosting a workshop on Wednesday at 3 p.m. called, Improving the instructional design process through micro-collaboration.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

Here is Part II in my series of interviews with Clark Aldrich on his upcoming book The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games. The book will ship sometime in October, and Clark sent me an advance copy.

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JUNE 30, 2011

In this post, I’m going to address a chapter in my book [.]. In Part 2 of my series of blog posts on MindMeld, I had mentioned the Complexity Continuum that I like to use to illustrate how interactive learning objects (ILOs) can be thought of in terms of complexity of design and complexity of implementation.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Since the publication of his book, Leading the Learning Revolution , Jeff Cobb and partner Celisa Steele have built a great business around their Leading Learning brand. I was excited to be able to spend a few minutes interviewing Tagoras’s Jeff Cobb about his upcoming Learning • Technology • Design (LTD) Conference.

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MARCH 7, 2018

End with a resources page that includes books. Pause the video during the check on learning. Use the presenters outline or transcribed presentation. Silent text pages can drive home the objective. Include an author or speakers’ bio page “ eLearning leaders at Allen Communications prefer you not slice and dice recorded presentations.

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JULY 27, 2009

In this video we talk briefly about Clark’s new book, The Complete Guide to Simulations and Serious Games , and Clark shows us the aspects he likes about Acton’s game “Robo Rush: Can you make a profit and meet customer demands?” Click here to pre-order Clark’s book due for release in the 4th quarter.

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JUNE 13, 2011

One last thing of note, Penny Ralston-Berg and I will be attending the UW Distance Teaching & Learning conference and hosting a workshop on Wednesday at 3 p.m. called, Improving the instructional design process through micro-collaboration.

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