Learning Visions

OCTOBER 21, 2011

20 years ago I was a struggling recent college graduate who had moved to Boston in the middle of a recession. 15 years ago I got a job as an instructional designer/multimedia producer at a company that created training programs delivered on CD ROMS. I had never heard of elearning and did not own a computer.

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eLearning 24-7

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

CBT (Computer-Based Training). ILT (Instructor Led Training – Workplace, even EdTech – K-12 and Higher Education). WBT (Web-Based Training). You popped in a CD-Rom, which could hold up to 640mb. The speeds presented were ideal speeds, but I remember, landing 38KBS in Boston, with a 56K modem.

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The Learning Circuits

JUNE 4, 2012

Because I knew the business and had helped design our software package, and because I was pretty good in front of a crowd, I ended up doing the training. One thing led to another and a couple of years later, I got hired at a small multi-media production company that developed corporate training programs delivered on CD ROMs.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 28, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. 1980s CD ROMS. Disruptive technology: Restaurants vs. 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.

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Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. 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.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. That led into training. In the mid-90s, I made the leap to a multimedia training company. They liked my software training experience. We produced loads of CBTs -- delivered on CD ROM. I had expertise.

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Association eLearning

MAY 29, 2013

When I began my career 20 years ago, I was designing some of the earliest CD-ROM based simulations for the US Navy. Imagine you want to create a simulation for sales training. Diet-breaker: Boston Kreme donuts. And they were very daunting for instructional designers to create. The traditional simulation model.

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