Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 14, 2011

The SME can then visit the site when they have time and do a structured brain-dump. Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Set up a Web-based content collaboration site (wikis work great for this). That way you learn as your SMEs learn.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 12, 2011

Brain Rules for Learning: Who Knew? Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Ive worked in sales and marketing with various organizations, including 3M, the Minnesota Timberwolves, Ionix Medical, and the Itasca Project. I live and breathe Minnesota sports and love golfing, boating, skiing, traveling, and attending live music.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

I’m not saying it’s the end-all, be-all for LMS but it may just engage a few more learners that would normally have shut the training, or their brains, off. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! I live and breathe Minnesota sports and love golfing, boating, skiing, traveling, and attending live music. It is amazing ho.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

I’m not saying it’s the end-all, be-all for LMS but it may just engage a few more learners that would normally have shut the training, or their brains, off. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! I live and breathe Minnesota sports and love golfing, boating, skiing, traveling, and attending live music. It is amazing ho.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Small scale, help demos. My brain has a hard time these days parsing dense theory. Im a convert. Yes, Im an English major who writes mostly text bullets instead of novels. So Im curious: what drove you to revisit theory? Cammy, Im glad to hear you so revved up. Im still of that mindset.

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

Im struck by why I find this topic so interesting. As a practical person, I tend to avoid theory. But in my quest for an informal M.Ed, Ive got to get into theory a bit, right? Provide support and control mechanisms to help learners "stick with it." The EduTech Wiki also has a good overview on learning style theory.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 3, 2007

Tuesday, April 03, 2007 eLearning Guild Event -- My Sessions As Ive mentioned here before, Im extremely excited about attending the upcoming eLearning Guild event here in Boston. Im excited to go to as many sessions as I can. Im excited to pick peoples brains. And Im wondering if Im missing something really cool.

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Learning Visions

MAY 9, 2007

For various reasons, Im not going to go back to school to get a Masters Degree in instructional design. But I firmly believe that this journey Im on is giving me the experience and educational equivalent (if not better) than a formal M.Ed. Even though Ive been doing this ("instructional design") for over ten years, Im starting over.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

So, what do I do if Im not doing that? I use words like "cognitive load theory" or "working memory". Im not such an anal person, so this isnt my favorite thing in the world. Product Vision: This is a key area where blogging has really helped me lately. How can I help our clients better use our tools? I schmooze.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

I learned that connecting with the blogging community has helped me get more passionate about my work as an instructional designer. And this is definitely not one of those things that Im learning for the first time, but here goes: Motivation is everything! Im primed and ready. Connecting with other people creates motivation.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 29, 2007

To work out my thoughts and ideas (hey, Im an extrovert -- I need to talk about whats going on in my head in order to process it and take it to the next level). Im a new blogger -- not fully evolved). At least, I would hope thats what Im doing. Im excited to meet people whose blogs I have been reading. Games for Girls.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

I said a similar thing in a comment on Tony Karrers blog the other day: Isnt the main tool of the PLE our very own little brains? Tony came back talking about all the tools he uses as an extension of his brain. Late, we go back to our various storage facilities for all the hard-core processing we do with our brains.

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2008

Cammy: Although I like to think Im good-humored, I am leery of "humor" or "fun" (scare quotes are deliberate) injected into training like salt water into a frozen turkey. Your scenario-based questions should help allay the clients fears. Im glad youre on board with my ducks! Photo Credits: So many ducks.Ducking hell.

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Learning Visions

MAY 10, 2007

We used a different approach: The Playground Theory of Learning developed by Shelly Loewen. Loewens TIPP system is for "helping learners maximize their learning efforts and helping instructors address the learning differences of individuals and groups with ease." See my earlier posting for more on that experience: TIPP.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Often I have two small kids in tow or Im trying to check ten things off a list during my lunch hour. A good aggregator (like Stephen Downes) will get me the info I need so Im not missing the really juicy stuff. I may even just skip it completely, thinking Ill come back to it later when my brain is less full. Im too distracted.

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IM IMS Moodle Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

MARCH 17, 2009

My theory is simple: The 3 As - academics, athletics, arts. And Ive seen their little brains work like crazy to solve a game problem in Fantastic Contraption that is REALLY working their mental muscles. I RARELY see that type of brain power and interest being applied to ANYTHING the school has offered. I will say this.

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Games Video Moodle Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

APRIL 14, 2007

Saturday, April 14, 2007 Conversations do matter I am still quite brain dead from the the eLearning Guild event. So now Im sold on the values of social networking tools and Web 2.0. And I realized that Im no longer a beginner. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff.

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Conversation Wiki eLearning Guild Moodle 100

Learning Visions

APRIL 15, 2009

Tweetdeck Im officially hooked to Twitter and use Tweetdeck to organize and group those I follow. My blog is part of my external brain. But Gcal helps me keep myself organized, and now that Ive discovered CalenGoo for the iPod Im all synched up. Im ready for the iPhone. Now I stop first at Twitter.

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Tools Evernote iPod Yammer 100

Learning Visions

JUNE 12, 2007

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environmental World Tony Karrer asked in the comments on my PLE post yesterday , Im curious if you distinguish your learning environment (tools, skills, etc.) Its just a giant percolating coffee pot inside my brain these days. Im a Google Girl. Google Reader.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Hit Us Hard 31% Hurt A Little 33% Not Much Effect 33% Helped Us 3% (Is "it hasnt hurt us yet, but Im nervous" an answer?) Level 4 Eval traditionally done during Learning Outcomes (there were a lot more things on his chart, but Im not that fast and it was somewhat complicated.) Some are doing Level 2 recall or decision making.

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Authoring Tools Metrics Wiki Develop 100

Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2007

This week I listened to Brent Shlenkers recent podcast with David Williamson Shaffer author of "How Computer Games Help Children Learn". Im right with you. Im a female instructional designer in my late 30s. Sort of Myst-like puzzles, although Im definitely out of practice from that way of thinking. Mostly men.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 2, 2011

While Nancy’s post is not directly focused on corporate learning, she notes that one of the major benefits of internal social media use is its effect on streamlining operations, which can certainly be said for how social media can streamline knowledge uptake and act as an “ exo-brain ,” for the overworked employee. It is amazing ho.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Nevertheless, their voices are deeply etched in my brain, and I could have picked any of them out of a lineup if we were going by voice and not visual. If I notice Im losing someones attention in class, Ill instantly make direct eye-contact, maybe raise an eyebrow, and start talking directly to that student, and most of the time.

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Moodle Instructional Design ASTD Picture 100

Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Some companies treat their customers as partners, especially in the B2B markets – soliciting their help in the design of a new eLearning module or getting ideas for better customer service. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Rob Mueller: Great post on using games as a training device. Jim: Glad you enjoyed the post, Liam!

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Blended Learning Custom Wiki 100

Dashe & Thomson

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Some companies treat their customers as partners, especially in the B2B markets – soliciting their help in the design of a new eLearning module or getting ideas for better customer service. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Rob Mueller: Great post on using games as a training device. Jim: Glad you enjoyed the post, Liam!

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Social Networks Blended Learning Wiki Custom 100

Mark Oehlert

JANUARY 23, 2008

Im also usually working on two or three books at a time, not because Im that smart but just because I usually have one staked out in a couple of different locations. " Books like Flow , Emergence and How Computer Games Help Children Learn are on my list that I have read and that I think are generally valuable for anyone to read.

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Learning Visions

MAY 16, 2007

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Im getting emotional about e-Learning! When we help learners emotionally, viscerally , understand why this coming experience is important to them, and maintain that interest through the learning experience, the outcomes are superior. Given that the emotional element is relevant then Im with Clark Quinn here.

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IM IMS Cognitive Wiki 100

Learning Visions

JUNE 18, 2007

Mixed visual-auditory stimuli have an underadditive effect, so that if you have to do both at the same time, total brain activation goes down. So its interesting to think about this underadditive effect where "total brain activation goes down" if presenting in both visual and auditory at the same time. 3:13 PM Christy Tucker said.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

link] January 22-28, 2011 International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science , 37 th , Novy Smokovec, Slovakia. link] March 5-7, 2011 International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP 2011), Algarve, Portugal. www.madlat.ca

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eLearning Conferences Conference Blended Learning Cyber Security Training 217

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

link] January 21-27, 2012 International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science , 38 th , Špindler?v link] February 24-26, 2012 International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP 2012), Rome, Italy. v Mlýn , Czech Republic.

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eLearning Conferences Conference Blended Learning Diversity Training 261

Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

link] December 5-6, 2012 National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) National Conference: Engage 2012 – Responding to Change (How Engagement Helps Universities), Bristol Hotel, Bristol, United Kingdom (UK). link] May 13-16, 2013 Learning Impact 2013, sponsored by IMS Global Learning Consortium, San Diego, California, USA.

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eLearning Conferences Conference Blended Learning Diversity Training 238