Learning Visions

MAY 20, 2009

Youll be interested to hear that when 200 CLOs/e-learning managers/training directors were asked to name 10 custom content development companies, most couldnt name 5. This was based on a Brandon Hall Benchmarking Study done some time ago). How did they chose a company? 6:55 AM Jen Ludwiczak said. 9:30 AM Denise Link said.

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JANUARY 21, 2008

What have you done lately to create a course that will intrigue and inspire your learners? Im writing financial industry software training course storyboard #10, in a series of 29 courses! Im writing financial industry software training course storyboard #10, in a series of 29 courses! I know I do.

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2009

I want to be able to ask people a series of questions and correlate their answers with topic areas to indicate what courses they should take. So if you say, yes I have signoff authority for travel vouchers, I could tell this tool to mark four courses. Im sure I could do a better job describing this, so let me know if Ive been clear.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 10, 2009

A nice follow-on to the webinar, we talked a bit more about learning campaigns, emerging technologies and, of course, the upcoming DevLearn 09. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? I posted my notes on Brents session , in case you missed it.

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Learning Visions

JULY 7, 2009

Although I’ve been r eading Tom Kuhlman’s Rapid E-Learning Blog now for a couple of years, I’ve never actually designed (or for that matter, built) an Articulate course. That is, if a client uses Articulate in-house, they may ask us to build a few courses for them in Articulate. I’m such a n00b.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 11, 2008

I put myself as academic, since the courses I develop are graduate courses. I figured youre really more interested in what type of courses I design rather than where the money comes from. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? United States License.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Posted by Cammy Bean at 8:00 AM Labels: devlearn09 , e-learning guild , kineo 4comments: Ethan said. And schmoozing, of course!) Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Hi Cammy- I'm a longtime reader and first (or second) time commenter. Awesome, Ethan!

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 5, 2009

So then its really easy to think that the best way to make a course more engaging is to make it fun. Clark Quinn in Learning Predictions for 2009 : I continue to see interest in games, and naturally I’m excited. Of course, sometimes they coincide.) (Now Its easy to equate engaging with fun. Fun is a funny word.)

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 9, 2009

Todays focus: Focusing Objectives A statement presented before learner encounters material to help guide learner attention to the most important aspects of the learning material. Correct answer (to question above): #3 If provide learning objective to learner, they will focus more on that material. What will happen?

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2008

" This adage works for me most of the time as Im designing eLearning courses. Of course good is very subjective. In the past, Ive cut it down significantly, and sent it back to the writer/author hoping theyll learn a leaner writing style. Not usually, of course, but I tried. Perfect is unobtainable.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Ive always wondered about them myself and have only reluctantly included them in courses. Well, I recently took Will Thalheimers Original Learning Research Quiz which had me rethinking the whole point of prequestions/pretesting. Art History e-Learning Nuggets Enough Web 2.0, Art History e-Learning Nuggets Enough Web 2.0,

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 14, 2009

Today we build courses which have specific learning objectives, tomorrow this same course could sit additional learning resources all of which together forms a learnin environment for an individual. Hope to continue blogging and learning from you!! Of some IDs, that is. There are many of US out there.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

Wednesday, November 07, 2007 InVision Learning: Seeking eLearning.NET Developer Were seeking a full-time.NET Developer to join our growing company here in Westborough, Massachusetts. Invision Learning is seeking a.Net Developer to create leading-edge interactive multimedia and web-based eLearning applications. United States License.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, November 05, 2007 Instructional Design Inspiration As I mentioned last week , Im in the midst of designing my first custom eLearning course in quite awhile. Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning. 5:52 PM Karl Kapp said.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Better than Bullet Points Develop a treatment Apply Richard Mayer’s SOI model Choose graphics with soul, interactions with meaning, and animations that teach Taking an existing classroom course – think about TRANSFORMING it, not converting it. Select a Treatment Don’t just present lots of data. United States License.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

In my early days, I wrote a lot of software training courses. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Instruct, Demo, Practice, Test, Rinse, Repeat.

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, May 01, 2007 Beginning Instructional Designers Toolkit I want to incorporate a reading list for the next level of the 30-minute masters (taking a crash course in Instructional Design). Blooms Taxonmy, of course.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Invision Learning is seeking an Instructional Designer to design leading-edge interactive multimedia and web-based eLearning applications. Our company specializes in Custom Courses, Flash Templates, and Learning Portals. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 8, 2008

Im guessing youre designing online distance learning courses. The courses I develop are 3-credit graduate courses for K-12 teachers, taught over 9 weeks. Each course is about 75 hours of work for the students, so the scale is probably larger from most strictly corporate work. What do you do? What do you design?

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 22, 2007

But I havent "done" a course in ages. I havent worked with a SME and thought about appropriate learning activities and chunked out the content. And now Ive got a two-hour custom course on my plate. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 16, 2007

this clearly effects how we should all be designing and building courses now. I particularly liked this approach he describes for a software training course. At any time during the course, the learner could click “Ask a Question&# and it would allow them to type in a question that would be saved in their question list.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

Say, if youre purchasing a course library from SkillSoft or some other vendor: If a client has their own LMS, do they purchase the courses outright and host them on their own servers? Or do clients purchase courses that can be launched through their LMS, but that are hosted by the off-the-shelf vendor? United States License.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Motivating Learners in Learning Designs As Ive been writing courses on fascinating subjects like Six Sigma and financial software training after financial software training, Ive been trying to keep that motivation carrot out in front. Forget the page of bulleted learning objectives at the beginning of the course. "At

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

I dont have an undergraduate or advanced degree in ID, but I did go to graduate school for Instructional Systems Design and I know others who have taken certificate courses from Langevin and others. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? United States License.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 16, 2007

Another important reason to understand your audience when developing e-Learning, even along gender lines. Im wondering if any e-Learning designers out there consider these differences when creating courses. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, September 12, 2008 Connectivism: Week 1 With little time these days, Ill be auditing the auditors version of the 12 week Connectivism course happening now. United States License. Based on a work at learningvisions.blogspot.com.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

I've not seen John's link to tuition free ID course so far - thanks for pointing to that. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

MAY 15, 2007

Nice synthesis of many of the conversations that have been floating around about the role of SMEs and all these great content creation tools that empower non-programmers to create e-Learning, including this one here which had a good comment thread. Clives wiki is really evolving nicely. Getting an Informal M.Ed Getting an Informal M.Ed

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Learning Visions

JUNE 8, 2007

I dont build courses. If youre an instructional designer within a corporate training group, it seems -- most likely -- that youll be asked to both design and build courses. Rapid e-Learning tools, like Articulate , change the amount of actual technical skill an ID would need within such a group. I dont do any programming.

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

From the perspective of the adult learner, I think its appropriate to think of skill level in these terms: a novice might have a different "learning style" from an expert. Clark & Mayer address this a bit in e-Learning and the Science of Instruction when talking about closed navigation vs. learner control. Getting an Informal M.Ed

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2009

Question of the Week -- Economy How has the economy affected your learning unit? 9% Hit us Hard 47% Hurt a little 41% Not much effect 3% Helped us MYTHS the Business Side Has about Learning Client asked him to develop a course for business side. To help improve on-the-job learning. Its a training issue. ("We

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Learning Visions

MARCH 5, 2008

Content Centric Solutions These are those courses that have the entire book of knowledge in em. That course that meets the needs of the learner. As the course designer, youre not encouraged or even allowed access to actual learners to get an understanding yourself. The sponsor says "we want this eLearning course."

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 8, 2007

Tom provides "practical real-world tips for rapid e-Learning success" with enticing blog entry titles such as How Can Baking Cookies Improve Your E-learning Course? Posted by Cammy Bean at 10:53 AM Labels: rapid e-learning 2comments: Clive Shepherd said. Sounds good enough to eat. United States License.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2007

I thought Patrick Dunn did a nice job presenting the difference between e-learning designers of the "last century" who follow the addie method to create courses (click me, read me) and thus bored learners, vs. todays e-learning designers who "create experiences". But its more than that. United States License.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2007

It goes to show, weve got to make sure that were putting the right content into our courses -- so that the learner knows that he or she is actually going to be using this information later. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Weed out the fluff.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 8, 2007

So all of my clients who require that lockstep navigation be in place -- who want to force the user to go through the content in a linear fashion in order to ensure that the user has processed the information (but not necessarily learned it) -- all these folks have it wrong? And what about Compliance courses? United States License.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 25, 2008

That is, of course, if Im even awake after the kids have finally fallen asleep. Richard Nantel (Brandon Hall) recently posted about his experience with another voice recognition tool Dragon Naturally Speaking that might give you more power if youre working from your desk rather than a phone. 5:25 PM Cammy Bean said.

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