Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Updating 19 courses (which I wrote last year). Built six courses. Courses way too big, but some cool features that I really like. 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.

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2007

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). Im not a big theory person. Im much more into practical application. Blooms Taxonmy, of course. Im not a big theory person.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2008

" This adage works for me most of the time as Im designing eLearning courses. Right now, Im feeling like just getting to good would be an achievement. Right now, Im proofing a storyboard thats full of endless text bullets and boring software demos with no interactivity -- and theres really nothing I can do about it.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

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. Now that Ive been actually doing some writing, Im having to put it all to work. Ideally, Im trying to figure out how to make this a bit interactive.

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Instructional Design Custom eLearning Development Instructional Instruction 125

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 8, 2006

approaches: Before you "optimize eLearning" through the use of Wikis, Blogs, PodCasts, video feeds, IMs, XML, SOAP, AJAX, and other "new"/"improved" methods, it is really important to understand: 1. If you go to the Brandon-Hall network, you'll be amazed how many postings are of this character. How will you manage them 3.

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eLearning 2.0 Wiki ReadyGo Brandon Hall 100

eFront

JUNE 1, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 6/01/2010 Course-instances on eFront 3.6.3 which has just been released by the way) introduces a shift from a Lesson-centric to a Course-centric eFront. Course-instances come to remedy this situation.

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Course Social Networks Open Source Storyboard 65

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Im not looking for the obtuse theory books. Im already feeling a bit overwhelmed. Im about halfway through Michael Allens new book, Designing Successful E-Learning. Between you and John Im going to need to ask for a visit to Ikea for a new bookshelf too! I prefer the get-down-and-dirty variety. These are my current faves.

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 236

Learning Visions

JANUARY 14, 2009

Im curious, have you had a chance to listen to yours or any of the others? Im happy with how they turned out. Currently Im playing the role of a learning consultant, taking care of solutions and operations for learning services. Some of us will still be creating the course with the objectives. Curry said. Thanks again!

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 100

eFront

DECEMBER 12, 2010

► September (1) 5 things you (perhaps) don't know about eFront ► August (2) From version 3.6 to version 3.6.6 Extensions on RSS module ► July (2) The gradebook module Building an advanced eFront theme using CSS3 eleme. wibiya widget Simple template.

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Storyboard Templates Free Authoring Tools 110

Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Me: Im an instructional designer. Im sort of distracted by the naked boy who just ran by (not mine). I follow of course with “I design training for businesses…&# 9:34 AM Michelle said. Of course my brother-in-law once responded with "yeah, we have that stuff at my work, but I never take em." Oh, I see."

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Authoring Tools 218

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

In fact, Ive had very little of interest to add to any conversation of late, mostly because Im much more focused on my personal life and the many transitions Im handling there. Hey Cammy--you know me, I think you can always apply the personal to the professional, so Im with Karl that you should blog about the Wii. Which is fine.

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Blogging Personal Personalization IM 100

Learning Visions

JANUARY 8, 2008

Im guessing youre designing online distance learning courses. Im in the weird place of for-profit education, which really has characteristics of both market sectors. The courses I develop are 3-credit graduate courses for K-12 teachers, taught over 9 weeks. What do you do? What do you design?

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Market 100

Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2009

Friday, May 01, 2009 Name That Tool I just got a FaceBook query from someone and I thought you all could help: Im looking for a tool you might have come across, but I dont even know what product/programming group it belongs to. So if you say, yes I have signoff authority for travel vouchers, I could tell this tool to mark four courses.

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Tools Moodle ASTD Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Mass Chapter ISPI November Meeting Im speaking at the next Mass Chapter ISPI Meeting, thanks to the always energetic Jean Marrapodi. e-Learning Tools Crash Course: Deciding What Authoring Tools to Use and When So youve heard about PowerPoint, Articulate, Captivate and Flash.

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ISPI Moodle Atlantic Link Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 22, 2007

But I havent "done" a course in ages. And now Ive got a two-hour custom course on my plate. Im excited. Im nervous. Ive thought about instructional design as weve been building eLearning Templates and certainly made a lot of recommendations. With a whole bunch of other custom projects cued up right behind it.

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 100

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

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. Cammy, Im glad youre doing the auditing. In my own lazy way, at the very least. Am I growing new knowledge? (As As opposed to building it?) More on this later?

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IM IMS Moodle Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

JANUARY 21, 2008

Im co-opting it and encourage all of you to do the same. 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! So much on-demand training consists of boring page turners.

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Moodle Learning Objects Instructional Design Brandon Hall 100

eFront

DECEMBER 5, 2010

► September (1) 5 things you (perhaps) don't know about eFront ► August (2) From version 3.6 to version 3.6.6 Extensions on RSS module ► July (2) The gradebook module Building an advanced eFront theme using CSS3 eleme. wibiya widget Simple template.

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Social Networks Open Source Text-to-Speech Storyboard 109

Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009 Market Differences in eLearning Im a fan of the number 42. Here IDs sometimes work as technical writers and TW sometimes write courses to optimize the cost. According to the reports there has been a substantial growth in hiring of IT professionals in India related to Oracle, Web-Designing, and other courses.

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Market Corporate eLearning eLearning Consultant eLearning Strategy 100

Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2007

Im not a techie -- far from it. Im an instructional designer with an emphasis on writing and schmoozing. Google Alerts A nice adjunct to Google Reader; Im always discovering something new via my "instructional design" alert. Im #34 on the list. Google Reader All the news I need to know about e-Learning in one place.

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Wiki Tools IM IMS 100

Learning Visions

AUGUST 22, 2007

Im no Facebook super-user and I havent experienced a huge time suck from it, but I suppose its possible. Cammy, Im just a "lite" Facebook user, but I have seen profile pages that list their workplaces with commentary about how horrible their company is, or how much they hate their job. And Im in complete agreement.

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Social Networks Facebook Companies IM 124

Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

And this is definitely not one of those things that Im learning for the first time, but here goes: Motivation is everything! Forget the page of bulleted learning objectives at the beginning of the course. "At At the end of this course, you will know how to." Im primed and ready. Which brings me to my next point.

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Big Question Authoring Tools IM IMS 100

Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2008

This manufacturing process training course was originally delivered as a four hour plus death-by-PowerPoint classroom session (if you could see the original PPT source content, youd begin glazing over within a few slides). Within certain parameters as defined by the client (of course). Im glad youre on board with my ducks!

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IM IMS Case Study Instructional Design 113

Learning Visions

APRIL 15, 2009

Tweetdeck Im officially hooked to Twitter and use Tweetdeck to organize and group those I follow. My best column: eLearning, of course! 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. Have a question?

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Tools Evernote iPod Yammer 100

Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

The focus here the last few months has been less on creating custom courses for clients and more on building Templates and Learning Portals (think LMS-lite). Havent written a course script in a long time here. So, what do I do if Im not doing that? Im not such an anal person, so this isnt my favorite thing in the world.

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Job IM IMS Cognitive 113

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

This hasnt gotten onto my radar before -- Im not sure if there are any state-funded online programs in Massachusetts. As I recall, she has two kids in high school who are taking online courses, and thats what got her interested in ID and e-learning. Of course, the direction makes perfect sense and does seem inevitable at this stage.

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Online IM IMS Instructional Design 100

eFront

JANUARY 10, 2011

eLearning Uncovered: From Concept to Execution does a nice job of walking beginners through all aspects of eLearning from choosing an LMS, design tools, and the actual course design. The companion site also has some excellent check-lists for future use. January 10, 2011 3:52 PM Christoforos Online said. to version 3.6.6

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Beginner Open Source Social Networks Storyboard 109

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Of course, we dont get any detail into how Typealyzer works, so its even more suspect! Okay, Im stunned there are so many INTJs here since as a general rule, INTJs are only about 5% of population (Im guessing here). Im an INTJ and it says my blog is an ESTP. I think thats fairly accurate, especially the independent part.

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Blogging Personal Personalization IM 100

ProProfs

JUNE 15, 2017

According to Brandon Hall Group’s report on LMS Trends in 2015 , businesses that use LMS’s (mainly the ones that are into installed software) have displayed their inclination towards adding more features to its elearning tool. Do you have employees who possess the skills and expertise to develop new courses?

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LMS Authoring Tools Blended Learning Open Source 78

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 5, 2007

Im just about to kickoff a new project with a manufacturing organization to produce some custom courses. Im gonna call them an "immature e-Learning organization." Are you seen merely as the course developer? So thats a vision of the future of e-Learning. Thats mature e-Learning. Games are scary. No collaboration.

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Organization IM IMS Moodle 100

Janet Clarey

OCTOBER 28, 2008

The time was right at Brandon Hall Research, so I sent instructions out to my co-workers interested in using Twitter. You can see what apps people are using by looking at their tweets (it will say ‘via twitterfeed’, ‘via twhirl’, ‘via web’, ‘via IM’, etc.).

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Brandon Hall Wiki Twitter IM 36

eFront

JANUARY 5, 2011

Free Stock Photos Sites for e-Learning Open Source Authoring Tools for e-Learning ► September (1) 5 things you (perhaps) don't know about eFront ► August (2) From version 3.6 to version 3.6.6 Extensions on RSS module ► July (2) The gradebook module Building an advanced eFront theme using CSS3 eleme.

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Authoring Tools Xerte eXe Corporate eLearning 111

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Of course, there may be and there are many variations in the quality of instruction that result. Im wondering if we should be talking about tiers of instructional design. Of course, this is all semantics, and maybe it doesnt matter. Today Im feeling more like a hazy purple. Look at our survey results. But maybe it does.

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Big Question Instructional Design Instructional Instruction 100

Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

Im struck by why I find this topic so interesting. So when designing e-Learning courses, think about the skill level of your audience and present to their "current abilities and the demands of the task they have to master next." And on that note, I think Im pretty much done now with my learning styles assignment. For the moment.

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Learning Styles Wiki Cognitive Rapid eLearning 186

Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2008

Im not just thinking about the gadgets and the gizmos that you use or the instructional design "method" behind the process (e.g., Do you ever develop a mnemonic for a custom course? But Ive got a mind to try it out one of these courses. In a recent course, I designed "Think About It!" I dont know if Ive ever done that.

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eLearning Strategy Instructional Instruction Strategy 100

Learning Visions

APRIL 11, 2008

I put myself as academic, since the courses I develop are graduate courses. However, I do work for a for-profit company, which means Im sort of in-between. I figured youre really more interested in what type of courses I design rather than where the money comes from.

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Instructional Design Poll Instructional Instruction 100

Learning Visions

MARCH 16, 2007

Im wondering if any e-Learning designers out there consider these differences when creating courses. I know Ive asked the question about gender split, but I can honestly say Ive never designed a course with a specific gender in mind.

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Brain Moodle Brandon Hall IM 100