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Agile instructional design

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

I’ve been thinking about fresh approaches to instructional design. Instructional design was invented around the time of World War II. Instructional purists still revere the logic of ADDIE. It’s hard to argue with the concept of planning your work, then working your plan.) Why isn’t Sally at work today?

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Top 100 eLearning Items

Tony Karrer

Communities of Practice Facebook as a Learning Platform We Need a Degree in Instructional Design Learning styles don't exist 90-9-1 Rule aka 1% Rule in Collaborative Environments How long does it take to create learning? Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools - A Summary PR 2.0:

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Deeper eLearning Design: Part 6 – Putting It All Together

Learnnovators

The goal of this series is to build upon good implementations of instructional design, and go deeper into the nuances of what makes learning really work. It is particularly focused on eLearning, but much of what has been mentioned also applies to face-to-face or virtual instruction. Having end user stakeholders (e.g.

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Informal Learning 2.0

Jay Cross

In a networked corporation, there is scant difference between knowledge work and learning. Business success depends on them working together rather than as individuals. Industrial-age training required flocks of instructional designers to develop training programs and instructors to deliver them.

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Thriving in the Net-Work Era

Jay Cross

military formalized instruction to train millions of soldiers for World War II. Xerox Learning, DDI, Forum Corporation, and hundreds of other “instructional systems companies” sprung up. Xerox Learning, DDI, Forum Corporation, and hundreds of other “instructional systems companies” sprung up. ASTD is born.

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LearnTrends: Microlearning

Experiencing eLearning

In chat: Moderator (Tony Karrer): In some ways – we are spending more time learning – if we aren’t learning, we should examine if it’s a good use of our Knowledge Work time. for learning/instructional purpose. instructional/educational purpose. Discussion of Communities of Practice vs. Networks.

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Decisions, decisions. Business decisions.

Jay Cross

Learning has shifted from something outside of work to something embedded in work. Stand-up instruction is giving way to peer learning. Supporting participation in professional communities of practice. We recently toured a corporate headquarters where staying late at work was prized by managers.