E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Of course there will be peculiarities relating to Alliance Member B that the new recruit will need to be made aware of, but the point is the bulk of the content has already been covered.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 8, 2019

Independent but related packets of content that are distributed over time can be woven into the working day of the target audience, and hence reduce time “off the floor” In this context, the micro-learning is the training. Similarly I see an opportunity for micro-learning to be deployed before the training.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 10, 2023

Which is fine, given they’re allied professions, so long as the content pitched to the latter doesn’t squeeze out the value sought by the former. I attended several last year, and while there seemed to be plenty of attendees at each one, most combined L&D with HR to bump up the numbers.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 8, 2021

This approach is equivalent to massed presentation whereby the content is consumed successively: An alternative approach is to split each block into leaves and vary their presentation. Before defining interleaving, I feel it’s helpful to review the opposite: blocked presentation or blocking.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Direct instruction has pre-defined learning outcomes with pre-defined content to match. The content is typically delivered in a highly structured format. In contrast, rhizomatic learning has no pre-defined learning outcomes nor pre-defined content. I suggest that the content created by the members of community is the curriculum.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 29, 2013

Sourcing content. Quality content, for free, from some of the world’s most respected educational institutions? Blending content. Depending on the licensing policy of the content owner, a MOOC (or parts thereof) may be incorporated into an in-house offering. That’s a no-brainer.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 2, 2022

Imagine your doctor wondering if a symptom pertains to the heart, kidney, liver or gall bladder, and feeling content to prescribe you medication for the third one. But that’s precisely the kind of behaviour we don’t want to see on the job! Or any random one in the 15th minute.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

For example, you typically can’t influence the content that is being delivered, you’re beholden to the pace of the presenter, and there’s always that f@#king idiot who hasn’t bothered with the pre-work yet is happy to prolong the misery for everyone else by asking inane, redundant questions. And you know what?

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 3, 2019

For example, I see the informalisation of learning as an opportunity to deliver the content (for example, via a wiki) which can be consumed at the discretion of the employee. The focus of the course then pivots to the application of the content, which is the point of learning it in the first place.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 3, 2021

However something that caught my eye was the author’s observation about the assessment of prior learning via an essay or exam defeating the point of documentary evidence of previous course content or work experience. Yet I feel that assessment via an essay or exam or some other means is the point.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 8, 2015

A framework for content curation – My somewhat controversial attempt to make content curation more effective. The caveat of content curation – Not everything is googleable. The dark side of gamification – I’m an advocate of gamification in the workplace, but if done badly it can do more harm than good.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 28, 2014

Given the increasingly mobile workforce and the emergence of BYOD, increasing pressure is being placed on the organisation to distribute its content to multiple devices. In corporate e-learning, the most obvious example of such content is the online modules that the company distributes via its Learning Management System.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 14, 2017

In other words, I crowdsourced the content. Conference organisers are getting a lot better at ensuring the content of the blurb bears some resemblance to the content of the session. Read the blurb to get your mindset in order, and to consider how the content will help you in your role. Attend all the sessions.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Despite their pedagogical flaws, however, MOOCs provide unprecedented access to quality content for millions of learners. And isn’t content sourced from some of the world’s best providers a giant leap in that direction? It’s how the teacher uses that content to support learning that will make the difference.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I hasten to add that while much of Jane’s treatment of informal learning is in terms of social media, for the purposes of my post I will remain within the scope of broadcast content that is published by or on behalf of SMEs for consumption by the masses. The platform I have in mind is the corporate intranet.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 12, 2014

This heuristic maintains that in a typical online community, only 1% of the members create new content, while the remaining 99% lurk. The consumption of content is an important element of “learning” No argument there. In any case, I’m not interested in getting tied up in knots over the numbers.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2021

That makes heutagogy a subset of andragogy, but whereas the latter will have us lead the learners by pitching problems to them, hosting Socratic discussions with them and perhaps curating content for them, the former is more about providing them with the tools and capabilities that enable them to lead their own learning journeys.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Despite their pedagogical flaws, however, MOOCs provide unprecedented access to quality content for millions of learners. And isn’t content sourced from some of the world’s best providers a giant leap in that direction? It’s how the teacher uses that content to support learning that will make the difference.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 12, 2013

Simply open an account and you are provided with the tools you need to structure your curriculum, upload your content, and publish your course to the world. Creating lectures, rearranging them and uploading the content is a dream. In fact, one of their standards is that the course contains a minimum of 30 minutes of video content.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 29, 2012

• Content curation. • Content mapping. • Content sourcing. • Content development. • Content editing. For example, these are some of the activities that I might do on any given day: • Client consulting. • Training needs analysis. • Instructional design.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 3, 2012

Hell-bent on avoiding the “Next” button, many instructional designers will delinearise the content by creating a course homepage with a raft of topics represented by funky icons. I had in mind an Informal Learning Environment which would host the bulk of the content and enable peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

For example, you typically can’t influence the content that is being delivered, you’re beholden to the pace of the presenter, and there’s always that f@#king idiot who hasn’t bothered with the pre-work yet is happy to prolong the misery for everyone else by asking inane, redundant questions. And you know what?

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 31, 2014

The authenticity and relevance of the scenario contextualises the content so that it becomes more meaningful for the learner. But for me, it boils down to context. An authentic and relevant context facilitates two important processes. Sense making.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 3, 2020

We’ve spent a lot of money in the past creating professional videos that weren’t that appealing as they were made by actors who just read the content. Students also value – a lot – seeing their teachers alive, even if the quality of the image is not so good or the background is their own house.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 11, 2013

I considered doing Georgia Tech’s Fundamentals of Online Education via Coursera, but I wasn’t attracted to the introductory angle of the content. Another problem that popped up was the “parasite” – ie someone who signs up to a mooc just so they can spam the discussions with links to their own irrelevant content.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

It’s a space where they can explore content, ask questions, and seek help from their peers. With tools like blogs, wikis and discussion forums, they can contribute content, participate in the conversation, and keep everyone up to speed in their domain. In my view, every employee has the obligation to drive their own development.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 13, 2012

Anywhere you have an online presence, you have the opportunity to influence people by creating or sharing content that inspires actions such as likes, retweets, comments and more. This is starting to make more sense, but again I have concerns – particularly around the nature of the content. Produce original content.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 12, 2011

if the content is relevant. Sure, the mobile device is perfect for on-the-job, just-in-time knowledge and sporadic concept reinforcement – but that doesn’t mean it’s not convenient for longer content too. In any case, all e-learning content should be concise. So I might as well take advantage of downtime.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

I use the term completed loosely, because while I consumed all the content, I didn’t submit any of the assignments. I found the Australian accents of the instructors a pleasant surprise, and the quality of the content top-notch. Well it’s taken me over 3 and a half years, but I’ve finally completed another mooc.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 3, 2012

Hell-bent on avoiding the “Next” button, many instructional designers will delinearise the content by creating a course homepage with a raft of topics represented by funky icons. I had in mind an Informal Learning Environment which would host the bulk of the content and enable peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 10, 2014

Video breathes life into content. And if the content is relevant, you’ll find your target audience surprisingly forgiving. As Chris proceeded with her presentation at the conference, everyone in the audience was on the edge of their seat as they eagerly anticipated the next instalment. So my advice is simply to give it a go.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Content development. . • The 4 S’s of mobile design. • Mobile learning – Push or pull? Informal learning. • Viva la evolution. • Doctoring the Informal Learning Environment. • Toying with emotion. • 14 reasons why your multiple-choice quiz sucks. • The 2 sources of freebies.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 18, 2016

Could someone consume your wonderful content and buy their insurance from someone else? The strategy might involve a YouTube channel, an expert-authored blog, a moderated discussion forum, a free webinar series, a corporate MOOC… all open to the public. Of course, some people base their purchasing decisions solely on price.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2013

Of course we draw the content from SMEs and run it by Legal, but at the end of that long and winding road, we effectively roll the dice and hope it never gets tested in court. The latter don’t produce the content, but rather review it and stamp it with their seal of approval if it meets their exacting requirements.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 12, 2014

It’s something I remembered while writing my last blog post about user-generated content. Whereas that post explored the role of the learner in the content development process, how about their role in the broader instructional design process? That’s the view of some user-oriented design proponents.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 13, 2013

In my m-course experiment I found it straightforward enough to resize the canvas of the original online course and retrofit the content, but while it looked OK on my iPhone, it was problematic on the Galaxy and Lumia. Believe me, I’ve tried. Oh the quirks! Obviously you use it to inform your m-learning strategy! Think informal first.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 13, 2012

Anywhere you have an online presence, you have the opportunity to influence people by creating or sharing content that inspires actions such as likes, retweets, comments and more. This is starting to make more sense, but again I have concerns – particularly around the nature of the content. Produce original content.

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