Wonderful Brain

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

With the gate down learning designers can roam far and wide (and deep) to match content, to methods of communication to outcomes. Where the challenge used to be filling in minimal material driving instructional designers to request more help from SMEs, too much available content is driving us towards a condition of learning pleonasm.

Information Overload 51

Information Overload Informal Instructional Design Cognitive 51

Wonderful Brain

JUNE 5, 2011

Now pivot over to learning where content is made from the distance between those 2 points. Doing it right the first time means the business must be clear not only about content but about their expectations.

Performance Support 73

Performance Support Performance Blended Learning Compliance Training 73

Wonderful Brain

APRIL 20, 2011

.&# By the way, that’s not to say we abandon goals and objectives, nor vital content, just utilize different tools and walk through a different door. And the term for this approach? One I believe will cause less hand wringing. I suggest “decentralized” learning.

Attitudes 51

Attitudes Mentoring Toolkit Camera 51

Wonderful Brain

OCTOBER 30, 2012

All facts, no emotive content need apply such as scenarios/stories. Content would have: Objectives achieved through both cognitive learning and intuitive understandings. Engineers, though we didn’t mention this earlier, really don’t like to waste space so they jam in as much content in one place as possible.

Engineering 44

Engineering Learner Cognitive Examples 44

Wonderful Brain

JANUARY 23, 2014

There are many superior older instructors who have made the technological and sociological leap to align content with context to educate their charges. Develop learning elements, experiences, and technologies integrated into the content of courseware or training that speaks to each generation.

Courseware 62

Courseware Social Networks Attitudes Instant Messaging 62

Wonderful Brain

JULY 13, 2019

Interestingly, divorce attorneys often say one of the biggest bones of contention in a breakup is who gets to keep the dog. When a dog is present in the home, and its human family provides love and care, the more likely the tone is set for these behaviors to be available as an emotional resource in times of difficulty in the marriage.

Behavior 40

Behavior Metrics Discussion Player 40

Wonderful Brain

MAY 18, 2012

If the content would benefit from a narrator, ensure that voice is different from all the others. There are stock video places where you might find enough content to tell a real story. To make this work look for stock images that feature the same people in multiple poses. Moreover, make sure you use a variety of voices as well.

Instructional Design 61

Instructional Design Movie Voice Stock 61

Wonderful Brain

JANUARY 6, 2011

Consider these fundamental tasks which demand creativity; writing content, guides, assessments or narratives; developing storyboards where words and actions converge, and then conceiving compelling interactions for learners. And the critic sets standards. Building Learning is a Creative Act. In fact making learning is very far from simple.

Voice 44

Voice Storyboard Standards Director 44

Wonderful Brain

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

I’ve taken note that when interested and motivated, exploring content they lock on to and can bounce from a text to video to checking out details on the web, easily referencing or diving even deeper through different media to fully encircle a subject and become experts. —?kind of a disjointed reading process.

Write Blog 40

Write Blog Culture Reference Research 40

Wonderful Brain

MARCH 11, 2014

More so than in other efforts learning demands a careful balance of content and context. Looking back to the original premise, that courses even with great content are bashed on the shore of rocks of delivery and contextual modes, than Jennings realization about how learning works is even more in line with my premise.

Custom 81

Custom Learner Off-shore Kirkpatrick 81

Wonderful Brain

MAY 7, 2012

If you teach for 30 years, regardless of level or subject you will have influenced, not just taught content to thousands of youngsters who are now adults and hopefully earning a living. Perhaps none of the above except the name of the teacher and the amount to be contributed.

Metrics 59

Metrics Teach Portfolio Education 59

Wonderful Brain

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Those of us brought up in the learning era built the strategies and content then handed the material off to specialists with whom they would work to build the most powerful expression of information possible. Thus the content was not only solid – it was delivered by real pros. So, where is the benefit.

Flash 45

Flash Templates HTML Learning 45

Wonderful Brain

JANUARY 23, 2012

Some texts are terrific; contemporary information well researched, written and compelling with story-based content attractive to the mass of students. Textbooks are generally written by more than one primary author and reviewed by committees of content experts, practitioners in that field, and university educators.

Authoring Tools 50

Authoring Tools Instructional Instruction Scanning 50

Wonderful Brain

JANUARY 11, 2012

Some suggest it’s content discovered while looking for something else. This is not to say passive though it could be serendipitous – just because you ‘come across’ something worth spending time with doesn’t mean it won’t support formal content. The content is infused and enriched. Could this be a model for schools?

Learner 56

Learner Moveable Type Movie Music 56

Wonderful Brain

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The POC is rejected as the executive says the content is wrong—as is the design. The consultant is shown an example of the type of deliverable required gets confirmation from the executive and produces a proof of concept. The executive says hold up until we can get aligned. Two days pass—freezing the consultant from taking on other work.

Help 40

Help Mentoring Consulting Behavior 40

Wonderful Brain

OCTOBER 26, 2012

When I dove a bit deeper and asked what types of content and at what level of cognitive learning were they building with PowerPoint based tools (there, I said it) they admitted these were – to use one phrase – quick and dirty but they could at least turn a small profit and churn dollars through the company.

Articulate 51

Articulate Authoring Tools Flash to HTML5 Conversion Cognitive 51

Wonderful Brain

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Where a refrigerator was – only 5 years ago – a device for chilling or freezing food stuffs, it is now integrated by a personal control system with information about its operation and contents – and the weather, a video screen and message board broadcasting when your milk supply is low.

Design 40

Design Culture Quality Director 40

Wonderful Brain

MARCH 25, 2011

I’m not saying we shouldn’t teach the requisite foundation building bricks of content – just differently and this is consistent with… 6. Blowing up the school. The savings in fuel costs between the boilers and buses will keep any district in laptops for years.

Ideas 44

Ideas Education Simulations Courseware 44