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March Big Question - Open Content in Workplace Learning

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This month's Big Question is "how do we leverage open content in workplace learning?" To learn more about about some of opportunities available in open content, I visited the sites listed on the Big Question post. I am confident there are corporate trainers creating the same training content as their brethren.

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Ordering Training is Not Like Ordering Pizza

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All too often people request training and have already determined the delivery medium they want. Their decision is usually for various reasons, such as convenience or cost, but not because it is the most effective way to teach the content. To borrow a phrase from a former boss, "ordering training is not like ordering pizza."

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Can Linked In Help My Team and Boost the Training "Experience" We Deliver?

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That said, I have encouraged members of my training department to get "linked in." So, here is what I told my colleagues on why we should get "linked in" and how it may benefit our department and our training participants. Here is how it will help our training endeavours: Know your audience!

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Using #Characters in eLearning, Part 1

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When I refer to learning I am not simply referring to only web-based training (WBT), but also job aids, informal learning and marketing learning events. A commercial sales relationship service was later offered by the bank and for the training I created a sequel, titled "Business Benefit Banking."

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Perceived Advantages and Disadvantages

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Yesterday, I presented an overview of e-learning for an audience of classroom trainers and training managers. Keep in mind, these are classroom trainers that are open to e-learning and the use of technology in training, but they are not the choir. skip content) Fraud (e.g. skip content) Fraud (e.g.

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Using Gagne's 9 Events of Learning in e-Learning

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The important thing is to tie it to the content and to “stimulate learning” of the subject at hand. In the classroom you can also use this event to measure your audience and tailor the training to them, if needed. The user should be able to pick and choose the content they need. Use of animation, audio, graphics, etc.

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Estimating course development times

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I have seen a lot of estimates out there regarding development times per hour of e-learning content. There may be times where we are pushed in a corner and we need to quickly estimate development time without all the information we require, but to get a realistic estimate I suggest we consider the following: The complexity of the content.

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