eLearning Cyclops

DECEMBER 30, 2008

[caption id="attachment_279" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Free e-Learning Courses"] [/caption] I have started collecting links to free e-learning courses. As I come across courses I will add their links to the page. FYI: I will only add courses that are free and have open access. Down the road I may add web 2.0

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eLearning Cyclops

APRIL 25, 2010

When creating e-learning courses I ask stakeholders to sign-off on the final product. Very often the stakeholders are also the subject matter experts for the course. That the design and content for the course provides accurate information and complies with the organization's current policies and procedures.

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eLearning Cyclops

JUNE 6, 2009

There are some great e-learning courses out there for kids. I had a few courses on the Free e-Learning page, but hidden under Misc. And much of this inspiration has led to much more fun, engaging and instructionally sound course's for my audience. So, thank you to all the K-12 course designers out there.

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eLearning Cyclops

JANUARY 20, 2009

We often see estimated completion times in the introduction of e-learning courses. Bad idea, whether the course is a simple page-turner or not. Here are variables NOT accounted for in such approaches: Interactivity within the course (games, simulations, questions and feedback, etc.). How are these estimates actually derived?

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eLearning Cyclops

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Considering all the economic trouble out there, I think there will be a big demand for financial education courses, if not already. FDIC offers a good, sound financial education course, especially for anyone new to banking. The course is free to anyone and can be accessed at [link].

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eLearning Cyclops

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

It baffles me how some designers, not all, can rattle off "150 hours to develop an hour long course." LMS - Have you created a course that ran successfully on the LMS before? Just because your course is "SCORM compliant" does not mean it will run on all SCORM compliant LMS's. Some tweaking may be required.

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eLearning Cyclops

MARCH 5, 2009

Here is a short article/tip I wrote last April on using Flash for marketing courses. Here are some tips for using Flash to market your courses: Reuse any appropriate Flash objects already created for the course. If the course has characters in it, use them.They can act as a spokesperson, or as actors in a skit.

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eLearning Cyclops

JULY 8, 2009

I just released the first draft of a new WBT course and as usual I have a slew of people reviewing the course. In the past I have provided a general list of what aspects of the course should be reviewed (e. Objectives/Learning needs Does the course answer your questions/concerns about the subject?

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eLearning Cyclops

OCTOBER 28, 2008

This one uses quite a few imported graphics making the file size quite a bit larger than prior courses (533kb), but still a very manageable size even for my Nokia S40. As with the others, this is made in Flash Lite (FL 1.1). It is a quick intro to Franklin. Please take a look.

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eLearning Cyclops

JANUARY 27, 2010

All too often people reviewing a web-based training (WBT), including subject matter experts (SMEs), request the course printed for them. Here are reasons not to print courses for a review: It is important for anyone reviewing a course to not just look at content, but to review the entire learning experience including the delivery medium.

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eLearning Cyclops

JANUARY 20, 2014

One thing I brought up was that so few SMEs realize what is involved in the process of creating elearning courses or any instruction for that matter. Many great ideas came out of the discussion (e.g., guidelines, agreements, best methods of identifying SMEs and a lead SME, etc.).

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eLearning Cyclops

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We will end with tips on how to add your 3D models into your courses, where your learners will be thrilled to interact them. Then explore how such solutions are currently used at Johns Hopkins Medicine, identify where you can find ready to use 3D models, tools to build your own 3D models, and adding animation and annotations to your models.

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eLearning Cyclops

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

If you write clear objectives, make sure your course's content allows participants to meet those objectives and your assessment measures whether the objectives were met, then you are doing a great job. They are NOT just to tell participants what they will learn at the beginning of a course. If not, please give me a minute of your time.

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eLearning Cyclops

JULY 13, 2014

Then appropriately incorporating them in courses, your Intranet, Yammer, etc. That left managing eLearning courses along with enrollment, reports, troubleshooting problems on the LMS especially as they pertain to online courses to me. With few exceptions, I am the voice talent and my basement is my studio.

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eLearning Cyclops

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Manage* stakeholder, subject matter expert and design team’s expectations - Get them “on-board” with designing concise, but effective courses. Here''s how: Get buy-in on what is needed to accomplish the course''s goal. Emp hasize it is "OUR course ," belonging to all stakeholders especially the learner. eLearning IMPS SME'

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eLearning Cyclops

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

In my recent Being Concise - IMPS post , I introduced my approach to keeping courses concise. Identify appropriate learning objectives and exclude the extraneous objectives trying to sneak into the course." In today''s post I want to explore the first component - Identify , as in identifying learning objectives.

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Learning Objects Instructional Design Learning Objectives Analysis 152

eLearning Cyclops

DECEMBER 9, 2012

I am a big fan of adding characters to my courses when they are appropriate and work with the course design. Also, in later posts I will share strategies and examples of using characters in marketing courses and employing them in social media/informal learning.

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Movie eLearning Strategy Social Media eLearning 156

eLearning Cyclops

AUGUST 18, 2013

Adding More "Character" to Your eLearning Designers of eLearning continually search for ways to ensure their courses are engaging, interactive, and relevant to their audience. Marketing of online courses and use of social media in learning is also a continual struggle at many organizations. Below is a description of my session.

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eLearning Cyclops

MAY 30, 2014

For a course I am currently completing, I included an infographic. The course is an overview of a new line of business at my org. I hope to see these printed from the course and pinned on a few office walls and hopefully passed around a bit too. I found creating the infographic was not as difficult as expected.

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eLearning Cyclops

MARCH 4, 2014

So often I get a call from subject matter experts (SME) and other stakeholders regarding elearning courses asking, "Can''t you just send me the PowerPoint?" I don''t deny them a PowerPoint because they will probably compromise the instructional integrity of the courses, which is possible, or because I am selfish.

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eLearning Cyclops

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Maybe not emphasized but still accessible in the course. These will be topics that may be accessible in the course, but not distracting attention away from higher priority content. These will be topics that may be accessible in the course, but not distracting attention away from higher priority content. e-Learning IMPS ISD'

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eLearning Cyclops

AUGUST 25, 2011

I thought I would share the following online learning courses that may be of assistance to those in its path. Labels: e-Learning Courses , Misc. Deconstructing My #DemoFest Course – Part 3 (Devel. Deconstructing My #DemoFest Course – Part 2 #DevLe. Deconstructing My #DemoFest Course - Part 1.

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eLearning Cyclops

AUGUST 23, 2011

[caption id="attachment_3136" align="alignleft" width="96" caption="RightClickRick.com"] [/caption] For quite a while I have been teaching a computer basics class in addition to developing online courses. The class is a traditional classroom course focusing mostly on basic PC and Outlook skills. Frankenstein Course Development.

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eLearning Cyclops

MAY 21, 2013

Below is a collection of some of the more unusual characters from my courses and job aids along with brief notes on how they were used. Ossie, the robot sidekick that assists during the Office 2010 course and also keeps the course''s superhero, Captain Upgrade, out of trouble.

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eLearning Cyclops

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Signs you are in e-learning hell (as a designer/developer): The Help Desk calls and tells you they are receiving too many calls regarding your course and the _ (pop-up blocker, Flash Player and/or LMS sign-on). The stakeholder proposes that all staff take the online course in a computer lab where it can be proctored.*

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eLearning Cyclops

JULY 3, 2011

As we celebrate the 4th of July here in the USA, I would like to thank France for their help and also share some of the e-learning courses found on the Free e-Learning page related to our history. Labels: e-Learning Courses , Free e-learning. Deconstructing My #DemoFest Course – Part 3 (Devel. Jeff Goldman. at 3:54 PM.

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eLearning Cyclops

DECEMBER 8, 2013

There are many misconceptions about our field that mislead people in believing they can start by simply acquiring the "right" development tools and jumping right into making courses. develop courses that do not provide effective instruction, do not address the audience''s learning needs, etc.).

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eLearning Cyclops

APRIL 10, 2011

Of course stakeholders come to training departments all the time demanding training and we need to look at the problem first as Jay Cross was quick to point out. Usually audio is off the table first, which I always add last anyway and do not see it as adding much instructional value to most courses anyway. ► January. (1).

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eLearning Cyclops

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Here are some examples of courses without next buttons, or at least in a few cases very minimal use of next buttons. As I have written in the past, I have an aversion to "next" buttons.

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eLearning Cyclops

APRIL 10, 2010

I was adding another course on the free e-learning page and what really jumped out at me is there are an awful lot of examples from the BBC. They have been producing a lot of great stuff, so I thought I would share all the BBC examples I have found. I am sure there are even more to be found on the BBC site.

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eLearning Cyclops

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

This is a fantastic example of using video, audio, photos, and animation all in one course. link] If you liked this course, you will also like these courses on space and NASA. Here is the link, www.wechoosethemoon.org. It is absolutely worth the visit.

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eLearning Cyclops

JULY 14, 2009

How do you get a an organization out of the rut of making page turners and to start creating more engaging and effective courses? Create a prototype to demonstrate the level of interactivity and engagement your organization can produce in a course. When you launch your prototype/course and your audience provides positive feedback.

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eLearning Cyclops

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

The Free e-Learning Page just reached 100 e-learning courses/tutorials. I continually added course as I find them. I continually added course as I find them. And if you have an e-learning course that allows open access, please let me me know and I will be happy to add it to the list.

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eLearning Cyclops

APRIL 16, 2014

I like to think I have a knack at being concise, at least in my writing and courses.'

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eLearning Cyclops

MARCH 26, 2009

On retrospect, my best, most well received courses did NOT contain next buttons. These were courses well designed for the self directed, adult learner. And I believe by not including those dastardly, rotten next buttons it ensured that I consciously designed a very engaging course that kept the learner wanting to participate.

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eLearning Cyclops

MARCH 2, 2010

In fact, I found a course on e-learning accessibility , an interest of mine. Wouldn't it be great to upload those software sims, leadership or sales courses, etc. Of course, anything shared as open content has to overcome the fore-mentioned hurdles. They certainly have many opportunities for learning and development.

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eLearning Cyclops

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I was lucky enough to attend the webinar last week and it was great to see the winners show off their work and learn about the design and development of these great courses. Over at the eLearning Guild they posted the recorded DemoFest 2010 Highlights Webinar. FYI: If you are an Articulate user, Kevin Thorn (a.k.a.

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