Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Monday, November 05, 2007 Instructional Design Inspiration As I mentioned last week , Im in the midst of designing my first custom eLearning course in quite awhile. Now that Ive been actually doing some writing, Im having to put it all to work. Ideally, Im trying to figure out how to make this a bit interactive.

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2007

Tuesday, May 01, 2007 Beginning Instructional Designers Toolkit I want to incorporate a reading list for the next level of the 30-minute masters (taking a crash course in Instructional Design). Im not a big theory person. Im much more into practical application. Blooms Taxonmy, of course. Im not a big theory person.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

In fact, Ive had very little of interest to add to any conversation of late, mostly because Im much more focused on my personal life and the many transitions Im handling there. Kind of like Second Life in how open the environment is, but there are challenges and a bit of a story woven into that keep it a game.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

3) I went to the same high school as presidential candidate Oback Barama (although Im 7 years younger and have never laid eyes on him in person). I used to speak it fluently; these days Im pretty rusty. Wendy Wickham Ray Sims Apologies if youve been tagged previously or have done something similar, Im just playing the game!

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2008

" This adage works for me most of the time as Im designing eLearning courses. Right now, Im feeling like just getting to good would be an achievement. Right now, Im proofing a storyboard thats full of endless text bullets and boring software demos with no interactivity -- and theres really nothing I can do about it.

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Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2007

Im not a techie -- far from it. Im an instructional designer with an emphasis on writing and schmoozing. Google Alerts A nice adjunct to Google Reader; Im always discovering something new via my "instructional design" alert. Im #34 on the list. Google Reader All the news I need to know about e-Learning in one place.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 25, 2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Jott This Blog I havent had so much time lately to blog, as this project Im working on has been quite grueling. I find my best time for thinking up excellent blog entries is late at night when Im lying in bed. That is, of course, if Im even awake after the kids have finally fallen asleep.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Im not looking for the obtuse theory books. Im already feeling a bit overwhelmed. Im about halfway through Michael Allens new book, Designing Successful E-Learning. Between you and John Im going to need to ask for a visit to Ikea for a new bookshelf too! I prefer the get-down-and-dirty variety. These are my current faves.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Shes included samples of wikis and courses she has created, links to podcasts, references and her resume. Of course, I have nothing like this for myself. For years I had a stack of CDs -- examples of courses I had created over the years. Im not looking for a job right now, so theres no urgent need.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 22, 2007

But I havent "done" a course in ages. And now Ive got a two-hour custom course on my plate. Im excited. Im nervous. Women Gamers on the Rise Second Life and Gaming Poll Results You're So Immature: e-Learning in Some Organizatio. With a whole bunch of other custom projects cued up right behind it.

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Me: Im an instructional designer. Im sort of distracted by the naked boy who just ran by (not mine). I follow of course with “I design training for businesses…&# 9:34 AM Michelle said. Of course my brother-in-law once responded with "yeah, we have that stuff at my work, but I never take em." Oh, I see."

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Im a writer and a schmoozer. Many instructional designers are also responsible for building and developing content into working courses. I would like to know whether people in your country undergo any specific courses in order to gain knowledge on ID, if so, what are they? 12:23 AM Cammy Bean said. United States License.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 14, 2009

Im curious, have you had a chance to listen to yours or any of the others? Im happy with how they turned out. Currently Im playing the role of a learning consultant, taking care of solutions and operations for learning services. Some of us will still be creating the course with the objectives. Curry said. Thanks again!

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Mark Oehlert

DECEMBER 6, 2007

» December 06, 2007 2007 edublog awards are now open for voting.and Im torn Hurry, hurry, step right up and cast your vote! Of course, the posts right before the announcement had absolutely NOTHING to do with eLearning. Of course the next argument is where to set that baseline. So who to vote for? Ill say two things: 1.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 8, 2008

Im guessing youre designing online distance learning courses. Im in the weird place of for-profit education, which really has characteristics of both market sectors. The courses I develop are 3-credit graduate courses for K-12 teachers, taught over 9 weeks. What do you do? What do you design?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Of course, there may be and there are many variations in the quality of instruction that result. Im wondering if we should be talking about tiers of instructional design. Of course, this is all semantics, and maybe it doesnt matter. Work with 3D tools like Second Life. Today Im feeling more like a hazy purple.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 5, 2007

Im just about to kickoff a new project with a manufacturing organization to produce some custom courses. Im gonna call them an "immature e-Learning organization." Are you seen merely as the course developer? So thats a vision of the future of e-Learning. Thats mature e-Learning. Games are scary. No collaboration.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 8, 2007

Tom provides "practical real-world tips for rapid e-Learning success" with enticing blog entry titles such as How Can Baking Cookies Improve Your E-learning Course? Just this week -- for once Im in the know. Sounds good enough to eat. Posted by Cammy Bean at 10:53 AM Labels: rapid e-learning 2comments: Clive Shepherd said.

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2008

This manufacturing process training course was originally delivered as a four hour plus death-by-PowerPoint classroom session (if you could see the original PPT source content, youd begin glazing over within a few slides). Within certain parameters as defined by the client (of course). Im glad youre on board with my ducks!

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2009

Friday, May 01, 2009 Name That Tool I just got a FaceBook query from someone and I thought you all could help: Im looking for a tool you might have come across, but I dont even know what product/programming group it belongs to. So if you say, yes I have signoff authority for travel vouchers, I could tell this tool to mark four courses.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Friday, September 12, 2008 Connectivism: Week 1 With little time these days, Ill be auditing the auditors version of the 12 week Connectivism course happening now. Cammy, Im glad youre doing the auditing. In my own lazy way, at the very least. Am I growing new knowledge? (As As opposed to building it?) More on this later?

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Of course they are. Im concerned that women will be excluded if such a focus is put on gaming skills -- or at least the gamer label. Im just raising some questions. My "Guild Master Ceiling" notion is a bit a tongue-in-cheek, of course. Karl and I have had lively discussions about whether or not girls are gamers.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009 Market Differences in eLearning Im a fan of the number 42. Here IDs sometimes work as technical writers and TW sometimes write courses to optimize the cost. According to the reports there has been a substantial growth in hiring of IT professionals in India related to Oracle, Web-Designing, and other courses.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

The focus here the last few months has been less on creating custom courses for clients and more on building Templates and Learning Portals (think LMS-lite). Havent written a course script in a long time here. So, what do I do if Im not doing that? Im not such an anal person, so this isnt my favorite thing in the world.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

And this is definitely not one of those things that Im learning for the first time, but here goes: Motivation is everything! Forget the page of bulleted learning objectives at the beginning of the course. "At At the end of this course, you will know how to." Im primed and ready. Which brings me to my next point.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

After reading Janets post, I talked with our CTO about some ways that we could build a little bit of "version control" into our Flash Course Development Templates. Im sure it matters to them. There are already many companies fighting for the customers to choose their courses. Thanks to Janet for bringing this issue up!

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Mass Chapter ISPI November Meeting Im speaking at the next Mass Chapter ISPI Meeting, thanks to the always energetic Jean Marrapodi. e-Learning Tools Crash Course: Deciding What Authoring Tools to Use and When So youve heard about PowerPoint, Articulate, Captivate and Flash. United States License.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 21, 2008

Im co-opting it and encourage all of you to do the same. What have you done lately to create a course that will intrigue and inspire your learners? Im writing financial industry software training course storyboard #10, in a series of 29 courses! So much on-demand training consists of boring page turners.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

This hasnt gotten onto my radar before -- Im not sure if there are any state-funded online programs in Massachusetts. As I recall, she has two kids in high school who are taking online courses, and thats what got her interested in ID and e-learning. Of course, the direction makes perfect sense and does seem inevitable at this stage.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 15, 2009

Tweetdeck Im officially hooked to Twitter and use Tweetdeck to organize and group those I follow. My best column: eLearning, of course! But Gcal helps me keep myself organized, and now that Ive discovered CalenGoo for the iPod Im all synched up. Im ready for the iPhone. Now I stop first at Twitter. Have a question?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Of course, we dont get any detail into how Typealyzer works, so its even more suspect! Okay, Im stunned there are so many INTJs here since as a general rule, INTJs are only about 5% of population (Im guessing here). Im an INTJ and it says my blog is an ESTP. I think thats fairly accurate, especially the independent part.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2007

Inspired by all this blog talk about simulations and immersive learning and Second Life and World of Warcraft. Im right with you. Of course, my laptop doesnt have the right video card so I just watched over some guys shoulder. Im a female instructional designer in my late 30s. CC License ). Mostly men.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2008

Im not just thinking about the gadgets and the gizmos that you use or the instructional design "method" behind the process (e.g., Do you ever develop a mnemonic for a custom course? But Ive got a mind to try it out one of these courses. In a recent course, I designed "Think About It!" I dont know if Ive ever done that.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2008

Karl Kapp suggests starting off a course with a series of questions related to the objectives, or to start off with a scenario. [In If they choose to skip that part of the course, then thats OK by me, they must still meet the objective(s) before they complete the course." Then the course can help to answer that quesiton.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

I have never taken a course in adult learning theory. My current business card says Im a "Manager of Instructional Design". And now Im here -- "Manager of Instructional Design." But at this point, Im here to stay. If youd like to learn more about what Im doing these days, check out my current job description.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 5, 2008

Content Centric Solutions These are those courses that have the entire book of knowledge in em. That course that meets the needs of the learner. As the course designer, youre not encouraged or even allowed access to actual learners to get an understanding yourself. The sponsor says "we want this eLearning course."

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Im curious what other folks experiences has been. Im so happy to see you post this up. Im struggling with this right now. My problem however is that they keep dropping courses. Im not on to trying to source another college or university to try out. If you dont, have you ever been denied a job for the lack of one?

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