E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I had so much fun creating Australia’s Nobel Laureates , I decided to create another simple interactive learning object. If I were to create this learning object again, I would probably make better use of Captivate’s master slide functionality. Launch the learning object. Download the files.

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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.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

With the right hardware, software and guidance, teachers and their students can visualise abstract concepts (Mathematics, Science), produce replica objects (History, Geography) and create original objects (Art). As the following video demonstrates, the technology can also be applied to problem-based learning. And we can go further.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

If you’re like me, you’ll now want to create a hard copy – a “real” book. I had imagined that books created via CreateSpace would be a bit dinky. That’s a good idea, but because I’m familiar with graphic design, I created my own cover with Corel’s astonishingly cheap PaintShop Pro.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 11, 2012

• Create a Facebook page. • Create an author page. So please find below Part 4 of my series which provides tips on how to ramp up your sales… There are literally hundreds of ways to promote a product. • Ask your friends and allies to publish a review. • If you write a blog, inform your subscribers.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In honour of the event, I have created a simple learning object that showcases the Nobel Laureates from my own country: Australia’s Nobel Laureates. To remedy the situation, I would like to share with you the 3 steps I took to create my learning object, and in doing so demonstrate the fact that just about anyone can do it.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I had so much fun creating Australia’s Nobel Laureates , I decided to create another simple interactive learning object. If I were to create this learning object again, I would probably make better use of Captivate’s master slide functionality. Launch the learning object. Download the files.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 4, 2018

” A group of middle school students has used 360° photos to create a virtual tour of Fort Vancouver , while the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust uses 360° video to take you on a tour of their Age of Sail galleries. . “See the apps and devices in action, in the context of where we work, live and play.”

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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. Because open, searchable, browsable, accessible content does not exist, we feel compelled as professionals to create it.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Having said that, I also suppose I’ve created some of my own luck by keeping a few steps ahead of the business. I suppose I’ve been lucky in the sense that, throughout my career, I’ve been able to align my curiosity and sense of direction with the needs of the business.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 13, 2013

At my workplace a little while ago, I created a smartphone-friendly version of our online induction course. Create the one course to rule them all. I have a confession to make. Ownership of smartphones is relatively common in this corner of the world, and a large proportion of our new recruits are Gen Y.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

If you’re like me, you’ll now want to create a hard copy – a “real” book. I had imagined that books created via CreateSpace would be a bit dinky. That’s a good idea, but because I’m familiar with graphic design, I created my own cover with Corel’s astonishingly cheap PaintShop Pro.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

All of them create a highly influential eLearning team of experts, but each one has his or her own distinctive path, skills and know-how, leading to the creation of a multidimensional, and highly helpful for those who want to advance their eLearning careers, professional mosaic.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

When running courses on how to create engaging eLearning (concentrating on the self-study module) we concentrate on designing, as Cathy Moore puts it, experiences. and she left a wonderfully detailed comment. I was so enamoured with what she wrote that I feel compelled to repeat it here… An excellent post Ryan.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In honour of the event, I have created a simple learning object that showcases the Nobel Laureates from my own country: Australia’s Nobel Laureates. To remedy the situation, I would like to share with you the 3 steps I took to create my learning object, and in doing so demonstrate the fact that just about anyone can do it.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Thou shalt create a group. Create a group and party like it’s 1399. If your messages are truly valuable, then spread them out over time so that we can digest them and formulate constructive responses. If you appreciate someone’s message, thou shalt “like” it.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 20, 2013

Annie Murphy Paul recently blogged about this phenomenon ( The Truth About MOOCs: Only 10% Of Students Actually Finish Them ), in which she makes the point that… …for all the hype about making education available for free on the web, we need to work a lot harder to create the psychological conditions that promote persistence, accountability, (..)

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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. Because open, searchable, browsable, accessible content does not exist, he or she feels compelled to create it.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 14, 2017

From this fruitful exercise I’m pleased to share with you 8 co‑created tips for making the most out of a conference. So I ditched the typical instructivist approach in favour of the andragogic. In other words, I crowdsourced the content. Attend all the sessions.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 24, 2014

If Joe wanted to attend a virtual conference or a meetup, he could do so with ease; however, if he wanted to host a virtual conference or create a meetup venue, that was beyond him. To me it’s simple: Second Life failed to accommodate Average Joe. And so Second Life sailed off the edge of the virtual world.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 3, 2019

From a change management perspective, I believe an organisation at one stage of the curve would achieve more success by growing into the next stage of the curve, while ironing out the bugs and creating the new normal along the way. Besides, it isn’t a race. Important journeys take time.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 19, 2012

This creates an “us & them” mentality which – even if affectionate – discourages the participation of the mortals. When we view the concept of subject matter expertise through this lens, we realise our roles as learning professionals need to change: We need to stop deifying the few.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 22, 2014

In translating this experience to the classroom, I try to see the open web and the connections we create between people and ideas as the curriculum for learning. I suggest that the content created by the members of community is the curriculum. In a sense, participating in the community is the curriculum.”

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2015

I should know: I’ve used them as a student, I’ve seen my peers create them, and I’ve created them myself. Sure, they may be thoughtfully filtered and informatively annotated, but a hotchpotch is a hotchpotch. Consider the trusty instructional design heuristic of Tell Me, Show Me, Let Me, Test Me.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Thou shalt create a group. Create a group and party like it’s 1399. If your messages are truly valuable, then spread them out over time so that we can digest them and formulate constructive responses. If you appreciate someone’s message, thou shalt “like” it.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

For this purpose I have created the following diagram. Less a recipe citing specific ingredients and amounts, more a shopping basket containing various ingredients that we can use in different combinations depending on the meal.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I opted out of the latter because I had already created my e-book through KDP. More importantly, however, they can ship your book to multiple retailers: Barnes & Noble , iBookstore , Sony Reader Store , Diesel , Kobo , and of course, Amazon. If you aren’t familiar with HTML, you may prefer to forgo KDP for Smashwords.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 29, 2013

Instead, corporates should consider making their offerings “MOOC like” by creating an online space in which the content can be consumed and discussed by the employees (with SME support) over the course of several weeks.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 19, 2012

This creates an “us & them” mentality which – even if affectionate – discourages the participation of the mortals. When we view the concept of subject matter expertise through this lens, we realise our roles as learning professionals need to change: We need to stop deifying the few.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 28, 2008

However, I accept Siemens’ subsequent point that the discourse since his article was published has helped to create a context of understanding. Consider the following: Create a social bookmarking account to share useful websites. It seems to me that the academic argy bargy has focussed on the epistemology of connectivism.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Seeded with content, the cMOOC empowers – read “expects” – the learner to discuss, debate, discover, share and co-create new knowledge with his or her fellow learners. In contrast, the latter leverages the connectedness of the participants.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 15, 2011

Aside: With the advent of the Flip camera, anyone can create authentic video clips. Erin McCuskey recommends treating your training video like a mini Hollywood production – with character development, a storyline and emotional connection – which makes it so much more engaging. All you need is a dash of creativity.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 20, 2013

Annie Murphy Paul recently blogged about this phenomenon ( The Truth About MOOCs: Only 10% Of Students Actually Finish Them ), in which she makes the point that… …for all the hype about making education available for free on the web, we need to work a lot harder to create the psychological conditions that promote persistence, accountability, (..)

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I opted out of the latter because I had already created my e-book through KDP. More importantly, however, they can ship your book to multiple retailers: Barnes & Noble , iBookstore , Sony Reader Store , Diesel , Kobo , and of course, Amazon. If you aren’t familiar with HTML, you may prefer to forgo KDP for Smashwords.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 1, 2010

In 2009, customer Nick Getley liked the brand so much he created a Bubble O’ Bill page on Facebook that – at the time of writing – has 844,276 fans! For those of you who are not aware, Bubble O’ Bill is an ice cream that was first launched in the US in the 1980s, but achieved peculiar success in Australia soon after.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Seeded with content, the cMOOC empowers – read “expects” – the learner to discuss, debate, discover, share and co-create new knowledge with his or her fellow learners. In contrast, the latter leverages the connectedness of the participants.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

A better idea is to create a separate Twitter account specifically for collecting your feeds. Sure you can automatically prefix the posts, but even so, you will no doubt annoy your followers with the dozens of extra tweets every day. Just because you want to read them doesn’t mean they do! For example, I’ve set up r20_blogroll.

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