Learning Visions

JUNE 25, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, June 25, 2007 Getting Pysched for FaceBook Im definitely feeling out-of-my element in this whole FaceBook thing. Im trying to get into it and discover its potential professional uses. Im feeling lonely and really nerdy.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 29, 2007

To work out my thoughts and ideas (hey, Im an extrovert -- I need to talk about whats going on in my head in order to process it and take it to the next level). Im a new blogger -- not fully evolved). At least, I would hope thats what Im doing. Im excited to meet people whose blogs I have been reading. Games for Girls.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 12, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, June 12, 2007 My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environmental World Tony Karrer asked in the comments on my PLE post yesterday , Im curious if you distinguish your learning environment (tools, skills, etc.)

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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). billbrandon had this comment on Twitter: I usually just tell em Im a writer. Then if they ask what I write, I explain: "Stuff that helps people learn how to do things." I create learning material. Oh, I see."

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, February 08, 2007 Back to bloggin Im gonna try this again. I kind of lost interest for awhile, but now that Ive got my Google Reader going, Ive become caught up in all the chatter. Im gonna try it. felt.connected.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Using FaceBook Im trying to expand my horizons a bit these days and have been taking a closer look at a whole bunch of tools out there, including SecondLife and FaceBook. Thats about as far as its gone.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 3, 2007

Beachward Bound Crowdsourcing: Authoring Tools & LMS Questions My Summer ID Reading List ► June (3) eLearning Authoring Tools Mindmap The Two Faces of ePortfolios The Unofficial eLearning Salary Calculator ► May (9) Book Review: Ruth Clark’s Evidence-Based Training. Me, Id mostly like to take a nap. Powered by Blogger.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 16, 2007

Another important reason to understand your audience when developing e-Learning, even along gender lines. Im wondering if any e-Learning designers out there consider these differences when creating courses. Learning Mate Demo Learning from Observation Rise Up and sing you e-Learning designers of the 2.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2007

As a result, he says, for todays e-learning designers to do their jobs well, we need to: revel in complexity and uncertainty grow their theoretical knowledge daily walk the (digital) walk thrive on new ideas Im trying, man. Learning Mate Demo Learning from Observation Rise Up and sing you e-Learning designers of the 2.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 9, 2007

Im a touchy-feely-people-kind-of-person. This is why using a feed reader (I use Google Reader) is essential to staying on top of all of the blogs you read. Making the time to engage in conversations online does seem to move towards greater abundancy thinking and Im really enjoying the opportunities it is presenting. Its awesome.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 4, 2007

The article is mostly about Google Book Search, the massive project to "build a comprehensive index of all the books in the world." Great post, Cammy and Im completely with you on loving the physical feel of a good book. link] I hope that Im wrong. Which I think sounds like a good thing. Don 8:38 AM Davesaid.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Buzzword beats current Ajax-based offerings like Google Docs and Zoho Writer in both usability and aesthetic impact. Im on the press page, so I think I should get at invite, dont you? I did send an email and got a response that Id be included in the "next round of invitations", which Im told will be in the next day or so.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Then I realized Im a constant notetaker, in the pen-and-paper sense. Thats one way for me to process the information Im seeing/hearing, and the same may be true for at least some live bloggers. Personal Hard Drive My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environment. The others, of course, are just showing off.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 8, 2007

I think Im somewhat of an anomaly in the field. Maybe Im not an instructional designer at all. Reflecting on #ASTD10 Recommended: "In Defense of the LMS" Chicago Bound: Kineo at ASTD ICE #astd10 One Year on at Kineo #yam Now that’s an Enterprise Moodle! I dont do any programming. I dont build courses.

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Learning Visions

MAY 30, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Blogging is the new Graduate School Im not the only one getting an informal masters degree out here. Now Im not at the beginning of my career and Id like to think that I have some expertise.if but a little.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 15, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, March 15, 2007 Learning Mate Demo Im in search of good examples of cheap but effective e-Learning in the vein of the 21st century designer (web 2.0, ils, etc.). The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew! Games for Girls.

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Learning Visions

JULY 13, 2007

As e-Learning strategists and practitioners pushing these cutting edge tools, weve got to make sure that the tools suit the audience. Im going to Maine. Reflecting on #ASTD10 Recommended: "In Defense of the LMS" Chicago Bound: Kineo at ASTD ICE #astd10 One Year on at Kineo #yam Now that’s an Enterprise Moodle!

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Learning Visions

MARCH 7, 2007

Beachward Bound Crowdsourcing: Authoring Tools & LMS Questions My Summer ID Reading List ► June (3) eLearning Authoring Tools Mindmap The Two Faces of ePortfolios The Unofficial eLearning Salary Calculator ► May (9) Book Review: Ruth Clark’s Evidence-Based Training. Check it out. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Facebook for the Enterprise Im still mucking around in Facebook, trying to get it. Personal Hard Drive My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environment. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

Im always happy to spread the good word. Beachward Bound Crowdsourcing: Authoring Tools & LMS Questions My Summer ID Reading List ► June (3) eLearning Authoring Tools Mindmap The Two Faces of ePortfolios The Unofficial eLearning Salary Calculator ► May (9) Book Review: Ruth Clark’s Evidence-Based Training.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2007

Not surprisingly, a lot more activity was seen if test subjects were watching to learn (anticipating that they were to do the task later) vs. watching only. The very active area here was the cerebellum, which apparently has a big role in "motor learning and expertise". The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew! Games for Girls.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 28, 2007

Incremental: Some forms of online training support current ways of doing things Virtual classrooms, presentation software, authoring tools, assessment tools, LMS. Marshall McLuhan) -- Im not trying to be a smarty-pants here, but I looked this up and Gary was close: "We look at the present through a rear-view mirror.

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Learning Visions

MAY 16, 2007

Jean, You make some great points about learning styles. Im interested in your background -- it sounds like your experience is in the classroom. Whats your take as far as e-Learning goes with learning styles? Im definitely not saying to throw out the baby or the bathwater here. 1:32 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2007

This gender gap is striking to me, too, in terms of who is talking about games/immersive learning and instructional design. Im right with you. Im a female instructional designer in my late 30s. Sort of Myst-like puzzles, although Im definitely out of practice from that way of thinking. Mostly men. Whos got the time?

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Learning Visions

MARCH 1, 2007

These folks are described to us by their managers as wanting to do their jobs and then go home and crack a few beers. Theyre certainly not going to take the initiative to take e-learning courses on their own time. At least, this is what Im told. Free the Learners -- Free the LMS Open Simulations vs. Page Turners?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

So Im spreading the word and saying: go take the survey and add your own little self into the mix. Reflecting on #ASTD10 Recommended: "In Defense of the LMS" Chicago Bound: Kineo at ASTD ICE #astd10 One Year on at Kineo #yam Now that’s an Enterprise Moodle! Go take the survey and help him get a good set of data."

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Learning Visions

JUNE 15, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, June 15, 2007 ADDIE: Its a Process This is probably an argument made in any Instructional Design 101 class; I dont think Im saying anything new here. Personal Hard Drive My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environment.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2007

I was googling this issue and came across a few resources or webrings : BlogHer "Where the women bloggers are." Now, as a woman, Im definitely interested in those topics. But I guess this isnt where Ill find the female e-Learning bloggers. So -- who else is out there in the e-Learning blogosphere of the female persuasion?

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Learning Visions

MARCH 19, 2007

The use of music in e-Learning? But Im always in search of practical advice. Whos really used music in e-Learning to good effect? I think my resistance to using music in courses may have something to do with the notion of music not being taken seriously in a learning environment. Ill stop there. Games for Girls.

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Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2007

Cammy--thanks for the compliment. :-) Im digging the new look and what you did with the banner. Reflecting on #ASTD10 Recommended: "In Defense of the LMS" Chicago Bound: Kineo at ASTD ICE #astd10 One Year on at Kineo #yam Now that’s an Enterprise Moodle! So -- what do you think? Very nice Photoshopping!

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Learning Visions

JUNE 2, 2007

Im a practical person at heart; not a theory-based one). In my professional practice Ive watched thousands of people pay no attention to their personal learning, always leaving "training" up to their organizations. Personal Hard Drive My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environment. Thats it, isnt it? Just do it. (Im

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Learning Visions

JULY 11, 2007

Well, lets just say that theres no denying now that Im almost 40. Reflecting on #ASTD10 Recommended: "In Defense of the LMS" Chicago Bound: Kineo at ASTD ICE #astd10 One Year on at Kineo #yam Now that’s an Enterprise Moodle! In fact, I think Ill just start saying that I am 40. This seems significant for no real reason.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Im a linear reader in recovery and have been actively learning how to skim books and not feel guilty about it. Lots of practical ideas and examples for turning basic teaching points into learning games -- from casual games to teach facts and concepts, to detailed simulations that teach procedures and problem solving. Do They? )

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Learning Visions

APRIL 21, 2008

Instead of just relying on my faulty memory ("Oh, theres no way Ill forget that."), Ive been taking notes: In my paper notebook, in Google Notebooks, an occasional Jott to myself. In June, when the bags under my eyes are mile-wide, Im sure Ill be wishing for the peace and quiet of endless projects. 3:02 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 10, 2007

I also kept the LibraryThing listing books Im currently reading (or have read or intend to read at some point.), I also did a post on Google Sidebars & Dual Monitors -- which seems to be a hot search topic for people. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

JUNE 11, 2007

Corporations can "personalize" a Professional Learning Environment (aka an LMS), allowing users to add their own widgets; they can allow trainers to update a users training record; they can let the user set preferences. But that does not equal a Personal Learning Environment. Thanks for your delightful clarity today!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

Already I can tell you that Im just going to skip this step. Im not trying to make money off this blog. I use this blog as my own learning tool and write about what I feel like writing about -- usually right when it hits me. Well, thankfully, Im no George Lucas! Day 7: Plan a Weeks Worth of Blog Posts.

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