eLearning Blender

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Enough talking about how to design project based learning, let's get down to the brass tacks and look at an example of a PBL lesson. This example is titled " Selling Sleep Disorder Relief " and was designed to help sleep products sales people improve their sales with customers suffering from sleep disorders.

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Project Examples Guidelines Simulations 56

eLearning Blender

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Project Based Lessons begin with what I believe to be the most critical aspect of the instructional design process, the Driving Question. A well designed project is based on a driving question that sets off an inquiry based learning process where the project activities, and objectives are all determined by the driving question.

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Project Lesson Instructional Instruction 80

eLearning Blender

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

In an instructional design class I took over the summer we focused on "Project Based Learning." What I learned in this class inspired me to make it more of a priority in my work as an instructional designer in a corporate environment. Tags: Instructional Design Project Based Learning. If so, I would like to hear about it.

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Project Instructional Design Write Blog Search 45

eLearning Blender

MAY 23, 2009

Not everyone is as quick to jump on the bandwagon as many tech savvy instructional designers are. informal learning is the wave of the future in instructional design. A great way to do this is to design a formal learning assignment or activity that helps the learner to experience the benefits of the resource.

Social Learning 40

Social Learning Wiki Social Networks Social 40

eLearning Blender

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

The Spring semester has begun and I started a new class in the Educational Technology program at San Diego State called Ed Tech 650 "Distance Education" although the name may soon be changing to something like "eLearning Design and Development."

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Education Classes Instructional Design Synchronous 40

eLearning Blender

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

An Instructional Designers "Cheat Sheet" for Designing Project Based Learning Four blog posts ago I set out on a long strange trip to dissect project based learning in a corporate environment. For more information please click on the links throughout the post or in the "More Information" section. So, what is PBL anyway?

Project 40

Project Blended Learning Lesson Score 40

eLearning Blender

JULY 1, 2009

As an Instructional Designer and eLearning developer, many of my personal development goals revolve around improving my visual design skills. This PLN report highlights a couple of blog posts found through Google Reader that are helping me to improve my visual design skills.

Personal Learning 40

Personal Learning Network Personal Personalization 40

eLearning Blender

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

This week in an Instructional Design class I am taking in the Ed Tech program at SDSU we will be discussing Second Life. I've been hearing so much about using it as an instructional design tool and now that it has come up on the class schedule my curiosity has reached it's tipping point. Second Life SDSU eLearning.

Second Life 40

Second Life Social Networks eLearning 2.0 Social Network 40

eLearning Blender

JULY 9, 2008

I designed and developed a prototype for the first course and it is under review now. This has proved to me that the instructional design truly is the most important part. With good design, a power point can become a high end eLearning module. I am now knee deep in the project and learning a lot along the way.

PowerCONVERTER 40

PowerCONVERTER Wondershare PPT Program 40

eLearning Blender

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

I have designed similar train the trainer courses before but I am looking for some new ideas to make it more effective. Tags: Instructional Design Software Implementation Technical Training. I have scheduled a 2 day meeting with the SME’s where I will introduce them to the course and prepare them to facilitate it on their own.

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ILT Training Train Instructional Design 40

eLearning Blender

DECEMBER 31, 2009

I look forward to another year of Moodle and increasing the amount of posts I write on other topics such as Blended Training Solutions, Instructional Design, Adobe Captivate and Training and Development in general. What was your year like? I'm curious to hear about your hot topics of the year and what you see in the year ahead.

Adobe Captivate 40

Adobe Captivate Moodle Blended Learning Adobe 40

eLearning Blender

JUNE 11, 2008

So far, I have completed a course on Educational Technology and I am currently enrolled in a class on Web Design. The Ed Tech class was more of an introduction to the theories of instructional design, mainly the ADDIE model. I just started Ed Tech 541 - Web Design and I am loving it.

Instructional Design 40

Instructional Design Dreamweaver Photoshop ADDIE 40

eLearning Blender

APRIL 4, 2009

The questions I have listed out below is what I have boiled Mager and Pipes quick reference checklist down to after a few years of applying it in my instructional design work. Tags: Instructional Design ROI Analysis. What is the problem and is it worth pursuing?

Analysis 40

Analysis Performance Support Performance Pipes 40

eLearning Blender

JANUARY 12, 2010

I recommend this book for any Instructional Designer, Corporate Trainer, or Teacher looking to increase engagement in their eLearning courses by taking advantage of multimedia tools. Even a seasoned instructional design veteran can learn about a new multimedia tool or two from this book. Related Posts: Moodle 1.9

Moodle 40

Moodle Google Docs Audacity Jing 40

eLearning Blender

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

While I was waiting for the software to arrive, I designed and storyboarded a soft skill scenario simulation for management training courses that I am working on. My Adobe creative suite and Captivate arrived and I have already dove into a project in Captivate.

Captivate 40

Captivate Photoshop Simulations Storyboard 40

eLearning Blender

MARCH 22, 2010

One way to create a realistic scene is to use pictures of the actual environment but in some cases you might want to design a scene that is easier to manipulate so that various scenarios can be constructed from the same scene. The latter is the situation I was in in for an eLearning project I just finished.

Photoshop 67

Photoshop Help Create Simulations 67

eLearning Blender

MAY 10, 2010

I was working on a variety of instructional design projects involving instructor led (face to face) training and beginning to implement eLearning within my organization.

Social Networks 44

Social Networks Blogging Change Blended Learning 44

eLearning Blender

JULY 31, 2008

At this point, it doesn't contain much but ultimately it will contain a collection of my work in instructional design. My intentions of the portfolio website is to share some of my work and tell you a little more about who I am. Please take a look at it and let me know if you have any suggestions.

Portfolio 40

Portfolio Site Web Dreamweaver 40

eLearning Blender

JUNE 18, 2008

The web design class I am taking is really getting my feet wet with Dreamweaver and photoshop. I am currently working on my portfolio site which will eventually contain a gallery of my work along with some information about me. Something that is confusing me about Dreamweaver is the need for multiple site definitions.

Site 40

Site Dreamweaver Photoshop Portfolio 40

eLearning Blender

AUGUST 29, 2008

Last semesters web design class held my hand through FTP'ing the files to the university web server so I was a little nervous to go out into the big scary Internet all on my own. I took a big step in my web development skills by moving my portfolio web site to a new web host and domain name that I purchased.

Portfolio 40

Portfolio Server Web Hosting 40

eLearning Blender

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Guess that goes to show what matters to an instructional designer in this current economic climate. Tony has a much better explanation of how the keyword widget functions in this post. Diving into this widget I was surprised how often I talk about and research freeware.

Freeware 40

Freeware eLearning Instructional Design Emergent 40

eLearning Blender

JANUARY 25, 2008

This would be small beans for experienced Instructional designers but I am new to the party and I am still trying to find my way so I am looking forward to getting started. Now that the tide towards eLearning has turned I am getting ready to begin the biggest eLearning project I've worked on. It's actually two projects for the same course.

Program 40

Program Management Training Train 40

eLearning Blender

DECEMBER 20, 2007

A well designed job aid such as the one page guides can be much more effective than a day long training course. I stumbled upon Tim's Blog which is chock full of “One Page Guides” that are simple, one page job aids covering a variety of topics. Browsing through these one page guides reminded me that simpler is better most of the time.

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Wiki Sun PDF Guide 40

eLearning Blender

JANUARY 19, 2010

I'd like a tool that is designed well for laying out a branching tutorial and makes it easy to create menu screens with variables based on the users path. Although I do have a student discount so I may be able to find a better deal then what is advertised on the web site.

Articulate 57

Articulate Captivate Authoring Tools Adobe Captivate 57

eLearning Blender

JUNE 9, 2009

Tags: Instructional Design Moodle LMS eLearning.

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Moodle eLearning Instructional Design Quiz 40

eLearning Blender

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

With my newly established and potential LinkedIn connections I hope to learn through others experiences and discover opportunities to improve my career in instructional design and eLearning development. Now that I have joined the groups I need to dive into the forums and see what everybody is talking about.

Social Networks 40

Social Networks LinkedIn eLearning Guild Social Network 40

eLearning Blender

MARCH 14, 2010

The "Review Mode" feature is designed to allow the user to review the eLearning course without their score being tracked in the gradebook. The Problem: The problem was with a SCORM based course not tracking scores correctly in the Moodle gradebook due to it forcing learners into "Review Mode" after their first attempt.

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Moodle SCORM Problem Score 40

eLearning Blender

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Each phase of this blended solution is designed to further the learners understanding of the software and ensure transference after the training has taken place. Please leave a comment if you have any suggestions that can contribute to the success of this software implementation.

Wiki 40

Wiki Software Blended Learning MediaWiki 40

eLearning Blender

AUGUST 10, 2009

Tags: Instructional Design Moodle ILT Blended Training LMS SDSU eLearning.

Personal Learning 40

Personal Learning Network Blended Learning Personal 40

eLearning Blender

JULY 21, 2009

As a relatively new "Tweeter," I had no idea there were so many apps available specifically designed to help you build your brand. Mashable's blog post " How to build your personal brand on Twitter " by Dan Schawbel provides great tips for showcasing your brand on Twitter in an effort to create career opportunities.

Network 45

Network Personal Learning Personal Personalization 45

eLearning Blender

MARCH 3, 2010

Rapid Development - Yes, it still takes time and effort to design and develop a quality eLearning experience but Articulate has definitely sped up the development process for me. Articulate has definitely proven that it provides what I was looking for and many other benefits that I was not aware of.

Articulate 40

Articulate Adobe Captivate Authoring Tools Captivate 40

eLearning Blender

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

It appeared as if the workshop descriptions were written long before the workshops were designed. I think that I could have gotten more out of the workshops if I had made better selections. In a couple of workshops I was completely surprised about the content after selecting it based on the description.

DevLearn 40

DevLearn eLearning 2.0 Conference Performance Support 40

eLearning Blender

MAY 4, 2009

Tags: Wiki Instructional Design web 2.0

Wiki 40

Wiki MediaWiki Forum Newsletter 40

eLearning Blender

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

I read an interesting article titled "Behavioral, Cognitive, or Brain Based Learning" by Paul G. Whitmore and it gave me a whole new perspective in analyzing performance problems.

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Brain Cognitive Analysis Behavior 40

eLearning Blender

APRIL 26, 2009

Once my experimental Moodle installation is back online I will be forging ahead by customizing the theme and setting up a course for an instructional design class I am taking in the Ed Tech program at SDSU. Everity provided great customer service with a quick response and resolution to my problem.

Moodle 40

Moodle Server Portfolio Site 40

eLearning Blender

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

The main goal I am trying to achieve is to find an easy way to create site wide grade reports and that is what the report creator is designed to do. Report Creator - This is where the rubber meets the road.

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Moodle Report Management Learning Objects 61