e-Learning Academy

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

I am a fan of James Clay; a UK-based learning technology specialist working in tertiary education, helping staff to adopt technology for teaching and learning. He has a terrific podcast – E-Learning Stuff – where he and his colleagues provide pragmatic insights into how learning and technology interact with each other.

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e-Learning Academy

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Results and commentary from October Poll: What is your greatest e-learning skill development challengs? I agree. [.].

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e-Learning Academy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

This is part 3 of a three part series examining ways to determine the feasibility of e-learning for an organisation. These tips may help analyse the readiness and the effort likely to be needed to make a strategy succeed. Part 1 was about systems and is located here. Part 2 was about culture and is located [.].

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e-Learning Academy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

Episode 2 e-learning tutorial introduces a framework that helps learning professionals decide upon the right learning design and technology to meet existing and desired capability requirements.

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e-Learning Academy

MAY 6, 2013

It’s 2013 and I am still seeing poor quality e-learning courses being built by so-called ‘professional’ e-learning developers who then sell these to uninformed organisations. Design Development'

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e-Learning Academy

JUNE 8, 2013

Changing practice Design Development Project Management' Have you ever been caught in the middle between what a project sponsor or subject matter expert (SME) wants to deliver and what you know to be good learning design?

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e-Learning Academy

AUGUST 12, 2013

According to 2011 National Learning and Development Index (Blanchard International), 68.5% of Australian Learning and Development or Training Departments offer e-learning as part of their learning delivery. Changing practice Design Development E-Learning strategy' We have all seen the stats. Recently, Webanywhere, an [.].

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e-Learning Academy

APRIL 13, 2012

A RFQ helps make clear the requirements of an e-learning course for development. Meeting requirements and expectations during an e-learning courseware development project is a 2-way street. Last week I blogged about what to include in an e-learning request for quotation (RFQ).

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e-Learning Academy

JULY 20, 2012

Storyboards are used by the instructional designer (ID) to: Gain agreement with the subject matter expert (SME) on the design approach of the e-learning course Provide instruction to the e-learning developer on [.].

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e-Learning Academy

JANUARY 3, 2012

The e-learning development is commonly centralised through the Learning and Development (L&D) e-learning team who may or [.]. I call this the “Sustain” phase of the ADDIES model. Often compliance-related courses and technical courses are originally sponsored by subject matter experts (SMEs).

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e-Learning Academy

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Have you developed similar materials and content [.]. Thank you to Zoe Karathomas for allowing me to share our combined thoughts: Have you worked with clients of a similar size/industry to ours? and can I have a list of recent referees to contact?)

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e-Learning Academy

APRIL 3, 2011

Episode 10 e-learning tutorial explores the role of project management when developing e-learning projects. It highlights the development lifecycle and change management plan.

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e-Learning Academy

JANUARY 20, 2012

Question from a client: I am working with Subject Matter Experts to manage the development of an e-learning course. What can I do to help the SMEs understand what is required for a quality e-learning outcome? There are a couple of overarching things we need to achieve when working with SMEs: Help SMEs become discerning [.].

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e-Learning Academy

JUNE 9, 2012

This will require staff to develop a new skill, and we can’t resource a classroom roll-out. Should we develop two e-learning courses delivered via the Learning Management System (LMS) or a series of short “How to” videos available on the intranet?

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e-Learning Academy

MAY 27, 2012

Question from a client: We are developing a leadership program and need to sustain it beyond 2012. We want to look at learning technology options to help us do this. What do you suggest? This is a great question because the client is thinking ahead. With tightening budgets, strains on resources and incoming carbon tax, [.].

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e-Learning Academy

APRIL 19, 2013

This video examines an learning and development or training department functional perspective to [.]. Change management Changing practice E-Learning strategy E-Learning tutorial Implementation Learning Management Systems Organisational culture Podcast Video'

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e-Learning Academy

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Like I’ve written before, I think there are clear synergies between internet content marketing and our approach to developing content for workplace (on demand) learning. Recently I was listening to an interesting ‘banter’ from Tim Reid and Andrew Griffiths. Tim is the host of Small Business Big Marketing.

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e-Learning Academy

JUNE 12, 2011

There is no-one to blame; simply a difference of perspectives that will become better aligned as the industry matures and relationships develop. Both share their frustrations with me about e-learning projects. Let me explain [.].

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e-Learning Academy

JUNE 3, 2011

E-Learning Uncovered is an organisation whose business focus is to support people to develop skills in e-learning [.]. Richard from Openlearn informed me about a recently published comparison of authoring tools, which I am sharing with you now. Thanks Richard.

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e-Learning Academy

APRIL 5, 2012

Question from client: We need to engage an external e-learning provider to develop a course. What should we include in a Request for Quotation (RFQ)? An RFQ is used to provide e-learning providers with enough project detail to enable them to give you an accurate quotation. It is an important document for several reasons: It begins [.].

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e-Learning Academy

JANUARY 7, 2011

Episode 7 e-learning tutorial explores some of the changes that are occurring in learning and development as an outcome of technology. Part 1 of the podcast is an interview with Colleen Kavanagh, a leader in organisational learning and development, and a speaker at AITD.

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e-Learning Academy

JULY 23, 2010

I first began my e-learning development in 2002 at a Pharma company, where we purchased a Learning Management System, Content Development Server and began creating e-learning courseware for Induction and product training. We quickly [.].

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e-Learning Academy

OCTOBER 31, 2011

As our sophistication about e-learning develops, so do our authoring tool requirements. There is a plethora of e-learning authoring tools available on the market. Each have their unique combination of features. What feature of an e-learning tool is most important to you now?

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e-Learning Academy

OCTOBER 8, 2011

They are short staffed, they don’t have a dedicated e-learning team, and they need to get content developed pretty rapidly. What’s the best e-learning authoring tool to get us out of trouble? In this scenario, the client had never done e-learning before. They have the product training in a reasonable [.].

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e-Learning Academy

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

Then it’s up to the learning and development (L&D) professional to action the idea. The CEO wants to modernise training delivery. This is terrific! Executive sponsorship for such a strategy is always an imperative. Our first job is to make sure the [.].

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e-Learning Academy

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Of course, the ideal is that your e-learning strategy encompasses the purchase, development and implementation of both. A question from a client in organisational learning: Do we need a LMS? This is an interesting question. Which comes first? The e-learning course or the LMS? However, there are a couple of variables: If you are a [.].

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e-Learning Academy

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

The E-Learning Academy blog will cover information and opinions about: E-Learning and social media skill development “How to” guides [.]. What this means is that I have redefined the purpose of this blog.

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e-Learning Academy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

It will also enable you to develop strategies to help mitigate four common risks to LMS implementation: Requirements [.]. The Connect Thinking E-Learning Academy has launched it’s 5th online course: Choosing and Implementing a LMS.

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e-Learning Academy

APRIL 19, 2014

Student dropout rates will continue if the executive do not provide teachers with adequate skill development opportunities to understand the online learner, online content design, and techniques for writing activities for online collaboration. Multimedia tools to develop content. It’s not about any of these things!

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e-Learning Academy

AUGUST 20, 2011

Episode 15 e-learning tutorial asks why many Australian organisations are failing to invetigate new technologies to support strategic capability development. Alison suggests seven possible reasons.

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e-Learning Academy

MAY 28, 2011

Episode 12 e-learning tutorial outlines five things to think about when preparing to develop an e-learning course. Why not download this free e-learning training from iTunes Or read the Transcript Or watch the entire free e-learning tutorial series on our YouTube channel (Episode 12 is embedded below).

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e-Learning Academy

MARCH 28, 2011

Workshop day of Global Learn conference, I was privileged to attend Design & Develop and Innovative Online Learning Environment, instructed by Abtar Kaur and Zoraini Abas, Open University Malaysia. My interest was to hear how their approach to online instruction and design may inform my own research.

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e-Learning Academy

JULY 1, 2011

I noticed the 2011 National Learning and Development Index report was cited in BRW last week (Training decisions made on the run, June 23-29, pp51).

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e-Learning Academy

JANUARY 28, 2011

(This post is a continuance from The value of explanation videos) There are 2 aspects to developing explanation videos; Visual design and Instructional design. Visual design: Animation (such as that used by Common Craft) is a great choice for explanation videos. It’s simplicity and accessibility can help get the message across easily.

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e-Learning Academy

JULY 17, 2010

The Forum page contains 8 forum titles: Developing Strategy, Webinar design and facilitation, E-learning courseware instructional design, E-Learning [.]. Let me describe what’s there. The Courses page contains two courses. A demonstration of these can be viewed on the Membership page.

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e-Learning Academy

MARCH 8, 2013

When I’m asked “How do I start e-learning?”(courses, ”(courses, webinar, video or other), my immediate reaction in my head is “What can I say that will help this person be considered?”

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e-Learning Academy

AUGUST 17, 2012

I’ve been making video podcasts for YouTube and iTunes for a couple of years now, and I am often asked how I make these. Here’s how I do it. Choose a format The first thing I did was settle on a format which I could use consistently as part of the brand. This included: Creating [.].

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