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JULY 4, 2009

This month's Big Question asks what new skills learning professionals need going forward in a Web World, "where learning and performance solutions take on a wider variety of forms and where churn happens at a much more rapid pace". Can this new attitude be developed? They don't have to endure an "icebreaker". And it's fun.

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Skills Diversity Training Big Question Virtual World 40

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MARCH 31, 2013

This month in Learning Solutions : "Over the years I’ve seen a lot of lists of criteria for buying eLearning, for developing a product, and for choosing a vendor or developer. Finding an explicit performance need, getting clear on assessments first, and sticking to a plan that helps the learner learn.”

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JANUARY 24, 2008

I've heard from people who've been told games are "too much fun", "we aren't allowed to have anything light", and my favorite, to the student who knocked it out of the park on his final project for one of my e-learning development courses, "It's too entertaining ".

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MARCH 15, 2018

This month in Learning Solutions I offer ideas for a "crash course" in learning design for those who may find themselves thrown into the role. Whatever the reason, it happens.

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MAY 15, 2017

eLearning designers and developers spend a lot of time on assessments, particularly things like quizzes and knowledge checks and tests. See this month's Learning Solutions column for details. But sometimes, easily fixed design issues are the culprits.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This month's Learning Solutions column revisits a favorite topic of mine: Working with very little budget. Not understanding the reality of development Not knowing what you already have The tech that will "change training forever!" Cart before the horse For more, see the rest of the column at [link].

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eLearning Open Source Voice Budget 40

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JULY 7, 2011

This reader sees him- or herself as an educator or workplace learning practitioner interested in professional development, improving practice, and learning more about learning regardless of the vehicle. He regards professional development and lifelong learning as an obligation for any practitioner in any field.

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Virtual Classroom Case Study eLearning Virtual World 64

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AUGUST 11, 2010

[Note: This originally ran on Training Magazine’s former “Training Day” blog on 2/12/2010] Discussion of objectives in training could be a topic for a book all by itself, but lately I’ve run across 2 excellent examples of problems with learning/performance objectives. So: Before developing the instruction don’t just write objectives.

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Harassment Training Compliance Training Blended Learning Write Blog 95

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APRIL 15, 2016

Over the years I’ve developed or picked up a lot of little tricks for making the environment more collaborative and engaging and thought I’d share some of what I learned. Let’s face it: There’s nothing positive about the word “ webinar.”

Virtual Classroom 49

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JULY 5, 2011

Do your learning objectives match strategies and outcomes? Figuring out how to reach the other domains – to provide psychomotor practice or to elicit an emotional response – is your challenge in developing effective eLearning.” New "Nuts and Bolts" column today! Talking is easy. Presenting bullet points is easy.

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eLearning Strategy Strategy Learning Objects Learning Objectives 56

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Facebook offers many options for setting limits on who can see what: Be sure to learn about using lists and other privacy settings. Google has just announced that it will no longer support development of Google Wave and plans to support the service only through the end of 2010. July 30, 2010) 2.

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Social Media Media Social Google Wave 102

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JULY 7, 2010

"One of the frustrations in Learning & Development is the reality of what happens when the worker returns to the job. This month's "Nuts and Bolts" column for Learning Solutions Magazine offers tips for getting management commitment to training.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

During yesterday's "Ukulele Learning" session my copresenter Shawn Rosler showed a chart with whole, quarter, and eighth notes and asked who had ever struggled to learn music this way. A lot of hands went up, accompanied by some headshaking and grimacing. You can creat collaborative playlists. You can share playlists.

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Music Social Player Internationalization 40

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APRIL 12, 2015

Much better than a hollow chocolate bunny, my metaphorical Easter basket this year held a review copy of Connie Malamed’s wonderful new Visual Design Solutions: Principles and Creative Inspiration for Learning.

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Authoring Tools Solution Design Compliance Training 40

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The experience -- from diagnosis to surgery to complications to recovery -- served as an excellent reminder that learning does not happen in a vacuum, that “training” is rarely enough, and that learners are actors in a system with many moving parts. How do we design for “personalized” learning experiences?

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DevLearn Performance Support Long Tail Performance 40

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AUGUST 31, 2010

The Social Media for Trainers blog book tour begins this Thursday, September 2, with a kickoff post from the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies' Jane Hart. This will be followed by a constellation of blogging stars from the training and eLearning fields. Is the book right for you?

Social Media 55

Social Media Media Blogging Social 55

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

tools.isn't it good enough for your learning and development department and your company to use these tools? If you want to break down the traditional and artificial boundaries of the learning function within your organization, you can use the web to help do it." Here's what Karl said: ". ov site itself.

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Social Networks Collaboration Social Network Social Media 40

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Ask each participant to tweet one thing they’ve learned. For a management development program, ask each Friday for a quick response to something critical to the course, such as, “List 5 things you caught people doing right this past week.” Facilitate comments to elicit further discussion among the participants.

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Social Media Media Wiki Social 49

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

If you haven't yet gotten your hands on Karl Kapp's Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning are missing out on a real treat. I spend a lot of time in trainer development work and have lately run into (yet another.) disturbing trend. and how we must tolerate and accommodate Them.

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JANUARY 17, 2009

An alternative approach to evaluation was developed Daniel Stufflebeam. More life beyond Kirkpatrick: Will Thalhimer endorses Brinkerhoff's Success Case evaluation method and commends him for advocating that learning professionals play a more “courageous” role in their organizations. Enough already, Jane! Yes, there are more.

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Kirkpatrick Alternatives Taxonomy Evalution 72

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MARCH 9, 2008

Based on the "Hollywood Squares" game, this was developed for a new-hire orientation program both as a way to cover fairly dry content as well as helping staff recognize people they'd need to know to both "get around" and "get along" in the office. (I photos of real people, and, 2. multiple choice questions recast as games.

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Games Photo PowerPoint Ideas 40

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FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Every sale saw new staff, less and less knowledgeable about (or, as far as I could tell, interested in) workplace training and learning. Magazine work is just an add-on for me; I am among the fortunate in the training/learning business to have good, full-time employment complete with retirement plan and health insurance.

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Instructional Design Training Train News 40

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FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Bentham developed the idea of the panopticon , a prison design that provided a single central point from which all prisoners/cells/activities could be observed. Distance learning allows for a new level of observation/supervision, including simple lurking, for those who choose to use it.

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Virtual Classroom Simulations Blackboard Distance Learning 81

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Image of Plaut’s Elements of Learning Experience Design to use as a discussion starter in a client meeting. The presenter had developed quick aids for people suddenly put in the position of moving traditional training to the virtual classroom environment. Side-by-side images of a cartoon badger and my dog.

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SnagIt Virtual Classroom Photo eLearning Guild 88

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MARCH 16, 2009

Dave Ferguson has revived the Working/Learning Blog Carnival and has asked for thoughts on "work at learning: learning at work". The group, now in its 24th year of evolving membership, has served members well as a vehicle for developing skills and camaraderie. Here's what's on my mind this rainy Sunday.

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