Integrated Learnings

MARCH 8, 2011

The Technology Association of Georgia's (TAG) Workplace Learning Society tried an interesting experiment recently by holding a discussion-only meeting on the topic of "Adapting 20th Century Training Models for the Future: Technology's Impact?" A corporate eLearning director and I discussed this recently. By Jay Lambert.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 14, 2010

I recently came across a discussion on LinkedIn that debated whether classroom (instructor-led) training is more credible than eLearning. In the LinkedIn discussion thread, training professionals suggested a variety of reasons that classroom training may be perceived as more credible than eLearning. By Shelley A.

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Integrated Learnings

MAY 11, 2011

By mapping this out, managers don’t have to set time aside to figure out how to best reinforce training or discuss it productively with employees.

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Integrated Learnings

JULY 20, 2011

Using post-it notes made it easy to move them around as we discussed the hierarchy. Diverse perspectives are very important as you discuss the order of the skills. We worked as a team, listening to each other’s viewpoints and ultimately deciding on the right order of the skills for the curriculum.

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Integrated Learnings

JULY 15, 2010

Corollary #2: Reflection – Prompt learners to reflect upon and discuss their new knowledge. If possible, assign learners to coaches who can check their early work and discuss their performance with them. Principle #5: Integration – Prompt learners to apply newly learned knowledge to their jobs. So why present both models?

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Integrated Learnings

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Upon discussing the changes, you find that there are only a few screens changing and only a few fields on each page. As I discussed in a previous post about technology advancement , we should never choose the technology to use before understanding the goals training must accomplish. Would you create a simulation for this?

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Integrated Learnings

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Audio, discussion assignment in which the learner is required to discuss. . = learning by observation and seeing information. Text, informative images, video demonstrations. Auditory = learning by listening to information or saying information aloud. information with a manager or peer. Simulations, on-the-job task assignments.

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Learning Styles Lesson Simulations eLearning 102

Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 11, 2012

At one point, the training project team discussed how to include Gagne’s nine events of instruction in each game, or whether it was even necessary to do so. I recently joined a project that involves designing a series of eLearning games to teach sales skills.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 2, 2013

Check out Building the Next Generation of SCORM for an introduction to Tin Can, or review Realizing the Potential of the Tin Can API to participate in a discussion about its potential pros and cons. Training practitioners have been abuzz about the possibilities Tin Can API might hold. Want to develop your technical skills?

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Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 31, 2011

provides tools such as wikis, blogs, discussion threads, and other tools that will allow social interactivity. Historically, eLearning consisted of a course that a user would view on the computer, complete independently, and have the completion show in a company’s Learning Management System (LMS).

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Wiki Simulations Association Learning Management System Augmented Reality 155

Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 3, 2011

For instance, if a learner struggles to answer certain types of questions or complete certain tasks, corrective feedback might encourage discussing the task with a manager or requesting an opportunity to observe a peer performing the task. How do you coach learners in eLearning feedback?

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Integrated Learnings

JUNE 1, 2011

Fortunately, we can prompt learners to reflect through individual activities, confidence measures, and insightful discussions. But if our training is too fast paced, learners might not get a chance to consciously recognize what they’ve learned and cement that learning. Social media in training can work wonders for this, too.

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Innovation Design eLearning Instant Messaging 148

Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 18, 2012

For example, if the training included three things not to say while discussing employee compensation, don’t write a distracter that includes all three items – chances are, most people don’t make all three mistakes at once, making the incorrect answer unrealistically obvious. But, don’t lay it on too thick.

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Write Blog Simulations Lesson Sound 164

Integrated Learnings

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Since I work with clients virtually, for me this means sharing a document in a web-conferencing session and typing out the details of the scenario as we discuss it. By a working session, I mean a meeting where you and a SME draft the text of the scenario together.

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Integrated Learnings

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Arrange for two or more people who have just completed the same program to meet face-to-face or on a conference call to discuss what they learned and how to apply it on the job. Provide tools such as flash cards or provocative questions to challenge one another. Have learners gather in a room and go through the eLearning program together.

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Blended Learning eLearning Social Networks Social Media 129

Integrated Learnings

APRIL 15, 2012

In addition, it would be a good idea to implement post-course interaction such as discussion of the new skills/concepts in a team meeting or creating action plans for implementation. The manager would then meet one-on-one with the participant to ensure these skills are being applied.

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Integrated Learnings

JULY 27, 2010

assessments, development plan, online discussion, etc.). . --6-- State expectations : Since training should result in specific on-the-job behaviors, inform learners of what will be expected of them after training (and how they’ll be held accountable). Of course, this element should be a part of every course. --7--

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Attention Blended Learning eLearning Music 183

Integrated Learnings

MARCH 11, 2010

A previous post on this blog ( Pointing to the Five Moments of Learning Need ) discusses this in more detail. After all, if performers rarely conduct a certain task, who's to say they'll remember anything from the refresher training when the time comes to work that task again? The moral of this story?

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Integrated Learnings

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

At lunch today, someone was discussing problems that instructional designers frequently face while working with subject matter experts (SMEs). By Jay Lambert. Don't get me wrong; there are many wonderful SMEs out there. But unfortunately there are also enough of the other variety that you see a lot of 'what to do when your SME.'

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Integrated Learnings

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

As part of your communication, openly discuss your limitations. Admittedly, if the evaluation was quite limited in scope and followed some of the loosely structured advice above, you probably can’t claim to be able to tell the entire story. But that’s okay. You might even recommend additional evaluation measures as next steps.

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Evalution eLearning Instructional Design ADDIE 165

Integrated Learnings

APRIL 13, 2011

Evaluation was the discussion topic, and several tweets mentioned that the model originated in the 1950s, a lot has changed since then, and we ought to follow a more current model. Over the past year or so, I’ve noticed several comments about how Kirkpatrick’s model of four levels of evaluation is outdated. I don’t agree.

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Kirkpatrick Metrics Evalution Performance Support 159

Integrated Learnings

MAY 14, 2012

Let’s look at some of the critical elements of a project plan and then discuss some ways to create one. First and foremost, we need to identify who a project’s key stakeholders are, including subject matter experts (SMEs), and gather this team of people together to create a project plan.

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Integrated Learnings

MAY 3, 2010

And while learner engagement is bound to come up, the topic has enough dimensions that a discussion of writing style might not make it to the forefront. Much attention is given to the systematic and systemic elements of good instructional design. Another consideration is time.

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Cognitive Blended Learning Education Write Blog 126

Integrated Learnings

JUNE 21, 2011

In a previous post, Jay Lambert discussed Gottfredson’s Five Moments of Learning Need. What does it mean for an online support document to be usable online? Usability, in practice, answers a very basic design question—does it work? Can users find and use information quickly and easily? When things go wrong. When things change.

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Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 11, 2010

In other words, lectures become text-heavy slides, while discussion questions and activities are translated into dull knowledge checks. I’ve seen talented instructional designers convert ILT into eLearning as though they’re doing a straight, simple conversion.

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Blended Learning Convert eLearning Strategy ILT 170

Integrated Learnings

MARCH 20, 2011

There has been a lot of discussion, and an infamous article or two, in our field about the death of the ADDIE model. By Jay Lambert. This came up again in the comments on my recent blog post, Adapting 20th Century Training Models for the Future. As a reminder, ADDIE stands for Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate.

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Instructional Design ADDIE ISPI Simulations 195

Integrated Learnings

JULY 25, 2009

After determining that the eLearning course's objective was to provide a reasonable overview and then knowledge of where to go for more information as learners need it, we pulled out the Moments of Learning Need as part of our discussion/intervention with the SME. And he accepted it (people like documented research).

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Analysis Performance Support Learning Integrate 133

Integrated Learnings

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Using the insights my colleagues discussed with me, I’ve attempted to build a case here suggesting that we don’t need to design eLearning differently to accommodate our aging workforce, as long as we’re basing our design on sound instructional principles anyway. What do you think?

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Compliance Training eLearning Instructional Design Learning Styles 148

Integrated Learnings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Before we define what a backchannel is, we need to define a couple other terms as a foundation for the discussion. While there, I engaged in a practice I had never before used known as a backchannel, via the well known micro blogging tool Twitter. It is different from a traditional blog in that it is exactly what the title infers – micro.

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Integrated Learnings

MAY 24, 2010

In their book Made to Stick , the Heath brothers discuss and dissect what makes an idea stick (see an earlier post on this blog, Does Your eLearning Stick? , Two experts in this field are Chip and Dan Heath. for a quick look at how the book relates to learning theory.) In fact, the term “stickiness” defines this work.

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Ideas Instructional Design Instructional Instruction 120

Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 6, 2010

The work of Robert Mager is often referenced when discussing performance objectives. A manager that is aligned with the performance objectives should know exactly what to observe in employees in order to provide the on-the-job coaching needed to reinforce training. Now let's dissect a performance objective. Conditions.

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Performance Compliance Training Simulations Behavior 112

Integrated Learnings

MARCH 30, 2011

PASSIVE: After entering an applicant’s data, proposed loan terms are displayed to discuss with the borrower. ACTIVE: After entering an applicant’s data, the system displays proposed loan terms to discuss with the borrower. Especially for instruction. Does one seem clearer? --5--

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Write Blog Content eLearning Attention 215

Integrated Learnings

JULY 31, 2011

In this webinar, Mr. Covey talked about teams working together, and discussed the differences between coordination and collaboration. With Cooperation, the project can still be completed as scheduled and as requested and may even include some more discussion, but it is still a client-driven environment. By Dean Hawkinson.

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Integrated Learnings

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

How about encouraging learners to discuss an eLearning course on an internal discussion board or other form of social media ? Getting managers to discuss training with employees before, during, and/or after the event also adds this collaborative element. Watch the video and add your comments.

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Blended Learning Brain Games Video 222

Integrated Learnings

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Online networks offer an outlet for following industry trends and generating discussion around your areas of interest. Pose questions on relevant LinkedIn discussion groups to get advice for your training projects. --4-- Get links to recent articles from training professionals and organizations on Twitter. 4-- Skim the Blogosphere.

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RSS Develop Journal ISPI 138

Integrated Learnings

JUNE 15, 2011

If a story is short, you might use a text-based narrative to inspire a discussion thread. Though I’m not able to share stories I’ve set up this way (proprietary content), I recently drew inspiration from the Black History Timeline I found on the biography.com site. Social Media.

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eLearning Audio Social Media Write Blog 217

Integrated Learnings

DECEMBER 12, 2012

This, combined with additional discussion in the book, suggests that a bad mood creates cognitive strain, and a good mood promotes cognitive ease. The Finding : Kahnemann describes a study in which participants needed to rely on intuition to complete a task.

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Cognitive Design Case Study eLearning 159