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| | LEARNING CAFE APRIL 7, 2012 True Pioneer: William C Norris With all the discussion we have about learning technologies, social networking and relevance to learning it’s worth spending a few minutes to reflect on, and be humbled by, the work of a man who, at the height of his pioneering career in the mainframe computer industry, had a vision to improve learning that we not only enjoy today but take for granted. William C Norris was the founder and Chairman of Control Data Corporation. He passed away 21 August 2006 at a nursing home in Bloomington, Minn. He had Parkinson’s disease and was 95 years of age. It was worth $5 billion in 1984. | SIMPLIFY ELEARNING APRIL 7, 2012  What if Story Approach: Set-up and present Simple scenarios happen in our minds. We only need one question - "what if" and our mind fills in the rest. So a good technique in using stories in eLearning is to present a "what if" setting. See the example above. relate the "what if" approach to the SET-UP, the initial part of the SRIA model: Set-up, Relate, Interpret and Apply. | LEARN AND LEAD APRIL 7, 2012  What’s your Language, ‘We should’ or ‘I will’? Many times we get frustrated with things around us, thingsthat are not working or not working the way we want. That’s when we are full ofideas on how to make things right, make it more productive, more effective, andmore… well, just more right. So what’s our language when we share ideas? Weshould…” do this or that, “We shouldn’t…” do this or that. | | | | | | | |
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CHALLENGE TO LEARN | SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2012 What did 100 blog posts bring me?
WordPress pointed out to me that I have published 102 posts in just over 2 years. decided that this is a good moment to look back and see what it has brought me. Feedback. When I started my blog in December 2009 I was curious what it would be like to blog and I wanted to improve my English (I’m still working on that). The biggest change is that there are now people who read my posts and who respond to it. My blog now has an average of almost a 100 views per day. When I started out I just wrote about my learning experiences in my work and at conferences. But that has now shifted. MORE >> -
SIMPLIFY ELEARNING | SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2012 My mind on Story Impacts - mapping ideas
Mapping ideas like the above is making sense of the different stories and conversations I have (within myself and others) -- my learnings and discoveries. This is another form of story-based eLearning. use https://bubbl.us/. Ray Jimenez, PhD [link] more eLearning stories: Story Impacts eLearning System [link] Ray Jimenez, PhD. Vignettes Learning Learn more about story and experience-based eLearning MORE >> -
SIMPLIFY ELEARNING | SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2012  Story Dreams - Put Learners in a Dream-Like Learning
What is the function of dreams in our lives? In learning? Psychologists say dreams allow us to complete stories in our minds. The more we complete stories in our minds, the more we deal with unresolved issues in our real-life when are awake. The video above is an interesting way to place the learner in a "Dream state." The visualization of a story to allows the learner to imagine the possibilities, beyond now and here. Like what David Cooperrider said about Appreciative Inquiry - DREAM: The envisioning of processes that would work well in the future. MORE >> -
SIMPLIFY ELEARNING | SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2012 Combining familiar images with new meanings
One way of communicating new ideas is by expressing the new idea in the context of an old, familiar, comfortable association. In this case, the mail box is a old association while Inbox and Spam are new meanings. Photo from Photo Disaster. Ray Jimenez, PhD. Vignettes Learning "Helping Learners Learn Their Way MORE >> -
SIMPLIFY ELEARNING | SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2012  Warning Letters from FDA - source of story triggers for learning
Stories help learners understand otherwise boring, repetitive compliance courses. learned from an attendee to my Learning Solutions session on "Adding Contemplation in eLearning" (March 22, 2012), that the use of FDA alerts or violation notices serve as a good starting point for a helping learners appreciate the need for compliance policies and procedures. This is a great illustration on the use of real-life situations to quick engage learners and help them find meaning from the factual and technical content. rayjimenez See more stories - visit: [link]. Ray Jimenez, PhD. MORE >>
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