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CLIVE ON LEARNING APRIL 5, 2011 A question of balance It is easy to get in a position where you feel obliged to take a stance on some aspect or other of learning and development in the workplace – in particular when it comes to challenges to the status quo. Typically you’re either with the old way or the new. ve never found this particularly helpful, as there are usually plenty of good arguments on either side. The issue, as ever, is getting the balance right between taking advantage of new developments as they come available, while continuing to exploit the potential of long-standing approaches. This slider may seem a little confusing. | I CAME, I SAW, I LEARNED APRIL 5, 2011 Adobe Captivate: Best Practices for Working with User Defined Variables by Lori Smith. Have you ever inserted a User variable into a Captivate text caption so that the lesson was personalized for your learner? Perhaps you added something like Ah, nice to meet you $$learner_name$$ and expected the variable ($$learner_name$$) to be replaced by text typed by the learner. Upon previewing the project, there is a good chance that the resulting text caption will look something like the image below. Ah, nice to meet you no name ? As you can see, the learner's name did not appear in the text caption. No TEB means no data. The problem is easy to fix. | | E-LEARNING PROVOCATEUR APRIL 5, 2011  The A to Z of learning It all started with a tweet by Anne Bartlett-Bragg ( @AnneBB ) observing an instance of the term s-learning representing social learning. Amused by our industry’s obsession with single letter prefixes, I replied facetiously that I preferred the term slearning – simply because it sounds so awful. action learning? adaptive learning? Sure, you can make up anything (eg zebra learning ). | | | | | | | |
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MINDFLASH | TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011  Graduation Nation: How Degrees & Careers Match Up In America
More Americans are graduating with bachelor’s degrees (or higher) than ever before. With this in mind, we decided to compare the degrees that are being earned with the occupations that will add the most jobs in the near future to see if there is any correlation. What we found may surprise you. Click image to enlarge). Uncategorized degrees jobs MORE >> -
UPSIDE LEARNING BLOG | TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011  ELearning Project Managers – Misunderstood Heroes
“Aneesh, what does a Project Manager do?&# asked my friend who was contemplating a career in elearning. Without a moment’s hesitation, I replied – “They are ruthless slave drivers, that’s what they are.&#. To which my friend replied – “Well, now that you’ve told me what you think of Project Managers, why don’t you tell me what they do?&#. then gave my friend an overview of the project lifecycle and the Project Manager’s role at each stage. While I was explaining this to an “outsider&# , I realized certain undeniable truths. Feel free to comment. MORE >> -
DONT WASTE YOUR TIME | TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011  Resource: Creating cartoons for your eLearning (@toonlet) #eLearning #Cartoon
Every now and then I come across something that gives me that ‘Eureka!’ ’ moment, and when I found Toonlet.com I had one. Instead of my usual introduction and walk-through on what the tool can do, why not let it speak for itself? Here is a Toonlet ‘toon … Click to view large version. am also planning on using toons created here to illustrate a guide I am writing as part of my PG Cert course … stick around and you’ll see it here first when I get my marks back! “ Related posts: Cartoon – ‘Facing the Consequences’ #SocialMedia. MORE >> -
BRIAN DUSABLON | TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011 #LS2011 Session Recap: Keepin’ It Legal by Michelle Lentz
Michelle Lentz ( @michellelentz ) of Write Technology presented a session titled Keepin’ It Legal: Free Stuff on the Web to Spice up Your Learning. LS2011 #FB203). The discussion focused on Creative Commons (CC), fair use and copyrighted material in learning (and anything else). Quick Notes. When is your work copyrighted? As soon as it is created. Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation. Creative Commons works in conjunction with copyright. Video. MORE >> -
CHALLENGE TO LEARN | TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011  On demand: agile e-Learning development #LCBQ
The Learning Circuits Big Question this month is: How do you address the “I want it now!&# demand from stakeholders? We had a lot of discussion on this question but I would like to approach this months question from the perspective of the e-learning author. The on demand question has a big effect on them. Usually we use a waterfall method when developing e-Learning. The most used one is the ADDIE model, where development has five phases:Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation. We need to get faster and more iterative. In software development we have the same problem. MORE >>
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- Angry Birds and my moment of need. STOATLY DIFFERENT | TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011
- Pushing results into SharePoint from an Assessment System using. SHAREPOINT AND ASSESSMENT | TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011
- A practical guide to creating learning slide shows: part 4 – distribution ONLIGNMENT | TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011
- Internet Buttons - help get people online JANE HART'S PICK OF THE DAY | TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011
- Training Lessons from Seinfeld: Lesson #2 – Don’t Overwhelm Your Trainees MINDFLASH | TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011
- Organizational Change Management Cited – Again – as Key. SOCIAL LEARNING BLOG | TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011
- Presenting Next Week – Why Your Brain Loves Video Games USABLE LEARNING | TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011
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- Touch Raptivity RAPTIVITY | TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2011
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