B Online Learning
JUNE 30, 2015
If you’ve had a chance to read my last blog you may have guessed that I have a general dislike for most formal education. In many countries the way that we teach children is out-dated, ineffective and instils the idea that without good grades you won’t be able to succeed in life. Since grades are […].
Association eLearning
JUNE 25, 2015
Gamification and game-based learning (sometimes abbreviated GBL) are both hot topics and the terms are often used interchangeably. They’re not the same thing, but a lot of the definitions and explanations that are floating around aren’t very clear. Hopefully this will help: gamification is icing and GBL is cake. Gamification, “Icing”. Gamification is primarily used to motivate learners.
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eLearningMind
JUNE 29, 2015
Revolutionizing the way an entire continent thinks about education is hardly a one-size-fits-all solution, but eLearning is definitely coming close: As Sub-Saharan African nations set their sights on making education more accessible for everyone, learning applications such as MOOCs and online post-secondary schools are filling an obvious gap that has long since plagued the area.
Experiencing eLearning
JUNE 30, 2015
How many times have you told people, “I’m an instructional designer,” only to be met with a blank stare? How many people are thoroughly confused about what we do for a living? Last month, Connie Malamed proposed a new name for the field of instructional design : Learning Experience Design or LX Design. This moves the focus away from “instruction” and more to learning.
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Learnnovators
JUNE 16, 2015
This is the second post in a series of six that covers Deeper eLearning. The goal of this series is to build upon good implementations of instructional design, and go deeper into the nuances of what makes learning really work. It is particularly focused on eLearning, but almost all of what is mentioned also applies to face-to-face or virtual instruction.
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Lambda Solutions
JUNE 30, 2015
If you find that your business needs extend beyond what Moodle offers, Totara LMS might be the LMS for you. Totara is an open source distribution of Moodle, i.e. an extension of Moodle. While Moodle suits the needs of the education sector, Totara was designed with the corporate world in mind; hence why it is sometimes referred to as the corporate version of Moodle.
Association eLearning
JUNE 18, 2015
Every week, like clockwork, I get a call from someone who wants me to recommend an LMS for their association or small business. The conversation goes something like this… Typical Phone Call Example. If an eLearning Genie would come out of a bottle and grant me four wishes for my LMS buyers, here is what I’d request. Wish #1: LMS Buyers understand what they are buying.
InSync Training
JUNE 30, 2015
On June 22, 2015, Candice Kramer shared her insights into "Learning Across the Performance Spectrum," with the InSync BYTE series attendees. ( Click here to view the full recording of the session.) During this session, Candice shared some key insights that deserve reiteration.
Experiencing eLearning
JUNE 16, 2015
Does tailoring your content for different learning styles really work? Maybe there’s a better use of your time and resources. View the presentation for more. (If you’re reading this in email or a feed reader and don’t see anything below, you may have to click through to view the presentation.). Ready to learn more? Learning Styles are NOT an Effective Guide for Learning Design.
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Learnnovators
JUNE 13, 2015
QUOTE. “ I heard a great story recently… of a little girl who was in a drawing lesson. She was six and she was at the back, drawing, and the teacher said this little girl hardly ever paid attention, and in this drawing lesson she did. The teacher was fascinated and she went over to her and she said, ‘What are you drawing?’ And the girl said, ‘I’m drawing a picture of God.
Clark Quinn
JUNE 30, 2015
As I push for better learning design, I’m regularly reminded that working with subject matter experts (SMEs) is critical, and problematic. What makes SMEs has implications that are challenging but also offers a uniquely valuable perspective. I want to review some of those challenges and opportunities in one go. One of the artifacts about how our brain works is that we compile knowledge away.
KnowledgeStar
JUNE 29, 2015
I have been researching the difference in approaches to learning between Boomers and Millennials. I recently started reading and hearing about a new approach to hiring and learning called a “high innovation system”. We know there has been a sea-change in the old hiring for life contract between employer and employee. And the union agreements […].
Jane Hart
JUNE 29, 2015
Next public online workshop runs: 13 – 31 July “Video is eating the Web”, that’s the conclusion from a recent Cisco study. In just 5 years time, 80 percent of the whole Internet will be online video! So perhaps it’s time to think about moving on from PowerPoint-based (“click-next”) e-learning. This 3-week online workshop looks at a […].
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Lambda Solutions
JUNE 29, 2015
How Saylor Academy Makes a Positive Impact with Moodle. A strong, and well-informed community is the core foundation of any non-profit organization. Thanks to Moodle’s open source model, Saylor Academy has been able to open up their services to an unlimited number of learners, allowing their community to grow, and strengthen. As a non-profit organization, it was important to them to be inclusive of anyone who wished to learn, participate, and help their cause.
Living in Learning
JUNE 29, 2015
Focusing on a new ground zero - If we hope to move beyond potential, we must move beyond where we create it – during training events – whether the event is an exotic blend of ILT/web-based; delivered in a virtual synchronous venue; detached from linearity via the use of MOOCs; or pushed out to mobile devices; or shrunken in size to form micro-learning or bursted in small learning chunks; or whatever other label we attach to it.
Learnnovators
JUNE 22, 2015
While the title of the post specifies MOOCs, the skills and mindsets I have explored in the post are, IMHO, required by all to survive and thrive in the digital and connected world. And participating in MOOCs could well be one of the ways to inculcate and hone the skills. I have been writing about MOOCs in the context of workplace learning from different perspectives for some time now.
LearnDash
JUNE 29, 2015
Taking an online course can be a little lonely. Because of this, it is common today to see communities developed around courses. In most cases, course communities involve incorporating a forum with the course content. This gives participants a chance to interact with one another and ask questions to the instructor. In some situations, it is also a place where instructors can require participation (but not without setting proper guidelines first).
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How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.
KnowledgeStar
JUNE 29, 2015
Training for hard skills will soon become as obsolete as the chalk board. My prediction is that it will soon be replaced by performance support utilizing the Internet of Things (IoT) to help people who simply want operational or procedural information on the job.
Jane Hart
JUNE 29, 2015
Next public online workshop runs: 13 – 31 July “Video is eating the Web”, that’s the conclusion from a recent Cisco study. In just 5 years time, 80 percent of the whole Internet will be online video! So perhaps it’s time to think about moving on from PowerPoint-based (“click-next”) e-learning. This 3-week online workshop looks at a […].
Clark Quinn
JUNE 26, 2015
I was thinking about a talk on mobile I’m going to be giving, and realized that mobile is really about personal processing. Many of the things you can do at your desktop you can do with your mobile, even a wearable: answering calls, responding to texts. Ok, so responding to email, looking up information, and more might require the phone for a keyboard (I confess to not being a big Siri user, mea culpa), but it’s still where/when/ever.
Kineo
JUNE 25, 2015
"Slap a leaderboard on it. That'll turn our learning assessment into a game!" If you've had that thought, you need to stop; you could hurt someone with a loaded statement like that. .
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Learnnovators
JUNE 8, 2015
This is a continuation of my MOOC series and also a post that draws a lot from the #MSLOC430 Community and MOOC (“C” type) that I am participating in — the open section of the graduate course in the Master’s Program in Learning and Organizational Change at Northwestern University. Before I plunge into the heart of my analysis and discussion, I want to share a couple of snippets on Networked Learning from Wikipedia. ( [link] ). “ Networked learning is a process of de
Lambda Solutions
JUNE 25, 2015
We all know that Moodle is a compatible LMS for education, healthcare, government, and corporate sectors, but not everyone is aware that Moodle is a great tool for nonprofit organizations as well. Here are 4 ways to use Moodle for nonprofit organizations.
KnowledgeStar
JUNE 26, 2015
" What would it take for us to leave the safe and mundane world of product based, recursive education behind and adopt new pedagogies that promote self discovery, digression from prescribed pathways and learning by a process of serendipity?".
LearnDash
JUNE 25, 2015
When first starting out with creating an online course, you will quickly find out that there are a great many tools available. Without having to look very hard, you will quickly be introduced to some of the big players in the industry. Platforms like Articulate Storyline, Articulate Studio, Adobe Captivate, Lectora Inspire, so on and so forth. While these programs are industry leaders for a reason, they also come with a hefty price, often creeping into the thousands of dollars depending on the p
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Raptivity
JUNE 25, 2015
Parents are known as instructors. Isn’t it? They keep instructing kids constantly about good and bad habits, things to do and not to do, pros and cons of something - the list is endless. I too am a parent of a six year old beautiful daughter - Pari. Just like most of the parents, I too keep instructing her constantly. But, over time, I have realized that she learns from something which I had never thought of – bed time stories.
The Performance Improvement Blog
JUNE 25, 2015
The rate at which an organization learns may be the only sustainable competitive advantage. If you are learning more rapidly than the competition, you can get ahead and stay ahead. (Garvin & Edmondson, 2008). Every organization faces some kind of competition. Manufacturers compete for market share and for talent. Retail businesses compete for space and for customers.
Learnnovators
JUNE 29, 2015
My posts are usually pretty detailed, researched, and long. I am trying to move to a mode where I’ll write shorter posts more regularly on specific topics, questions posed to me, or an aspect of modern workplace learning that interests me. I will keep my longer posts for topics I am researching on and deep diving into. These will probably be one per fortnight or so… Today’s post is triggered by a question a colleague asked me yesterday.
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