Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

I’d been waiting for the results of the Unofficial Salary Survey 2009 after we wrote about it about 6 weeks back. This year the survey got over 100 responses from eLearning professionals in India – up from 54 last year. At such a growth rate this survey has the potential to be a good benchmarking source for Indian eLearning companies. Now that the results are out, here is a quick summary of the key points that emerge and we found interesting: Salary ranges are very wide - For instance, some IDs

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Earlier this week, I attended a Twitter Camp billed Twitter is not for dummies. I had the privilege of facilitating one of the breakout sessions, which focused on the business applications of Twitter. We discussed a range of issues around this topic, and we generated some really bright ideas that I feel are worth pursuing in the corporate sector. Some of the ideas specifically relate to e-learning, while others may fall more comfortably into other portfolios.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Thinking of converting your Slide Presentation from drab to fab (I always wanted to write that.) Well here are some resources that can be of assistance. So, Interactivity by Design is an older book and not specifically geared toward a slide show (it is focused on designing visually appealing e-learning). But it is well written with wonderful examples.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Where do the problems lie in getting good learning experiences? We need them, as it’s becoming increasingly important to get the important skills really nailed, not just ‘addressed’ It’s not about dumping knowledge on someone, or the other myriad ways learning can be badly designed. It’s about making learning experiences that really deliver.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 31, 2009

In the fifty years since, his thoughts (Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results) have gone on to evolve into the legendary Kirkpatrick’s Four Level Evaluation Model and become the basis on which learning & development departments can show the value of training to the business. How has the model evolved over fifty years, is it still relevant? As designers of learning, have we applied the model with Don’s intent?

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 31, 2009

Someone was just asking me about the big trends in learning and the implications of those trends on corporate learning and development. I initially said - "Look at my blog," but when I looked, I realized it might be a bit harder than I thought to pull out the central themes. So, here's a bit of a compilation of some of the things I've been talking about in my blog which points to some of the major trends in learning.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 31, 2009

Aaron Silvers (@mrch0mp3rs) wrote a post tying together the non-linear nature of cyberspace with the essentially linear nature of our past. Identifying how new technologies have to establish their own natures is a familiar refrain, but he’s comparing our learning with our new contexts, and essentially questioning the relationship between old methods and new contexts.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 29, 2009

Consistency in training is one of the advantages of e-learning, we claim, as opposed to a human facilitator who could be tired, irritable, not in the mood, or just not well versed with the subject s/he is conducting the training on. In comparison, once an e-learning program is created, it comes with the following advantages: Easy dissemintation Wide reach Self paced.blah blah blah And CONSISTENT An e-learning program does not have mood swings or give in to frailties of the body.

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eLearning Cyclops

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

This month's Big Question at Learning Circuits is on working with subject matter experts (SME). First off, thank you Tony at Learning Circuits for using my suggestion as this month's question. In my opinion, working successfully with SMEs is the most challenging part of instructional design. I have written quite a bit about this subject on my blog. Here is a link to my posts with SME tags and my tips on working with SMEs (pasted below from a prior post along with an addendum).

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

It's Friday, you've been scratching your head all week to think of how to get the boss to adopt social media. He or she isn't using it at home and doesn't see the value at work either. Well, perhaps you are not positioning the use of social media correctly, try using the argument presented in the video below.if they have kids. This argument may convince them to join social media sites in a jiffy.and then soon they'll not only be virtually stalking their kids but their employees as well.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

In last night’s #lrnchat on instructional design,there was some discussion of the term ‘learning facilitator’ versus ‘trainer’ (which now I can’t find!?!), and it got me wondering. I’ve also been thinking about a set of talks I may be giving, and how to break them up. There was also a discussion on ITFORUM that expanded to discuss how experts are losing the problem-solving skills and how to develop them.

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

I'm co-founder and CTO of a new start-up, Fantasy World , that creates fun, online games that allow groups of people to have fun, win prizes, play-along with celebrities, and most of all to socialize outside the normal context of the group. It's backed by a major entertainment company and my co-founder comes from the fantasy sports space. Our first game has just launched, Survivor Football '09.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, September 04, 2009 Back to School Reading List Over on the Kineo website, we frequently post articles and tips on a variety of topics. Usually e-learning related, but you never know. Last week I put up a Back to School Reading List with an ID/e-learning focus.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

It appears that one way to become a rock star is to spend some time in the classroom honing your skills. I think teachers are rock stars anyway (several changed my life and provided inspiration without evening knowing it).but here are a few teachers who become real rock stars (they sold out.) Did you know that Gene Simmons taught sixth grade in Harlem before he became the world's most famous bass-playing demon.

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Living in Learning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Nothing beats rave reviews in level one verbatim comments and nothing better than everyone scoring perfection on level two assessments, unfortunately, the real action that matters is manifest downstream from where we earn our accolades. In an earlier post, I introduced the concept of a Learning Continuum defined by three phases: • Prepare – to create readiness in our learners prior to formal training. • Deploy – delivery of formal training in a variety of blends. • Reinforce – post-training impl

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From the Coleface

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Just a quick plug for a booklet that I think people in L&D will find helpful for educating their stakeholders about what’s realistic to expect from e-learning. It also reminds us that there’s more to an e-learning solution than routinely wheeling out a series of self-paced modules…it’s important to have a holistic look at the business issue you are trying to solve.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Over on the Kineo website, we frequently post articles and tips on a variety of topics. Usually e-learning related, but you never know. Last week I put up a Back to School Reading List with an ID/e-learning focus. Be interested to hear what you've got on your reading list right now. What are you hoping to read this fall in order to expand your mind and your professional capabilities?

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Over at the Online Degree web site , I recently was pointed to couple of interesting items. The first is a list of 100 Essential Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers. A good list of some great web sites and technologies (for teachers and others.) Also is a list of online universities and brief descriptions on the universities. You can also click to send for more information.

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eLearning Cyclops

AUGUST 31, 2009

To increase the success of their students Purdue University has implemented an intervention system called Signals. It combines predictive modeling and the data mining of their Blackboard Vista system to identify students who are academically at risk. Risk ratings are assigned, integrated with Blackboard and available on the student's Blackboard homepage.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Troy Stein, the Camtasia for Mac Product Manager, and I need your help. We are going to do some screencasts on Thursday to give you some tips and tricks about Camtasia for Mac. And, we want to make sure we're answering your questions. What questions did you have, what would you like us to talk about, or show you about Camtasia for Mac? Tags: Camtasia for Mac 475 454.

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Rapid eLearning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

The other day I was looking at the AI Vault web site. I ran across a tutorial on creating an envelope icon. It’s a great tutorial and relatively easy to do. However, the tutorial is targeted for Illustrator users. Looking over the tutorial, I wondered if I could follow the steps to recreate the icon in PowerPoint. So I went through the Illustrator tutorial and came up with the image below.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 31, 2009

It seems that I am now blogging all over the place. I now a Featured Blogger and am writing a periodic blog over at TrainingIndustry. The blog is called The Tech Dimension and will expand on idea and concepts related to integrating technology into the learning process. The first entry is called Understanding New Learning Technologies. Stop by and check out some definitions and ideas related to Web 2.0 learning technologies.

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eLearning Cyclops

AUGUST 29, 2009

Every so often I see my fellow bloggers posting lists of what they have in their e-learning toolbox. These posts are always interesting and helpful. It is a glimpse not just into their development tool preferences, but it also provides some reflection into the approaches they take in creating courses. Here is what I have in my e-learning toolbox and some notes on how I use these tools.

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Skilful Minds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Social media is not a noun (media) accompanied by an adjective (social). In fact, as long as we think of it that way social media can only fail to achieve what the thought leaders who advocate its use believe it capable of doing. Social media is, in fact, a compound noun. Neither term is sufficent to describe what is done by those using it unless we consider it as part of the other.

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Adobe Captivate

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Adobe Captivate 4 has a feature using which you can access and control captivate movies from external movies. You can find more details here. Here is how you access Adobe Captivate movie variables from external swf: Action Script 3: root. Ex: root.rdinfoCurrentSlide, root.cpInfoAuthor. Action Script 2: _root. Ex: _root.rdinfoCurrentSlide, _root.cpInfoAuthor.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The 5th Plymouth e-Learning Conference (8-9 April, 2010) will examine the theme of e-learning in a time of change, and will challenge notions of traditional boundaries, learning spaces and roles. We will focus on new practices, new technologies, new environments and new learning. There will be primary, secondary and tertiary education threads. We invite papers on the digital divide, e-learning methods and case studies, mobile and pervasive technologies, digital games, multi-user virtual environm

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The eLearning Coach

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

As designers and developers, one of our purposes in life is to help novices in a particular skill or content area gain new levels of competency. Because the mental structures of a novice differ from those of the expert, instructional strategies should be quite different for the novice than for the expert. Let’s climb inside the brain of a novice and see why.

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Vignettes Learning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Twitter is a spark plug for learning. I am a student of Twitter. I love Twitter since it epitomizes the succinct, concise and instant learning I have been evangelizing ( 3-Minute eLearning ) since about 10 years now. I n 2007 I wrote about Collaborative Anthropologists - how Twitter can be a source for new job functions for learning professions. #lrnchat is a great example is [link] and [link] which uses Twitter for a 90 minute conversation, Thursdays, 5:30 pm PST.

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