Experiencing eLearning
JUNE 13, 2010
Daniel Pink shared this animated whiteboard video explaining some of the research and ideas from his book Drive. Pink’s ideas have been applied to learning by others, but the basic idea is that for all but the simplest tasks, people aren’t motivated well by big monetary rewards. What rewards people is autonomy, mastery, and purpose. This, of course, has implications for instructional design.
Upside Learning
JUNE 16, 2010
The LMS has been a hot discussion topic for some time now. There have been posts discussing its survival and a few posts before that discussing its future – Jane Hart posted what is the future of the lms reviewing useful of LMS, followed up by a similar post by Harold Jarche suggesting LMS is no longer the centre of the universe. Clark Quinn brought in a little balance by highlighting what the LMS could be used for and to what extent in his post – a case for the LMS.
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The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 16, 2010
by AJ George I've previously written about how to effectively use fonts to convey ideas and emotions in your eLearning courses. Effective use of color is equally important and is often overlooked and under utilized. What is the purpose of your eLearning course? Are you presenting somber, factual material? Are you welcoming new employees? Maybe you are passing along important factual information that will need to memorized?
Learning Visions
JUNE 18, 2010
These are my live blogged notes from this week’s Instructional Design Live show on EdTech Taclk with Helen Barrett, Ph.D. An article by Helen Barrett: Balancing the Two Faces of ePortfolios The conceptual model of an online portfolio - multiple purposes: 1) learning & reflection – main activity around learning and collaboration 2) showcase achievement/accountability [link] These two activities need to work together.
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The Performance Improvement Blog
JUNE 14, 2010
Much of evaluation in organizations is focused on making incremental change in programs when what is needed might be redesign of the program and the organization as a whole. The current economic crisis presents an opportunity for all organizations to re-examine what they are doing and how they do it. William A. Schambra, director of the Hudson Institute's Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, in speaking about nonprofit organizations said this in a speech to the annual meeting o
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The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 17, 2010
by Jennie Ruby. How many times have you heard someone say "If I was you"? In some regions of the country, you might hear it every day. This popular expression, however, is grammatically wrong. The correct grammar is "If I were you." The correct use of were in this expression is an example of the subjunctive: the use of an unusual verb form to indicate that there is something iffy about what is being said.
Learning Visions
JUNE 15, 2010
Check out this cool little widget ! As a nice little follow up to the ranting we’ve been doing about the eLearning Salary Gender Gap , Travis Smith took the bull by the horns and created a little salary calculator based on all of the variables reported on by the eLearning Guild in their latest salary report. If you're not sure about the variables Travis used in the calculator, be sure to review the report which looks at survey results from eLearning Guild members.
Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning
JUNE 14, 2010
Last year we've experimented with various social media to improve a sharing event for about 100 participants (for more details see my older blogpost ). This is not too difficult when all your participants are social media adepts, you announce your hashtags and off they go. However, in this case the majority wasn't actively using social media. So how can you still use social media?
Upside Learning
JUNE 15, 2010
Yes, I’ve not been blogging as regularly as I might have liked to. I’ve been busy with projects – bread and butter. We’ve always focused on instructional design being essential to the design of courseware. That’s certainly true, it’s the first step to make a learning solution instructionally sound. The next in line is to make it interesting, engaging, interactive.
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The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 15, 2010
by Kevin Siegel How many times have you had to update the appearance of objects in Captivate and the pesky Apply to All feature simply didn't work? If you've tried to updated Captivate's text captions across an entire project, then you know how truly hit or miss the process can be. Over the past couple of weeks I've touched on some of the wonderful new features you'll find in the upcoming Captivate 5.
Integrated Learnings
JUNE 14, 2010
By Jay Lambert. As you likely know, Amazon 's software is amazing. Whenever I sign on to the site (which is fairly often), they suggest a variety of things for me to purchase that are typically right on target. I see books on instructional design and eLearning, books and music that my kids will like, travel guides for my wife, the list goes on and on.
Clark Quinn
JUNE 15, 2010
Tomi Ahonen gave a very entertaining keynote here at the Guild’s mLearn Conference. Here’s my mind map: Tags: mobile.
Upside Learning
JUNE 14, 2010
Related posts: UL Fun-e-toons: Learning Management UL Fun-e-toons: Rapid Learning UL Fun-e-toons: Online Learning. Tags: Mobile Learning mLearning UL Fun Cartoon UL Fun e toons.
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The Performance Improvement Blog
JUNE 16, 2010
Leaders of BP and all of the deep water oil companies would do well to read a recent article in. ChiefExecutive.net written by Ralph Jacobson and Alfred A. Marcus. The authors say that in many organizations it’s not the problems that get them into trouble, it’s the paradoxes. They describe the difference in this way: Problems may be simple or complex, but once an effective solution is implemented, the problem is solved.
Tony Karrer
JUNE 17, 2010
As you probably know, eLearning Learning has been steadily growing and is now one of the top eLearning sites on the web. I wanted to let you know about an exciting development for eLearning Learning that’s being announced this morning in the eLearning DevCon Keynote. Garin Hess and the team from Rapid Intake has stepped in to help me keep the site going both from an effort and financial standpoint.
Clark Quinn
JUNE 16, 2010
Mimi Ito presented a deep social analysis of youth use of mobile devices to deliver four core unique mobile features. Tags: mobile social.
Lars is Learning
JUNE 17, 2010
I had the privilege of speaking at the INGO E-learning Conference at Oxfam House, Oxford today. Fellow speakers included Clive Shepherd, Jane Hart and Rob Hubbard. There is a growing interest amongst charities and other non governmental organisations in more effective and efficient approaches to learning and development. When you have staff, volunteers and other representatives spread across the.
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Whether you’re shopping for your very first learning management system (LMS) or looking to upgrade, the process can be overwhelming. With so many vendor options, each with its own multitude of features and pricing structures, even the most seasoned educators, trainers, and business leaders can feel lost in a sea of choices! Finding the LMS that’s best suited for your organization requires a planned, strategic approach.
eLearning Cyclops
JUNE 14, 2010
During #LrnChat it was mentioned that Captivate 5 will include integration with Twitter. I think this is good news and a good start for incorporating social media in asynchronous courses. Yes, I do think using social media tools directly for informal learning is a better option in many, if not most situations, but if a "blended" solution is needed then incorporating Twitter into Captivate is now an option.
KnowledgeStar
JUNE 13, 2010
Brain Rules This is where it all happens. All that I am and will be. We’ve learned so much about how we learn and know so little. And use even less! I love “Brain Rules” by John Medina because it translates what little we know abot how the brain learns into easy to digest and [.].
eLearning Brothers
JUNE 15, 2010
We are shallow people! Let me explain why I say that… The other day I was on an airplane and watched the person next to me “read&# a magazine. He basically flipped quickly through the pages and stopped occasionally on a pretty picture and usually started flipping again. At one point he stopped and seemed to read a bit. When we create eLearning we should remember that people don’t read…they scan!
Learning with e's
JUNE 13, 2010
I enjoyed presenting my workshop entitled 'Collaborative and Co-operative Learning: The How and the Why' at Olympia 2 in London on Tuesday. We stared a little earlier than scheduled, which was a relief to me, as I had a cab booked to dash me across London and out to Gatwick Airport for my flight to Valencia. I even had some time to talk to delegates as I was making my way from the workshop room to the lift.
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eLearning Cyclops
JUNE 12, 2010
Yesterday I attended a SCORM webinar provided by Advance Distributed Learning (ADL). If you do not know the ADL, they are a part of the U.S. Department of Defense and are the producers of SCORM. At the conclusion of the webinar they gave a tour of some of the available resources on their site. These include SCORM documentation , past webinar slides , and content examples , including the files from a Flash example. which you will find listed as "Plug-In Technologies Content Example.
LearningGuild
JUNE 15, 2010
As mLearnCon 2010 begins today in San Diego, Marc reflects on the nature of mobile learning and the devices that might support it, and he proposes a new definition of mLearning. Tags: Instructional Design Management Strategies Mobile.
Adobe Captivate
JUNE 14, 2010
People often ask me about Captivate file sizes and how to optimize the learner experience accessing online content. The crux of the question of course is how can i make playback start right away and keep size small enough that it downloads smoothly on the learners' computer. It's actually a lot easier than you might think. I've posted a short video below (available along with many others on YouTube's Adobe eLearning Channel as well) that demonstrates how I easily shrunk a 26 minute Captivate 5 f
Upside Learning
JUNE 17, 2010
After a few years of hype, mobile learning has now started flourishing; the advent of new generation of mobile devices, high-speed network access, powerful mobile browsers and better native apps are all contributing to this. There is still a lack of standardization across devices and amongst networks across geographical areas resulting in mlearning content development being somewhat constrained.
Speaker: Tammy Rutherford, Ian McConnell
You invest a lot of time and energy into building training courses for internal use and for your customers and partners. As your reach grows, so does the number of LMSs you need to deliver training to, often both externally and internally. And chances are, you want to deliver that content in a way that’s compatible with every LMS, manageable for administrators, and easy for learners to access.
Take an e-Learning Break
JUNE 18, 2010
This books targets the person taking online courses BUT has lots of good tips to consider when developing courseware. It’s also available through Amazon. "This broad–reaching collection of essays on e–learning examines accomplishments, new directions, and challenges from many perspectives. The essays are arranged in categories, which include e–learning and e–learners, teaching and instruction, student en-gagement, learning communities, outcomes assessment and institu-tional leadership, all of wh
LearningGuild
JUNE 16, 2010
Peer-to-peer (informal) learning is a popular topic of discussion today and becoming more so as social media increase their penetration into everyday life. But is it safe to rely on peer-to-peer learning? Isn’t there risk and exposure from unqualified ideas and unauthorized procedures? These issues can be dealt with, using social media itself. This article shows you how to do peer-to-peer safely.
Saffron Interactive
JUNE 14, 2010
Interactions pose a dilemma to all instructional designers. While they can be fun, visually exciting and effective, they can also require a lot of development and be difficult to create. It’s worth taking the time to get your approach to interactions right because they’re key to making e-learning effective. Think about it… do you remember how to cook by reading the recipe or by having a go at cooking it?
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