Experiencing eLearning

JULY 31, 2011

The impact of instructional elements in computer-based instruction_July2007.pdf. Study examining what happens when you remove common elements of instruction. Practice with feedback was critical; information, objectives, examples, and review made little difference. “This study investigated the effects of several elements of instruction (objectives, information, practice, examples and review) when they were combined in a systematic manner.&#. “Results indicated participants who used on

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Performance Learning Productivity

AUGUST 4, 2011

There have been millions of words written and spoken about ‘informal’ and social learning over the past few years. In fact, if a Martian had just arrived on Earth and strayed into a meeting of Learning and Development professionals or into a learning conference, or even picked up a professional journal, he would logically assume that these were the only ways humans learned.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

JULY 30, 2011

Here is the quick learning interaction look-up table I promised in an earlier post for instructional designers to locate some of the best examples of the various types of ready-made interactive elements. Interaction Tool Where used Examples Games Raptivity Games Combine challenge with fun using super-charged learning games Click Raptivity MindPlay Accomplish learning outcomes with game shows and strategy board games Click Raptivity WodPlay Introduce popular crosswords and innovative letter games

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Making Change

AUGUST 1, 2011

Here’s a common question: All employees have to know how to use our software. Why isn’t that a good enough goal for instructional design? Why should I go through action mapping ? My answer: If you don’t identify what people actually do with the software and design your training around that, you could create an information dump that helps no one and can’t justify its own existence.

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Jane Hart

AUGUST 2, 2011

Tweet. This is the 4th in a series of posts about how L&D departments can move forward from their traditional role of creating, delivering and managing formal learning. The three previous posts in this series were: The Smart Worker : learns continuously with social media. The Smart Worker : needs immediate access to solutions to performance problems.

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Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 3, 2011

By Shelley A. Gable. I have a friend who plans to volunteer as an assistant coach for his son’s soccer team in the fall. He told me about some of the advice he found on the web about coaching, and I realized that much of what he learned can be applied to coaching in eLearning as well. Most eLearning lessons contain knowledge checks of some sort, such as scenarios followed by a multiple choice question, hotspot questions that prompt learners to recognize something in an image , and simulations in

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Making Change

AUGUST 1, 2011

Here’s a common question: All employees have to know how to use our software. Why isn’t that a good enough goal for instructional design? Why should I go through action mapping ? My answer: If you don’t identify what people actually do with the software and design your training around that, you could create an information dump that helps no one and can’t justify its own existence.

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Jane Hart

AUGUST 4, 2011

Tweet. This is the 5th in a series of postings about how L&D departments can move forward from their traditional role of creating, delivering and managing formal learning – to one that supports the wider needs of Smart Workers in the organisation. In recent postings I focused on how L&D can support the content needs of the Smart Worker, but in fact it is clear, that most people first try and solve their problems by calling upon the people they know to help them, so this is the to

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 31, 2011

by Kevin Siegel. I received an interesting email last week from a Captivate developer asking where imported audio was physically stored on the computer. She had edited much of the audio from within Captivate and needed to share some of the edited clips with team members in her office. Once audio clips are imported into a Captivate project, they are embedded within the project and are not stored externally.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 1, 2011

As a way of improving instruction and creating more effective learning tools, let’s recast classroom and online instructional methods using game-based thinking. For example, we traditionally teach problem-solving, leadership, decision making and other critical higher order thinking skills by providing learners a list all the elements that need to be learned.

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Dashe & Thomson

AUGUST 4, 2011

Well here’s an interesting dilemma. I read two intriguing articles in the July issue of Wired magazine: One was called “ Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops ” by Thomas Goetz. The other was a blog post entitled “ In Praise of Vagueness ” by Jonah Lehrer. My initial reaction was “Hurray! I have content for my next two blog posts!”. But then I started writing, and all of my grand ideas folded in on each other until I realized, heart sinking, that I indeed only have one blog post, and that I vie

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The Performance Improvement Blog

AUGUST 3, 2011

As leaders, we often don’t realize (or choose to ignore) the effect that we have on people in our organizations. Our actions and inactions almost invariably have unintended consequences. Bernie Donkerbrook, writing in the Center for Creative Leadership’s July 2011 newsletter , makes this point: Everything you do (or do not do) is observed, analyzed and discussed by your people.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 3, 2011

by Kevin Siegel    You've captured a series of screens using Adobe Captivate. During playback, you realize that there is something on some of the slide backgrounds that you simply don't want the learner to see. Maybe you captured a sensitive URL in a browser window, or maybe there's a name or data being shown that would be a privacy violation.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 5, 2011

Recently, I’ve been hearing quite a bit of concern over the possibility that reliance on digital, and increasingly mobile, technology may make us stupider. And I don’t think this is just easy to dismiss. In a sense, it could be a case of learned helplessnes s, where folks find themselves helpless because after using the tools, folks might not have the information they need when they don’t have the tools.

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Jane Hart

AUGUST 1, 2011

Tweet. July was Google Plus month – and it was interesting to read the variety of articles and blog posts about this shiny new social networking service. I collected some of the more interesting Google Plus reads in my July 2011 Reading List : comparison articles, tips for newcomers, articles from those who see Google Plus as the only social network they will ever need, as well as those who feel that their existing networks (eg Facebook or Twitter) still serve them best.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 5, 2011

Yesterday, I gave a presentation for HR.com on the topic of instructional design. Here are my slides from the presentation. Instructional Design Today: What We Really Need to Know as Practitioners, Researchers, and Designers. View more presentations from Karl Kapp. And here are some resources that might be helpful: Excerpt from my article on ID Strategies Published in July Issue of T&D.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 3, 2011

by AJ George  Have you ever been working on a slide with text, images, animations and some shapes. and then "lost" something? Perhaps you overlapped two objects and couldn't see one of them? Or maybe it was a teensy tiny little part to a whole that you hadn't grouped to the whole? What about this: you are animating several different shapes on a slide, but on the animation pane they all have names like "Rectangle 2.

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Dashe & Thomson

AUGUST 1, 2011

Since its launch in beta format a month ago, Google+ has registered some significant buzz within the social learning community. Whether it turns out to be a game changer or just another useful tool in the social learning arsenal has yet to be determined, but in my opinion, it wasn’t even Google’s most revolutionary social launch that week. Yes, you heard me right.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 2, 2011

A little while ago I attended the latest Learning Cafe in Sydney. The theme this time around was Learning in a cost conscious environment. We’ve all seen it with our own eyes: when a company hits hard times, its training budget is one of the first casualties. Bob Spence rightly pointed out that the training function is often seen as a cost rather than an investment.

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 4, 2011

For this class, we were privileged to have Andrew Hughes, the president of Designing Digitally visit with us. And he gave us a tour of their browser-based 3D campus tour software. You can check out this video to an idea of what the student’s experienced on their tour. Andrew provided a great tour of all the wonderful features of the software, including the ability to play games within the virtual world, the ability to easily follow another avatar, the VOIP features and the ability to use t

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Mindflash

AUGUST 3, 2011

Ever wonder how companies are using your social media profile to screen their employees? We’ve found the answers. Read on to learn just how companies are finding out everything they need to know about you through social media, and how you can ensure that you never get hired. (click image to enlarge).

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E-learning Uncovered

AUGUST 5, 2011

Are you using Google+ yet? It’s launching to the general public soon and after a few weeks of using Google+, Diane Elkins and Judy Unrein got together to share impressions. What were your initial opinions? DE: My initial thought was – “Just what I need – one more thing.” But after using it for just a few days, I must say that I like it – a lot!

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 3, 2011

There is a story of a woman who wanted a talking bird so she went to the pet shop bought a parrot. After a few weeks, she returned to the pet shop and complained to the owner that the parrot wasn't talking. 'Does he have a mirror?' asked the shop owner, 'parrots love mirrors. They see themselves and start up a conversation'. So the woman bought a mirror and the next day she was back again.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 2, 2011

I like to keep things simple so I usually package ideas around three key points. It all started when I was taught that there are three steps to getting things done: Prepare to do the job. Do it. Then clean up when you’re done. Did this give me all the details I needed to do the job? No. But it did provide some clear steps to guide me. And that’s what I see as my mission with this blog.

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eLearning 24-7

AUGUST 3, 2011

E-Learning (web based) has been in existence for more than 12 years, yet its impact in terms of the masses is still relatively low in comparison with other training approaches. Within the e-learning space, there has been fast adoption with social learning and with mobile learning. Yet, when you explore the training space as a whole, e-learning is still being seen as the ugly stepchild to instructional led training.

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LearningGuild

JULY 31, 2011

The rapid evolution and adoption of mobile computing devices, including but not limited to smartphones, is driving many changes in the way we do business and in the way we learn. The next step is the creation of the Semantic Web, which links learners and content through persistent context, including location. What does this mean for eLearning professionals?

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 1, 2011

Everyone on Earth is a teacher. We all have the ability to help others to learn. This is exactly what Vygotsky had in mind when he proposed his famous Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) theory. Children (and adults too) can learn more broadly, deeply and extensively if they have a knowledgeable person by their side, than they can on their own. In our society, we often think of that knowledgeable other person as a professional educator, a tutor, lecturer or classroom teacher.

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 3, 2011

Short of performing a science fiction mind-meld, how can you efficiently transfer content from the brain of a subject matter expert (SME) into a form you can use? In case you’re new at this, instructional designers often interview subject matter experts to access their stream of knowledge. SMEs will often provide content resources and review design documents, scripts and media assets for accuracy.

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