Experiencing eLearning
DECEMBER 10, 2008
For those interested in online learning (especially on the academic side of things), you may want to check out the TCC (Technology, Colleges, and Community) 2009 conference. This is the online conference I attended last year and liveblogged extensively. In 2007, I didn’t liveblog, but I did a summary post of ideas. The conference is April 14-16, 2009.
Clark Quinn
DECEMBER 12, 2008
After my post on Improving Organizational Learning Infrastructure, Daan Assen suggested that it was too limited in reference to the broader Learning Organization picture. That’s valuable feedback, because I really mean it to be the learning organization culture and the technology infrastructure, the latter of which isn’t included traditionally in the learning organization work.
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Tony Karrer
DECEMBER 9, 2008
I've been struggling a bit to capture a concept that I believe represents a fairly fundamental shift in how we need to think about Training Design. Back in 2005, 2006 and 2007, I would regularly show the following slides to help explain the heart of what Training Design is all about and how it has changed over the years. Oh, and I called it Learning Design in the diagrams, but I'm afraid that it's really more about Training Design.
Kapp Notes
DECEMBER 12, 2008
Recently I've been working with a couple of organizations that have related but not exactly the same problem. At one organization, the training of a new employee takes so long that managers and supervisors are becoming frustrated at the slowness of the rate of preparation. It is almost 6-8 weeks of nothing but training. At another organization, employees get hired but the training is not "available" because of timing issues or not enough trainers so new employees finally get into the "orientatio
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Learning Visions
DECEMBER 11, 2008
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, December 11, 2008 Blog-o- the-Month at ISTE Island in Second Life Imagine my surprise when Scott Merrick contacted me, letting me know that Learning Visions had been nominated as Blog-o-the-month on ISTE Island in Second Life. Imagine my even greater surprise when Scott told me that I had "neatly edged out [my] competition to grab the title for the month of December 2008.
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Tony Karrer
DECEMBER 8, 2008
Today, I saw a post by someone suggesting ways to come up with ideas for blog post topics and they gave some examples. The examples were not all that relevant to most of the readers of this blog, but it definitely sparked a thought for me. Almost every time I have a conversation, I learn something new. Most of the time I learn something, I write a blog post.
From the Coleface
DECEMBER 9, 2008
“If I knew then what I know now”, cheesy 80s lyrics courtesy of George Benson, but also the thought that was screaming across my head at the recent TDN event on Positive Psychology. For the full story on what Positive Psychology is see www.cappeu.org. My awakening was about face to face training and how the introductory session sets the tone.
Learning Visions
DECEMBER 11, 2008
Imagine my surprise when Scott Merrick contacted me, letting me know that Learning Visions had been nominated as Blog-o-the-month on ISTE Island in Second Life. Imagine my even greater surprise when Scott told me that I had "neatly edged out [my] competition to grab the title for the month of December 2008." Thanks for voting! I feel most honored, and rather surprised given the other great bloggers that were also nominated in December: "HeyJude" -- Judy O'Connell "Bud the Teacher"--Bud Hunt "A P
eLearning Cyclops
DECEMBER 9, 2008
I have done my research on the equipment I will need to set up the video studio. FYI: I already have a digital video camera, microphone, and tripod. So, they are not included in my lists of equipment needed. Here is my very "tight budget" option: 2-Fluorescent lights on stand - each with two 40 watt, 48" 5000k fluorescent tubes Light reflector Muslin backdrop - 10'X12' Hair light - 30 Watt GE Reveal True Color Flood If I buy the above equipment new from a reputable vendor I can stay under $1, 5
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Tony Karrer
DECEMBER 12, 2008
I've been reading various mentions of the new report by Forrester , that provides the following information on the sources that people trust. Or basically they show that there's no trust for blogs. I held back on posting about this because I thought I was just being defensive. Surely there's more trust than that. Having just seen posts by Ken Allan and Manish Mohan about this issue, it got me thinking some more about this issue of No Trust of blogs as sources of information.
Clark Quinn
DECEMBER 9, 2008
These are uncertain times, and people are curious how to cope. A recent webinar announcement from i4pc touted how a American Management Association survey concluded: “ one of best ways to avoid becoming victim of the economy is to focus on corporate culture&#. That’s great reinforcement, as culture is one of the components of improving organizational learning infrastructure.
Kapp Notes
DECEMBER 9, 2008
Here is some information for a webinar I am doing this Friday. The webinar is titled "Communicating with the Next Generation." Here is the description of the event. Be sure to register Communicating with the Next Generation Date: Friday, December 12, 2008 10:00 a.m. MST Length: 90 minutes Description: Are your classroom lectures designed to teach the new generation of students?
From the Coleface
DECEMBER 8, 2008
If you read. ">TJ diligently, you would have seen that I had a letter published in the December edition. Rarely have I seen somebody supposed to be arguing against me illustrating my point so clearly. It seems that as far as TJ is concerned, so long as something is widely applied it must be true…who cares about science or evidence?!! To recap, I wrote: “Dear Editor, In October’s TJ Tim Drewitt wrote an interesting article about the transfer of learning back into the workplace.
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Tony Karrer
DECEMBER 11, 2008
I found a Google doc via delicious that I have a feeling wasn't intended to be public, but it has such a wonderful comparison of the various web conferencing tools that I felt compelled to copy it here and as a new Google Doc in case the document goes away. I also noticed that Wikipedia has a page - Comparison of web conferencing software - but it doesn't have pricing and a few other columns.
E-Learning Provocateur
DECEMBER 8, 2008
Over the weekend, AMP added a virtual assistant to its website. Her name is Sam and she’s a CyberTwin. In a nutshell, a CyberTwin is an avatar that’s powered by AI to chat to real humans. In AMP’s case, Sam has been designed to answer customers’ questions about bank accounts and superannuation. Can we apply CyberTwins to e-learning?
Kapp Notes
DECEMBER 8, 2008
It is always so hard to determine what type of corporate gift is appropriate for clients, co-workers or your boss? What do you get them that is not too expensive but not too inexpensive, that is business-focused but not too business-focused. With these tough economic times, such decisions can be difficult. However, I think the perfect answer is Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning. , it is fun but serious, informative but easy-to-read, insightful but not overly academic.
Learning with e's
DECEMBER 7, 2008
Several people asked me while I was at Online Educa Berlin why I use the name Timbuckteeth on Twitter , Flickr , Plurk and Slideshare. Others wondered about my use of the blue astronaut picture as my buddy pic. I haven't really answered in full until now, so here it is - my response about my own digital identity. In the light of this, and the excellent Wordle map which Marga Perez created from her analysis of all the tweets at this year's Online Educa Berlin conference, here is my considered res
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Tony Karrer
DECEMBER 12, 2008
The recent addition of related terms (relationship factors) in eLearning Learning that show what how related terms are to a given result set provides some interesting insights. I already pointed to some of the Interesting Information that we could see as we compare what different bloggers write about. I can also do a query (which is not available through the interface) to see what terms are related to what's being discussed right now.
Rapid eLearning
DECEMBER 9, 2008
This is kind of a bittersweet post. Originally, I was going to write about using Google Lively’s virtual world to build scenes and characters for your elearning courses. The application was free and had some potential as a learning tool. Apparently, I was the only one who was using it, so Google decided to pull the plug. Oh well. If it’ll help the stock price, I’m all for it.
Kapp Notes
DECEMBER 6, 2008
Lately there has been a lot of buzz about using Social Networking software and techniques in organizations. I've written about a number of uses: Social Networking Not Corporate Enough for Your Company? A Pharmaceutical Leveraging Web 2.0 --In a Big Way I have recently, given a presentation on the topic. Wikis, Blogs and Social Networks Presentation Materials And I have noticed a number of other Social Networking uses in corporate and government arenas focusing on a Wikipedia-style open exchange
bozarthzone
DECEMBER 6, 2008
I know that folks tend to have strong feelings about the iPhone (I love mine.it completes me :-) ) and understand that as far as phone applications go, well, to each his own. So please think of this post less as an endorsement of the iPhone, or even this particular application, but as yet another instance of excellent matching of function to technology.
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Tony Karrer
DECEMBER 10, 2008
Ingrid O'Sullivan has a new blog and is the first person to take me up on my post 100 Conversation Topics which asks people to start a conversation with me and get aggregated into 100 conversations. Good for you Ingrid! Sidenote: I feel a little behind having just seen that the company that Ingrid works for Third Force actually acquired MindLeaders back in June 2007 and looks to be a fairly serious player.
Saffron Interactive
DECEMBER 12, 2008
So what does the economic disaster spell for learning in the corporate world - doom and gloom or happy days? Training budgets are being slashed quicker than the price of pick and mix at Woolworths and those in learning and development are uncertain what their department will look like next year. The post The best of times or the worst of times for e-learning?
Kapp Notes
DECEMBER 10, 2008
Check out this great video explaining machinima by a former student of mine.she has exceeded her professor as all good student do.
Steve Howard
DECEMBER 10, 2008
Do you want to test a pocket-sized lazer projector? Do you love your iPod or iPhone, and want to use if to project video wherever you go? Microvision is getting close to releasing its first consumer-level PicoP Laser projector for mobile devices. As they get nearer, they are conducting consumer trials. They posted a survey recently to gaugue user interest, and offered those completing the survey the possibility of getting involved in user trials.
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Tony Karrer
DECEMBER 10, 2008
At the start of any performance improvement initiative, there is a question of whether the initiative is going to have real impact on what matters to the organization. Will the retail sales training change behavior in ways that improve customer satisfaction? Will the performance support tool provided to financial advisors increase customer loyalty? Will the employee engagement intervention provide only short-term benefit, or will it have a longer-term effect on engagement and retention?
Learning Developments
DECEMBER 11, 2008
I have a vision of what mobile devices will be like in the future. I suspect universities, airports, and coffee shops will deliberately put up white walls in certain areas to serve as projection screens for mobile devices. Who wants to look at a tiny two inch screen when they can project on a wall. I've always pictured this day as far off in the future but now I'm ready to believe that we could be there in as little as five years.
Learning with e's
DECEMBER 11, 2008
There has been much rhetoric over how academics are increasingly disenchanted with institutional VLE provision and are subscribing to a 'doing it yourself' approach. Students are also voting with their feet, with many preferring to use social networking tools such as Facebook to communicate in place of the institutional e-mail system. The adoption of free social software tools has raised questions over corporate branding, security and privacy issues, and legal requirements.
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