Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning
MARCH 4, 2009
For the third time I was going through all my resources- files and bookmarks to find online icebreakers. I thought I'd do myself (and you) a favour by listing the most interesting ones. 10 online icebreakers (the picture relates to number 10!): 1. Two Lies and A Truth. Ask participants to list three interesting things about themselves. (I own two iguanas; I once shook hands with Tom Cruise; and I love to waterski.
Clark Quinn
FEBRUARY 28, 2009
Another way to think about what I was talking about yesterday in revisiting the training department is taking a broader view. I was thinking about it as Learning Design, a view that incorporates instructional design, information design and experience design. I’m leery of the term instructional design, as that label has been tarnished with too many cookie cutter examples and rote approaches to make me feel comfortable (see my Broken ID series ).
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Making Change
MARCH 3, 2009
My latest project, the Elearning Blueprint , is now available and ready to help you save the world from boring elearning. The blueprint is an interactive job aid that helps anyone design lean, lively elearning. It can be used by one person or an entire team—including subject matter experts. And because it’s based on Action Mapping , the blueprint helps you create materials that improve business performance.
Tony Karrer
MARCH 6, 2009
A little more than a year ago, I published a post Touch Typing - Cursive Writing - Why? that asked why they would spend so much time teaching my kids cursive writing and not teaching them touch typing. The comment that I just received on this post was great and I couldn't let it be buried. I am as perplexed as you why many schools do not see the need for students to learn how to touch-type.
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eLearning Cyclops
MARCH 5, 2009
Here is a short article/tip I wrote last April on using Flash for marketing courses. It was included in the e-Learning Guild's " 239 Tips for Producing and Managing Flash-based e-Learning Content ," but I thought i would also share it on the blog. USING FLASH TO MARKET E-LEARNING COURSES — Marketing is key to successful implementation of an e-Learning course, and Flash is an excellent tool for this purpose.The rich media of Flash provides an excellent means of gaining your audience’s attention t
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Clark Quinn
MARCH 4, 2009
Cathy Moore has a lovely post with a slideshow that talks about using action mapping to design better elearning, and it’s a really nice approach. While I don’t know from Action Mapping (tm?), I do know that the approach taken avoids the typical mistakes and focuses on the same thing I advocate: what do people need to be able to do ? The presentation rightly points out the problems with knowledge dump, and instead focuses on the business goal first, and then asks you to map out what
Tony Karrer
MARCH 3, 2009
Last week I did a webinar with Mark Sylvester of Intronetworks - Tapping the Social Grid. There's a recording available here. The crux of the talk was: Why being able to tap into the social grid is important for concept workers. A few of the tools and methods I use to tap into the social grid. Unfortunately, chat was not enabled during the session, but they did have the ability for attendees to ask questions.
Kapp Notes
MARCH 3, 2009
The other day I received my copy of Michael Allen's E-Learning Annual for 2009. It is a great collection of very interesting articles/essays about the future of e-learning. I have just started to read it and have found the "dueling articles" by Mark Prensky and Ruth Colvin Clark especially interesting. Good old fashion academic disagreement carried out in the page of the annual.
Learning Visions
MARCH 5, 2009
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, March 05, 2009 The 60-Minute Masters Because repetition is a key ingredient of learning, Ive just spent the last 30-60 minutes reviewing Clive Shepherds The 60-Minute Masters , a brief primer on creating good eLearning, rapidly. I urge you to do the same.
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Clark Quinn
MARCH 3, 2009
Over at the TogetherLearn site, I’ve added a post about ‘ what it takes ‘ I guess it’s the ‘how do we make this work’ in me, but I wanted to wrap some concrete definition about their ‘ the future of the training department ‘ I very much agree with their view, but was concerned it could be viewed as too difficult.
Tony Karrer
MARCH 4, 2009
What are Conversation Searches? I often present around my Information Radar tools and methods, particularly my use of an RSS Reader. During those presentations, I'll mention what are sometimes called "vanity searches." These searches look for any mention of your name, company, URLs across blogs and other sites. For me, these searches primarily allow me to see what people are saying in response to something that I've put out there.
Kapp Notes
MARCH 2, 2009
Just in time for Monday Morning. Here is a link to a funny video that puts some of our modern gadgets and gizmos into perspective and, as someone who travels a bit, I think the airplane story is very funny. The video is by Louis CK on the Conan O' Brien. __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide.
Learning Visions
MARCH 5, 2009
Because repetition is a key ingredient of learning, I've just spent the last 30-60 minutes reviewing Clive Shepherd's The 60-Minute Masters , a brief primer on creating good eLearning, rapidly. I urge you to do the same. Tags: 30-minute masters clive.
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Clark Quinn
MARCH 2, 2009
This month’s Learning Circuit’s blog Big Question is “What will workplace learning look like in 10 years&#. Triggered by Jay & Harold’s post and reactions (and ignoring my two related posts on Revisiting and Learning Design ), it’s asking what the training department might look like in 10 years. I certainly have my desired answer.
Tony Karrer
MARCH 2, 2009
SharePoint in Corporate Learning One of the hardest things for me to find are good examples of how people are really using web 2.0 inside organizations. This is a great opportunity to hear lots of examples of what they are doing with SharePoint around Corporate Learning in a wide variety of organizations. Live Sessions: Tuesday March 10, 8 - 10 AM Pacific Thursday March 12, 8 - 9 AM Pacific Community discussion will occur in between.
eLearning Cyclops
MARCH 1, 2009
The March Big Question from Learning Circuits is What will workplace learning look like in 10 years? Here are some of the things I see in 10 years: We will see much more informal learning and knowledge management. There will be a need for trainers and/or knowledge managers who will guide, coach, be a catalyst for, and monitor social media and informal learning.
Learning Visions
MARCH 5, 2009
I was pledge #431. For each pledge made via the online form, Tyson will donate 35 lbs of food product (the equivalent of 140 servings). It’s really easy. Just go to the website and do it. You can choose to share this website with others, volunteer your service, and/or donate to Share Our Strength. It's just five minutes. To do everything, including write a blog post.
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Clark Quinn
MARCH 1, 2009
Previous Series Post. This is one in a series of thoughts on some broken areas of ID that I’m posting for Mondays. I intend to provide insight into many ways much of instructional design fails, and some pointers to avoid the problems. The point is not to say ‘bad designer’, but instead to point out how to do good design. Really, the key to learning is the practice.
Lars is Learning
MARCH 1, 2009
I've been sitting on a number of research/news snippets which are all interesting but demonstrate how fluid the respective fields of neuroscience, cognitive psychology and educational study are. Sometimes it's hard to draw immediately practical inferences. Things are moving so fast that you can move from positions of contradiction, congruence and back to contradiction in a matter of days.
eLearning Cyclops
FEBRUARY 28, 2009
I have been considering buying a netbook. They are very reasonable, but they have their limitations. Will it be worth buying? Here are the pluses and minuses. Plus - It's highly mobile. Instead of schlepping my laptop around this will be a lot easier. And it still has a large enough screen size to demo my courses. My courses are never larger than 800 x 600 resolution, which is the common denominator for my e-learning audience's screens.
Learning Visions
MARCH 4, 2009
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, March 04, 2009 Design Lively Elearning with Action Mapping Cathy Moore has just announced the release of her eLearning Blueprint. Looks like a really useful tool for helping map out an eLearning project. This slideshow gives you a peek into the approach: Design Lively Elearning with Action Mapping View more presentations from Cathy Moore.
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TechSmith Camtasia
MARCH 5, 2009
"The stars at night, are big and bright. Deep in the heart of Texas !!!" I always think of that song when I'm in Texas. I'll spare you my singing (you can thank me later). Next week, the TechSmith crew is heading down to Austin, Texas for the SXSW Interactive Festival ! Tony Dunckel - the Snagit and Jing Product Manager, Mike Kujansuu - the Camtasia Studio and Morae Marketing Manager, Brooks Andrus - Senior Flash Developer, and I are headed south to the event.
Skilful Minds
MARCH 1, 2009
A recent Economist article discusses the relevance of Dunbar’s Number to friending in Facebook, and its relation to the size of social networks, especially networks of close friends. The article addresses a similar issue outlined in an earlier post here on the influence of influentials on Twitter, which focused on findings of a recent study by members [.].
Rapid eLearning
MARCH 3, 2009
I like to download the TED videos and watch them when I travel. On my recent flight to Atlanta, I watched IDEO’s Tim Brown talk about the powerful relationship between playing and creative thinking. The essence of his presentation is how to design a better product and user experience. He discussed three key elements: exploration, thinking with your hands, and role playing.
Learning Visions
MARCH 4, 2009
Cathy Moore has just announced the release of her eLearning Blueprint. Looks like a really useful tool for helping map out an eLearning project. This slideshow gives you a peek into the approach: Design Lively Elearning with Action Mapping View more presentations from Cathy Moore. (tags: concept mapping instructional design ). Tags: instructional design Cathy Moore.
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TechSmith Camtasia
MARCH 3, 2009
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Clive on Learning
MARCH 3, 2009
Can it be that time again? Another month of my life gone, another Big Question from the Learning Circuits Blog. And the questions don't get any easier do they? The problem with predictions is that they're almost impossible to make with any certainty. And if they cover too short a period, then it's easy for people to check back and prove you wrong. The good thing about ten year predictions is that absolutely no-one will remember that you made them.
The Learning Circuits
MARCH 1, 2009
This month it's time for a truly BIG question. The inspiration for this question comes from the recent posts discussing the future of workplace learning: Jay Cross and Harold Jarche - Future of the Training Department Jay Cross - eLearning is not the Answer Tony Karrer - Corporate Training Dave Wilkins - The Future of Training Started Yesterday Thus, for March 2009 Big Question is: Workplace Learning in 10 Years?
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