Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As social technology growth continues to march on and dynamic learning grows to be the need of the day, it is little surprise that social media has now become an integral part of learning as well. Various elearning development companies are integrating the popular social media services like Twitter, YouTube etc. right into their courses and LMS. A couple of months back, the Adobe Captivate blog demonstrated a twitter widget that can be integrated within a Captivate Flash output to send a tweet (

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2010

It’s Saturday night, and I’m reading an ID book. Just because. Instructional-Design Theories and Models: An Overview of their Current Status, edited by Charles M. Reigeluth, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1983. [I ordered it used a few weeks ago. When I opened the package on Friday, the nostalgic aroma of the library stacks hit me. Oh how I love the smell of books!

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Management of any organization, large, medium, or small, has a critical role to play in the training and development of employees. A great example is Zingerman’s , the internationally famous specialty food retailer located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that employs over 300 people in nine separate businesses: Delicatessen, Bakehouse, Catering, Mail Order, Training (ZingTrain), Candy Manufactory, Coffee Company, Creamery, and the Roadhouse Restraurant.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Today's Wall Street Journal carries an article by Jeff Tachtenberg and Yukari Kane titled 'Textbook Firms Ink E-Deals for iPad'. While it is widely known that major textbook publishers are adapting their texts for the electronic format, the intoduction of iPad has given that trend a further push - or so it seems from this article. McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pearson Education, Kaplan are all on the bandwagon already.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 30, 2010

Learning is fast turning Social, Informal, & Mobile. That’s the message I’ve been hearing loud & clear from Learning Technologies 2010. While what’s being said in most of the sessions isn’t entirely new to us, it does reaffirm the direction in which things are going. The level of participation in these areas was clearly visible at the event which is a good sign.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I had a great conversation last week that sparked an early stage idea for what I think would be a wonderful way for learning and development organizations to leverage SharePoint better. HP Web 2.0 for Marketing – Social Learning Experience The concept is probably easiest to understand by considering what HP did around their course on Web 2.0 for Marketing.

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 31, 2010

Week three was a bit hectic for the tour. First, Tony and I both had live appearances and then we had an early post, a post-poned post and a Saturday post.hectic but exciting. Here is the re-cap. Day Eleven: Randy Hinrichs at his 2b3D's blog. Had an entry titled Welcome to 2b3d 3D Learning Blog Time where he talked about the fact that "3D virtual learning is about the experience" and not about the technology.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

That the LMS needs to incorporate social learning elements is no longer a point of debate but both a question of survival for the LMS itself and also a test of how the LMS handles the balance of both the elements of training and the ‘networkedness’ of the social learning. We’ve been hearing of experts commenting that LMSs today don’t come with appropriate social media technology built in.

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Integrated Learnings

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

By Jay Lambert. In an earlier post on the Integrated Learnings: eLearning blog , Jonathan mentioned embedding a YouTube video in a Lectora course title. We received a few calls asking for step-by-step instructions so here they are. Within your Lectora course, go to the page where you want the video and click the Add External HTML icon. Lectora adds the following item to your page.

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Challenge to Learn

JANUARY 31, 2010

Skip to content Homepage Kasper Spiro Change to learn “ On a mission to make EasyGenerator the best and most successful e-Learning authoring tool in the world ” ‹ The most beautiful office in the world! QMlive: The way software should be › January 31, 2010 Output management I am writing a series of post on my professional foundations both for (e)learning and managing.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Here are the great stops for week 4 of the blog book tour. Also, follow the tour on Twitter with hashtag #lrn3d. And, join us on Facebook at the Learning in 3D page. Tour Stops Day Sixteen 02/01/10 Gordon Snyder's blog Information & Communications Technology Blog Day Seventeen 02/02/10 Koreen Olbrich's Learning in Tandem Day Eighteen 02/03/10 Bart Pursel at Virtual Learning Worlds.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

After having a great first day at the Learning Technologies 2010 I was looking forward to an exciting second day. Apart from the sessions at the conference that I recap below, there was an opportunity to interact with practitioners from the domain. Discussing their current concerns around learning and development gives us a glimpse into their world and that’s valuable.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

This blog has made it onto Debbie Laskey’s “top 10” list  of blogs. She writes: I have assembled my “Top 10” list with names, descriptions, blog links, and Twitter handles.    Now, the next time you need some leadership advice or just want to see how the experts would handle your leadership challenge, the answer is just a click away.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Great post by Tim Kastelle - Filtering, Crowdsourcing and Innovation. He’s talking primarily about Innovation pipelines based on crowdsourcing. His diagram: Show a fairly common model for how things can be filtered. This is similar to the model that we used on Project Greenlight – the scriptwriting and director contest by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

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eLearning Brothers

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

What skills are needed to successfully learn from online training? Are there some users that will never be successful using eLearning? Are the skills needed to learn in a classroom environment different from skills needed online? Here are some thoughts. Classroom-based training requires: Listening comprehension. Ability to pay attention for long spans of time.

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Integrated Learnings

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

We started the Integrated Learnings: eLearning blog last year with the idea of writing simple, but informative, posts about eLearning design and development. Our topics rotate between learning theory refreshers and step-by-step techniques for popular eLearning authoring tools (Lectora, Captivate, Articulate, and others). Our one rule is that the topics have to relate to eLearning.

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Moodle Journal

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

If you are reading this blog, then the chances are that you also actively produce eLearning content. Given that we certainly need to avoid the pitfalls of just dropping standard class handouts onto the vle and thinking that's fine; chances are if they are not read in class, they will not be reading these on-line, at least that's my experience. That said there is the whole area, and I am not sure upon reflection that I give it the attention it deserves of accessibility.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

I was just reading a post - Top 5 tips to gain buy in for learning with social media. The tips were many of the usual suspects (click on the link for details): Build a solid measurable plan Do your research and put it to the test Choose your words carefully Blitz the stigma Educate the decision makers This is good stuff, but it also got me to thinking that this might be way more complicated than it really needs to be.

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Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post called Not a Good Week for the Virtual Worlds Space where I reported, based on other reports, that Forterra Systems had laid off some of its workforce. It now looks like the large consultancy firm SAIC has purchased Forterra and is going to leverage the 3D capabilities as part of its offerings. I think this sends a signal to both large consultancy firms that they also better get onto the virtual immersive environment opportunity Here is the press release: FORTERRA

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Web Courseworks

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

I will be speaking at one of the last Idea Labs at the ASAE Technology Conference next Friday, February 12 th at 3:30PM. I like to think that I was placed in this “closing” position because conference organizers felt that the topic of “Using eLearning Games to Recruit, Engage, and Educate Members” would keep attendees energized until the very end of the conference.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 31, 2010

I've moved my blog and switched the feed. Right now I'm just testing to see if the old feed still works if I switch back. If you'd like to keep reading Learning Visions, I'm still posting away. Just stop by the blog and subscribe to my new feed.

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Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

E-learning is hot. And for good reason. If done right, it can produce great results by decreasing costs and improving performance. Also, unlike a one time classroom session, the elearning course is available for others. This includes the static elearning course as well as any ongoing conversations in networked communities. Recently, I had a conversation with someone new to elearning and it struck me that she didn’t fully understand the value of elearning.

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Usable Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Okay, I haven’t done one of these in a while. Figured I was due for one, and I promised this to @DoctorZen. Some Related Stuff: Boredom: Bug or Feature? Creating Meaningful Experiences by Clark Quinn.

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TechSmith Camtasia

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Ever wish you could go to class and learn all about Camtasia Studio? Well, you can! There are a couple upcoming classes I wanted to make sure everyone knew about. Camtasia Studio expert, Kevin Siegel, will be leading an online class all about Camtasia Studio on February 10 and March 10. Kevin has also written a Camtasia Studio book and if you sign up for the class, you will get a copy of the book, Camtasia Studio 6: The Essentials (note: you can purchase the book by itself)!

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 30, 2010

On Wednesday 3rd February I gave a presentation to staff at the University of Brighton, on an invite from my old mate Asher Rospigliosi. His blog on learning using the Internet is worth a read. Below is the abstract of my presentation to staff in the Brighton Business School: New Pedagogies for the Digital Age The rapid emergence of new, participative and social media in higher education has caused teachers to question what they have previously believed about university teaching.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

A funny thing happened while we were learning informally. A few astute people noticed it, wrote about it and brought it to the forefront of the learning arena. In fact, the buzz about informal learning seems to grow every day. You’ll find it discussed in training forums, featured in conferences and the subject of many presentations. Social learning technologies, which often facilitate informal learning, seem to have paved the way for greater interest in this approach.

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The Learning Circuits

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

There's a trend that seems to be ongoing, but I'm noticing it even more recently. People seem to be spending less time going through information in depth and less willing to spend time on information. We seem to be snacking on information, not consuming it in big chunks. And it's been something I've been really wondering about on all kinds of levels.

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