Upside Learning
MARCH 3, 2010
It’s been a year since we started blogging (March 03, 2009) and we are raring to go another notch high. With 142 posts, over 75,500+ page views, and more 600+ subscriber base, it’s been an enjoyable journey so far. A big thanks once again to all our loyal readers for taking the time to read and for leaving your valuable comments. We sincerely appreciate your continued patronage.
Learning Visions
MARCH 5, 2010
Episode #8 of Instructional Design Live on EdTechTalk. A conversation with Professor Karl Kapp on instructional design – with a focus on the differences in ID as a practice in the academic and corporate worlds. (Apparently, it’s Karl Kapp month here on Learning Visions! See my interview with him last week on his new book.) These are my live blogged notes – apologize if they’re a bit all over the map.
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The Performance Improvement Blog
MARCH 1, 2010
The tendency of some managers in a recessionary economy is to revert to a command-and-control style of leadership. This is risky business. Those managers risk creating a suboptimum work environment and driving out their top talent. Study after study provides evidence that employees perform best and stay longest when their bosses are respectful, listen to employees, and support high levels of engagement.
E-Learning Provocateur
MARCH 1, 2010
What is blended learning? Well, it depends on who you ask. For example, someone might say it’s a mix of pedagogical approaches, while someone else might say it’s a mix of theory and practice. Most of us, though, say that blended learning is a mix of modes of delivery. And these days, there are certainly plenty to choose from! Two faces. In this age of technological nirvana, I think it’s important to recognise the two different faces of blended learning: 1.
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Upside Learning
MARCH 1, 2010
There really is very little different about designing mobile learnin g from other forms of learning. The guidelines that apply for effective learning are really not much different but for the change in context. These are five tips I give customers who are setting about implementing some form of mobile learning, even if it is the smallest component in a blended solution.
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Clark Quinn
MARCH 5, 2010
I have had my head down cranking out the manuscript for my mobile learning book. The deadline for the first draft is breathing down my neck, and I’ve been quite busy with some client work as well. The proverbial one-armed paper hanger comes to mind. However, that does not mean my mind has been idle. Far from, actually. It’s just not been possible to find the time to do the thoughts justice.
Learning Visions
MARCH 1, 2010
A few weeks ago I recorded a 30 minute interview with Professor Karl Kapp. We talked about virtual worlds, his new book on 3D Learning Environments , and how instructional designers may need to shift their thinking in the coming years. Go to the Kineo website to download the full interview or listen to the podcast in short clips. While you’re there, you might also enjoy listening to Steve Lowenthal’s conversation with Anne Laures, retired Director of Learning Services at Walgreens on her experie
Upside Learning
MARCH 2, 2010
We first posted about Augmented Reality way back in April 2009. Since then, we’ve been extremely excited by its potential in workplace learning and recently our innovation team has been trying out various SDKs/classes. AR applications around the world are being developed using FLARToolKit , LAYAR , UNIFEYE , D-fusion platform etc. So far, we’ve implemented FLARToolKit and LAYAR in AR application development at Upside.
Kapp Notes
MARCH 4, 2010
Abbott Bundy with his backpack and walking stick ready to embark on a story quest with his guides. Yesterday, I had the privilege of touring a fascinating project in the 3D virtual immersive environment of Second Life. It is called The Virtual Worlds Story Project with the tag line "Weaving the Narrative Threads of Our Lives." If you want to gain a glimpse into an effective and exciting way to provide context, experience and learning, this is the place you should check out.
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The Performance Improvement Blog
MARCH 5, 2010
An epidemic of employee surveys is killing knowledge and wisdom. Fueling this epidemic are two erroneous beliefs: 1) anyone can design and administer an employee survey effectively; and 2) the results of employee surveys are the property of management. I want to address each of these myths and maybe succeed in immunizing a few readers against further spread of the disease.
Learning Visions
MARCH 5, 2010
Join us for our next Kineo Insights webinar: March 11, 2010: eLearning Insider: Challenges and Best Practices for Internal Development Teams 8:00 AM Pacific/10:00 AM Central/11:00 AM Eastern/4:00 PM UK Rory Lawson , Instructional Design, Manager Learning Design, Learning HSBC Group Management Training College (UK) Anne Marie Laures , Principal at Laures Consulting, former Director Learning Services at Walgreens Ellen Wagner , Partner Sage Road Solutions, former Sr.
Upside Learning
MARCH 4, 2010
In my last post on eLearning Outsourcing, I mentioned the various advantages of eLearning outsourcing. Most people get the benefits part pretty easily however, identifying whom to outsource to is not as easy. When meeting prospects, I often face this objection – “ We have tried outsourcing in the past but have had a real bad experience and (hence) we are not willing to take the risk again “ What they fail to understand is that, in most of the cases, the problem lies much beneath
Kapp Notes
MARCH 5, 2010
Today at Noon Eastern Standard Time (EST), I will be chatting with Cammy Bean and Robert Squires about Instructional Design at EdTechTalk. EdTechTalk is a community of educators interested in discussing and learning about the uses of educational technology. The group webcasts several live shows each week. During shows, listeners can use any common media player (i.e.
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ID Reflections
FEBRUARY 27, 2010
Some is not a number; soon is not a time! Today is my birthday. However, that is not the subject matter of this post. The subject matter is a book called Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard ! I finished reading it this afternoon. I call this fortuitous because I had not planned it such. However, when one completes a book that tells you how to change or bring about change and it coincides with your birthday, it does cause you to reflect a little more than usual.
Learning Visions
MARCH 5, 2010
I’ve been having a lot of fun contributing articles and tips to the eLearning Top Tips section of the Kineo website. Recently, I’ve started a new sub-series series: Shots of Theory. This is me gaining more insight into our practice, but I must admit that theory always turns me off a bit. I’m a practical person; I like to know what works, I don’t want to get too bogged down in the theory and abstractions.
Upside Learning
MARCH 5, 2010
1. How to keep High Performers – Marshall Goldsmith in the Harvard Business Review Blog writes about steps that organizations can take to help them retain high-impact performers. He pointedly adds as the first point ‘show respect’ to your employees, it all starts there. 2. Real Time Language Translation Over Phone – A cool demo of technology that might eventually truly end the language barrier.
Tony Karrer
MARCH 1, 2010
I’ve been facilitating the Big Question on ASTD’s Learning Circuit’s blog since sometime in 2006. Last month’s big question was Instruction in a Information Snacking Culture? The question was all about how we consume and work with information: People seem to be spending less time going through information in depth and less willing to spend time on information.
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Kapp Notes
MARCH 3, 2010
There avatars wave good bye as the virtual world closes on March 9, 2010. Another consumer-based 3D virtual worlds is closing down in a few days. The well-known virtual world called There is closing on March 9, 2010. According to the press announcement on the closing of There : Unfortunately, this also meant that There.com's customers were hardest hit by the recession, and, so was There.
eLearning Cyclops
MARCH 2, 2010
This month's Big Question is "how do we leverage open content in workplace learning?" To learn more about about some of opportunities available in open content, I visited the sites listed on the Big Question post. These were OER Commons and Open Courseware Consortium. For the first time, I perused these sites. A bit embarrassed that I have not visited these sites before, but it is never too late to find new learning opportunities.
Moodle Journal
MARCH 2, 2010
Just into a new round of vle training in Moodle. We have now completed the rollout and trials. From experience of trying to deliver the basic course in year 1 and then move on to the more advanced features in the following year though seemed to not produce the desired effect. The problem appeared to be that if staff were slow to take up use of the vle fairly soon following the training, they seemed to loose confidence and I found them returning to the course again the next term or later.
From the Coleface
MARCH 1, 2010
This blog will be getting a name check or two at the eLearning Network event on Friday 5th March. My challenge is to deliver a session in a Pecha Kucha style – 20 slides only, each set to forward automatically after 20 seconds. . This makes the preparation extra challenging…but think how much the average Board Meeting would be improved if directors had to give their update presentations in this style…6 minutes 40 seconds of well thought through presentation would free up a lo
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Kapp Notes
MARCH 5, 2010
Week Seven was not an official week in the blog book tour but we still had a good amount of buzz concerning the book. Here are some of the links to tour-related activities. Gordon Snyder who writes Gordon's Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Blog posted a video from keynote event I did in January in San Francisco about virtual worlds and technology-based learning.
ID Reflections
FEBRUARY 28, 2010
Preamble: To briefly set the scenario, I had been involved in a project where an organization was rolling out e-learning for the first time, making a shift from pure instructor-led training (for the formal learning bit) to a web-based environment. The key people involved—the trainers, the business clients, managers, target learner groups—were all folks in their late forties and early fifties, and their average tenure in the organization was 15+ years.
eLearning Cyclops
FEBRUARY 27, 2010
With the tragic news of the recent earthquakes, first Haiti and now Chile, I thought I would share some of the e-learning resources regarding earthquakes and tsunamis. Prior to that, it is important to note the valiant relief efforts so many are doing and the support they need. There are many relief groups in need of donations and it can be done easily online or via text.
eLearning Brothers
MARCH 4, 2010
Do you have a glossary of terms that you’d like to have in every course? When there are additions and edits would you like to change one file and have it update every course? We’ll…if so you’re in luck! Below are the steps that I take to build Global (or Universal) Glossaries. Overview. The basic concept is that you create a glossary in Engage and then export it as a website.
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Kapp Notes
MARCH 4, 2010
Here is a press release about one big virtual world event where Tony and I will be speaking about Learning in 3D. GLOBAL CONFERENCE IN SECOND LIFE® TO SHOWCASE THE POWER OF VIRTUAL WORLDS TO TRANSFORM EDUCATION 2010 Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference (March 12-13): Featured Address by Mark Kingdon, CEO of Linden Lab® 48-Hour Event Expected to Attract 5,000+ Attendees and over 150 Presentations from Around the World March 4, 2010 -- Pioneers in the creation of innovative uses o
ID Reflections
FEBRUARY 28, 2010
Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.my find today via Sumeet Moghe. I think it is one of those finds that coincide with an important day in a person's life (this being my birthday) and leaves an impact.an impact that leaves you feeling grateful for all those brick walls life puts in place for us so that we can prove how badly we want some things.
TechSmith Camtasia
FEBRUARY 28, 2010
I'm always amazed at the screencasts I see Camtasia users create. And, you're in for a treat with this week's Screencast of the Week! I heard from Anthony Osborn, at Red Gate Software about a recent screencast they made. This video is just a little different. in a good way for many reasons! I love this screencast because Red Gate does a great job with storytelling to make this screencast engaging and interesting, You get to see inside Red Gate and hear their story of how a group of programmers w
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