Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Back in January 2008, I suggested that people Stop Reading and instead Skim Dive Skim. It received some passionate replies - although not quite what I expected. Most people proved me wrong and they actually read things - see the survey results about whether people found a small bit of text embedded in the middle of my post: 74% of the people saw it 21% missed it 5% not sure I'm still convinced there's lack of ability to get people's attention and have them focus on any details - see Corporate Le

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 15, 2008

HR speaking: We got into elearning when there were scattered experiments going on around the organization. Of course we stopped those, as we need a coordinated approach. We want to grow in a controlled way. Our first move was, of course, to purchase an LMS. A good LMS is like a fine automobile, with lots of capabilities to handle all conditions. We selected the top of the line, to last a long time.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 19, 2008

This has been the year of software training. I've been involved in I don't know how many training modules, ranging from the overly long to the shorter chunked variety. (Remember, all I do is online, self-paced eLearning). We've taken scenario-based approaches, so the learner can sit with an expert and watch how he does his job using the software. We've inserted pictures of these characters to give a course more life and interest.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Today my team undertook an interesting evaluation activity: We tested whether we could process a particular task after completing the online training that we had developed for it. I’m glad to report that we could! While we don’t process the task day-to-day, we were still able to acquire the basic skills from the online training and apply them effectively in the “real world&#.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 16, 2008

I've been having fabulous conversations about using SharePoint. SharePoint is so flexible and the documentation for it is so big and diverse, that a big part of my goals have been to understand the different ways that training organizations are using SharePoint. In my post SharePoint Examples there are some great examples in the comments. I've had conversations with several of these folks in more detail and with a few others.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 17, 2008

I’m finding it hard today to be positive after listening to a couple of well-reasoned analyses of our economic crisis. One analyzes the current economic crisis, explaining the complex economic structures created and unregulated (admittedly a US perspective). The other is an “Inconvenient Truth&# on the larger economic picture here in the US.

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eLearning Cyclops

DECEMBER 14, 2008

I am "Linked In," but I do not consider myself a power user. In fact, it took a while for me to see much value in it. However, The more I add to my profile and make connections, the more it grows on me. Please note, I use it judiciously, adding only professional information and only make connections to people with whom I have worked, studied, networked or have a common professional interest.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Brett Miller has taken me up on my 100 Conversation Topics which you can see what's happening at eLearning Learning - 100 Conversations. His post were some book recommendations for learning professionals. I must say that his list of books was quite interesting and come from a bit outside where I normally think. I went and ordered: How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day just based on Brett's comment: Gelb looks at what made the greatest learner of all time the, um, g

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 17, 2008

If you are doing some last minute shopping, here are some games that are semi-learning related and a lot of fun. Number 5: Spanish for Everyone (Nintendo DS) Nintendo DS has a number of educational games to teach a variety of subjects. This fun game challenges the player/learner with various Spanish words and phrases. As a player you take a journey to Mexico where different people you meet help you learn Spanish.

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DECEMBER 14, 2008

Irene Hanraets alerted me about this video about the networked student by wdrexler: The way the networked student uses web2.0 services is basically the way I use them. So it could be the knowledge worker2.0 too. I wonder though, about individual paths and diversity. I don't think learning by blogging works for every student, or does it? I also wonder what it takes in terms of knowing what direction you want to take.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Going to a stock image site and looking for just the right pictures can be very time-consuming and a drain on your limited resources. Why not create your own stock images? If rapid elearning software makes everyone an instructional designer, then surely a digital camera makes us all photographers. Obviously, this approach doesn’t work for everyone and taking good photos is an art in itself.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Bill Sawyer posted in response to my Conversation Topics post. You can find posts aggregated via eLearning Learning - 100 Conversations. I've not met Bill before, and this was a great way to start. He is definitely challenged and thinking a lot about training standards. Bill has quite a few questions in his post: eLearning is suffering from the Beta/VHS or Blu-ray/HD-DVD challenge.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Holidays can stress people out, so here are some lighthearted, funny videos that can add a smile to your face. Also, if you choose to think deeper about the content and how it applies to designing instruction and delivering instruction in our modern, fast-paced world.some are actually quite profound.enjoy. Number 5: Wii Fit Parody , Here is my original blog post on Wii Fit Parody.

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bozarthzone

DECEMBER 15, 2008

I get a lot of "my organization won't let me." comments in training that I do. Steve Radick offers a wonderful response. Here's part of his post from yesterday. Visit him to read the whole thing: "Don’t tell me it’s too hard or that your boss doesn’t know YouTube from an iPod. Those are excuses, not reasons. If YouTube is blocked where you work, get it unblocked.

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Learning Developments

DECEMBER 19, 2008

So I've started my Remember the Milk experiment. This will be my list for all work related tasks. Click here for an introduction to RTM if you are unfamilar with it. I have set up my RTM environment as follows: General - Miscellaneous tasks (e.g. Install new computer memory) Maybe/Someday - Miscellaneous tasks that are low on the priority list and are not currently essential for my work Personal - Tasks that are not related to work but I may need to do at work; I actually have 2 RTM accounts

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 18, 2008

As part of some renewed discussion on blogging such as in New Blog , No Trust , and Audience Member, I had in my notes to go back and discuss the issue of holding back. When is holding back better than posting? Clive posted The world's a safer place today (talking about the Obama victory), took some flack about posting something political, so he wondered if things were a bit too serious.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Ok, let's make a deal. I will not pretend to be a salesperson, a doctor, a banker.if.(and I said if) these people stop pretending to be instructional designers and/or trainers? Why do organizations take people with no formal training in instructional design, adult education or anything close and make them a trainer/instructional designer. It is not fair to that person and it is not fair to the trainees within the organization.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 19, 2008

The end of each year is an ideal time to reflect upon personal progress and look back at the milestones, the achievements, the events that have made the year. It's a time to consolidate, to be thankful, and in the act of looking back, to also look forward to what the new year might bring. It's a time to make plans in the light of past successes (and failures) and to celebrate and take stock.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Thanks to Ron Orme for bringing to my attention Learning at work: e-learning evolution or revolution? , a paper published In October 2008 by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). The paper is based on a study conducted in the UK by Professor William Scott-Jackson, Terry Edney and Ceri Rushent from the Centre for Applied HR Research at Oxford Brookes University involving an online survey of 1087 CMI members and in-depth interviews with fifteen leading public and private sector organisations.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Someone added a reason not to blog to my Top Ten Reasons To Blog and Top Ten Not to Blog : Because you think no one will read it.how can people find it? I realized that in all my posts talking about blogging and Pushing People to Blog as a learning tool, I had never specifically blogged about how you find readers - or more appropriately - what should you do so that potential readers can find you.

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E-Learning Acupuncture

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Wikipedia. For academics you either love it or you hate it. One of the people on Twitter that I follow alerted me to a blog post by Frederic Lardinois on ReadWriteWeb that describes a first for a refereed academic journal. The scientific journal, RNA Biology , will now require all authors that submit a paper for review to the journal to also submit a summary of the article to Wikipedia.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Continuing my top ten favourite places visited during 2008. Here are my top five cities in reverse order: 5 - Salzburg, Austria. Flying into the tiny airport at Salzburg in early June, I was treated to a breathtaking Alpine vista as we disembarked from the orange and white bird and trudged through the heat across the apron to the terminal building. The short taxi ride into Salzburg was full of superb views, and once through the town, and across the river I was soon in the tranquil St Virgil Chri

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Learning Developments

DECEMBER 15, 2008

I hope you didn't read the title of this post and hoped that I had found the end all perfect task management tool. I've had no luck in that department yet. Has anybody found the perfect task list management tool? I'm going to go out on a limb and guess the answer to that question is "no". I've been looking for ways of managing my work flow and I've been hoping task management software will help out.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 15, 2008

I was telling Seb Schmoller today about how I had a major report to write this week and how I was desperately looking round for displacement activities that would avoid me making a start. We agreed that there were some benefits in leaving difficult tasks to the last minute: You leave yourself the maximum possible time for reflection and to allow for serendipitous connections to occur.

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eLearning Blender

DECEMBER 14, 2008

In a previous post I mentioned a new eLearning community I am taking part in called eLearning Learning. If you haven't already, you really should check out this site. Dr. Tony Karrer has really done some amazing things with the keyword widget making it easy to dig deep into a research topic. You can actually dive in right here from my blog. In my sidebar you will see the eLearning Learning keyword widget which lists common topics I talk about on my blog.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 14, 2008

I have had been fortunate to visit some of the most beautiful and exotic destinations in 2008. All have been visited while I was on business, so I have only experienced a short while in these cities, yet even a few short hours have left some indelible impressions. In reverse order, here are numbers 10-6 in my top ten (or eleven) places visited in 2008.

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Learning Developments

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Learning Developments. Thoughts and issues related to the development of eLearning content and general eLearning issues with an occasional diversion here or there. Dec 9, 2008. WBT Development Toolbox. The organization I work for has never formally offered web based training. My role is to help start up a web based training program. One of the tasks Ive been working on is selecting a tool kit for creating the content.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2008

At Online Educa in Berlin, I picked up a trial copy of YawnBuster , a new product from Harbinger Knowledge Products, the makers of Raptivity. Having just experienced a particularly dire example of near death by PowerPoint (without the angels and bright lights), I was up for this. YawnBuster is a set of Flash templates that installs as a PowerPoint add-in.

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