Experiencing eLearning

JULY 25, 2008

elearninglive.com » Captivate Audio Output Settings Comparison - Part One - Encoding Bitrate. Results of an experiment on the encoding bitrate for Captivate. Mark Siegriest is trying to find the best audio settings to balance sound quality and file size. The most surprising finding in this is that at the lowest bitrates, the file size actually went up, not down. 32kbps was the smallest file size in his sampling. tags: captivate , e-learning , audio , audacity.

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Tony Karrer

JULY 24, 2008

NASA Images was just launched ( press release ) and it uses software that was partly developed by my firm TechEmpower. It has a bunch of neat features that makes it fun to play with, especially the ability to create different kinds of widgets of groups and images and workspaces. Warning, if you go there and like these kinds of things, prepare to spend a bit of time playing.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 24, 2008

Yesterday, I attended a seminar at my workplace about emerging technologies and virtual worlds, which was presented by guest speakers Westley Field , the Director of Online Learning at MLC School and the Managing Director of Skoolaborate , Second Life “architect&# Mike Mikula , and education consultant Lindy McKeown who joined us remotely via webcam and also via her avatar in Second Life.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 24, 2008

So the Wii Fit is out. I've written before about getting exercise with the Wii. Check out Get People Moving.have them play a Video Game But for a fun laugh check out this great parody of the Wii Fit. Funny stuff. Although, on a sadder note, doesn't the parody remind you of the hype of "oh-so-many" training programs dreamed up by management?

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 24, 2008

Evaluating Online Learning. 80-page PDF from the US Department of Education on evaluating K-12 online learning. I haven’t read it all yet, but some of this would probably apply to higher ed settings, and maybe corporate settings. Includes examples & case studies of successful online K-12 programs. tags: e-learning , education , k-12 , assessment.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 24, 2008

tgiftutorials wiki. Resources for Today's Researchers. Customer Anthropology: The Art of Observation. Customer Anthropology: The Art of Observation - List in the middle is great for Work Literacy. Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late… : Community Group Therapy. in the workshop can be extremely useful: Likely not a good solution in all scenarios, but I had one client include their agency partners in the workshop and I thought it went brilliantly.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 21, 2008

Here we are sitting around the conference room discussing our visits to far away places in the metaverse. This was an exciting class, we first learned to create note cards and then learning about Learning Archetypes in Second Life which are picking up some momentum. We also learned some ideas about developing lessons within Second Life in terms of what needs to be created to make a successful educational experience in a 3D world.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 22, 2008

» What Everybody Ought to Know About Instructional Design The Rapid eLearning Blog. Great post on the value of instructional design and what instructional designers add to the process of learning. * More than just putting info in front of learners. * Helps learners focus on the right things. * Provides context and perspective. * Saves time in the learning process. * “Engages learners in clear and meaningful content&#.

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Tony Karrer

JULY 24, 2008

In the post - Webinar Software - Adoption Advice - one of the comments I made was: If you've done webinars, you know that they are different to design and deliver successfully than other kinds of presentations and training. This is something I learned the hard way. My very first presentation was a large public presentation where they had muted the entire audience (dead silence) and there was no moderator.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 24, 2008

NASA Images was just launched ( press release ) and it uses software that was partly developed by my firm TechEmpower. It has a bunch of neat features that makes it fun to play with, especially the ability to create different kinds of widgets of groups and images and workspaces. Warning, if you go there and like these kinds of things, prepare to spend a bit of time playing.

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From the Coleface

JULY 21, 2008

I have read TJ (aka the Training Journal) for several years and found it a good read for fresh ideas and CPD the face to face training that I’ve been doing over that time. However I’ve long suspected that e-learning was something it wanted to look down upon in order to massage the vanity and phobias of its core target audience of face to face trainers “face to facers”.

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 22, 2008

A reader asked a question that I’m not really sure how to answer. My experience has mostly been in higher ed, so I’ve always needed to do grading or more tracking than what this reader needs: I am the sole person involved with e-Learning in my branch, and I am mostly limited to using freeware. Â At present we are developing self-paced CBTS using PowerPoint, a PowerPoint-to-Flash converter, and HTML.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 21, 2008

Here is a great article about how learning about other cultures in a 3D world like Second Life can translate into the real world. The article is called Study abroad through Second Life Here are some quotes from the article: If you learn about a culture … and your behavior changes in Second Life while you're interacting with another culture, when you leave the virtual world these processes stay with you,” says Jeremy Bailenson, director of Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab i

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Clark Quinn

JULY 24, 2008

In the post - Webinar Software - Adoption Advice - one of the comments I made was: If you've done webinars, you know that they are different to design and deliver successfully than other kinds of presentations and training. This is something I learned the hard way. My very first presentation was a large public presentation where they had muted the entire audience (dead silence) and there was no moderator.

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Tony Karrer

JULY 21, 2008

I received a question today and thought that I should post it so that people can weigh in with resources and suggestions. We are designing curriculum for a graduate program aimed at building skills to be able to work in the eLearning and eContent design and development domain. What curriculum belongs to prepare students to work in the eLearning field?

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Experiencing eLearning

JULY 19, 2008

Do Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Learners Need Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Instruction? Examines what cognitive science actually tells us about different learning styles and argues that the best answer is to choose the modality that best suits the content rather than adapting to the student. tags: learning , cognition , learningstyles , research , education.

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Kapp Notes

JULY 19, 2008

In early June my family was fortunate enough to go on a trip to Hawaii, I had never been there before so it was a great chance to see the birthplace of the hula and of surfing. To that end, our family decided to take surfing lessons.a very tourist-in-Hawaii thing to do.it was great! We had a wonderful time. My wife and two boys were surfing in no time and even I eventually got to a point where I was "rid'n" the waves.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 23, 2008

Good question about adoption of webinar software / services - this time from someone who went to my workshop in Cincinnati - Revolution in Workplace Learning - who by the way - called it "awesome." Here's the question: We are currently moving toward web-based training for an external audience and have been experimenting with a modest product called Ready Talk.

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Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

JULY 25, 2008

I bought Clay Shirky's book 'Here comes everybody' to read during my holidays. I hesitated because not everyone was positive, it might not have so many new insights. But I decided I would read it after all. Yesterday, I found this video from the tedtalks with Clay Shirky talking about collaboration via the internet versus institutions. Interesting to watch (20 minutes).

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Vignettes Learning

JULY 25, 2008

It is moving and life changing. Thanks, Randy. I am pasting Elliott Masie's message to view Randy Pausch video. "The Last Lecture" Educator - Randy Pausch DiesIf you were to watch only one video this year, please view "The Last Lecture". Randy Pausch, the remarkable computer scientist and educator passed away today. He was passionate about evolving models of education and learning.

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Learning with e's

JULY 25, 2008

I am in the process of ditching 10 years or more of accumulated junk from my office prior to our move across to the new Rolle Building, here on the main Plymouth campus. You know what it's like - you come across something and think, shall I throw it out or shall I keep it? Well, I came across some old medical terms in some handouts from my days in the NHS and nurse training which I thought were interesting.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 21, 2008

Internet resources on information overload and productivity | ManagingIO. Managing information summary. How to Reduce Information Overload | ThinkSimpleNow.com. Confessions of a CKO: What I Should Have Done. I started to think about the processes of KM, I realized that we have been looking at it all wrong, from above, from a systems perspective, instead of from ground level, from an activity level.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 25, 2008

At the recent eLearning Network showcase event, I attended an interesting presentation made by Nick Timpson of my old firm Epic and Claire Little from leading psychometric test providers, SHL. SHL train something like 10,000 people a year to use their tests, most of whom are HR people. With Epic's help, SHL have moved from pure classroom-based delivery to a blend that involves self-study e-learning prior to the face-to-face event.

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Vignettes Learning

JULY 22, 2008

To continue my thoughts on the " Deepening Process " of Turning Social Learning to Work Performance , I think we have plenty of opportunities in training to start small social learning experiments. In #1A of the schematic I suggest trainers start their experiments by doing the following: Part I - Preparation and Set up 1. Set up a social learning tool for your project.

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Learning with e's

JULY 19, 2008

We all enjoyed a great day out yesterday at the Faculty of Education Degree Award Ceremony for University of Plymouth students. As in previous years, the ceremony took place in the beautifully atomospheric Exeter Cathedral. We all processed in to the grand strains of the huge cathedral pipe organ. It was a spectacle indeed. Sadly, this will be the last time we hold the Degree ceremonies here, as the Faculty of Education moves to the main Plymouth campus next month.

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Clark Quinn

JULY 21, 2008

I received a question today and thought that I should post it so that people can weigh in with resources and suggestions. We are designing curriculum for a graduate program aimed at building skills to be able to work in the eLearning and eContent design and development domain. What curriculum belongs to prepare students to work in the eLearning field?

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Clive on Learning

JULY 23, 2008

In May I conducted an interview Tom Kuhlmann , author of the Rapid E-Learning Blog. Both Tom and I enjoyed doing it and quite a few of you found the interview illuminating, so never one to do things by half, I have decided to create a mini-series of webcam interviews with people I've come to know in the field of learning technologies. So, my second interview is with Patrick Dunn.

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Vignettes Learning

JULY 19, 2008

$700 Trillion Dependency In the U.S. 700 people of 1,000 use cars. In China, 24 people of 1,000 use cars. The U.S. use 25% of the worlds oil. Today, the 70% of oil is imported. The magnitude of the energy problem reminds of the similar challenge with the declining number of employable people in the U.S. over the next decade. The challenge of ever increasing the speed of learning must be solved.

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