Experiencing eLearning
JANUARY 5, 2009
I’ve been blogging for just over 2 years now; my first posts were on December 26, 2008. Like many bloggers, I definitely had a slow start: only 44 views in all of January 2007. Now I’m averaging over five times that every day. My numbers aren’t nearly as impressive as someone like Stephen Downes , but I’m not doing this to set records.
Tony Karrer
JANUARY 5, 2009
I thought I'd kick off this year by posting a series of posts on topics related to tools and methods for work and learning. I'm hoping to address questions such as: How do you create a personal tool set or Personal Learning Environment (PLE) for yourself? What should be in your tool set? What are the most important methods to adopt in addition to the tools?
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Learning Visions
JANUARY 9, 2009
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, January 09, 2009 Instructional Objectives -- How Some of them Work Lunchtime webinosh with Will Thalheimer, PhD (president of Work-Learning Research, Inc. Help organizations to bridge the gap between research on learning and reality.) Brown Bag Learning follows subscription learning approach: Repeats key concepts over time: Spacing Enables you to get reminders and deepen your understanding E
eLearning Cyclops
JANUARY 8, 2009
I recently read a question on a discussion board regarding how to motivate e-learners. Being a fervent subscriber to the ARCS model, I could not resist promoting it. For those of you who are not already familiar with Keller's motivational theory, here are Keller's 4 categories of motivational design. Attention Perceptual Arousal Inquiry Arousal Variability Relevance Familiarity Goal Orientation Motive Matching Confidence Expectancy for Success Challenge Setting Attribution Molding Satisfact
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Kapp Notes
JANUARY 8, 2009
Yes, I am in San Francisco and yes I am at a conference where a representative from Apple is the Keynote speaker but no.it's not Macworld. I am at the Winter 2009 ICT Educator conference. The ICT organization is an expanding group of academic professionals and industry experts who share a common goal or ensuring a quality and industry-relevant education for all Information and Communication Technology (ICT)students.
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Learning Visions
JANUARY 9, 2009
Lunchtime webinosh with Will Thalheimer, PhD (president of Work-Learning Research, Inc. Help organizations to bridge the gap between research on learning and reality.) Brown Bag Learning follows subscription learning approach: Repeats key concepts over time: Spacing Enables you to get reminders and deepen your understanding Enables you to remember over time Learning News Big topic this week -- Neon Elephant Award to Robert Brinkerhoff for developing case success method evaluation of learning and
eLearning Cyclops
JANUARY 6, 2009
It has been announced that Flash will be available on TVs! This news from Broadcom and Adobe certainly caught my attention. This is not only a great opportunity for Adobe Flash, but opens up many, many opportunities for Flash developers and hopefully e-learning designers. This will now place rich Internet applications (RIA) on TVs, using Flash Lite Player 3.
Kapp Notes
JANUARY 7, 2009
One area of the United States economy that is hiring is the FBI. In fact, due to retirments of the boomers and attrition.they need more than a few good men/women. They need a lot! This is just the first of many agencies in the Government that are going to need a lot more people because of retirements. The FBI posted openings for 850 special agents and more than 2,100 professional support personnel.
Tony Karrer
JANUARY 8, 2009
I saw a post by Bryan Chapman discussing how long it takes to select an LMS. I've known Bryan for quite a few years - more than 10. And he and I do a lot of LMS selection and implementation work. And I think we are both pretty good at it. I may even be the person he's talking about in his post as the other consultant, but I'm not quite sure. So, the real answer to how long it takes is, of course, it depends.
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Learning Visions
JANUARY 7, 2009
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, January 07, 2009 eLearning Guild 2009 Salary Report Check out the 2009 salary report from the eLearning Guild. Brent Schlenker asks, " Are you making over $78k as an elearning professional?" Want more? Heres an older post of mine on salaries for instructional designers.
Clark Quinn
JANUARY 6, 2009
I was just reading the posts on the MacWorld Keynote by Phil Shiller, and saw some interesting themes in comments: empowering users, and learning as a key selling item. These are certainly worth expl0ring. On the TUAW coverage , they made the comment “Y’know, it seems like iMovie and iPhoto are now designed to repair human failings.&# They were referring to how iMovie could remove any handheld jitters in your movies, and how iPhoto could do some autotagging both geographically and
Kapp Notes
JANUARY 6, 2009
ASTD's Big Question for January is, again, a series of questions. What are your biggest challenges for this upcoming year? What are your major plans for the year? What predictions do you have for the year? First a little reflection. This year has been a busy year as my consulting has been more active than any previous year. I've done work on: Analyzing Mobile Learning Opportunities within an Organization Analyzed Virtual World and MMOLE Learning Opportunities within an Organization Researched So
Tony Karrer
JANUARY 7, 2009
Most descriptions of tool sets start with the tools and proceed to describe the features of the tools. Starting with the tools is what I consider to be a bottom-up approach. It's left to the reader to interpret where they fit into their day-to-day concept work. I understand why most authors start with the tool. Trying to fit any tool into the myriad of different work lives is really hard.
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Learning Visions
JANUARY 7, 2009
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, January 07, 2009 When the Content is Really Boring. So youve got some great ideas on how to make your content more engaging , how to get the learner into the flow. But what do you do when the content itself is just plain boring? You cant just send in the clowns.
Learning with e's
JANUARY 8, 2009
I couldn't help cringing as I read an article on Fortune Magazine online today by Jessi Hempel. Entitled 'Web 2.0 is so over. Welcome to Web 3.0 ', Hempel stalks the concept of Web 2.0, pounces from behind and then narrowly misses before crashing painfully to the ground. The tagline says it all: Facebook and Twitter may be more popular than ever among users, but what are they worth?
Janet Clarey
JANUARY 9, 2009
It’s Friday yay! That means it’s time to feature another LMS that kicks ass! This is the seventh featured system in my Friday series highlighting LMSs that are doing innovative, kick-ass things with social media. Mzinga is the result of a merger between KnowledgePlanet and Shared Insights at the end of 2007. My first encounter with them was when they were still known as KnowledgePlanet.
Tony Karrer
JANUARY 5, 2009
I'm hoping you will help me. My blogging cohort Ken Allan - reported to me that he was having trouble access the eLearning Learning content community. Ken lives in New Zealand, but having worked on lots of international sites, I have a hard time believing that it's something to do with that. So, can you help by clicking over to eLearning Learning and letting me know if you have any kind of problem?
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Learning Visions
JANUARY 7, 2009
So you've got some great ideas on how to make your content more engaging , how to get the learner into the flow. But what do you do when the content itself is just plain boring? You can't just send in the clowns. You can't put lipstick on that pig. Sometimes you have to get in and out as quickly as you can, minimizing everyone's pain. Admit to the learner upfront that the content may be dry.
Rapid eLearning
JANUARY 6, 2009
I love to watch the TED videos. I usually watch them on the plane when I travel. What I like about them is that the subject matter is really interesting, the videos are just about the right length, and I always learn something. Recently I was watching Gever Tulley’s TED presentation, 5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do. If you haven’t seen it I highly recommend it.
Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning
JANUARY 9, 2009
This week Barack Obama appointed a Chief Performance Officer for the Federal Government, focused on assessing the performance of government programs and finding opportunities to reduce waste and eliminate low-performing investments. So who is the Chief Performance Officer in a business? We have been studying this issue and I wrote about this topic several years.
Tony Karrer
JANUARY 8, 2009
Harold Jarche, Michele Martin and I are pleased to announce a new workshop offering that relates to the recent posts on Tool Set 2009 and to the issues of Work Literacy. Work Literacy Skills Workshop Was the last formal training you had on knowledge work skills the use of a card catalog and microfiche reader? You aren't alone in that. While there has been incredible innovation in tools and methods that support personal work and learning over the past 10 years, most of us have had a hard time wit
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Learning Visions
JANUARY 7, 2009
Check out the 2009 salary report from the eLearning Guild. Brent Schlenker asks, " Are you making over $78k as an elearning professional?" Want more? Here's an older post of mine on salaries for instructional designers. Tags: salaries.
Steve Howard
JANUARY 9, 2009
Study outlining the need for a national strategy for mLearning for schoolchildren. The Joan Ganz Cooney Center has released a study into mLearning in schools. It outlines a suggestion for a national mobile learning strategy for the US and includes suggestions for teacher training to ensure that our teachers are equipped with both knowledge and understanding of mobile technologies and usage so that they can best use them to teach our children.
Josh Bersin on Enterprise Learning
JANUARY 9, 2009
This week Barack Obama appointed a Chief Performance Officer for the Federal Government, focused on assessing the performance of government programs and finding opportunities to reduce waste and eliminate low-performing investments. So who is the Chief Performance Officer in a business? We have been studying this issue and I wrote about this topic several years.
Tony Karrer
JANUARY 6, 2009
In November 2008, I made my CoComment Co.mments Switch and now just received a notice that Co.mments is shutting down. Argh. Given that the reason for the switch is that I wasn't happy with CoComment, what should I use now? Browse eLearning Content at www.elearninglearning.com.
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Learning Visions
JANUARY 5, 2009
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, January 05, 2009 On Games and eLearning As eLearning designers, your goal is (hopefully) to make the learning experience engaging. (Realistically, sometimes all you can do is build the sucker in order to meet some crazy deadline.) Its easy to equate engaging with fun.
Learning with e's
JANUARY 9, 2009
A very useful new stats tool has been lauded on Twitter in the past couple of days. TwitterFriends looks like a really useful service for serious twits - if you want to find out how much impact and influence your own tweeting is having on the Twitter community. TwitterFriends provides some quite impressive statistical results, including breakdowns of the 'size of your relevant net' - the number of people you have replied to in the last 30 days, and how many have replied to your tweets.
Take an e-Learning Break
JANUARY 9, 2009
Check out this video designed to help you get more out of your web searches. The folks who created the video are Common Craft. Their custom, handcrafted videos are short, simple and focused on making technical information easy to understand. They use a whiteboard-and-paper format called Paperworks that is designed to cut out the noise and stick to what matters.
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