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Sunday, March 29, 2009
I am always asked for samples of companies using Second Life. The example of IBM gives credibility for the use of Second Life, however their story is too “big&# for most people to effectively use. Mainly by other eLearning providers trying to build a case to get a little budget towards getting a foothold in Second Life.
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
I've been thinking about a short commentary by Simon Caulkin in the The Observer last weekend on the power of the placebo effect in the business world.He Incoming recruits were
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
We often use characters such as experts, learners, wanna-be learners who follow the expert, secondary personae and/or influencer-personae (for example a team member, a client, or a negative character). We lose the opportunity of using them effectively to deliver the message. 4) Abundant examples. 1) Creating a Persona.
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Monday, June 1, 2009
In a blog post while back i mentioned it might be nice to see the training function morph into something more akin to an organizational effectiveness unit in the next ten years. Sometimes there are sub-departments within these (for example a performance technology group within Learning and Development). Learning and Development.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
I wanted to follow-up 19 Tips for Effective Online Conferences with some additional resources that relate to this topic. There is also an interesting effect that people who are not attending still hear quite a bit about the conference and have some level of tangential participation. Below are some helpful tips. It’s a guess why. amp;#.
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Monday, June 14, 2010
While they can be fun, visually exciting and effective, they can also require a lot of development and be difficult to create. It’s worth taking the time to get your approach to interactions right because they’re key to making e-learning effective. Here are our top five tips for creating effective interactions….
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
If you’re considering including a longer video then make it interactive, for example by pausing it intermittently to ask the learner questions. For example, try using different camera angles to break up long speeches or reinforcing key points by having text appear on screen. Keep videos short and to the point. Be creative.
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Saturday, February 6, 2010
You'll find some excellent examples of job instruction sheets at this location. As Instructional Designers, its always a challenge to balance meaningful instruction with information. That said, our SMEs and clients will often say to us things like, "But we need to include _ in the course as well." Here they are. Sumeet Moghe, 2009.
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Friday, May 29, 2009
The primary reasons for doing the eLearning Tour was that it is hard to see examples of what is being done by fellow eLearning professionals and get a sense of the patterns that exist. And while I believe that I gave a flavor of what's happening out there through the tour, my gut tells me that it would be helpful to capture more examples.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
And if so, how much realism will be most effective? Surprisingly, a lot of research points to the opposite; realistic graphics are frequently not as effective as those with reduced realism. Low-fidelity graphics can be more effective for learning when you need to: Provide an explanation to people with limited knowledge of the content.
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