E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 10, 2014

This poses a problem when, for example, you need to roll out compliance training to each and every individual. Now you have a role model to follow, and a real-world example to make sense of. One of the best conference sessions I have ever attended was presented by Chris Bessell-Browne from Qantas College.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Last week I was invited by David Swaddle to be a panellist at the Sydney eLearning and Instructional Design meetup. For example, it’s important that your intranet is mobile optimised, so when someone is away from their desk, they can quickly look up the information they need and put it into action. Informal first.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

I think no better example of our evolution is a little video clip that we produced to combat the aforementioned spectre of the ineffective meeting. • What is your favourite example of comedy used in education? (1:55). For example… • Leadership. • What style of comedy is most effective for education? (0:56).

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Technological determinism is a philosophy that has implications for e-learning professionals as we grapple with technologies such as smartphones, tablets, ebooks, gamification, QR codes, augmented reality, the cloud, telepresence, ADDIE, SAM, and of course, MOOCs. Like most extremism, however, it’s an absurd construct.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 4, 2015

The antagonism stems from the popularity of learning styles in the educational discourse – not to mention vocational curricula – despite a lack of empirical evidence supporting their effectiveness when incorporated into instructional design. Let me illustrate my concern here with a personal example.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 1, 2010

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. The example cited by LMS salesmen around the globe is that of a course that is either classroom-based or delivered as an online module. What is blended learning? The alternative face.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 3, 2019

For example, I see the informalisation of learning as an opportunity to deliver the content (for example, via a wiki) which can be consumed at the discretion of the employee. While I consider the informal first philosophy a giant leap in L&D maturity, it essentially pertains to instructional design.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

In 70:20:10 for trainers I advocated the use of the 70:20:10 model by L&D professionals as a lens through which to view their instructional design. For example, in our course we could assign an on-the-job task to the learners, and ask them to share their experiences with it on the ESN. Yet we can see more.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 11, 2016

To overcome this problem, I suggest using the 70:20:10 model as a lens through which you view your instructional design. For example, suppose you are charged with training the sales team on a new product. Then they can look it up just in time when they need it; for example, in the waiting room while visiting a client.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 29, 2012

For example, these are some of the activities that I might do on any given day: • Client consulting. • Instructional design. • Graphic design. Even within the one role at the one workplace, the breadth of what an ELM might do can be staggering. • Training needs analysis. • Content curation.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Hence, connectivism represents a major shift in instructional design. I must admit that I struggled with some of the basic concepts when I first read Siemens’ paper, and I found the lack of practical examples frustrating. That’s the idea, anyway.). The hornet’s nest. Context setting is particularly important.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 10, 2010

For example, if you want to attend an advanced negotiation skills workshop, you can look up the sessions delivered by our preferred training providers. It’s not just a pretty trophy to sit on my desk; it’s the validation of my instructional design by my peers in the industry. The answer is IQ.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 13, 2009

For example, it could be a simple question like Have you ever met anyone famous? Real-life examples should be used wherever possible. Tags: virtual classes e-learning instructional design. I’d suggest following this up with some sort of ice breaker – with a lot of people, you might want to keep it reined in.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Technological determinism is a philosophy that has implications for e-learning professionals as we grapple with technologies such as smartphones, tablets, ebooks, gamification, QR codes, augmented reality, the cloud, telepresence, ADDIE, SAM, and of course, MOOCs. Like most extremism, however, it’s an absurd construct.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2015

Surely we can put more design into our curation efforts so that the fruits of our labour are more efficient, meaningful, and effective…? Consider the trusty instructional design heuristic of Tell Me, Show Me, Let Me, Test Me. For example, it may inform the sequence of an online course. (In

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 22, 2014

For example, if they have an angry or abusive caller on the other end of the line, they won’t have the luxury of wading through reams of text or listening to a 7-minute model call. An important point to remember is that the operator on the phone might need to look up something quickly. Or is it just a pipe dream?

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

For example, if the learner is struggling with a Java programming problem, they can look up a Java expert in the system and send them a direct message. The most obvious example is compliance, eg privacy, trade practices and OH&S. An onsite classroom, for example, is obviously a part of the formal learning environment.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Take Cate Blanchett for example. Their paper demonstrated that the nervous system of a worm, the power grid of the western United States, and yes, the Hollywood filmerati, are all examples of small-world networks. Tags: blogging learning theory social networking instructional design network theory e-learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 1, 2015

While blogs (for example) certainly have their place in the discourse, so too do peer-reviewed publications. I say “gratitude” because it was one of the pre-reads for last night’s Sydney eLearning and Instructional Design Meetup.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

The answer is plenty, for example: consulting, training needs analysis, instructional design, developing content for which they are the expert (eg development plan templates, development discussion workshops), facilitation, community management, training evaluation, research and governance.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 12, 2010

I hope that this taxonomy, along with the corresponding notes below, will assist you in using learning theory to inform your instructional design decisions. For example, classical conditioning maintains that a neutral stimulus can be associated with another stimulus that elicits a particular response. Overarching themes.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 6, 2009

A wonderful example of the latter was provided by Spike in his session Look who’s talking! instructional design participatory culture social media. They mean millions of people are connected to millions of other people via Web 2.0 technology. Juicing the orange. What if your customers advertised for you?

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 7, 2012

For example, what would happen if: your star performer slips on spilt coffee in the kitchen and breaks his collarbone? I can only infer that you don’t really care about: the health and safety of your employees. the fair and equitable treatment of your colleagues. the privacy and security of your customers.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 10, 2012

For example, the teacher at the front of a language classroom already knows the grammar, vocabulary, phrases, habits and customs that you need to know. All those fundamental pedagogical principles that had faded into the background came flooding back with avengeance… Instructivism and formal learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 7, 2012

For example, what would happen if: your star performer slips on spilt coffee in the kitchen and breaks his collarbone? I can only infer that you don’t really care about: the health and safety of your employees. the fair and equitable treatment of your colleagues. the privacy and security of your customers.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 12, 2011

For example, I wouldn’t mind working my way through a 30 minute course over two or three sessions on the ferry, especially when my boss lets me go home early to do so. I rarely enjoy a clear half hour at my desk anyway, with the constant distractions of the office environment demanding my attention.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

An example I use is the mandatory fire safety course. Where the real learning takes place is in the analysis of the material in relation to a specific work-based problem. A problem that the learner is likely to face in the workplace.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 2, 2017

Some of the multiple-choice questions are unavoidably obvious; for example, do you “Check for danger and then help” or do you “Run to them now!”… Supplemented by extra content and links to further information, Lifesaver is my go-to example when recommending a game-based learning approach to instructional design.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

In my previous article , I proposed a Taxonomy of Learning Theories to organise a few of the myriad of theories into some semblance of order, and to assist instructional designers in using theory to inform their work. This perspective adopts a “black box&# approach to instructional design: • Link paired concepts.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 20, 2009

For example, how would you explain the GFC to your colleagues? For example, back in 1996, Richard Mayer and several of his colleagues from the University of California, Santa Barbara studied the effects of a multimedia summary (a sequence of annotated illustrations depicting the steps in a process) on learning how lightning is formed. [

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 7, 2010

All these examples illustrate my central premise: when content is managed in the form of independent learning objects, it remains open and flexible, which means you can keep it current, relevant and organic. The SME is empowered to produce content, which frees you up to apply your own expertise: instructional design.

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