The guys at Kineo do a great job at sharing their expertise in the e-learning space. I have been reading through a few of Kineo’s   rapid guides and tip sheets and i love them!   One of their latest papers is “ How to design rapid e-learning blends ”.   It provides a quick and practical guide on how to create blended e-learning in short timeframes and at low cost.

You’re missing out on a gold mine of e-learning information, knowledge and expertise ! I have been a fan of Tony Karrer for a while now – he’s one of the best e-learning bloggers around. One of the things that Tony has done for the e-learning community is start e-learning learning Haven’t heard of e-learning learning?

It hosts videos from learning leaders from a range of corporate and non corporate environments sharing their experiences, areas of expertise and thoughts around learning. Harry Stout, our CEO, recently said that one of the most important things you can do for your career is spend at least an hour a day on personal development. He personally listens to up to 60 podcasts a week !

Partner with the business – bring your expertise and tools in to support what’s happening. I recently received an email from an old work mate who is moving into an e-learning role for the first time. He asked some good questions and I thought I’d share one of them here: What would be the best area/scope to focus on when launching e-learning and trying to get

for Learning Professionals , I've created a couple of screen casts showing very quickly how I use LinkedIn to find expertise. As part of the Web 2.0 This is my first time using Jing. Let me know what you think. FYI - the Jing object does

Yesterday I created a screen cast on LinkedIn for Finding Expertise . Today, I saw a post on our Free - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals where someone said: I am currently trying to find a SME experienced with Moodle (a CMS/LMS) and WizIQ (synchronous web class technology). I

If you like to seek out source research as I do, then you’ll enjoy Ericsson’s (and others) impressive work that has been collected in the Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance. Highly skilled performance in all aspects of life and work can be developed by the rough equivalent of 10,000 (10 years or so) hours of increasing specific, targeted and mindful practice in a domain of expertise. I’m back from some vacation where I read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers on the beach at our cottage (along with some very funny David Sedaris). Even if you haven’t read Outliers yet you probably know that it sets out to dispel myths that intelligence or innate ability are the primary predictors of success. 

Thus, I am interested in not only the quantitative side, the idea that all of us can become teachers, but also the qualitative side, that all of us can become better teachers (and learners). Part of the reason why I think this tearner model is possible is because we’re already redefining what “expert” and “expertise” means . We’ve had degree programs, certification awards, and other formal means for acknowledging someone’s expertise in a tangible way. For a number of years, I’ve been pondering how the Snowflake Effect 1 could influence learning. For those who are new to this

wonder if the problem in this case isn’t so much about content expertise as it is about being able to communicate with the SMEs effectively. I’ve always kind of looked at the content expertise as a bonus; it can help you come up with real-life examples and makes it easier to speak the same language as the SMEs. 8221; I also wonder if an instructional designer with more content expertise and experience would be less effective In the discussion on the course writer vs. instructional designer and SME models of development, Pdrum left this comment :