Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

I like this from the articles intro: Graphic descriptions you may be familiar with: · ‘Two people shaking hands’ · ‘Business person on the phone in generic office’ · ‘Image of learners, asleep in front of their computers’ Come on -- admit it. eLearning Authoring Tools Review -- Help!

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 9, 2009

Help organizations to bridge the gap between research on learning and reality.) Instructional objectives designed to guide behavior: for the learner , for the developer. Instructional Objectives for Learner: Table of contents objectives (these are the things were going to teach you) Performance Objectives (this is what youll do.)

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Learning Visions

APRIL 3, 2009

Problems include the desire to narrate every word (when there are already too many words) and the belief that adding any visual will "appeal" to "visual learners". Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. But keep spreading the word!

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Learning Visions

MARCH 5, 2008

Are you being content centric or learner centric ? And probably killed a learner or two in the process, if they even bothered to stick with it. And probably killed a learner or two in the process, if they even bothered to stick with it. Learner Centric Solutions This is what were all striving for, right? Its all there.

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

Rather than segregating learners by different styles where they will receive "one-dimensional instruction", we should instead create "multidimensional instruction" using a variety of activities and presentation modes. Program control gave better results during initial learning, while learner control was more effective at alter stages." (p.

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Learning Visions

JULY 7, 2009

But now I’m starting to loosen up a bit, with help from my Kineo colleagues. Let the learner explore. Compel the learner to want to find out what comes next. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. I’m such a n00b.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

I learned that connecting with the blogging community has helped me get more passionate about my work as an instructional designer. Now granted, the plastic brain of a 4 1/2 year old is pretty different than your average adult learners brain. Explain exactly why the learner should care about this stuff. Worst grade ever.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 5, 2009

How do you help your learners get into a state of flow ? Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Go for flow, not fun. (Of Of course, sometimes they coincide.) (Now Now go have some fun with this Flow Game ). Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2009

So youve got some great ideas on how to make your content more engaging , how to get the learner into the flow. Admit to the learner upfront that the content may be dry. In Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning he reminds us to motivate the learner by giving them the WIIFM (whats in it for me). Sell the course to the learner.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2009

9% Hit us Hard 47% Hurt a little 41% Not much effect 3% Helped us MYTHS the Business Side Has about Learning Client asked him to develop a course for business side. To help improve on-the-job learning. Learners know how to learn. Thanks for the helpful writeup! United States License. Template by Tina Chen.

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ATD Learning Technologies

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

At the 2016 ATD TechKnowledge Conference, I hosted a session designed for people just getting started with e-learning. Learners can log into the system to find and register for available or assigned courses; administrators can assign courses and run reports on completion and quiz results. What is an LMS? What is Creative Commons?

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2008

Strategies that help learners connect with and remember the content. Or chunk out your content and create an easily remembered acronym to remind the learner of the steps they need to follow? She described getting her learners to "snap things out." How do you get your learners to get snap happy?

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2007

Dr. Dror is a cognitive scientist, who urges instructional designers to keep the focus on the learner rather than the learning materials and to design the learning experience to the human brain. Get into the learners shoes. Learn ways to help people learn more in less time: use exaggeration to burn concepts and ideas into memory.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Here are some of specific ideas Ive taken from a few sources that (Im hoping) will help me design a kick-ass course: Chapter 2 of Gadgets, Games & Gizmos for Learning by Karl Kapp. Even something as simple as having the learner type their ideas on the screen. United States License. So, whats been working for me?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Hit Us Hard 31% Hurt A Little 33% Not Much Effect 33% Helped Us 3% (Is "it hasnt hurt us yet, but Im nervous" an answer?) Roy talked about getting examples from learners and anecdotes. Whats better - the learners report or the managers report? Whats better - the learners report or the managers report? It depends.

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Learning Visions

MAY 9, 2007

Use multiple representations to provide the learner with multiple ways of accessing the information: visual or auditory. This allows the learner to be more flexible in her understanding of the material, so that she can effectively apply it to concepts in the real world (knowledge transfer). Thats a helpful explanation.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2008

[In the comments of this post, Karl clarifies: hes not suggesting pre-test questions, but rather a series of thought-provoking questions to get the learner to THINK about the content at hand]. He suggests a list of potential outcomes with check boxes , effectively allowing the learner to create his or her own objectives.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 6, 2007

Montessori educational practice helps children develop creativity, problem solving, social, and time-management skills, to contribute to society and the environment, and to become fulfilled persons in their particular time and place on Earth. #2 Free the Learners -- Free the LMS Open Simulations vs. Page Turners? Games for Girls.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

I havent signed up anywhere, I havent taken part in any of the sessions, but Im like a moth drawn to the flame: as I peer in on all the conversation beginning to happen, I cant help but join in. 9) Stephen Downes ( What Connectivism Is ) talks about the role of the teacher = model and demo; the role of the learner = practice and reflection.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Hey thanks for posting this, it might help me in my art history class and my e-learning class! Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. How cool it would have been to have these resources available back then. Where Are All the Women?

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Learning Visions

APRIL 18, 2007

One test showed me to be a VKA learner (Visual, Kinesthetic, Auditory). Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Its so easy to take one of these tests and skew your own results. #2 ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

You know -- appeal to multiple learning styles; address the needs of both auditory and visual learners. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Raise your hand. Im thinking about Karl Kapps recent post Design: Bullets Be Gone.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Learner profile? ASTD TechKnowledge 2010 #tk10 ▼ 2009 (87) ► December (6) ► November (11) ► October (10) ▼ September (7) What’s the Difference: Learning Designer vs. Inst. eLearning Authoring Tools Review -- Help! United States License. What are the metrics? Stakeholders?

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Learning Visions

APRIL 9, 2009

Thursday, April 09, 2009 Building Better Learning Games Interested in building casual games for your learners? But, help may be on the way on the form of companies which are delivering a template-driven platform for creation of pretty cool immersive games in 3D. United States License. While games like Diner Dash etc.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

So the focus shifts towards creating interactive and engaging courses for the learners. That’s a lot to cover and there aren’t many places to get help, especially when you’re by yourself. Support : Since the software is new to you and you won’t be completely familiar with it, you’ll have many questions and may need some help.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2007

CC License ). This week I listened to Brent Shlenkers recent podcast with David Williamson Shaffer author of "How Computer Games Help Children Learn". Free the Learners -- Free the LMS Open Simulations vs. Page Turners? Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

APRIL 2, 2008

Here are eleven helpful tips on the subject from Western Properties: 1. Todays challenge: apply one of the eleven helpful tips mentioned in this article to eLearning/instructional design. Dont linger too long on any point--keep things moving to keep learners (especially those "sensitive" women) engaged. United States License.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Small scale, help demos. Professional Development Reading The Adult Learner by Malcolm Knowles, et al. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Wrapping up software training for another client. Built six courses. Many lessons learned.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Vicki states as the first benefit of learning objectives: "Learners can focus more easily on what is important to their actual workplace performance." Her statement is in keeping with traditional instructional design theory that says that learning objectives help learners organize their learning efforts. How about you?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 27, 2009

And at times not, especially when we find it is a performance management issue, which we also help find a intervention for. Customers typically over-estimate the importance of all their content (it is all essential) and under-estimate the time required for the learner to actually learn. United States License.

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2008

I created characters that the learner follows throughout the course. We had to go with lockouts, meaning the learner must go through the topics in order and cant advance to the next topic until the previous topic has been completed. Your scenario-based questions should help allay the clients fears. Storyline. And we made it fun.

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Learning Visions

MAY 10, 2007

The learner could listen to the audio if her preferred style was auditory, OR read the text if her preferred style was visual. Give the learner a variety of ways to access the content -- on the same screen. We each took a survey, the results of which showed what type of learner you were. Thats about all I knew of it.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 9, 2009

Something like 60-70% of the learners preferred the rough version, created by the expert. And create content that learners will trust. I have also had SMEs, and myself, do the audio piece and the authenticity does help. Respect the learner (time, intelligence, etc.) They piloted these two versions and got feedback.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 5, 2007

My job is to help this organization think about how they can use technology to support learning and community. The tool, the environment can only belong to the learner. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. PLE is a concept.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

Product Vision: This is a key area where blogging has really helped me lately. How can I help our clients better use our tools? What strategies are helping other vendors succeed? Weve got a gig to help an organization with a large membership craft an e-Learning strategy. United States License. Untested waters.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 29, 2007

Free the Learners -- Free the LMS Open Simulations vs. Page Turners? Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. At least, I would hope thats what Im doing. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design?

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

With all the research behind online social learning environments and the impact it has on the learner (which I agree with and promote), I always feel that one major piece is still being overlooked and still isnt hasnt become a big part of online learning communities. United States License. Non-Verbal Communication and/or Body Language.

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