Learning Visions

JULY 30, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Im looking for some input: good examples of software product training. Im working on a pitch to a software company -- technical audience (think database guys). Monday, July 30, 2007 Looking for Good Examples Help!

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Me: Im an instructional designer. Im sort of distracted by the naked boy who just ran by (not mine). Maybe thats my explanation, or maybe people are just becoming more informed these days :-), with the www and all ;-). billbrandon had this comment on Twitter: I usually just tell em Im a writer. I create learning material.

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Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Im not a techie -- far from it. Im an instructional designer with an emphasis on writing and schmoozing. For the most part, I like tools that are easy to use, easy to learn, look good, and create good-looking output.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Often I have two small kids in tow or Im trying to check ten things off a list during my lunch hour. Ive got my system down and cant tolerate spending a precious ten minutes searching for the bread aisle or trying to find the peanut butter. Im sure many of you are the same. Im sure someday I will develop laser sharp focus.

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, May 01, 2009 Name That Tool I just got a FaceBook query from someone and I thought you all could help: Im looking for a tool you might have come across, but I dont even know what product/programming group it belongs to.

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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. See Christy Tuckers musings on this topic: Does Learning Grow or is it Built? Cammy, Im glad youre doing the auditing.

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Learning Visions

MAY 22, 2008

Im not disconcerted, though probably youre wreaking havoc with administrative systems. Im grateful to Baby Girl that she came a couple days early. As you know, Im a big fan of baby girls! Its really not such a shock to the system as the first baby was. Hooray for the new arrival. 8:27 PM John David Roberts said.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

public school system. This hasnt gotten onto my radar before -- Im not sure if there are any state-funded online programs in Massachusetts. As I recall, she has two kids in high school who are taking online courses, and thats what got her interested in ID and e-learning. And its increasingly being funded as part of the U.S.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Learning News Microsoft just released Semblio , a new authoring tool Skype 4.0 much better video) Question of the Week -- Economy How has economy affected your Learning Unit? 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?) Could be a system.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 3, 2008

Creating a Five Star Meal I dont know much about the starring system for restaurants, but my limited understanding knows that it has to do with the complete experience. Now Im not saying that SMEs are rats, or instructional designers are rats. Do you know whos going to be eating this particular meal? Even a rat. Great post!

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Learning Visions

JULY 13, 2007

As e-Learning strategists and practitioners pushing these cutting edge tools, weve got to make sure that the tools suit the audience. Im going to Maine. As Cathy Moore suggests, will SL alienate female participants? Should we be looking at alternative virtual worlds such as Protosphere ? Talk amongst yourselves.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 5, 2008

The more I get into this field the more I realize how big a problem (if you can call it that) it is to create the right learning for the student, but still appease the person thats ultimately paying you. Im interested to see what responses you might get. Im interested to see what responses Ill get as well. So far, none!

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Im curious what other folks experiences has been. Im so happy to see you post this up. Im struggling with this right now. Im not on to trying to source another college or university to try out. Indiana University in Bloomington has a 15-credit Instructional Systems Technology certificate program.

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Learning Visions

MAY 10, 2007

We used a different approach: The Playground Theory of Learning developed by Shelly Loewen. Loewens TIPP system is for "helping learners maximize their learning efforts and helping instructors address the learning differences of individuals and groups with ease." Im with you. 2:23 PM Cammy Bean said. Youre right.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Now, maybe Im just jaded and want to get to an approved storyboard. Maybe its the fact that Im recovering from pneumonia and just dont have the energy to fight the fight. When I was at Utah State, two others and I designed and developed Syllabase, an online course management system much like BlackBoard or WebCT (at the time).

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Learning Visions

JUNE 28, 2007

Marshall McLuhan) -- Im not trying to be a smarty-pants here, but I looked this up and Gary was close: "We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. Any LMS needs to have open-standards (not just open source) so you can take your content to another source. We march backwards into the future." Lots of thanks!

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Im a linear reader in recovery and have been actively learning how to skim books and not feel guilty about it. Lots of practical ideas and examples for turning basic teaching points into learning games -- from casual games to teach facts and concepts, to detailed simulations that teach procedures and problem solving. Do They? )

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Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2007

Cammy--thanks for the compliment. :-) Im digging the new look and what you did with the banner. A Conversation with Karl Kapp ► February (11) ID Live with Charles Reigeluth on EdTechTalk Kineo Insights Webinar: Kronos Moodle Case Study Kineo Insights Webinar: The Truth About Open Sourc. So -- what do you think?

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Learning Visions

JULY 11, 2007

Well, lets just say that theres no denying now that Im almost 40. A Conversation with Karl Kapp ► February (11) ID Live with Charles Reigeluth on EdTechTalk Kineo Insights Webinar: Kronos Moodle Case Study Kineo Insights Webinar: The Truth About Open Sourc. In fact, I think Ill just start saying that I am 40.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 24, 2007

We had a blast, and learned a lot in the process (who would have guessed that a Tudor era ships christening was real different from the version we are familiar with today?) People with similar interests are connecting in a virtual space to create a virtual world in which they learn about another time and place. Thanks, Dio!

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 15, 2008

My Predictions for Learning in 2008 are, well, more about expected outcomes for my own learning journey this year based on some key personal events on my near horizon. I will learn much, much more about chaos. I will learn first-hand about the current state of the American Public School System.

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Mark Oehlert

AUGUST 1, 2008

Im tired people, so Im only going to say this about 1,000 more times. Look, we probably learn differently as adults than we do as children. no but you can measure performance - but people arent selling Performance management systems (those would be PMSs and marketing would NOT let that happen). Technorati Tags : learning.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 2, 2007

Im a practical person at heart; not a theory-based one). In my professional practice Ive watched thousands of people pay no attention to their personal learning, always leaving "training" up to their organizations. Thats it, isnt it? So all the talk about tools and maps has struck me as odd. For me, I add -- why bother? Just do it. (Im

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Learning Visions

JULY 30, 2007

Im definitely interested in getting myself in there and would like to arrange a meeting of bloggers, if youre interested. A Conversation with Karl Kapp ► February (11) ID Live with Charles Reigeluth on EdTechTalk Kineo Insights Webinar: Kronos Moodle Case Study Kineo Insights Webinar: The Truth About Open Sourc.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 11, 2008

Photo credit: Cello Inlay by asluthier Posted by Cammy Bean at 9:56 AM Labels: learning 9comments: Brent Schlenker said. Im avis fan of serendipitous learning. And the web certainly supports serendipitous learning in a big way. And were committed to continually refining the scheme as we learn more about the customer base.

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Learning Visions

JULY 6, 2007

Im a Word power-user and love all the little tricks and shortcuts. All of my project information is in one place. I dont have to open 800 documents. I started off cutting and pasting a lot of documents from Word into the wiki. Now Ive left Word behind and am writing everything directly in the wiki. I miss them.

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Mark Oehlert

FEBRUARY 28, 2008

We have intranets, we have time entry systems, we have our office productivity apps, we have our browsers, we have LMSs.the problem is that we dont use all these systems all of the time and even when we are using these systems, we are typically not using all the parts of a system every time we access it.

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Mark Oehlert

AUGUST 1, 2008

So this is a shot from the opening session of Adaptive Paths UX Week. Right now Im sitting in the audience listening Deborah Adler, the designer whos Masters Thesis became the redesigned Target pharmacy bottles - Clear RX. Why do we have such a system focus - why do we choose to serve the machine first.I informal learning.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 2, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. This has very little to do with eLearning - although Im sure those of you with a creative mindset could think of something! Wednesday, April 02, 2008 Hiring Women in 1943. You Go, Girl! Its certainly good for a laugh on a busy morning.

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Mark Oehlert

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Im still working on that but maybe next week while I am at I/ITSEC, Ill wander the expo floor and ask some of the e-learning vendors what their plans are to help their clients move toward an Enterprise 2.0 stance with regard to their systems and developments such as OpenSocial and UWA. So what right?

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

As Janet mentioned, "most companies have digital document control procedures that include e-Learning content." We need to find out what tools our clients use and what systems they have in place. Im sure it matters to them. Posted by Cammy Bean at 10:31 AM Labels: rapid e-learning , version control 2comments: Terri Lakin said.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 29, 2007

Quick Updates Data Collection -- producer of information Audio/Video Instruction -- where appropriate (iPod) Decision Support -- expert systems or artificial intelligence (AI) or a step-by-step process that is interactive to give you info that you need. Showed some screen shots of examples. The iPhone (Brent -- of course!) Many thanks!

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 5, 2008

The conference folks made an announcement from the stage and Im thinking largely due to Karls presence, we had an impromptu session with a packed house! Finally, as you see in the picture above - we had ourselves quite the little storm system come through yesterday. where I am linking to all the Lewin stuff I find.

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Mark Oehlert

JULY 22, 2007

The other is a public system that lets Zudausers vote and rate submitted comics after a select group of 10 hasbeen picked out by Zuda editors. " Too bad Mr Keen, Im looking forward to some great new comics. The story states that: " Zuda is giving users two ways to reach potential fame.

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Mark Oehlert

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

Suffice it to say that I now in about Hour Two of this "solution" (typing this on my MacBook which is oddly virus free) and the uninstall program has totally frozen my system. Maybe Im just torqued at the system right now but there is a bad design principle at work here somewhere. I apologize for the inconvenience.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Which may mean a few things: Theyve all got the system down and it works Theyre all flying by the seats of their pants and have borrowed heavily from each others sites so they sound like they know what theyre doing A few people know what theyre doing and the rest borrow heavily from the real experts sites. You know how thats done.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 31, 2008

Why would educators choose, in this day and age, to participate in a system that does nothing but enrich publishers and locks down information? Im sorry but to my simple country mind the choice is clear.more, more, more or less, less,less. Its not about the money.I Why not license this work under Creative Commons ?

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