ID Reflections

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From Courses to Micro-Learning

ID Reflections

Lengthier, knowledge-driven courses will still exist but will become optional and can be taken at the workers’ discretion. They may well expect a collection of micro-modules to be available which they will dip into as and when needed. Training and courses as we knew it when the world of work was certain are about to leave center stage.

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MOOCs in Performance Support

ID Reflections

IMHO, here are some of the characteristics of a MOOC that offer the possibilities of PS: MOOCs go beyond fixed courses to dynamic context sharing – The “Discussion Forum” that surrounds a MOOC lend itself to dynamic knowledge sharing thus keeping the course content “alive”.

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Who are Instructional Designers? The existential dilemma.

ID Reflections

world is becoming more about your network than your current knowledge.” Many organizations are investing in Authoring Tools like Articulate and Captivate and strongly feel that their SMEs who have in-depth knowledge of the subject can deliver the e-learning courses. Being a learning professional in a Web 2.0

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3 Benefits of MOOCs in the Workplace

ID Reflections

The content of the course(s) can be the trigger for discussions, exchange of opinions, and sharing of knowledge. This helps to keep the course content alive while also capturing the tacit knowledge of the workforce. The focused discussions that take place around specific courses could have some of the following advantages: i.

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MOOCs in the Workplace and Heutagogy

ID Reflections

The other way to approach MOOCs—and this is how I approach them—is as a series of connected, curated and aggregated micro-learning modules (mostly videos as of now) surrounded or supported by social and collaborative features like a forum, hangout, and meetups. Learners can be free to chart out their own path through the modules.

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Projects are how we change the world.and ourselves.

ID Reflections

Preamble Projects are how we change the world and introduce new knowledge into our organizations (when they are done well that is - also sometime how we remove obsolete knowledge and processes). What are the various things you do before we can see an elearning module? What do you mean by a module and its objectives?

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MOOCs in Workplace Learning - Part 5: Skills Learners Need Today

ID Reflections

While typically designed around a core set of content modules / topics, it has a lose boundary. A MOOC has a core topic and a set of created or curated content modules covering the topic to a desired depth and level. A MOOC is an intrinsically participative, collaborative mode of learning.