The eLearning Coach

DECEMBER 28, 2009

These eight articles by Donald Clark extrapolate describe an approach for agile learning and training design. Jay Cross lays out some excellent reasons for organizations to incorporate informal learning into their overall training strategy in this article. It also includes the Periodic Table of Agile Learning. How cool is that?

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 14, 2009

Expert knowledge seems to be efficiently organized and easy to search through, like an orderly file cabinet. Keep it Organized. Experts have a well-organized framework within which they fit their knowledge. Get them in and out of the training as quickly as possible. This helps them retrieve information quickly.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Do you have a training or information need that could benefit from a social media strategy? Podcasts are a great medium for distributing an organization’s content and expertise because they can be played on hand held devices and computers. Blogging to teach others is common in the public domain, but not so within an organization.

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The eLearning Coach

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Workplace training is often part of an initiative that involves change. Adults want to know the purpose of training and the motivation underlying an organization’s training initiative. They bring this depth and breadth of knowledge to the learning situation. Inquisitive. Emotional Barriers.

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The eLearning Coach

AUGUST 3, 2011

Narrow the focus of the interview to the specific skills and tasks targeted for training. You will most likely feel a compulsion to get everything organized immediately, before the delicate puzzle pieces fall out of place. Organize them so they will still make sense in a few weeks. Follow that instinct. Thanks, Abigail!

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 21, 2011

MICHAEL: Hot Lava Mobile is used to develop and deliver content to mobile devices for a variety of purposes, most of which fall into one of four categories: Reinforcement Training. We often see Hot Lava Mobile used as a means for executives within an organization to communicate to the workforce. Priority Communications.

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The eLearning Coach

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

You’ll find it discussed in training forums, featured in conferences and the subject of many presentations. Coach: Formal and structured learning can potentially promote efficient organization in long-term memory. Jay: Organization in a curriculum isn’t efficient unless it’s the right stuff.

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The eLearning Coach

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

When I have a lots of information and content to understand and organize, I sit on the floor with large pieces of paper and start diagramming like mad. The Back of the Napkin is organized into four sections and here’s a quick summary of each one. Often, our roles expand beyond design and development and into the business realm.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 6, 2009

All of this implies that the learning objectives you write for the audience should differ from the technical, inflexible, three-part learning objectives you write for developing training products. Advance Organizers. Example: “As a manager, you may find it tough to not only organize projects but to lead the way as well.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 14, 2010

It’s a great incentive when training is immediately valuable and helpful to one’s work or personal life. Another reason for organizing information into small chunks is to build confidence, which is motivating. Empowering a person to work toward these goals through training is a powerful incentive to learn.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 14, 2010

It’s a great incentive when training is immediately valuable and helpful to one’s work or personal life. Another reason for organizing information into small chunks is to build confidence, which is motivating. Empowering a person to work toward these goals through training is a powerful incentive to learn.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 6, 2010

As social media technologies for learning become increasingly important to organizations and to individuals, instructional designers will need to focus on broad learning events and strategies that incorporate many approaches rather than on individual courses.

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The eLearning Coach

OCTOBER 12, 2009

As soon as we’re given a brain dump of information, we automatically come up with ways to organize and slim things down. If you’re not feeling cynical, you could argue that training is one of the most important ways to make a positive difference in people’s lives. The Throw-Away Reflex. It’s an instinct.

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The eLearning Coach

JULY 10, 2009

Identify broad abstract concepts that solved the problem in a training context. In some organizations, high-level management may not want you to speak with audience members. Your learners will have to quickly: Analyze a problem to determine it’s salient characteristics. Getting At Someone Else’s Reality.

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The eLearning Coach

JANUARY 8, 2010

From a practical standpoint, training videos typically use the two-column (audio and video) type of format with the narration, sound effects and music in one column and visuals in the other. Large productions require numerous documents, but you can probably get by with these three for smaller industrial/training videos. Video Crew.

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The eLearning Coach

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Let learners know from the start how the training will benefit them. Organize, organize. The key to efficient encoding in long-term memory and fast retrieval of information is a well-organized network of knowledge. Maybe it will make work easier or faster or maybe it will make them safer.

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