eLearning Cyclops

JUNE 18, 2009

As we has seen far too much of, people who are not up to speed with how personal finances, credit cards, and banking products work can get into extreme jams to say the least. And they are also easily taken advantage of. So, here are some resources provided without any marketing from financial industries.

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eLearning Cyclops

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

I like to use characters in courses because they can personalize a course and lend themselves to creating a more informal tone and an easy means of adding humor. Guide or facilitator - Typically this person is the expert that walks you through the content and facilitates discussions, interaction, etc.

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eLearning Cyclops

JULY 21, 2009

I have added a personal wiki to my removable flash drive. If you need a personal wiki that can reside on your flash drive, TiddlyWiki provides one. It may be years before I need that particular code again, but I want to access it quickly along with any associated notes I saved with it. Here has been my solution for many years.

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eLearning Cyclops

DECEMBER 9, 2012

So, I hope these posts demonstrate how characters can be weaved into a learning design to engage course participants, personalize learning, add entertainment value, provide an avenue for the learner to interact more directly with the content, and lend greater depth and realism to courses.

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eLearning Cyclops

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

If not, find the best person for the job at your organization. You want someone with a good voice and a pleasant personality that comes through in their narration. Provide a mute button for those that find the voice-over to be just a distraction (again, make text available). If budget allows voice-over talent and a studio, great.

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eLearning Cyclops

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Know Who does What - Get to know the people in IT, each person's responsiblities and their specific expertise. When bringing IT in on a project you want to be sure you have brought in the right people, or are asking the person who can most effectively assist you. Engage IT Staff - Do not try to just delegate tasks to IT.

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eLearning Cyclops

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Plus, there will be a live #LrnChat tweetup and I am extemely excited to meet many of these great tweeps in person. 2 comments: Kelly Meeker November 8, 2011 8:06 AM It was great to meet you in person! If you plan to use the back channel, here are some great tips courtesy of the back channel curator, David Kelly ( @LnDDave ).

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eLearning Cyclops

DECEMBER 16, 2009

They are doing a fantastic job using video to personalize their online courses, but in addition to that they shared the details of their amazing feat of building a green screen video studio. Today they presented for the e-Learning Guild's DemoFest.

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eLearning Cyclops

DECEMBER 14, 2008

It's amazing what one can learn from reading a person's profile, including their network and the groups in which they belong. Personal information you do not wish to share with co-workers needs to reside somewhere else. Simply learn more about each other, strengthening the cohesiveness of our team.

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eLearning Cyclops

APRIL 1, 2009

And during these processes remember you are not just the person delivering training, but you must be the training consultant and instructional designer. Oh, case studies and benchmarking from other organizations help too.

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eLearning Cyclops

DECEMBER 1, 2008

It is very rare that I am able to attend conferences or workshops, but I take full advantage of webinars, blogs, user groups, networking sites, and my personal favorite, video podcasts. What is available to us online has become even more prevalent and convenient in the past year.

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eLearning Cyclops

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Always personalize the introduction and request to connect, including how you know them or found them and your reason for connecting with them. Participants also wanted coaching on how to introduce themselves to a potential connection. This is what my participants had the most questions, concerns and comments about.

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eLearning Cyclops

JANUARY 22, 2009

Personally, I am not a big fan of this. Once the user reads the content they can then "hear from as expert." FYI: I want the video to add to the content, not overshadow it. Narration - a talking head can narrate each page. It just annoys me and I end up turning the sound off.

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eLearning Cyclops

JANUARY 13, 2009

I do not use storyboards because: I run a one-person e-learning department. My CDPs include a rationale, target audience, participant prerequisites, course description, terminal objectives, enabling objectives, evaluation plan and a course map. So, here we go. I am designer and developer.

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eLearning Cyclops

JULY 11, 2010

And yeah, I know the auditors want to see a report that has the word "completed" next to each person's name. Yes, there is some practicality in the fore-mentioned list and I am not naive enough to think we can simply write off the LMS so quickly.

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eLearning Cyclops

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

This is not to say one way is wrong or right, but it is what works well for each person and for the needs of the project. So prep your SMEs well, especially if they already have pre-conceptions of the SME-instructional designer relationship.

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eLearning Cyclops

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

It is important to note, I am a "one person e-learning shop," so when I storyboard they are not handed off to developers or anyone else. Once the CDP was completed and reviewed by my stakeholders and subject matter experts, I like them to sign off on it, I began storyboarding the course.

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eLearning Cyclops

MARCH 8, 2015

And I swear if I hear another person say "I found it on the web, so it''s OK," I am going to scream. At times it may be a lack of awareness to copyright law or it may be someone conveniently ignoring it, but either is no excuse and as members of a profession that utilizes images, video, audio, etc.,

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eLearning Cyclops

MAY 27, 2009

Most importantly, if you have fun and add your personality in designing and/or facilitating the course your audience will have your attention and attention will be given to the content you are delivering. At this time I have plenty of anecdotal evidence to support this. I would share this evidence with you, but my dog ate it.

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