Learning Visions

OCTOBER 18, 2010

I’m picturing a word cloud of our responses (as part of my prep for my upcoming session at DevLearn) so thanks for sharing and I’ll be sure to share back with you! Free form your answer in the ‘other’ field in the poll widget on my blog (unless you’re being some kind of wise ass and then you can choose one of the other options).

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eLearning Consultant DevLearn Poll eLearning 188

Learning Visions

JANUARY 31, 2013

We post updates and pictures, and links, and deals. Flexible devices (that bend and flex)—think Paper 2.0. All of these things are brought together by social media. It’s a generation that wants to CREATE. Everyone’s become a storyteller. People are developing a CONVERSATION. People in business have to be a part of this conversation.

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Social Media Photography Brain ASTD 226

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 My Online Visual Identity When Michele Martin changed her profile picture the other day, I realized I was a bit disoriented. And I saw how one dimensional our images of our online contacts (and digital friends) can be -- typically based on the same profile picture thats used in countless places.

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IM IMS Online Picture 100

Learning Visions

APRIL 29, 2011

Take pictures of Tweets and share them with the exec team. If you send execs pictures of good customer interactions (screen shots). Conflict is passion. Good community managers know how to channel that. Protect the community (don’t let sales sell to your community) Celebrate success – even small success. Understand the tools.

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Community Emergent Roles Management 200

Learning Visions

MARCH 24, 2010

He shows a picture of a tiger. We (westerners) get drawn to the subject of the picture, the Asians see the whole of the picture. In the West, our eyes are drawn to what we think is the center of the image. (He In the West, people see this as a tiger. In southeast asia, they see a jungle. This was part of a research study).

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Change Picture Predictions Culture 154

Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Use scenarios – apply what you know to make a decision.Ask the learner to take info that’s not clearcut and apply it using a question (in PPT – picture of a farmer and 3 images of “experts&# to ask for advice. SMES get married to the content and often lose sight of the bigger picture. Whose advice do you follow?)

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PPT Compliance Training Authoring Tools Case Study 191

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Provide the whole picture. (in restaurant recommendations, Chipotle always comes up. It''s safe and we all mostly like it. But it''s not a risk. These engines can''t make that risk). Algorithms don''t have that sense of how things hold together. Social importance. Mind-blowingness.

DevLearn 188

DevLearn Google eLearning Guild Trust 188

Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2010

Here’s a picture! not the voiceover or the pictures. My live blogged notes from eLearning Foundations Intensive with Bob Mosher. J.I.T. = “just in time” – the acronym was born in 1992. What does this mean to the learner? they expect it, informal, interruption, necessary eLearning invented J.I.T. We equated availability with relevance.

Performance Support 186

Performance Support Wiki Support Performance 186

Learning Visions

MAY 7, 2010

The instructor needs to be front and center – a picture. “Organization, organization, organization” should be your mantra. Organized and visually pleasing. Students have an idea what they need to do. There needs to be a sense of direction. Share some personal info about you.

Desire2Learn 157

Desire2Learn Instructional Design Skype Instructional 157

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Gamification = use of game mechanics in non-game applications: points levels challenges virtual goods leaderboards gifting and charity Set Goals & Objectives Games often use a Hub System to structure things (wish I’d taken a picture!): in the center of the hub is the module/game. Coming off each topic/level are specific objectives.

DevLearn 188

DevLearn Games Design Gamification 188

Learning Visions

MAY 25, 2010

The National Average Salary — Full-time Employee $79,300: So, in pictures, the average Full-Time elearning salary for men is $85.8K This gap is most notable in part-time employee pay, where women receive an average hourly rate that is 49.4% lower than the rate men receive, while working a comparable number of hours. and for women $74.4K.

eLearning Guild 174

eLearning Guild eLearning Report Instructional Design 174

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I have a course on sexual harrassment and I use a picture to help the story. If it’s a picture of the woman looking upset after an incident what is that? , explanatory and representational (here’s what the screen looks like – these are important in our work) Explanatory Visuals -- Show relationships among your content topics.

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Audio Learning Styles DevLearn Picture 154

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

When you dont meet someone in person, you still paint a picture of them in your mind. I had to keep staring at each of them hard as I replaced my old pictures. The bonus of so many of the social media tools we use is that our pictures are attached. The universe has shifted slightly as Ive adjusted my images. Unexpected beards.

Moodle 100

Moodle Instructional Design ASTD Picture 100

Learning Visions

DECEMBER 19, 2008

We've inserted pictures of these characters to give a course more life and interest. (Remember, all I do is online, self-paced eLearning). We've taken scenario-based approaches, so the learner can sit with an expert and watch how he does his job using the software.

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Software Training Train Photo 113

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

How do you fit into the big picture. Stay…Strive speaking positively about the org…intense desire to be a member of that org…to contribute to the business How do we design/dev learner that drives engagement? Four key focus areas: Orientation and new hires – to cement relationships with new ees. Inspire engagement and make people feel welcome.

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Corporate eLearning Culture Blended Learning ASTD 140

Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2011

The big picture is work and performance at work. Wrapping it up Find senior folks who get it and have them share the benefits. Measure it – employee engagement, customer satisfaction, etc. look at your outputs and real impact (not learning metrics). If we keep that in mind, we’ll have create more value at our organizations.

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eLearning Guild Social Learning Social Metrics 208

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Information is ever-changing When you apply social tools to information, it makes it more useful Quora as an example of information with social Everybody becomes a producer of content (people make Facebook useful by posting pictures, text, links, etc. people want to be able to move content around, shift it, recommend it.

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ASTD Open Jive Privacy 212

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Relevant aesthetics – no pictures of hotdogs and bunnies! How do you present info in a way people will pay attention ? How do you present info in a way people will learn ? Clarity (no confusing graphs!). So how do we get people to pay attention ? Joe looks at videos and internet culture.

Brainshark 165

Brainshark Open PPT Social Networks 165

Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

I hope this gives you a picture that once multi-nationals have entered they have changed the way in which companies work on elearning. Here IDs sometimes work as technical writers and TW sometimes write courses to optimize the cost. I was wanting to bring this up as a discussion in my blog sometime.

Market 100

Market Oracle eLearning ILT 100

Learning Visions

DECEMBER 28, 2009

slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations , Nancy Duarte Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures , Dan Roam Other Catching up on the pop business books from the last few years, these books gave me a little insight into current thinking. Oh yeah – good stuff for e-Learning too!

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Case Study ISPI DevLearn Moodle 100

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Monday, February 11, 2008 Instructional Designers with Degrees: Latest Survey Results Since I last reported the results of the survey asking practicing instructional designers if they have an advanced degree in ID, the picture has shifted slightly. About 35% of instructional designers have an advanced degree in ID.

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Instructional Design Survey Instructional Instruction 100

Learning Visions

MAY 17, 2008

Will you post some pictures for us? You dont have to be like Mark Wagner and post pictures from the hospital (which I generally would think is crazy, but his wife looked amazing even after labor). Unless I decide to post about the absolute lack of instructional design manuals that come with new babies!

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News Moodle Instructional Design ASTD 100

Learning Visions

MAY 22, 2007

The Tyranny of Thinking Styles When some people hear the word "dog", they picture an image of a dog, while others see the printed word "d-o-g". " Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, May 22, 2007 Dont Be a Tyrant! A post from the Eide Neurolearning Blog from 2005.

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Cognitive Rapid eLearning Moodle Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

JUNE 7, 2009

Too bad I didn’t get a picture. Dave was regaling some Germans in the corner with amazing stories and singing the Liechtenstein National Anthem with great gusto. Then we sat down and talked about “Ten Steps to Complex Learning.” What an amazing human being. Marcia Connor. hours to get to DC!

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ASTD Moodle Articulate Conference 100

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

But we have pictures, so were not so invisible. Ive been meaning to write about this for awhile and took that picture on my cell phone a week or two ago in preparation. I dont think they were my original invisible community. But they had become a part of it. What a great story. Thanks for sharing it. 12:27 PM Michele Martin said.

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Community Moodle eLearning Guild Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Employees (60%) Customers (30%) Partners/Resellers (5%) Consumers/Public (5%) Other (5%) Michael Korcuska – big picture issues with open source LMS. (37%) Total cost of ownership (32%) Difficulty to maintain (68%) Lack of security/quality control (53%) Poll #4: Who is the audience for your training?

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Open Source Director Open Conversation 150

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Instead blow up the picture and put text small… Steve Jobs, “Good design is design that makes you want to lick the screen.” Keeps them focused More tips on graphics; use texture (imagine of a fuzzy rug, a bit taken out of chocolate) often people use tiny images with lots of bullets next to it – image loses impact. RED has guts and power.

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Scanning Brain eLearning Guild Flash 124

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Mobile Support Mobile support for Herman Miller sales rep – pictures of all the chairs and products, click deeper to get more info on product –what’s the fabric, is it in stock? Part of the problem w/training is that people can’t recall – performance support helps you remember and decode what you learned. This is not to teach, but to enable.

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Performance Support Informal Learning Support Performance 193

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

My ability to focus or not is simply a matter of my bigger life picture. I am very tactile, I like to touch, smell and feel product, so any pictures of things that smell, look or tatse good attract me! 12:41 AM Cammy Bean said. Christine.ahh, yes. Laser sharp focus. That will come in time, grasshopper.or perhaps not. Its too busy.

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IM IMS Moodle Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Today: Nuts and bolts of game design Teaching, learning and literacy the big picture Shows a quick video of game evolution – checkers < pong < space invaders < clone wars…(David Perry at TED) But games are NOT graphics. Written a few books (The game design reader), ran a game company for 9 years – including diner dash.

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DevLearn Player Games Alternatives 100

Learning Visions

MAY 16, 2007

I prefer to get the big picture view first, and often a diagram or metaphor will do that for me. They focus on the details, often missing the big picture that the N learner quickly grasps in reading a passage, because of their internal wiring. They bore me to tears. Take learning a piece of software.

Learning Styles 100

Learning Styles Authoring Tools PENS IM 100

Learning Visions

JANUARY 14, 2009

Some of us will be thinking more big picture and creating what Jay Cross calls "LearnScapes". As the tool available to employees/learners/students grows and theres more information out there, the role of the ID will change. Of some IDs, that is. Some of us will still be creating the course with the objectives. There are many of US out there.

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 100

Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2007

I decided I wanted a picture in my banner to create some visual interest. I dont think Blogger has tabs yet, but I bet that will come in time. So heres what I did: I chose a different Blogger template: one with less color, more white.

Blogging 100

Blogging Wiki Photoshop Moodle 100

Learning Visions

JULY 2, 2007

Files can be password protected Discussion Boards In August, Gin Premiere is launching with new features, including instant messaging, a "whos online" feature, skinning features, and the ability to upload pictures with your profile. So whos using The Gin System?

Social Networks 100

Social Networks System Wiki Facebook 100

Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

I hope this gives you a picture that once multi-nationals have entered they have changed the way in which companies work on elearning. Here IDs sometimes work as technical writers and TW sometimes write courses to optimize the cost. I was wanting to bring this up as a discussion in my blog sometime.

Market 100

Market Corporate eLearning eLearning Consultant eLearning Strategy 100

Learning Visions

JANUARY 31, 2013

He divides us into two groups and has half the group close their eyes while he shows the other group a picture. It makes no sense to the group who did not see the picture. Group 2 got it because they saw the picture. (It Group 1 didn't know where they were going -- when he showed us all the picture, group 1 said "Ohhh." (why

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Brain Cognitive Picture Kirkpatrick 186

Learning Visions

AUGUST 22, 2007

Forward-thinking companies should have that big picture in mind. Many people are echoing what you say. And Im in complete agreement. Happy employees are engaged with their jobs and well-balanced in their lives. And responsible, loyal, happy employees wont be talking about how bored they are at work.

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Social Networks Facebook Companies IM 124