bozarthzone

AUGUST 28, 2013

In my line of work there’s a lot of conversation about instructional design and common design flaws, and I spend a lot of time evaluating eLearning courses and products. This month''s "Nuts and Bolts" column explores the ways an instructional designer can learn from her own learning.

Learner 63

Learner Instructional Design Picture Evalution 63

bozarthzone

JULY 12, 2011

But I do know this, for sure: If tomorrow someone launched the Perfect Social Media Product, which was free, ridiculously easy to use, seamlessly integrated with every other need and tool, and solved every problem we had, then the day after tomorrow there would rise up a group of People Who Hate The Perfect Social Media Product.

Tools 86

Tools Social Networks Ning Twitter 86

bozarthzone

MAY 23, 2011

Talking about making your corporate blog better, or tweaking your leadership academy, or communicating with a global workforce, or finding the best productivity apps for the organization-issued smartphones? Talking about top-secret research on a new drug the company hopes to patent, or a pending indictment of an SVP? Maybe not in public.

Social Learning 97

Social Learning Social Social Networks Twitter 97

bozarthzone

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Songs you listen to can be auto-published by products like Spotify. It was great for not subjecting others to your musical taste, but it also shut out those who might be interested. Now, with the proliferation of new tools, music is becoming social again. You can creat collaborative playlists. You can share playlists.

Music 40

Music Social Player Internationalization 40

bozarthzone

JULY 7, 2011

We welcome reader submissions and invite case studies, research, app and product reviews, reviews of conferences and other events. See the full text of my first blog post and writer's guidelines for more details.

Virtual Classroom 64

Virtual Classroom Case Study eLearning Virtual World 64

bozarthzone

APRIL 12, 2015

My other career challenge, again a product of my government environment, is the unending demand for learning experiences around deadly-dry-content areas like policy and compliance. Malamed helps here, too, with ideas for making content more exciting and offering suggestions for challenges like working with numbers.

Authoring Tools 40

Authoring Tools Solution Design Compliance Training 40

bozarthzone

NOVEMBER 13, 2010

We are its product. I'm amused by people who are only too happy to take advantage of everything Facebook offers -- including the inescapable acreage of Farmville -- yet feel they have any right to complain about anything. Let's get clear: We are not Facebook's "customers". Don't like it? Close your account, then. (Or That'll show 'em.)

Privacy 109

Privacy Social Networks Facebook Movie 109

bozarthzone

MARCH 6, 2017

Artist Michael Snipes (right) shared his learning path, including bartering work product for painting lessons, while Cipher Art’s Kelly Johnston talked more about process and how she works with collages to build a narrative. Her partner Dana Wallace Gower is also an author specializing in a faith-based view of career management.

Examples 68

Examples Sample Social Networks Facebook 68

bozarthzone

JANUARY 17, 2010

Then, after a few months of inactivity, no visible learning outcomes, and frustration, the organization drops the VIE because it doesn’t seem productive.” (p.204) 204) Learning in 3D offers sound advice for avoiding what the authors call a “virtual ghost town” and maximizing time and work put into the efforts.

Blogging 40

Blogging Sound Social Networks Facebook 40

bozarthzone

JANUARY 17, 2009

His CIPP model , originally covering Context-Input-Process- Product/Impact, and later extended to include Sustainability, Effectiveness, and Transportability, provides a different take on the evaluation of training. And finally: how can we deliver the instruction in a way that is appealing and engaging?

Kirkpatrick 72

Kirkpatrick Alternatives Taxonomy Evalution 72

bozarthzone

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Along the way there were occasional leadership books, including the dreaded Little Animal or Dairy Product Metaphors, but the books mostly were one way or another tied to learning.

Instructional Design 40

Instructional Design Training Train News 40

bozarthzone

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

I never thought to ask how it benefits the customer, in this case by showing the time and care that a craftsman puts into even a simple product. In talking about Show Your Work I often ask audiences how working out loud benefits organizations, individuals.

Doc 8

Doc Toys Comparison Examples 8

bozarthzone

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Screenshot of an invoice for a product purchased in another country, in foreign currency, for which I would be getting reimbursed. Many power users of products are people like me who are working with limited resources. I use it all day, every day, whenever I’m on my computer.

SnagIt 88

SnagIt Virtual Classroom Photo eLearning Guild 88

bozarthzone

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

The product includes really excellent, hard-to-build-from-scratch simulations with branching decicisionmaking. When I went into the system to review product usage for the quarter, I saw that he'd spent exactly 10 minutes and 11 seconds in one course, and began one simulation but did not finish it.

Virtual Classroom 81

Virtual Classroom Simulations Blackboard Distance Learning 81

bozarthzone

APRIL 16, 2009

It’s a mobile one-stop repository for productivity tools (Google, Evernote); entertainment tools (Pandora radio, Flixster), job aids (the first-aid reference Pocket Aid: even when out of phone range the reference material still works); and fun and games including real-time handheld Scrabble with friends anywhere in the world.

Authoring Tools 45

Authoring Tools VOIP WizIQ Virtual Classroom 45