Challenge to Learn

OCTOBER 21, 2012

People decide themselves what project or product they will work on and what kind of contribution they will make. Everybody can start up new projects or products, all you need to do is convince other people to join you. Productivity output. Product contribution. Group contribution.

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APRIL 5, 2018

Category 3: Production challenges. The second issue concerning the production of learning content relates to tools, technology, and integration. To me, this is a sign that we are still in the early, experimental stages. We still need to gain more experience and data to prove which approach (or combination of approaches) works best.

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APRIL 15, 2016

A similar development occurs with video production. And thanks to the faster production time and lower cost e-Learning is now an option in many more use cases than it was 10 years ago. We have seen similar developments in other industries. The launch of Desktop publishing programs in the eighties changed a whole industry.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

We will take all the experience we have built in the past 15 years on eLearning authoring and put it in a brand new product. ” In this post I will explain what the product will be about based on the requirements we have set. This web edition will be the start of a whole new generation of solutions by easygenerator.

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JUNE 4, 2013

The product owner will check during the demo if the solutions build match the requirements from the user stories and will accept them (or not). At easygenerator this is done by the product owner with input from me. After this is done we (the Product owner and me) will determine the final priorities.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

For example by not counting these hours as productive hours. As with productivity goals, you need knowledge sharing goals. When you ask people to share their knowledge, it will cost them some time. The least you should do is not punish them for participating. You should include knowledge sharing in your reward system.

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AUGUST 28, 2011

They build products like Basecamp, Highrise, Backpack, Ruby on Rails and more. The fact that 37signals is able to build and support so many products and support so many customers is amazing. Interruption is the enemy of production. It is a productivity boost! They are the two of the people behind the company 37signals.

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Challenge to Learn

APRIL 15, 2016

A similar development occurs with video production. And thanks to the faster production time and lower cost e-Learning is now an option in many more use cases than it was 10 years ago. We have seen similar developments in other industries. The launch of Desktop publishing programs in the eighties changed a whole industry.

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Search Compliance Training LMS SCORM 120

Challenge to Learn

OCTOBER 13, 2011

There would be one type of product for a certain need (one brand of sugar, one brand of water) and for a lot of needs they wouldn’t have a product at all. Internal production halted and they didn’t have enough foreign currency to import goods. I have visited eastern Europe before 1989 quit a few times.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

What is the relevance of this vision for EasyGenerator as a company and as a product? We are not just a software product or an authoring environment; we are a group of people and a company that delivers an excellent and innovative service to our users. Together these words determine what we do and how we do it.

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Challenge to Learn

MAY 5, 2014

She claims that if you are fitter you will be more productive, resilient and creative, and she is probably right. Get enough sleep, go offline, don’t try to multitask. She wrote a book with 12 practical tips (things to do) in order to take better care of yourself.

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Challenge to Learn

MARCH 3, 2011

So where is your production improvement and your return on investment. It only will be if it has an effect on the learners working skills, making them more effective and productive. You are being told that you have to do these kind of things, but the point is that you have to invest time and money into them to make it work.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

We will start planning some short-term developments on the software and start working on a roadmap for the product. I have high expectations; I have received a ‘product tree’ from them with tons of ideas. We have to come up with a coherent vision and a road map for the product. Holding the wheel is a different kind of ball game.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2012

All ideas will go direct to our product owner who is responsible for the product development. A small example is the feedback button we build in, in the latest edition of easygenerator. Any user can click on it and can come up with a suggestion or an idea.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

For product development we don’t plan anything beyond a 12 month window. We have our Vision and Mission in place that give us direction both in product development and in marketing and sales. The future (more than 12 months). For us the future is anything that is further away then 12 months.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

In marketing there is a term Minimal Viable Product (MVP). A MVP is the launch of a product with sufficient features to satisfy early adopters. For our software development we use Balsamiq it creates simple but interactive mock-ups that add a lot to your words. Perfection is not your goal.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

The project is split up in short phases (called sprints) and at the end of each phase you have a complete working (part of) the product. Based on this input the product owner created user stories that describe in more detail what the functionality should be. Then we had a session with the product owner where we set the priorities.

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Challenge to Learn

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This makes it always a challenge to manage the development process of the software; it’s much harder to plan, more difficult to maintain the quality level and it is difficult to guarantee the continuity of your product and organization. The most successful open source software product in the learning field is Moodle.

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Challenge to Learn

MAY 13, 2011

This is really a pity because they have a great product, but this is apparently not matched by their communication skills. SpacedEd is a similar solution you could use, but we are not able to push questions from easygenerator into SpacedEd as we can do with the Memotrainer.

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AUGUST 26, 2011

The other brilliant thing about Steve is that this vision translates into products that set trends and in some cases are real game changers. He is famous for his product presentations like the launch of the Macintosh and the IPad. For me as a CEO and a manager he is a great example and an inspiration.

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Challenge to Learn

AUGUST 23, 2011

Our product development is a great example of this. I can translate my vision on e-Learning into a concrete product. The other thing is that the market will decide if these ideas (and our product) do add value for them, I can’t imagine a better way to get feed back on a vision. Thanks to this we are able to move fast forward.

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Challenge to Learn

MAY 24, 2016

I have to know about e-Learning, finance, management, marketing, sales, product development and more in order to manage all these developments in our company. Do not go for the all-in-one solutions! I’m CEO of Easygenerator and as a CEO you have to be all-round.

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Challenge to Learn

MAY 24, 2016

I have to know about e-Learning, finance, management, marketing, sales, product development and more in order to manage all these developments in our company. Do not go for the all-in-one solutions! I’m CEO of Easygenerator and as a CEO you have to be all-round.

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Authoring Tools Expert LMS Saba 177

Challenge to Learn

MAY 29, 2013

In our case the demo is done to some colleagues (product owner, CEO, instructional designer), but very often partners or customers will also attend these demo’s. The product owner is the person that can officially accept a user story.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

At easygenerator we use these ideas to give direction to product development and our market approach. Since I became CEO of easygenerator I wanted to have a clear vision and mission on what we do and why we do it. This led to my blogs on our vision and mission, ‘Output learning’ and ‘bringing learning to the workplace’.

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Challenge to Learn

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

When I started in December we had three products: an authoring tool (easygenerator), a LCMS specifically tuned at making paper publications and a LMS. We handed these two products over to our sister company ISM learning. Now I’m CEO of a relative small company again.

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Challenge to Learn

MARCH 23, 2014

As a vendor I learned some serious lessons that I can and will apply in our products, making it possible for the “audience’ to make that first step and start making use of this great new world that is emerging. Other post about LSCON caps of: Day 1 , day 2 and Day 3.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

It is our most important product, both in number of customers, sold services and overall revenues. I have that role since I started working for Stoas, three years ago. John Kleeman started Questionmark some 20 years ago, building the first version at his kitchen table. I don’t know the exact numbers but they are quite impressive.

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Questionmark Social Networks Authoring Tools Software 100

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

We have a product that delivers great value to our customers, and we have unprecedented customer support. I’m looking forward to focusing on those elements of my work that allow me to bring my unique value to the company, the employees, the product, and our customers.?It I’m so proud of what we have achieved.

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Challenge to Learn

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

But during the period of the production there will be hardly any contact. The great thing about this is that you give them responsibility in the production process. And then suddenly: the delivery of the result. In an agile approach you stay in contact with your contractor all the time. This makes the process very different.

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Challenge to Learn

OCTOBER 30, 2011

We will do three presentations at DevLearn, a product presentation, a presentation about adaptive (individual) learning (together with our friends of A New Spring) and I will present on Outcome Learning. I’m really looking forward to it. I will be blogging and tweeting about this event the coming week so you can follow the adventure.

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Challenge to Learn

APRIL 1, 2014

As a software vendor and product owner I know how difficult it is to built really good software, so my compliments to Markus. I read that he recently hired his first employee. On his website he says his goal is ‘designing intuitive and consumer friendly software’ Well he did.

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Challenge to Learn

MARCH 23, 2011

An other highlight was the product presentation by Allen Interactions of their new product Zebra. If you want to learn (or should I say not forget) more you can read his book ‘Brain rules’ or visit his website. I advise you to do this within the next 30 seconds or other wise it will be just a waste of time.

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Challenge to Learn

MAY 7, 2014

I heard somewhere that improving training can lead to 4% improvement of production, improving your middle management can lead up to 20% increase! The key to this trend is that research shows that change is initiated by senior management, but carried out by middle management. Retention - Forgetting curve.

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Conference Trends ASTD Instructional Design 167

Challenge to Learn

MARCH 22, 2012

he calls this ‘Fail productively’ These are things that aren’t very often connected to leadership. But these experiences will change your insights, your concepts and your identity. This means that nothing is written in stone, there is room for doubt and failure. I believe he is right.

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SCORM Leadership Easygenerator ADL 170

Challenge to Learn

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

We are always looking for a way to improve our product. Easygenerator only supports this partly, so we decided to put this on our development road map for this year. If you have any other suggestions for features that would facilitate CBL in a better way, please let me know! A new metaphor for e-Learning: learning maps.

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Easygenerator Learning Objects Learning Authoring 218

Challenge to Learn

APRIL 7, 2012

Although we try to keep the blog informal, you have to write mostly about concrete product related things. I found it an interesting experience to write about a given subject and compare my own thoughts with the others. I write posts too for easygenerators company blog. This is quite different. International contacts.

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