eLearning Blender

JULY 21, 2009

The first post titled " Top 100 Learning Game Resources " provides information on how to add interaction to eLearning based training solutions while the second post, " How to build your personal brand on Twitter " covers how to make yourself more marketable by building your personal brand.

Network 45

Network Personal Learning Personal Personalization 45

eLearning Blender

MAY 4, 2009

In an effort to provide a continuous learning experience I implemented a Wiki using MediaWiki. They needed to interact with somebody who could answer their questions and provide perspective unique to the situation they are dealing with.

Wiki 40

Wiki MediaWiki Forum Newsletter 40

eLearning Blender

JULY 1, 2009

The first blog post is from the “ Rapid eLearning Blog ” by Tom Kuhlman who provides great advice for creating effective eLearning , rapidly. Tom does not go into detail about how to do this but he does provide a link to another great post for custom designing graphics that match.

Personal Learning 40

Personal Learning Network Personal Personalization 40

eLearning Blender

AUGUST 6, 2009

It looks like this book provides a little of both by covering how to make the most effective use of multimedia in Moodle. As a Moodle administrator and eLearning content developer, I am always juggling the behind the scenes Moodle tasks while looking for more effective ways to present content.

Moodle 40

Moodle Adobe Captivate Tutorial Adobe 40

eLearning Blender

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The assessments at the beginning and middle of the project provided the opportunity for a formative assessment where the learners can be given feedback as the project progresses, while the assessment at the end provided the opportunity for a summative assessment where the learners can be given a culminating appraisal of their performance.

Project 40

Project Assessment Design Blended Learning 40

eLearning Blender

MAY 23, 2009

Solutions: While I still have a long way to go, I have had marginal success promoting these social media resources by providing Formal Learning opportunities where the workforce is directed to use these resources for a specific activity.

Social Learning 40

Social Learning Wiki Social Networks Social 40

eLearning Blender

APRIL 4, 2009

I have found that in many situations that simplifying the process or providing consequences can have a much larger impact than any kind of instructional product. You would think this is such an obvious question to ask your self but all too often we assume that some kind of a course is the answer to the problem. Is the workflow efficient?

Analysis 40

Analysis Performance Support Performance Pipes 40

eLearning Blender

JUNE 1, 2009

I am hoping that Twitter provides what Facebook and LinkedIn do not, a running conversation with other professionals in the Training and Development industry. The final tipping point is that my Summer school course, "Technologies for Teaching" covers Twitter and it looks like some class activities may take place using Twitter.

Social Networks 47

Social Networks Social Network Twitter LinkedIn 47

eLearning Blender

JUNE 11, 2008

Sounds lame to be excited about school but honestly I am stoked because these classes are definitely providing me with tools that will help me do better at my job. This class is really helping me to become confident in Dreamweaver and is also teaching me a thing or two about Photoshop.

Instructional Design 40

Instructional Design Dreamweaver Photoshop ADDIE 40

eLearning Blender

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Moodle provides a couple of different options for managing users in bulk (at least I am only aware of 2). I was having nightmares about setting up and maintaining over 1000 user accounts. I knew that Moodle had some options to make this easier but didn't realize just how easy it would be.

Moodle 40

Moodle Management Report Sound 40

eLearning Blender

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

By providing a job aid that makes the task simpler for them you can have much better results than investing in training and more training. In many cases if not most, a job aid or tool can be more effective than investing in ILT or eLearning. I learned to always ask myself “Do they already know how to perform this task?”

Performance Support 40

Performance Support Support Performance DevLearn 40

eLearning Blender

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Project based learning achieves what a lecture cannot by providing the opportunity for the learner to practice using the necessary resources so that when they do come across a problem they are prepared to solve it on their own. So, what is PBL anyway?

Project 40

Project Blended Learning Lesson Score 40

eLearning Blender

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Many LMS vendors provide trial versions and in Moodle's case it is a free download anyway so you can test out the full version at no risk. This can be a little time consuming but actually putting together a sample course and testing out administration features tells you a whole lot more about the LMS then any demo will ever tell you.

Moodle 77

Moodle RFP LMS Low Cost 77

eLearning Blender

APRIL 21, 2010

The online discussions will get you started on the project and provide the opportunity to receive feedback while learning the basics of Moodle through the development of your own course site.

Synchronous 60

Synchronous Wiki Help Design 60

eLearning Blender

MARCH 3, 2010

Articulate has definitely proven that it provides what I was looking for and many other benefits that I was not aware of. ", I have been using Adobe Captivate but would like something that integrates with Power Point and speeds up the development process. Here are 5 reasons why I decided to pay the price for Articulate Studio 09.

Articulate 40

Articulate Adobe Captivate Authoring Tools Captivate 40

eLearning Blender

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

Tony provided some great information regarding Wiki's and the audience had some great examples of how they are being used at their organizations. The first workshop of the day was eLearning 2.0, presented by Tony Karrer.

eLearning 2.0 40

eLearning 2.0 Wiki DevLearn eLearning 40

eLearning Blender

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

I got my best ideas from other people in the audience but the speaker was too busy lecturing to provide the opportunity for us to share ideas. The most effective workshops were those that facilitated discussion among the group and I wish there was more of that. eLearning 2.0,

DevLearn 40

DevLearn eLearning 2.0 Conference Performance Support 40

eLearning Blender

OCTOBER 16, 2009

This provides a fail safe opportunity to practice what they will be doing at work. Do your best to make the performance or project that learners are completing as realistic to what they will experience in the workplace. Is it consistent with the instructional objectives?

Project 80

Project Lesson Instructional Instruction 80

eLearning Blender

APRIL 26, 2009

Everity provided great customer service with a quick response and resolution to my problem. Turned out I was not able to change the line of code which was "register_globals=off" on my server so Everity is moving it to a server where this setting is to "off" by default.

Moodle 40

Moodle Server Portfolio Site 40