Clive on Learning

MARCH 25, 2014

But not a loner: the e-learning designer is part of a team and must enjoy working with others; they should thrive on making sense of a whole range of contrasting perspectives and opinions.

Design 109

Design eLearning Guild Quality Engineering 109

Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Instead of adopting what Nick describes as a ‘teacherly’ approach to the training, he worked with the safety team to shift the emphasis to a less patronising, more ‘grown-up’ strategy in which employees are encouraged to take responsibility for their own decisions. Nick described the course as an institution.

Compliance Training 72

Compliance Training Social Networks Attitudes Social Media 72

Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Just in case you weren’t one of the 500 at the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square in London last night, here are the lucky ones for this year: Best use of mobile learning Gold Winner: Learnosity Best use of rapid e-learning content Gold Winner: Bupa Health and Wellbeing UK and Brightwave Silver Winner: Everything Everywhere Bronze Winner: ispeakuspeak (..)

Compliance Training 78

Compliance Training Distance Learning Simulations Rapid eLearning 78

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Unfortunately, the project team has been disbanded and there is no-one available to oversee the changes. You have just met with your client who has raised a number of issues: The system is due for a revision within the coming month and this will require some changes to the e-learning materials.

Content Developer 66

Content Developer Content Develop Custom 66

Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

For the past five years I have been running 1-day workshops on learning technologies for new l&d professionals, in which I include a team quiz. Perhaps one team in ten gets the answer right – the 1990s – because they know the internet goes back a long way and they believe the web and the internet are the same thing.

Internet 73

Internet Change Evernote iPhone 73

Clive on Learning

APRIL 27, 2018

My guess is that most design and development teams focus on two of the considerations, at the expense of the other. If you're a learner (and rarely are you the one paying for any of this or ever consulted in any way) then your priority will undoubtedly be number 2. Let's hope that the learner isn't the one to miss out. What comes top?

Productivity 53

Productivity Product Movie Media 53

Clive on Learning

AUGUST 8, 2011

Warning: The accumulated wisdom and original thinking of this elite team of designers, practitioners, consultants, and researchers will leave you dissatisfied with your current e–learning efforts and aching to put their ideas into play." Alright I haven't read it yet, but I'm going to enjoy doing so.

Instructional Design 76

Instructional Design ADDIE Agile Predictions 76

Clive on Learning

APRIL 29, 2010

That means collaboration is a snap, letting anyone you designate access your project to offer suggestions or make changes, and members of your team can be located anywhere in the world. Push a button and our team can create some in a matter of hours. Need more graphics?

Authoring Tools 56

Authoring Tools Authoring Software Specialist 56

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 6, 2011

You have just conducted a project review with your team and the following issues were raised: There were major delays to the project because the subject expert (SME) took a very long time to approve designs and scripts. The SME claimed that they had no idea how long this would take.

Content Developer 69

Content Developer Custom Content Develop 69

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Train up as many of the training team as possible in content design and development, setting up courses in Moodle and facilitating in a virtual classroom. Not everyone will excel in all these tasks, but at least the whole team will feel involved and empowered.

Blended Learning 69

Blended Learning Authoring Tools Virtual Classroom DimDim 69

Clive on Learning

AUGUST 19, 2010

My guess is that most design and development teams focus on two of the considerations, at the expense of the other. If you're a learner (and rarely are you the one paying for any of this or ever consulted in any way) then your priority will undoubtedly be number 2. Let's hope that the learner isn't the one to miss out.

Content 73

Content Consulting Emergent Learning 73

Clive on Learning

APRIL 16, 2014

I think we can also conclude safely that this implies people do not want to learn 100% in classrooms.

Learner 102

Learner Blended Learning Blended Social Media 102

Clive on Learning

APRIL 7, 2011

Does your design team have a plan B? If a big story comes in, they don’t hold it for the day after next, they spring into action and put something together now. They don’t get bogged down in documentation. They just build it and use any remaining time to refine this as best they can. BTW: This posting took 15 minutes.

Big Question 71

Big Question Case Study Skype Press 71

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2017

And that’s because web sites need to be updated at a moment’s notice; they are also the work of teams of people who need to work together collaboratively from remote locations. No web site is developed offline using a desktop application any more. Yes, that’s right, none. You can only do that online.

CD-ROM 45

CD-ROM LMS Module Slides 45

Clive on Learning

MARCH 28, 2008

The problem is that your full-time e-learning team will be a monopoly supplier - and we know that doesn't always lead to the best customer service - and that, when it comes to the cuts (as it always does), that team is never going to be regarded as core to the business.

Instructional Design 49

Instructional Design Storyboard Asynchronous Expertise 49

Clive on Learning

MARCH 25, 2014

But not a loner: the e-learning designer is part of a team and must enjoy working with others; they should thrive on making sense of a whole range of contrasting perspectives and opinions.

Design 40

Design eLearning Guild Quality Engineering 40

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2017

And that’s because web sites need to be updated at a moment’s notice; they are also the work of teams of people who need to work together collaboratively from remote locations. No web site is developed offline using a desktop application any more. Yes, that’s right, none. You can only do that online.

CD-ROM 40

CD-ROM LMS Module Slides 40

Clive on Learning

APRIL 19, 2012

I see there being a number of categories: People (or teams of people) that are so special to you, that at some stage in your life you just have to see them live. So, how do you decide whether to attend a more routine presentation, lesson, workshop, coaching session, or whatever it is, face-to-face as opposed to online?

Virtual Classroom 84

Virtual Classroom Music Comparison Lesson 84

Clive on Learning

APRIL 15, 2011

Most importantly, you will not be developing on an island – you’ll be able to share and collaborate with others in your team. These systems probably allow you to tag all your assets, and will store your versions in some systematic fashion.

Authoring Tools 71

Authoring Tools Develop Version HTML 71

Clive on Learning

JULY 19, 2010

What direction have you been giving to your l&d team? I'd be inclined to point the finger of blame (not a nice thing to do but hey) at the key decision-makers themselves: What on earth are you doing tolerating such poor performance (at least as you perceive it)? Would you sit back and do nothing if other departments performed so poorly?

Research 64

Research Survey Leadership Problem 64

Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2007

Where online tools have the edge is when you're working collaboratively as a team - writers, graphic designers, subject-experts, a/v specialists, reviewers and so on - and when you are likely to be producing a large number of modules that share assets such as text, images, audio and Flash movies.

RapideL 40

RapideL CD-ROM Atlantic Link eXe 40

Clive on Learning

JULY 10, 2009

tools to provide visibility into work / project progress by dispersed teams. The survey showed that the best-in-class companies shared several characteristics: 55% utilised Web 2.0 tools to facilitate knowledge capture and/or transfer; 36% utilised Web 2.0 They recommend three actions: establish metrics to measure the impact of Web 2.0

Social Networks 40

Social Networks Web Guide Metrics 40

Clive on Learning

MAY 13, 2010

New capabilities and tools help leaders more easily share an idea, lead a discussion or kick off group action learning projects with their teams. And users of the new version can more easily share and apply concepts and tools with others in the context of their specific organization.

Social 65

Social Suite Poll Social Media 65

Clive on Learning

APRIL 26, 2008

Imagine my amazement to find (1) that I was speaking at a conference in Barcelona the day after a Champions League semi-final between the world's two richest football teams (Barcelona and Manchester United), that (2) the hotel was only 1/4 mile from the stadium (Europe's largest), and that (3) tickets were available (at a price).

Conference 40

Conference Picture Teams 40

Clive on Learning

APRIL 29, 2011

Each new employee is supported through the programme by a team of mentors. Formal programmes Three programmes dominate the formal schedule: The lending essentials programme : This takes employees from day 1 to 18 months and covers all credit and customer service policies.

Communities of Practice 77

Communities of Practice SharePoint SAP Mentoring 77

Clive on Learning

MAY 26, 2010

Connie Malamed's posting First iPad University Course drew my attention to the mini MBA course being put together by Rutgers University and Apple’s higher education team.

iPad 40

iPad Education Offline Brain 40

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Each new employee is supported through the programme by a team of mentors. Formal programmes Three programmes dominate the formal schedule: The lending essentials programme : This takes employees from day 1 to 18 months and covers all credit and customer service policies.

Communities of Practice 75

Communities of Practice SharePoint SAP Mentoring 75

Clive on Learning

MARCH 25, 2009

It can be used by one person or an entire team—including subject matter experts. That's why, when Cathy recently announced the launch of her Elearning Blueprint , a performance support tool for designers, I was determined to take a close look.

eLearning 40

eLearning Performance Support Exercise Slides 40

Clive on Learning

JUNE 13, 2012

That's a problem if you have a team of classroom trainers who only really want to be classroom trainers. Classroom training will undoubtedly have a major role to play in the mix, but rather than being 90% or more of the offering, it may well be 40% or less. Let's say you are a classroom trainer. So, what are your options?

Blended Learning 80

Blended Learning Job Virtual Classroom Simulations 80

Clive on Learning

MAY 19, 2008

There's a lesson her for football clubs - if they want the atmosphere and the support for the team that singing provides, they should offer free tickets to the one in a hundred that will do all the work. This wouldn't incentivise me, but it would work for plenty.

Wiki 40

Wiki Forum Lesson Blogging 40

Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Who do you know who is doing (or has done) a great job of heading up an l&d team and who would not mind sharing a little of their success? I’d love to know. In the meantime, here’s a little more explanation of what I mean by a learning architect: Meet the learning architect A learning architect designs environments for learning.

Search 69

Search Attitudes Learning Agile 69

Clive on Learning

JUNE 18, 2010

UK managers are the most involved in the training of their teams: in 40% of cases the training is due to a joint initiative between employee and manager. Interestingly, UK managers are doing a better job of preparation and follow-up: “Most training in Europe today is learner-driven.

Blended Learning 49

Blended Learning Survey Virtual Classroom Learning Technologies 49

Clive on Learning

MAY 5, 2009

Unsurprisingly, the results suggest that communication between learning and development teams and their IT colleagues could be improved. The proportion of respondents stating that they undertake talent management activities has fallen sharply since 2006 from 51% to 36%.

Training 40

Training Train Survey Consulting 40

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2007

Personal wishes (submitted by Ellen Waterman): Gimmicky perhaps but the idea is that all members of the course team contribute to a 'happy holidays' greeting by contributing their own video messages. Working in teams (submitted by Terry Morris): This is a module that helps learners prepare for working together in teams.

Ideas 40

Ideas Online Learning Blended Learning Online 40

Clive on Learning

JANUARY 16, 2008

By comparison, Unison and RapideL-i have different feature sets and very different routes to market, but they join their predecessors in providing the most essential benefits of online authoring, not least easy collaboration amongst those working on the development team. Who knows, I may even be able to afford to use one.

RapideL 40

RapideL Predictions Unison Flashform 40

Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

It also helped that Hirewire, a new intranet, was set up around the same time by the corporate communications team, and this got employees used to going online for important information. When people rang the help desk, they would send them a link to the LearningGuide.

Simulations 66

Simulations Performance Support Classroom Learning 66

Clive on Learning

JUNE 22, 2007

I used to play in the Epic Athletic soccer team, and it was almost impossible to persuade the designers to (1) turn up and (2) play in any sort of set position. They were all prima donnas and poseurs interested not in the team but in looking cool and in scoring the perfect goal.

Social Networks 40

Social Networks Wiki Portfolio Photography 40