Learning Developments

JULY 2, 2009

Currently my organization is working on setting up a formal learning system that will manage instructor led training, web-based training, and virtual classroom training. I have drafted it in the diagram below. This is the short term goal. The future is still murky for my organization.

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Learning Developments

JANUARY 30, 2009

Training at the gym has made these people healthier and happier. So take pleasure in being a part of the training community because you are giving confidence to people who will then take more pride in their jobs.

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Learning Developments

JANUARY 30, 2009

Training at the gym has made these people healthier and happier. So take pleasure in being a part of the training community because you are giving confidence to people who will then take more pride in their jobs.

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Learning Developments

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

This was the company's first attempt at self-paced online training. The learner simply receives and e-mail and clicks on the link to start the training. This fall I launched a series of self-paced online courses. Courses were served entirely online and learner results were tracked. There was no LMS to log into. More to come.

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Learning Developments

MAY 5, 2009

Blissfully ignoring cost) I see this being useful in the training world. For example, a lot of training is done through shadowing another employee. You can think of this humanoid robot as the answer to the question "what do I do when I want to video conference with someone but I need to be mobile and let that person follow me around?"

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Learning Developments

MAY 5, 2009

Blissfully ignoring cost) I see this being useful in the training world. For example, a lot of training is done through shadowing another employee. You can think of this humanoid robot as the answer to the question "what do I do when I want to video conference with someone but I need to be mobile and let that person follow me around?"

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Learning Developments

JUNE 11, 2013

For the most part, I''m working with the training of field technicians and support folks. Being a bit of an e-learning nerd, I thought it would be cool to share some of the tools I use at my work. I''ve been working with my current company for over a year now. I''ve been using Adobe Captivate for basic e-learning courses.

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Learning Developments

DECEMBER 15, 2008

The organization I work for has never formally offered web based training. My role is to help start up a web based training program. I will be doing a lot of technology training courses so software simulations are very important. Im currently an online training developer for a large school system in Georgia. Dec 9, 2008.

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Learning Developments

DECEMBER 9, 2008

The organization I work for has never formally offered web based training. My role is to help start up a web based training program. I will be doing a lot of technology training courses so software simulations are very important. One of the tasks I've been working on is selecting a tool kit for creating the content.

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Learning Developments

JULY 17, 2009

Now as an e-Learning training developer knowing Flash will allow me to do better quality training interactions with learners. As a web developer learning Flash has been on my radar for quite some time. So I'm off and up and learning. I thought I would share some of my thoughts about my progress towards learning Flash.

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Learning Developments

JULY 17, 2009

Now as an e-Learning training developer knowing Flash will allow me to do better quality training interactions with learners. As a web developer learning Flash has been on my radar for quite some time. So I'm off and up and learning. I thought I would share some of my thoughts about my progress towards learning Flash.

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Learning Developments

MARCH 11, 2009

As my organization selects an LMS and gears up for web based training, I've been looking at a variety of authoring tools for online training. I was naive enough to think that tool existed that would have everything I want. I imagined something similar to Microsoft Word or PowerPoint that was designed for eLearning.

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Learning Developments

MARCH 11, 2009

As my organization selects an LMS and gears up for web based training, I've been looking at a variety of authoring tools for online training. I was naive enough to think that tool existed that would have everything I want. I imagined something similar to Microsoft Word or PowerPoint that was designed for eLearning.

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Learning Developments

JUNE 25, 2009

I'm working on a template that will be used for all my online self-paced training. There is an issue that is nagging at me. Where do I put the navigation buttons?

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Learning Developments

JUNE 25, 2009

I'm working on a template that will be used for all my online self-paced training. There is an issue that is nagging at me. Where do I put the navigation buttons?

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Learning Developments

MARCH 17, 2011

The question is “what is the best way to create a video based training course in Saba?” When first answering a question like this, I like to look around for best practices. I have a lot of video based content. The videos are 3 to 5 minutes long and I have 40 to 50 videos in a course.

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Learning Developments

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Without context, learners will be confused about the purpose of the training. I was pleased to see this topic come up because it is good to catch significant contextual issues early in the project. While one suggestion to combine the two sections into one section was appealing (and would be acceptable).

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Learning Developments

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Without context, learners will be confused about the purpose of the training. I was pleased to see this topic come up because it is good to catch significant contextual issues early in the project. While one suggestion to combine the two sections into one section was appealing (and would be acceptable).

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Learning Developments

MARCH 17, 2009

The current training project I am working on has brought this to my attention because the learning objectives were a little fuzzy from the start. I'm using rapid development tools which make it easy to change the course on the fly. I am taking a brick and mortar classroom based course and putting it online in a self-paced format.

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Learning Developments

MARCH 17, 2009

The current training project I am working on has brought this to my attention because the learning objectives were a little fuzzy from the start. I'm using rapid development tools which make it easy to change the course on the fly. I am taking a brick and mortar classroom based course and putting it online in a self-paced format.

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Learning Developments

JANUARY 21, 2009

Simulations will be very important for technology training. Still, a very pragmatic choice. I like Captivate 3 because it does a great job of recording simulations and allows for annotations. I've found Captivate very easy to use for this purpose.

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Learning Developments

JANUARY 21, 2009

Simulations will be very important for technology training. Still, a very pragmatic choice. I like Captivate 3 because it does a great job of recording simulations and allows for annotations. I've found Captivate very easy to use for this purpose.

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Learning Developments

JANUARY 14, 2009

Jan 13, 2009 Im not yet Captivated by Lectora Im putting together a self-paced web-based training course for how to order textbooks using a PeopleSoft application. Learning Developments Thoughts and issues related to the development of eLearning content and general eLearning issues with an occasional diversion here or there.

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Learning Developments

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

A lot of training or practice is required to get proficient in e-Learning solutions. Studies have shown that students who would not raise a hand in class will be very active in posting to discussion boards for example. e-Learning is a challenge for educational institutions because the technology involved can be difficult to manage and use.

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Learning Developments

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

A lot of training or practice is required to get proficient in e-Learning solutions. Studies have shown that students who would not raise a hand in class will be very active in posting to discussion boards for example. e-Learning is a challenge for educational institutions because the technology involved can be difficult to manage and use.

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Learning Developments

DECEMBER 5, 2008

With a little bit of research I was able to find a content development tool (Articulate) that was on the opposite end of the spectrum and would save the training developers here hours of work per project. It was expense, slow, and difficult to use. What processes do you need to reboot?

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Learning Developments

JANUARY 13, 2009

I'm putting together a self-paced web-based training course for how to order textbooks using a PeopleSoft application. I'm using Lectora to develop a SCORM package that will eventually be imported and used in the LMS. The course will contain several simulations I am creating in Captivate 3.

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Learning Developments

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Install new computer memory) Maybe/Someday - Miscellaneous tasks that are low on the priority list and are not currently essential for my work Personal - Tasks that are not related to work but I may need to do at work; I actually have 2 RTM accounts and will share my personal tasks with my work account using the share feature (e.g.

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Learning Developments

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

With the way my organization's LMS is setup inside a single sign on portal, the web based training will continue even after the LMS and portal system has timed out. While this is well understood to those in the e-learning industry, it can be confusing for some learner so e-learning developers need to handle this time out gracefully.

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Learning Developments

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

With the way my organization's LMS is setup inside a single sign on portal, the web based training will continue even after the LMS and portal system has timed out. While this is well understood to those in the e-learning industry, it can be confusing for some learner so e-learning developers need to handle this time out gracefully.

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Learning Developments

MAY 10, 2012

Captivate can be used to import PowerPoint presentations ( see my post from another blog ) saving you the work of cutting and pasting or redeveloping parts of the training. For example, many of my projects start off with a PowerPoint slide deck that was either a storyboard or a presentation used by face-to-face instructors.

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Learning Developments

JANUARY 6, 2009

I've used it for documenting processes, web based training courses, technical support, and my blog. TechSmith offers a tool called Jing that is great for capturing pictures on your desktop. Jing can record areas of the screen for single images or full video with audio. Jing is incredibly easy to use. I've been using version 1.6.8198.

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Learning Developments

JANUARY 6, 2009

I've used it for documenting processes, web based training courses, technical support, and my blog. TechSmith offers a tool called Jing that is great for capturing pictures on your desktop. Jing can record areas of the screen for single images or full video with audio. Jing is incredibly easy to use. I've been using version 1.6.8198.

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