Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2007

Friday, March 30, 2007 Video Games & Retirees Interesting article in todays New York Times by Seth Schiesel about the increasing acceptance of video games among retirees/baby booomers, especially older women. Mary are actually part of a vast and growing community of video-game-playing baby boomers and their parents, especially women.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 25, 2022

Ever seen the TikTok video of someone demonstrating how to REALLY use a vegetable peeler?? If you're looking to have a play with TikTok style videos, think about telling stories to create a strong narrative arc to connect with learners. Can't wait to see what we created! It's what the kids are doing (just talk to my teens).

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Learning Visions

JUNE 15, 2006

Thursday, June 15, 2006 Flash: Embedding Video in the Experience I really like how they did this. Talk about "embedding video in the experience". Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. The acting is lame, but the interface is tres cool.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2014

It was “faux live” video of a teacher/speaker, onscreen with PPT slides, also links to chats and other resources. The moderator was live, but the speakers/videos had been pre-recorded. I missed his opening setup, so didn’t get some of the context. But the upshot is they created/designed a virtual leadership event.

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Case Study Leadership Study iPad 228

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Video maker. From the world of viral video? CDZA – creating videos for this music channel. CDZA – creating videos for this music channel. Joe starts off and shows us two videos on detecting extra solar planets. Joe looks at videos and internet culture. Skittles Lick the Rainbow video. Dry and boring.

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Brainshark Open PPT Social Networks 165

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Some things they’re doing at U of Farmers… Making use of video – they now have a video studio – think breaking news stories with experts to keep employees informed about a current crisis (Farmers = insurance company). Then repurposing these videos in the LMS, for mobile, etc. Remember that you can’t always hit home runs.

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Technology iPad Business Portal 166

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Video sharing. Check out the google hangouts page with video as a background – a way to pull people into the content and engage them. We all have amazing video cameras in our phones. Get a tripod – capture real video in the moment and get it out there. This is the link he shared, but I’m not finding the video there.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 8, 2023

They worked on creating better hiring training (she showed some cool examples of interview scenarios made quickly with Synthesia an AI video tool). He shows videos of really boring training and then at the end, transforms that same boring training experience into something MUCH MORE HUMAN. She could see the impact on her control tower.

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Metrics Instructional Design Conference Brandon Hall 130

Learning Visions

JUNE 12, 2014

Using "narrative non-fiction story telling" to increase engagement and completion through professionally produced video. High quality videos, including conceptual videos, plus discussion with sr. leaders (10 videos from to senior leaders at Aetna in a panel talking about difficult/big issues that impact the business).

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Compliance Training Blended Learning Platform Case Study 124

Learning Visions

JANUARY 31, 2013

Research on video games – surgeons who play video games are better surgeons. Fear of new technologies – “Technochondria”. We were afraid of trains, we were afraid of phones. Our brains adapt. It’s not evolution. Instead our brains are built to adapt. Epic Win (a game)– you create tasks you need to do with your friends.

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Social Media Photography Brain ASTD 226

Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2012

Opening video produced by video – Search on in 2011 – the year in review. These are my live blogged notes from the opening session at ASTD’s TK12 in Las Vegas. 2012 is the year of collaboration. 2011 was the year of…” – go Google it and watch it. Q4 2010 smart phones outsold computers.

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Open Case Study Yammer Low Cost 175

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

into your eLearning – to create something less boring, more relevant without completely blowing your budget on high-end Hollywood style video. And then we took a look at some simple ways you can incorporate a more human voice (my mantra: it’s all about the people, man!) The truth is you can do a lot with text/graphics or text/graphics/audio.

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Compliance Training TechKnowledge eLearning Voice 215

Learning Visions

JANUARY 9, 2012

Features include: an online version of the renowned flower exercise, the e-Parachute community, video elements and more. The solution is an online course which employs a number of best practices to leverage technology to bridge the content / action gap. Register for the webinar here. Photo credit: Parachute by oObsessed.

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Case Study Totara LMS Study 157

Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2012

Streamline your multimedia – keep attention focused (avoid split attention: learners watch a video and then have to read separate text bullets…instead present words as narration rather than onscreen text! if not using audio, integrate text with animation or video)…you can’t have two different things going on the screen!

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Cognitive Case Study Learning Objects Server 187

Learning Visions

MARCH 11, 2011

Watch live video from RELATE Live! Why, it’s a weekly online talk show focused on…eLearning. Recent guests have included Brent Schlenker, Koreen Olbrish and Nicole Fougere. Upcoming guests include Aaron Silvers and Kevin Thorn. on Justin.tv

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Music Video Design eLearning 154

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

And be sure to check out more top tips, including the latest: Tip 45: Video – bring out your inner guerilla.

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Tips Instructional Design Tagging Website 178

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Different “rooms” in the building – can’t move from room to room until you’ve viewed all of the videos, etc. Through videos, audio…Developing a course now on understanding our customers – to make a better connection for those in the back office – their role in the ecosystem of the customer experience. in each room. CEO’s vision, etc.

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Corporate eLearning Culture Blended Learning ASTD 140

Learning Visions

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Organized by Family Challenges – branching exercises. - “Unfinished Chores” – included situations in families via videos – then you pick one of three responses after seeing video. Had to edit video content from website – rechunking scenarios, etc. Online host/video instructor guides through this module.

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eLearning Guild PPT iPhone Adobe Connect 124

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The law students didn’t show great improvement with video. Learning from examples in text, video and animation Which led to better learning? Animation examples were the highest on both, followed closely by video. Visual examples were more effective – but animation/video not statistically different from each other.

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Audio Learning Styles DevLearn Picture 154

Learning Visions

JANUARY 28, 2010

This is the most important trend in video game design. In the business of making video games. Took data from those reports, showed video tape of person playing… This kind of process (telemetry based analysis) – changes everything you do as a designer. Prius is first video game car – it comes with a high score!)

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ASTD Metrics Simulations Google Docs 133

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Have since delivered millions of training instances… Simplified reg/login process When first login in – you see a To Do list Some courses are self-assigned Using video vignettes 3 or 7 or 15 minute-ish videos for just-in-time… Tool helps supervisors walk through conversations with employees www.mycareeratva.com (go check it out and use some of the (..)

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Diversity Training Plateau Portal Outsource 154

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Implemented Moodle’s Flash video module – created fabulous video experience. Looked again at commercial LMS options, but chose to stay with Moodle. Kineo customizations gave granular security – customer A sees certain products, customer B sees different set of products.

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Case Study Moodle Open Source Study 160

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

We can now turn analog content (audio, video) into bits. Every minute on YouTube – 20 hours of video are uploaded. Undemocratic media is being replaced by personal, public video. That’s still a lot of great video being uploaded all the time. Started doing livestream video and thousands started watching that.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Are they watching some videos more than others (could be because they're great or because they're terrible) When are they using your content? Using this data you can find out things like: Where are you users coming from? What devices do they use? Which browsers or OS? What parts of the content do they use most?

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 21, 2011

We had our own proprietary development system that allowed us to use VIDEO. I learned my first ID model: instruct, demo, practice, assess. I had never heard of the term "instructional designer" before. 10 years ago that same company was struggling to stay relevant as the world moved onto the Intranet and the dot.coms were busting.

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CD-ROM Custom eLearning Development Macromedia eLearning 169

Learning Visions

MARCH 31, 2010

And be sure to check out this guerilla video bit I got of Ellen giving us a little crash course: "The Secret Handshakes of Instructional Design." The big highlight was presenting with Koreen Olbrish of Tandem Learning and Ellen Wagner of Sage Road Solutions on New Skills for Instructional Designers. Essential viewing for IDs, for sure.

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Skills eLearning Guild Sun Instructional Design 165

Learning Visions

MARCH 8, 2010

Be sure to check out the video on the Learning Solutions main page – see if you can spot me! Time will tell, but we’re keeping ourselves busy! Join us at the Learning Solutions Conference & Expo 2010 in Orlando, March 24-26. We’ll be showing Moodles demos at booth #208! (

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Moodle eLearning Guild Corporate eLearning Tagging 145

Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2014

Curriculum on demand, live webinars, google hangouts, videos. First do an assessment to understand what level they’re at before they get into the curriculum. Just because you’ve been on FB for 3 years doesn’t mean you get it). Train the trainer model for the in-person training. Have had to do that to be scalable.

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Metrics Social Media Convert Liability 160

Learning Visions

JUNE 7, 2011

Let your people upload videos, screen casts, etc. . $8,500 for a one year subscriptions – which includes two developers and one administrator. Additional licenses for $3,500. Jambok This isn’t an authoring tool, but it is worthy of note. Jambok is social learning in a simple user interface. The ICE expo is massive.

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eLearning Tools Tools Diversity Training Lectora 180

Learning Visions

JANUARY 24, 2014

The experiment compares high fidelity content (with video and simulations) to the actual text of the code of content. So they wanted to see the # of calls going up to report ethics violations and help desk. They had a piece of content from a rapid learning tool. So completion statements for each modality.

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Simulations Code of Conduct Server Doc 157

Learning Visions

APRIL 21, 2010

E-learning professionals can sign up to the webinar at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/464206841. gotomeeting.com/register/464206841.

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eLearning Consultant Business Corporate eLearning eLearning 169

Learning Visions

JANUARY 27, 2014

may have gotten this as part of core training, but now you can refresh) Mini learning lessons tied to competition - -videos and lessons. Competitive section to stack your product against the competition – so you can see your messaging against the competition. Uses a CMS to manage and update content.

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Phillips CD-ROM Case Study Mobile 161

Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2012

Created a video trailer. A crash-course in changing the world. “If If you have a problem, and you can’t solve it alone, evoke it.” YOU can play this game! www.urgentevoke.com An online platform. Textbook is set 10 years in the future. You create your origin story.

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Games Simulations Player Social Media 174

Learning Visions

MARCH 7, 2007

and then click demo video at the top. Check it out. Click on one of the pedals (theyre all hand painted, wow!)

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Moodle Brandon Hall Case Study Wiki 100

Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

video director (20%) [me too!] This survey shows that in addition to design, IDs also: project manage (82%) [me too!] use authoring tools (55%) do graphic design (41%) do testing (55%) [me too!] programming (17%) audio engineer (13%) voiceover artist (20%) [me too!]

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Instructional Design Survey Network Instructional 100

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Check out the eLearning Art website and view this one minute youtube video to see an example. (I (I’ve been learning about zombies in preparation for the upcoming DevLearn !) Images and assets aren’t free, but well-priced and worth the investment. I was not paid or offered any favors to write this review, I just think it’s a cool service.

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Photo Photography Stock eLearning 100

Learning Visions

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Photo/Video Credit: Amusement Park -- a Long Photo by respres. (Of course, sometimes they coincide.) (Now Now go have some fun with this Flow Game ). What are you doing to create a more engaging experience? How do you help your learners get into a state of flow ?

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Games eLearning Photo Predictions 100