Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
DECEMBER 20, 2011
Do you use templates? Are you a purist and despise templates? Personally, I don't like to take a hard line on this topic. I like to think of all templates as time-savers and as such they become productivity tools. They don't impact my instructional design. Unless a certain template is requested or mandated, finding a template also serves as inspiration.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
DECEMBER 19, 2011
@aaronesilvers Aaron Silvers gave a fascinating presentation for the recent eLearning Guild's online forum entitled Building the Instructional Designer's Relevance in 2012. You can find the recording here. If you are not a paid member of the Guild you won't be able to view it, but presentations like this are exactly what makes the Guild archives well worth every penny you invest in a membership.
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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
OCTOBER 10, 2019
The 5-ables of Digital Training Content Join me on crowdcast this morning for a conversation about content. All content in the 21st century is 5-able. Come hear about what that means. powered by Crowdcast.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
JUNE 3, 2018
#TLDCast is going to be FANTASTIC this week! Get it on your calendar. Monday through Friday 8am PT - 11am EST - 4pm UK Don't forget to get registered for Monday's open forum conversation. These are my favorite. The serendipitous nature of community conversations is always surprising me. We will likely review the video challenge that I presented the community on VideoFriday last week.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
DECEMBER 25, 2017
Year Ends On A High – Air Freights Stay High, Ocean Rates Rise: Freight Rate Update Wk 51. By John Edmonds, Research & Marketing, Freightos. Against a background of IATA’s estimated 9.3% growth in world cargo volumes for 2017, air freight rates have been dramatically up this peak season. While some rates have eased recently, others are heating up.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
DECEMBER 3, 2015
Check out these 3 great lists of gift ideas for the corporate training professional in your life. This is a 3 Part Series from The eLearning Blog. Books Trainer's Emergency Kit Items Video Recording Gear You can also see the Holiday Gift Guide for that Special L&D Professional in Your Life from Brian Washburn at his blog Train Like a Champion. Brian was the inspiration for part 2 of the.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
MARCH 26, 2015
'Live streaming apps on your phone have finally landed. And they are officially cool! Check out Meerkat and Periscope. And here''s my vlog on the topic.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
AUGUST 30, 2014
'2 Weeks of Blog Posts This week was interesting. I read another post about the death of the LMS and it inspired me to write "The LMS is Evolving.Not Dying!". And a conversation with a friend inspired Thursday''s post "To "e", or not to "e", that is the eLearning Question." And since I forgot to do a Weekly Review last week, I''ll mention that this blog celebrated 9 Years of posts on the 23rd.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
APRIL 3, 2014
'Today I announced on the Litmos blog that I am now the Chief Learning Strategist for Litmos. This is an amazing opportunity that I''ve been looking forward too for quite a while. You can read the post here. I''ve been less active on social media over the last couple years, with a couple attempts to jump back into the game only to fizzle out shortly after (re)starting.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
'If only enterprising entrepreneurs would build an authoring tool that enabled the creation of real world work simulations. I started down that path in the mid ''90''s and got close with some pretty cool simulations for manufacturing and logistics activities, but my coding skills could only get me so far. What I ended up creating was the interactive 3D version of "click next learning".
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
FEBRUARY 6, 2014
'This year I''ve committed myself to blogging each month about influential, inspirational, people that have had an impact on my career.or life.or both. In January I wrote about Tom Peters and how he influenced my career path. Tom had recently appeared back on my radar via twitter. and he responded to me. That was cool. The special sauce of social media is connecting with people you don''t know, but you have a connection with their thinking, their work, their life, or perhaps just the words they
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
JANUARY 30, 2014
'C''mon people! Where is it? The kids are leaving (have left) Facebook for Snapchat. Normally when this happens, some enterprising capitalist jumps on the bandwagon with some sort of copycat app aimed at education. Where''s SnapLearn? Or SnapSkool? Or perhaps SnapClass? Hey, SnapClass! That has a nice ring to it. That might have some legs. Okay.so.before I get all cynical and preachy about how silly education versions of popular apps are, maybe I should give this one some thought?
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
DECEMBER 19, 2013
'At the end of 2012, on this exact day, I posted 2013 Reality - Not Predictions. The main idea was Performance = Our Goal Learning = Process Training = Event I can honestly report that, after my first full calendar year back in corporate america, this idea has served me well. Every project, every question, every perceived training need, could be discussed within this context.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
JUNE 24, 2012
There are many many great blog posts reviewing mLearnCon last week. Several mind maps, videos, and other media as well. So I don't feel the need to do a high level recap. Instead, I'd like to take another look at one of the questions asked of the closing panel. (BTW, I'm tapping this out on my iphone using the blogger app because I'm trying to take advantage of mobile content creation capabilities.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
MAY 18, 2012
I am a big fan of storytelling. I'm also a big fan of movies. I'm also a big fan of video. Okay, so I'm not going to list all the different media types. I do love them all. Put into the hands of experts media can impact human beings in profound ways. As we craft "instructionally sound" learning experiences aren't we really just acting as authors, and puppet masters, in the telling of a good story?
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
MAY 9, 2012
Mobile Learning: The Time is Now was just released by The eLearning Guild. With the mobile market being the fastest growing industry you'd be wise to pay attention to how mobile devices impact your learning audience and in turn how you develop and deliver your learning solutions. Guild members have shared the impact of mobile learning on their organizations and their strategies.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
APRIL 9, 2012
Bloomfire has certainly taken the eLearning industry by storm. Or should I say, set it on fire? Chris Pacitti, from one of the two investing companies, Austin Ventures had this to say. “Bloomfire addresses old-school productivity problems with a new-school approach, using social software to create and share valuable information within an enterprise.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
JANUARY 29, 2012
ProtonMedia.com has been on my radar for quite some time. There was a time when 3D virtual environments were all the rage.think SecondLife. Then the fad dropped, but the reality that lies in the usefulness of these tools remains. Like every other technology used for training, it's not meant for every training problem. But if you have the right training problem and capable users, then I believe interactive 3d environments can prove to be highly effective.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
JANUARY 19, 2012
This morning Apple held a press event to announce their entry into the world of textbooks. Everyone knew this was coming. It's just been a matter of when and what will it look like. And basically, what it looks like is a complete game changer. Not just because the iBook Store will now sell you interactive textbooks via your iTunes account, but because they also announced a new authoring tool.and it's FREE!
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
JANUARY 11, 2012
The team at EdCetra Training have created this great infographic of Big Data. With all of the new media creation tools being announced at CES you can imagine how much content will be published in the near future. Get a handle on your data and start thinking about the importance of big data in your eLearning career.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
JANUARY 9, 2012
Hey! It's CES week! Why is a Corporate eLearning Strategies blog covering consumer electronics? Well, I wouldn't exactly say that I'm "covering" the show. However, I am getting a lot of info about new product launches. I'm actually quite shocked at the number emails I am receiving as an industry analyst. But it's also quite fun to see it all. This came from VIZIO inviting me to check out their new PCs.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
JANUARY 4, 2012
This week we are looking at a system known as the Differential. In my first post I asked that you review 2 training videos. Around the Corner was created in 1937 and How a Differential Works was created in 2011. In my last post I looked at the importance of titles, and today I wonder about management concerns that good storytelling is too time consuming and wasting employees time.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
JANUARY 2, 2012
My favorite design thinker Dan Roam posted a YouTube video on how a Differential System works on cars. I was blown away by the quality of the video and how confident I felt in understanding the complex system of a differential. After watching the video I noticed other videos in that right hand column of YouTube and so I watched another training video.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
DECEMBER 26, 2011
I'm a big fan of innovative creativity in eLearning. There just isn't enough of it these days. So this year I'd like to simply highlight creativity in whatever form it comes to me. This one comes from PTK Learning. Enjoy!
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
DECEMBER 23, 2011
I guess I never thought I'd hear myself say that. But something strange is afoot in the Learning Management Software market. With the shift of the internet from 1.0 to 2.0, and beyond, it was easy to envision a world no longer needing the LMS of old. So the question remains. What does the new incarnation of the LMS look like? Or does it just go away?
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
DECEMBER 19, 2011
Gamification is a buzzword that is frowned upon by many. It's more of a trend than anything else and since it's hanging around I thought this example might be fun to share. This blog post from The Gamification blog landed in my Google reader. TeamTreehouse.com The blog post points out the use of gamification elements in the web development learning environment created by Team Treehouse.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
DECEMBER 9, 2011
One of the questions I'm asked quite frequently is "Where can I see good eLearning examples?" As I spend some time doing a little end-of-year Evernote cleaning/maintenance I am finding lots of good stuff. Lots to blog about as well. A jackpot of examples can be found at the Articulate Community Showcase. STOP! Before anyone starts writing any hate mail to me about bias towards one product please understand that I don't care about the tool that was used in these examples.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
DECEMBER 8, 2011
I discovered this interesting research report from a tweet that pointed to an article in Scientific mind titled Haunting Scenes. Read at the end why I found more info at MIT News. Brent Schlenker Program Director for DevLearn I wonder how a silly pic like this, on the right, would rank in a memorability algorithm? Exciting Research The interesting news is that the research found "the most memorable photos are those that contain people, followed by static indoor scenes and human-scale objects.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
DECEMBER 2, 2011
I was up early this morning (4am MTN time). I couldn't sleep and so I grabbed my phone and checked on what my east coast peeps might already to up too. And to my shock and disbelief I saw a tweet from @lilybiri. @trishuhl Shocked and sad about the news that @TerrenceWing passed away - met him IRL on #DevLearn #ASTD I immediately sent her a DM asking for clarification.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
OCTOBER 24, 2011
As we all know, "Twenty years ago today - Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play"! But what were YOU teaching/developing 20 years ago, or even 10 years ago? Did you even know what Instructional Design was? Was it part of your plans to become an instructional designer/developer? I recently asked my personal network the following question(s): What were you doing 20, 10, and 5 years ago?
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
OCTOBER 5, 2011
iSad Today - Bless you Steve Jobs - Rest in Peace I did not anticipate feeling so sad today. I've got nothing. I don't know what to say. All I know is that I feel like I need to mark this day in the digital fashion that Steve Jobs inspired. I'm going to sleep tonight knowing that my sadness will soon turn into anger. Not sure I'll want to blog about that.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
OCTOBER 4, 2011
I found this infographic on Mashable Business. from Mashable Business - by Ronald Brown I kind of feel like we have TOO many process frameworks to choose from at times. But I like this one. I like that its NOT specifically designed for eLearning developers. Yet, I think it fits nicely into what we do. For example, we talk a lot about the A in the ADDIE model , Analysis.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
I've given presentations on this idea as it relates and impacts the future of Learning technologies and solutions that we design/develop/support. SO, I was VERY excited to see wine geek and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuck focusing on CONTEXT today. CONTEXT is important today because of the proliferation of CONTENT. In general, I don't think one is more important than the other.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Posterous Spaces was announced today. Here's the story from MASHABLE. I've used Posterous in the past and, quite honestly, really like it. It made posting to multiple web channels very quick and easy. So now that they've added more "social networking" features, I'm wondering how close it gets to becoming a Learning Platform? Take a look and let me know what you think.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
AUGUST 8, 2011
Last week +Jeff Jarvis posted this in Google plus and it sparked some interesting conversation. Since there aren't really titles in a G+ post you can learn a lot from the first line. "We're not going to have a jobless recovery. We're going to have a jobless future." I was lurking around the conversation without offering my thoughts and then I saw this blog post from Jason Calacanis titled "A New New Deal: Adult Technical Education (or "The Jarvis Deal")".
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
JULY 26, 2011
Congratulations to Clive Shepherd on this announcement ! Clive Shepherd will be chairing the first Charity Learning Conference in London on 15 September. An entertaining presenter and widely acknowledged as one of the UK's foremost experts on eLearning, he'll be guiding the conference to some interesting learning outcomes. The Conference has been designed by the Charity Learning Consortium to both celebrate L&D in the Third Sector and inspire members of the Consortium in the invaluable work
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
JULY 18, 2011
The eLearning Guild just released another report today: Rapid eLearning Authoring: Top Tools. Joe Ganci authored this report and does a fabulous job of explaining the data collected by the Guild's survey of its members. Since we all want to make sure we are doing our best work by utilizing the "best" tools available, this report can save you endless hours of searching and exploring on your own.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
JUNE 19, 2011
As I write this I'm flying to mLearnCon on the same flight as Alicia Sanchez (@ gamesczar ) and Kris Rockwell (@ hybridkris and Hybrid Learning ). The pair teamed up this year to create a card game for mLearnCon. While this may seem an odd genre of gaming for an mlearning conference, I trust in their creative collective genius and can't wait to play.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
JUNE 2, 2011
You might be getting yourself ready for mLearnCon this week. For some of you that means getting presentations ready. For others, preparation means picking out sessions to attend. I would argue that BOTH of you should take a look at this interview on presenting. Chris Brogan and Nancy Duarte talked about a few of the main points from slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations and Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences.
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
MAY 10, 2011
The big news this week is Microsoft buying Skype for $8.5billion. I suppose I could end this post right there an let that sink in. There are many places to read all of the business and tech news about the deal. I liked the GigaOm post. Just Google it if you want the story from many different angles. However, I'm not sure anyone has thought about what this deal might mean for corporate eLearning strategies.
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