Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

JANUARY 23, 2014

'During the last #lrnchat session someone mentioned that Tweetchat.com was back. In the early days of #lrnchat I used tweetchat heavily to follow hashtag conversations. As I was thinking about it I began to remember other Twitter tools like the open source TwitterCamp we used at live events to display the twitter stream. And of course that led me to the very beginning.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

OCTOBER 1, 2013

'This video covers a lot of ground in 10mins. The importance of context can never be over emphasized. I dare you to watch this and not agree.yet I''ll be you will go right back to creating training exactly the way you NOW know will fail your learners (apologies to Jay Cross for using that L-word ). Thanks to +Mark Oehlert for finding this on G+. Okay, so what did you think?

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

MARCH 15, 2013

Despite a hectic week at work, I was able to participate virtualy in the eLearning Guild's Learning Solutions Conference this week. Their new app is amazing with functions similar to what I'm already used to in other mobile social apps. I think this is the first eLearning Guild event that I've not attended in 6 years. It was a very strange feeling NOT being there.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

MAY 24, 2012

This will be a short post. If you haven't heard, there is a very cool new website called Pinterest.com that is all the rage with the ladies. The power of Pinterest is in its user interface design and the idea that images are the media content of choice. If you are just now hearing about it I would encourage you to check it out before reading on. So today, I'm relaxing during my son's basketball practice, and catching up on my stories in my ZITE iPad app.

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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?

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

APRIL 20, 2012

The alphabet soup of the training industry continues to grow and change. The terms get mixed in marketing materials, and confused during otherwise productive conversations. In my role within The eLearning Guild for the last few years I've had the pleasure of many conversations. I've met a lot of people and gotten to know some very well. The interesting thing is that I continue to hear frustration in the tone of many conversations with many interactions turning into arguments.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

APRIL 17, 2012

14% is not good. Shocking? No? Almost 70% went even further and marked company training as somewhat or not important. What's up with that? As someone who has suffered through horrific corporate training experiences this does not surprise me. As someone who has spent more than 15 years working to make corporate training better, this annoys me. From Jane's blog post: "But I think the biggest take-away from my survey is that we can no longer assume we know how people like to learn in the workplace

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APRIL 16, 2012

Statcounter Global Stats reported last week that 1024x768(XGA) has been overtaken by 1366x768(WXGA) for the first time. If these numbers make no sense to you then think of it in terms of aspect ratios. What the report basically says is that the 16:9 aspect ratio has become more popular than 4:3. Think of it as old TV beginning to die out slowly and the newer HDTV growing.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

APRIL 17, 2012

I don't think we can really answer that question until we truly understand what Gamification is. And luckily, we now have a book to help us do just that. Dr. Karl Kapp has just launched another blog book tour for his latest book Gamification of Learning and Instruction. The Book Tour starts HERE. The Facebook page is HERE. Buy the book HERE. Follow the blog book tour.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

APRIL 13, 2012

SCORM.com issued a press release about ScoTube this week. Many eLearning professionals are locked into creating SCORM compliant courses for their customers and that has been limiting in regards to new user-generated content on services such as YouTube. It's nice to see tools addressing these concerns moving the industry forward. From the press release : "The first of its kind, ScoTube marries the power of SCORM with the wealth of content available through YouTube.

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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.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

APRIL 3, 2012

The business of eLearning in corporate training continues to shift. You may have already heard this news, so I won't bother you with the details. You can read the full press release here. I'm just pointing it out as a "heads up" that the eLearning industry is alive and well and corporate training departments need to continue to stay up to date on the latest moves within our industry.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Sorry, I couldn't resist the title. So, I spent some time this morning listening to the Apple announcement. Actually, I spent time listening to conversations ABOUT the Apple announcement ( live.twit.tv ) and WATCHED streaming text and images of the announcement being made. There. That's more accurate. And yes, it was as boring as it sounds. You can read all of the iPhone 4s details at Apple's site.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

OCTOBER 3, 2011

I believe as learning professionals many of us do not do enough of the A&E. No. I'm not referring to the A nalysis and E valuation bookends of the famous instructional design process, ADDIE. I'm talking about ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT! To put it more clearly, it's the amazing power of the creative process that is missing from most learning solutions. And sure we can blame our clients or our corporate superiors for "not letting" us be more creative, but I have a hunch many just don't want to invest th

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Sarah Kesher, from the Grammy award winning audio production facility Sound80 , is looking for audio scripts. She is giving a session at DevLearn 2011 titled Scriptwriting for Engaging eLearning. She'd like to review a few of your scripts and use them as examples during her session. This is a GREAT opportunity for you to learn from an expert in audio scriptwriting.

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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.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I've been excited about the possibility of QR codes for a couple years now. But, for whatever reason, they've never really taken off. I must admit that I find it a little cumbersome to fumble around my iPhone apps trying to find the right QR code reader that will get the job done. So, in general, I've stopped thinking about them other than to impress non-geek friends as a party trick.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

DEMOFEST is the BEST place for you to get peer feedback by showcasing your work at DevLearn. You are not going to get this kind of feedback anywhere else. You might be afraid because you think you're work is not cutting-edge. But I think you will be surprised at how ahead of the curve you probably already are. Did you know that some organizations are still ONLY using classroom-based instructor led training?

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

This is certainly not breaking news, but I wanted to let my readers know that Blogger now has an iOS app. Download from iTunes App store. I've been posting to elearndev.blogspot.com via my mobile device for many years now via email and other forwarding apps. But now that Blogger has an official app, I'm more convinced that I will most likely keep my blog here for a while.

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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.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

MARCH 31, 2011

Paul Simbeck Hampson has started an interesting conversation on the purpose of education. You may not think this has anything to do with corporate training, but I would argue that it most certainly does. Corporations tried to copy the University model and most failed. Maybe "failed" isn't the right term.many just didn't get the right amount of business value and so they shut 'em down.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

MARCH 30, 2011

The buzz from Learning Solutions 2011 is still humming. But for me, its time to move on to Mobile Learning and mLearnCon.com. The web site is up and running and you can start planning your event today. Mobile technologies seem to be flooding the market on a daily basis. They get smaller, faster, and cheaper. If you are in elearning, whether a n00b or tested old timer, you need to get up to speed on mobile learning.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

MARCH 30, 2011

Learning Solutions 2011 was captured in pictures! Lots of great memories came rushing back. Whether you were there or not, you've got to check out the Guild's FB page with all the great Learning Solutions 2011 content. Don't forget to LIKE it! Amplify’d from www.facebook.com The eLearning Guild The eLearning Guild Learning Solutions Conference & Expo 2011 19 new photos 5 hours ago · Like Unlike · · View Feedback (7) Hide Feedback (7) · Share 6 people like this.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

MARCH 29, 2011

The Learning Solutions 2011 conference and expo was another amazing experience produced by The eLearning Guild. I spoke on Games and Simulations for Training, and Social Media for Learning, at the eLearning Foundations Intensive. The Intensive was a 2-day crash course on all major aspects of e-Learning. If you are new to e-Learning or just need to get the big picture fast, then this was the place to be.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Tom Kuhlmann is a self-made superstar in the eLearning development world. I've love his blog since he first started it but have never really had a chance to learn more from him. This interview explains why exactly why, and how he was able to move into the eLearning industry. I came into instructional design and elearning via academia and Masters degree from Arizona State University.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

I have not been following my RSS reader as closely as I used too. Tonight I browsed it a bit to find this story from an eLearning professional who was right in the heart of the quake. Amplify’d from mportfolios.blogspot.com Christchurch earthquake on Tuesday 22nd February Read more at mportfolios.blogspot.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Its a good question to be asking yourself about this time every year. Thankfully The eLearning Guild has some solid data to help you arrive at an answer. The eLearning industry continues to grow and your skills are more needed than ever. Don't sell yourself short. It might be time to re-evaluate your current job situation. Or maybe you're currently looking for a job in corporate eLearning training and development, but you're not sure which industries need your skills and how much they will value

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

I love this! Amplify’d from www.mindflash.com Infographic: How Does the Brain Retain Information? See more at www.mindflash.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

OCTOBER 12, 2010

This week is about blogging. Why? I just think its time to take a look at blogging again since I, and others from what I hear, seem to be neglecting blogs, feed readers, etc, in favor of microblogging. I'm actually writing this blog post from Amplify.com which is an interesting hybrid tool. As @simbeckhampson puts it, "it sits nicely in the middle of all the other social media tools".

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

OCTOBER 12, 2010

DevLearn 2010 Conference and Expo - November - San Francisco, CA

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Yes. I know that there have been lots of historic figures twittering, but something about the use of authentic WWII messages being transmitted via twitter just engages me in a big way. Why? I don't know. And the fact that it is the @ukwarcabinet might be part of it. I'd like to think I'm going to "see" a very different side of war. People ask me all the time how twitter could be used in education.oh, I don't know.this seems to be a pretty creative use to me.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Okay, so maybe not YET! But when AirPlay is released everything will change.AGAIN! I know a lot of you give many presentations a year. And you must be as frustrated as I am with the continued need for cables/adaptors and projectors. Setting up a projector correctly is NOT easy. If you've ever dealt with A/V staff at events you know what I mean. Its one thing to set up a projector to look good, and another thing entirely to get a speaker's laptop connected to the projector.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

AUGUST 31, 2010

I totally borrowed this from TechCrunch! But I just couldn't title it any better than they did. I hear about social media burn-out a lot and I just don't understand it.personally. Read the Techcrunch post here. I am still continually amazed that I can have a thought, and using a device that fits in my pocket, capture that thought, or real life experience, in text, photos, videos, or even just audio and automatically upload that content to a magical space that allows others AROUND THE WORLD to se

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

AUGUST 23, 2010

Blogger was born on this day (8/23) 1999. Six years later to the day I started the Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development blog - [link] It was not planned that way. It just happened. So now its been 5 years since I started blogging. Things sure have changed, but as I reflect, much has stayed the same. The following links are the only "anniversary" related posts I could find.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

DL10_badge-speaking Originally uploaded by Brent Schlenker If you are presenting this year at DevLearn 2010 then let the whole world know about it! Download this image from the DevLearn speaker page and post it too your blog, or website.

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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Its that time of year again where everyone wants to know what's coming up in 2010. Or we look back at 2009 and reflect. Both are excellent practices, but I think everyone has pretty much covered all of the bases. If you can't find any, then just leave me a comment and I'll see what I can find for you. This might not be much of a look into 2010 but I definitely feel a new trend.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

via learningsolutionsmag.com This is a GREAT article! A must read for eLearning designers thinking about mobile devices.

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