Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning Welcome to stop #3 of The Karl Kapp Games, Gadgets, and Gizmos Virtual World Book Tour. Ive grown up with the mentality that its cheating if I don t read a book from cover to cover. But I have to admit that I used a few cheat codes to read this book. (I

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Roy has a new book: Getting Your Moneys Worth From Training & Development. Hit Us Hard 31% Hurt A Little 33% Not Much Effect 33% Helped Us 3% (Is "it hasnt hurt us yet, but Im nervous" an answer?) Roy : "If Im a business leader, I really need to know if training is working in order to invest $$." Could be people.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 15, 2007

Thursday, March 15, 2007 Learning Mate Demo Im in search of good examples of cheap but effective e-Learning in the vein of the 21st century designer (web 2.0, Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It. ils, etc.). The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2008

For design inspiration, I took a few pages out of Karl Kapps book Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning. I tried to make more effective use of audio. Cammy: Although I like to think Im good-humored, I am leery of "humor" or "fun" (scare quotes are deliberate) injected into training like salt water into a frozen turkey.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2008

Im not just thinking about the gadgets and the gizmos that you use or the instructional design "method" behind the process (e.g., Things might get a bit silly with all that snapping, but I bet its effective. Im delighted that youre finding value in all of my ramblings. Friday, March 14, 2008 Instructional Strategies?

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Learning Visions

MARCH 7, 2007

Beachward Bound Crowdsourcing: Authoring Tools & LMS Questions My Summer ID Reading List ► June (3) eLearning Authoring Tools Mindmap The Two Faces of ePortfolios The Unofficial eLearning Salary Calculator ► May (9) Book Review: Ruth Clark’s Evidence-Based Training. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 NewsFlash: PowerPoint Bad For Learning Found via SlashDot , an article in todays Sydney Morning Herald " Research points the finger at PowerPoint." It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form. Im thinking about Karl Kapps recent post Design: Bullets Be Gone.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Friday, November 02, 2007 Instructional Designers: Do You Have a Degree in ID? Im curious what other folks experiences has been. Im so happy to see you post this up. Im struggling with this right now. Im not on to trying to source another college or university to try out. Ryan 11:11 AM TRACY HAMILTON said.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 The Rise of Rapid e-Learning Mike Alcock, MD of Atlantic Link Ltd has written an article over at Trainingzone.co.uk: The Rise of Rapid e-Learning. Im going to quote heavily from the article here, inserting my own thoughts along the way. Granted, Im not commenting on the design nor the quality of the material.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 19, 2007

But Im always in search of practical advice. Whos really used music in e-Learning to good effect? We might use the same clip as the course faded out to great dramatic effect. Of course, we also used sound effects -- ping if the user answered correctly, a deep "egggh" if the user answered incorrectly. Dont think so.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 15, 2007

Friday, June 15, 2007 ADDIE: Its a Process This is probably an argument made in any Instructional Design 101 class; I dont think Im saying anything new here. Most e-Learning vendors mention ADDIE or some form thereof on their websites as if it was a real science about creating effective learning. What Is Instructional Design? #2

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 20, 2007

As Michael Allen says in Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning : "Learners think, Im supposed to do my best to learn whatever is here, so I might as well spend all my time learning it rather than reading about learning it." (p. I called this one out as one of the top things I learned about learning in 2007. Pretty radical, isnt it?

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Learning Visions

MAY 10, 2007

Thursday, May 10, 2007 Learning Styles In 1996, when I first started working as an "instructional designer", I was taught about learning styles. I usually lunge for the mute button, but often I still have to wait for the now-silent narration to finish before Im allowed to move on. Im with you. 2:23 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Monday, August 20, 2007 Getting Started in Instructional Design Many readers find their way to this blog because they are interested in learning more about instructional design. For me, instructional design is about designing "engaging and effective" asynchronous learning experiences (web-based training programs).

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2008

He suggests a list of potential outcomes with check boxes , effectively allowing the learner to create his or her own objectives. Belatedly, Im thinking that there are relatively easy ways to enable learners to have cake or to eat it as they see fit. Not sure if any company has try to innovate on this. 11:51 PM Dave Ferguson said.

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Learning Visions

MAY 16, 2007

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Debunking the Learning Styles Myth As you may know, Ive been on a focused mission to better understand so-called learning styles and their place -- or not -- in e-Learning. Im interested in your background -- it sounds like your experience is in the classroom. Jean, Just an addendum to my last comment.

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Learning Visions

MAY 12, 2009

Weve taken this up before and many of us IDs know the strategies for using audio most effectively by now. As Im ramping up in my new job, Im talking with my new Kineo colleagues about everything under the sun. Suffice to say: in my book, it's always a balance. (This has happened to me!) You do know that, right?)

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Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

Friday, May 04, 2007 Rapid e-Learning, Templates, & SMEs Theres been a lot of good talk lately about rapid e-learning tools and templates and the roles of SMEs vs. instructional designers. And hopefully, they are flexible enough that they can be altered as needed in order to create an effective learning experience.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Or is it substituted by other tools (how effective?)(web If I notice Im losing someones attention in class, Ill instantly make direct eye-contact, maybe raise an eyebrow, and start talking directly to that student, and most of the time. How simple and effective is that eyebrow raise? And how effective is that substitution?

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Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

Friday, May 04, 2007 New Rapid e-Learning Tool from Epic Another new rapid e-Learning tool, this from Epic (UK). Im going to spend some time looking into this product more. Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It. 1:31 PM Cammy Bean said. Thanks for the input, Dan.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Thursday, September 27, 2007 Messy Learning OK. I start a book, but I dont finish it. But Im learning. Im just back from two this week, and presented yesterday at USQs Pedagogies and Learning Conference in Brisbane. Sure experience is a great teacher but organizations are about efficiency and effectiveness.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

Wednesday, August 01, 2007 e-Learning Content & Version Control Earlier this week, Janet Clarey wrote about the " Preservation of e-Learning Content." Im sure it matters to them. Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 29, 2007

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 e-Learning Guild Mobile Learning Report The e-Learning Guild presentation of the most recent 360 Research Report on Mobile Learning. Wrote a book on mobile learning ( M-Learning: Mobile E-Learning ). Im glad to be able to provide an accurate typing service for the general good of the e-learning community!

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

And by asking this, Im not suggesting that design isnt important, for it is - its seen by some as part of the pedagogy. I wonder about this, for scaffolding is important for the effectiveness of resources that are used. Karl, Of course Im trying to bait you! A major learning experience that Im sure to never forget.

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 23, 2007

wisdom | Main | Great List of Presentation Resources » June 23, 2007 If there are Digital Natives does that mean there is no Digital Ellis Island? So aside from the fact that as an anthropologist, Im just interested in this sort of study, why should anybody in the "learning" industry care? books futures Web 2.0

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Learning Visions

JUNE 9, 2009

Im not sure if the SME was reading a script, reading the notes, or just speaking from the heart. My argument is that if the information is presented as 'real' conversation it is more believable, more engaging and ultimately more effective. Look at games like Mass Effect 2 as a perfect example. So thats one version.

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Mark Oehlert

JUNE 3, 2007

e-Clippings (Learning As Art) Home Archives Subscribe About My Social Networks « Edu-Gaming in the latest Escapist | Main | Article comparing new Mash-Up tools (Popfly, Pipes, Google) - thanks Sam Adkins » June 03, 2007 Here at ASTD.first session reviews.Ruth Clark and Tony Karrer. First, for full disclosure.I eLearning 2.0

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Learning Visions

JULY 10, 2007

Tuesday, July 10, 2007 The Real World, SecondLife and FaceBook/MySpace Over the past few weeks Ive conducted about 17 interviews with current college students and recent graduates. Im not sure how this relates to danah boyds recent blog article on Viewing American class divisions through FaceBook and MySpace. All women. But mostly not.

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JUNE 18, 2007

Monday, June 18, 2007 Visual and Auditory Multi-Tasking From the Eide Neurolearning Blog: Voluntary Control of Attention - Visual and Auditory Multi-Tasking There is a yin and yang effect between visual and auditory attention. In Ruth Clarks book e-Learning and the Science of Instruction , we learned not to ask a channel to multi-task.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 19, 2008

The next project Im about to take on is going to be more of a just-in-time performance support tool. Im thinking that teaching in a scenario-based mode (e.g., I primarily develop software demos that show screen captures of tasks being done on the application or tool and they are very effective for training purposes.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2008

In the December 10, 2007 edition of The eLearning Guilds Learning Solutions magazine, Reuben Tozman (President and founder of edCetra Training ) gets into this topic in The Next Generation of Instructional Designers. But Im not sure I can get people to hold their answers back. Sorry Tony, but Im going to jump into the conversation now.

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