Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

I know of companies who only hire instructional designers and buy Rapid elearning tools and expect the ID to do it all themselves to reduce the cost and over head of hiring graphic designers as well. Here IDs sometimes work as technical writers and TW sometimes write courses to optimize the cost. SQL server 2008 BI.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

So as designers, we – (and by this, I mean I) – need to be better prepared to create more complex training programs. So the future indeed may return us designers to flex those creative and intellectual muscles - if the budgets allow and the focus is on real performance improvement, not purely cutting training costs.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Publicly available training program. Game based learning programs that teach high level info about business, mission values. Average age of Sun employee is 42 Project cost: $150K in external vendor costs Project length: Created over 4 months. technologies and gaming to create a unique onboarding experience.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 9, 2009

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 Audio in eLearning: When Rough Around the Edges is Better At our seminar today on using Articulate and Moodle and "Doing More for Less" , the conversation turned (as it always does) to using audio in eLearning. More details on the Articulate/Moodle seminar. Put the content where it can be accessed.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

Hadnt thought about applying rubrics to e-Learning programs (mostly because my entire body bristles at the thought of such structure!) -- but I do see the value. The Chico State rubric provides a way to assess the quality of the program; essentially a checklist to evaluate your program. Basic = $; Exemplary = $$$.

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Learning Visions

JULY 31, 2009

– Adobe, Articulate, Microsoft, etc. For it to be successful, it has to satisfy the criterion of 'learning' as well as all the other niceties of commercial goods: functionality, cost effectiveness, design etc. -- The LMS companies, the custom content developers, the off-the-shelf content creators.

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The Learning Dispatch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

For those who create training or administer training programs, that means considering and meeting the needs of learners with disabilities. A Guide for Creating and Buying Accessible Online Training within Your Organization’s Training Program. Why Do Training Programs Need Accessible Elearning? Training managers have a lot to do.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 5, 2007

You can use the animation features of your presentation program to build your ideas a step at a time. I also stumbled on this interview by Karl Kapp with Jane Bozarth over at e-Learning guru.com that had some good nuggets on basic instructional design and using low cost tools (like PowerPoint) to build effective e-Learning.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2007

Anxious about the mental cost of aging, older people are turning to games that rely on quick thinking to stimulate brain activity. I think NYTs links dont last too long, so Ill quote some key nuggets here in case you cant get to the article later: the women of St. “Women come for the games, but they stay for the community.

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Learning Visions

MAY 12, 2009

In India, most courses have no audio but I suspect this has more to do with costs rather than learners preferences. Just after attending the Articulate user conference in March in Orlando, I wondered the same. Free Articulate & Moodle Seminars in Boston and Ch. I never thought about the cultural differences in audio usage.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

January 29th, 2008. Needless to say, they have many certification and annual refresher training programs. January 29th, 2008. January 29th, 2008. January 29th, 2008. January 29th, 2008. [.] January 29th, 2008. January 29th, 2008. January 29th, 2008. January 29th, 2008. Absolutely!

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2009

Opportunity costs of learning can be ignored. eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B. (Do we really know if were teaching the right stuff?)

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Big Dog, Little Dog

DECEMBER 18, 2008

We spend an enormous amount of time on designing and implementing our learning programs, but often fail to explain to our customers exactly how it impacts the organization. For example, the chart below shows the average percent of time for creating a learning program (USMC Multimedia Guideline for Percentage of Development).

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2010

An API (Application Program Interface) enables an interface from a piece of software to communicate with another piece of software (in its simplest form) or multiple pieces of software (called a mashup). APIs available in popular programs – SAAS. And then ask them if there is a cost for integrating APIs. Javascript.

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Learning Visions

JULY 2, 2007

We dont want to create a system that requires you to do a cost-benefit analysis on whether each member, intern or employee should be added. We charge per month with a couple of break points to separate small, medium and large user groups. Communication is enhanced when everyone is able to participate. Can I, um, have your attention, please?

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Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

Templates are about keeping costs down, not standards up. In Rapid Project Management Techniques for e-Learning presented by Coates & Hill of Deloitte, they outlined their approach to creating a big enterprise-wide training program in an extremely aggressive timeframe. The main reason for templates is cost and speed to market.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

Here are three techniques I’ve used that will make your e-learning development go faster and cost less. We are using this type of tool that enables use to reduce dramatically the developing cost without compromising on the interaction levelâ? To build training then requires justifying the cost and time it takes to build it.

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The Learning Dispatch

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

For those who create training or administer training programs, that means considering and meeting the needs of learners with disabilities. A Guide for Creating and Buying Accessible Online Training within Your Organization’s Training Program. Why Do Training Programs Need Accessible Elearning? Training managers have a lot to do.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Don’t waste time at your meeting getting them to inform you of stuff they can send you in advance or afterwards, e.g. structures, existing training, costs, etc. Then you can work together to articulate goals, look at the alternative ways of achieving these and agreeing next steps. This was really helpful input.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Small companies rarely have money or time for formal training programs. Its been years since Ive taken a formal training program for work. (I Free of cost. These flatter organizations tend to be more transparent. A staff meeting includes all ten of us -- opportunities for knowledge transfer are endless. Because its out there.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

And it does not mean putting them in a Captivate or Articulate elearning program that locks the learners to their desk. Rather than putting a lot of text into an elearning program that requires the learners to click the next button 10 to 30 times, put it in a PDF that is more suited for this type of content. Reading Material.

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mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 31, 2012

Learning tool makers are finally starting to step in to fill the void created by this seismic shift and 2012 witnessed acceptable (albeit inaugural) levels of mobile-centric capabilities coming from several leading and formally Flash-centric stalwarts like Adobe, Articulate, Harbinger, iSpring and others. Target Missed.

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Learning Visions

JULY 10, 2007

Cost Per Learner: Saba Centra Live was the highest followed by Adobe Acrobat Connect GoToMeeting comes in at the low end Do you believe you got a good ROI? A participant noted that Pharma doesnt use Chat because "it is unfiltered." Can I, um, have your attention, please? Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 29, 2007

eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B. Can I, um, have your attention, please? Creating Social Presence in Online Classroom (ID.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Allen bridges the gap from theory to practice on both training and educational programs. 239 Tips for Producing and Managing Flash-based e-Learning Content - eLearning Guild In February and March, 2008, The eLearning Guild conducted a survey of its members, asking for their favorite tips for producing and managing Flash-based e-Learning.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

It cost me $300. We put together training programs that meet all the needs of an organization, community, individual or group. Part of that reason is in how I just said the difference - I write user guides, but I create training materials - thus, the "design" of ID. I recently purchased a course from a marketing person.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Workplace Change "So even if boomers do not leave the workplace en masse, they will most likely be leaving your organization, taking with them a vast amount of knowledge and possibly costing your company dearly if you dont prepare now." (p. 6) This strikes me as completely foreign. At my current company, I am the OLDEST employee at 39.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

The good thing is that there are quick and easy ways to build branching scenarios without spending a lot of time programming. As far as teh forum idea, if you use Articulate software, you could possible build a forum into your course via inserting web objects. Copyright 2007-2008. Carol Slott. September 17th, 2007. Social Web.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

January 22nd, 2008. January 22nd, 2008. At this point, it becomes more expensive to make changes as media will have been recorded and activities programmed. January 22nd, 2008. January 22nd, 2008. January 22nd, 2008. January 22nd, 2008. January 22nd, 2008. The Rapid Elearning Blog. 29 comments.

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Rapid eLearning

AUGUST 1, 2008

February 5th, 2008. February 5th, 2008. February 5th, 2008. February 5th, 2008. February 5th, 2008. February 5th, 2008. But I’m wondering if it’s possible to build this strategy into a non-linear course structure if that structure is developed in Articulate. February 5th, 2008.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 16, 2008

Thursday, October 16, 2008 Guesstimating Seat Time Many eLearning projects are priced out based on expected "seat time" -- that is, how long the learner has to sit on his or her butt to learn (watch!) Costs more up front, but saves time over the long haul on a large project. The cost is the volume of the block.

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Wonderful Brain

OCTOBER 26, 2012

For the past two months or so, I’ve been writing high profile video scripts and storyboarding in a group whose company is synonymous with the 2008 economic collapse. And for training, the contemporary tool of choice is Articulate. I harbor a patent dislike for packaged authoring tools like Articulate. Armor Plated Articulate.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The other way of saying this is that since marginal cost of distribution is free, you might as well put things everywhere. eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 26, 2009

A ‘low-cost’ LMS starts at an average of $58K. Because it’s open source, there are no licensing costs. Talented individuals who can program like hell and believe in the open source philosophy. Time will tell whether the software had anything to to with the program and learners' success.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

New tools make this easier to implement from cost perspective, but still a big time cost to developing/designing learning campaigns. Production costs have dropped – we can start adding a lot more media/engagement to our programs. But education programs focus on academic elements. 30-90 seconds.

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LifterLMS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In 2008 when the economy in the U.S. This isn’t the most efficient or cost-effective way to get the training done, so Kurt spent time with Suzuki and Ducati working on their online training system using LifterLMS. He signed up for a Transformation Camp program and ended up dropping over 60 pounds. Chris Badgett: Cost center.

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LifterLMS

APRIL 1, 2022

And in order to make their programs sound good, they have to use extraordinary words. Chris Badgett: You’ve come to the right place if you’re looking to create, launch, and scale a high-value online training program. If I go back to 2008, I want to pull an example out of you. Thank you for joining us!

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