E-Learning Acupuncture

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Thursday, December 20, 2007 Technology, Colleges and Community Online Conference I live in Canada and these days everywhere I look, I see snow. You might ask, what do I think about when Im shoveling? Well, its a bit out of my budget for the moment; however, Im going to Hawaii in another sense this spring. Where theres no snow!

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Blogging the Personal Janet Clareys recent post On Growing Facial Hair is right up my alley of interest. Hey Cammy--you know me, I think you can always apply the personal to the professional, so Im with Karl that you should blog about the Wii. But I have limited, and Im generally conscious of them.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 5, 2008

» March 05, 2008 Big Basket of Stuff #1: Wikis, IMs, and 3D Pardon this hodge podge but I have waaayyy too many items to get through them individually and quite frankly the number of tabs I have open is getting a little scary. " Meebo is hoping that Web site owners will take this as an opportunity to build a community."

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Monday, September 17, 2007 31 Days: Days 26, 27, 28 Im cleaning house and trying to to finish up with the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Challenge. Although the challenge officially ended in August, the community is alive and well and coming up with new challenges and ideas. Im happy to link and do so with great gusto.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 8, 2008

Tuesday, January 08, 2008 Instructional Design and Market Sector Differences The field of instructional design is vast and varied. Im guessing youre designing online distance learning courses. Im in the weird place of for-profit education, which really has characteristics of both market sectors. What do you do?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Using FaceBook Im trying to expand my horizons a bit these days and have been taking a closer look at a whole bunch of tools out there, including SecondLife and FaceBook. Im interested in how we could leverage that existing community for better communication, learning opportunities, networking, etc.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 16, 2007

Im losing my steam, but trying to stay somewhat on target. This reminds me of a post I saw today at the Internet Time Community from Andy Jones: Give me a Lobster. It also makes me think of the whole gift-giving economy which is central to BurningMan , an arts festival and community that is created every year in the Nevada desert.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 3, 2007

Tuesday, April 03, 2007 eLearning Guild Event -- My Sessions As Ive mentioned here before, Im extremely excited about attending the upcoming eLearning Guild event here in Boston. Im excited to go to as many sessions as I can. Im excited to pick peoples brains. And Im wondering if Im missing something really cool.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

I learned that connecting with the blogging community has helped me get more passionate about my work as an instructional designer. And this is definitely not one of those things that Im learning for the first time, but here goes: Motivation is everything! So what we I learn about learning in 2008? Im primed and ready.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 29, 2007

To belong to a community -- to network -- to connect. To work out my thoughts and ideas (hey, Im an extrovert -- I need to talk about whats going on in my head in order to process it and take it to the next level). Im a new blogger -- not fully evolved). At least, I would hope thats what Im doing.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Im not blogging for the money or the fame, but I am in it for the community, networking and learning opportunities. Im already behind. So Im thinking Ill finally join Jay Crosss Internet Time Community. Dont worry--Im sure Ill be falling behind soon, as I have a grant due at the end of the month.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 22, 2007

Im no Facebook super-user and I havent experienced a huge time suck from it, but I suppose its possible. Cammy, Im just a "lite" Facebook user, but I have seen profile pages that list their workplaces with commentary about how horrible their company is, or how much they hate their job. And Im in complete agreement.

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Me: Im an instructional designer. Im sort of distracted by the naked boy who just ran by (not mine). billbrandon had this comment on Twitter: I usually just tell em Im a writer. Im comforted to know that Im not the only one who receives blank stares or gets tongue-twisted in trying to describe what I do.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Often I have two small kids in tow or Im trying to check ten things off a list during my lunch hour. A good aggregator (like Stephen Downes) will get me the info I need so Im not missing the really juicy stuff. Im sure many of you are the same. Im off looking at the new interesting thing in a heartbeat. Im too distracted.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Im literally not a gamer. Im not sure how I got into games.but I think it had something to do with PONG. But Im so lost at sea for the most part in these environments. But Im no gamer. I dont do the online social games, so Im not a Gamer 4.0, but Im definitely a gamer. 12:21 PM Clive Shepherd said.

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Learning Developments

JANUARY 14, 2009

Jan 13, 2009 Im not yet Captivated by Lectora Im putting together a self-paced web-based training course for how to order textbooks using a PeopleSoft application. Im using Lectora to develop a SCORM package that will eventually be imported and used in the LMS. For now, Im focusing on the Captivate integration.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Nevertheless, Im trying to keep up. Then again, Im not trying to stay on top of hundreds of comments a day. Im not going to bother with a full-blown survey. Most bloggers have much more interesting things to say than I do, and Im always happy to point that out. Day 17: Run a Stumble Upon Advertising Campaign Not my thing.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 13, 2007

And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. Ive been exploring the use of Second Life for a client for whom Im developing an e-Learning strategy. Theirs is an audience comprised only of women and Im not convinced Second Life will feel appropriate to them. As you may know, Ive only been there once.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 3, 2007

Sorry you had that experience, but Im glad to know Im not the only one. They were coming at me in the chat, then IM, and when they started coming into my email I quit the program. Ive been into SL several times but Im very daunted about attempting to talk to anyone, so usually wander around by myself.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

3) I went to the same high school as presidential candidate Oback Barama (although Im 7 years younger and have never laid eyes on him in person). I used to speak it fluently; these days Im pretty rusty. Wendy Wickham Ray Sims Apologies if youve been tagged previously or have done something similar, Im just playing the game!

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eFront

JANUARY 10, 2011

> If you have read any of the following books I will highly appreciate if you share your opinion with the e-Learning community. => The following list contains my Top 5 e-Learning books for beginners. > I would very much appreciate if you share your TOP e-Learning book(s)!

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

So Im going to try to mix it up a bit. Im still smiling. But Im wearing a different purple shirt. I should also show you pictures of me where Im not smiling. Although Im professional, I do have many faces. Usually, Im the one with the camera. I do, indeed, often look like that. But thats just one view.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Im concerned that women will be excluded if such a focus is put on gaming skills -- or at least the gamer label. Furthermore, women are often in roles that hold communities of players together, Wolfcale said, acting as socialite players and leaders of player groups, or guilds. Im just raising some questions.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Im on the press page, so I think I should get at invite, dont you? I did send an email and got a response that Id be included in the "next round of invitations", which Im told will be in the next day or so. I like that its built in Flash. I like that Virtual Ubiquity is a Massachusetts company. I like that its a purty application.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Thursday, November 06, 2008 Blogger's Hut in Second Life Scott Merrick (also check out Scotts SecondLife Blog ) runs the ISTEs Bloggers Hut in Second Life. The Blog-o-the-Month for November is Dr. Z Reflects , Leigh Zeitzs stellar offering to the educational community. Just the kind I like!

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Meeting Face to Face Yesterday I had the pleasure of working on-site with a client for the day. Non-Verbal Communication and/or Body Language. Research ranges the percent of non-verbal communication you use to communicate (willingly or unwillingly) from 55% to 93%! For example.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 12, 2007

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environmental World Tony Karrer asked in the comments on my PLE post yesterday , Im curious if you distinguish your learning environment (tools, skills, etc.) Most of what Im doing outside of work these days involves the care and feeding of two small people, ages 2 and 4.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

Wednesday, September 05, 2007 Continuing in Second Life Im still at it. All this to say, Im keeping an open mind. Im ashamed to admit I havent given it a try yet, although it is on my To-Do list. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Slogging away in Second Life.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 3, 2008

Thursday, January 03, 2008 Instructional Designers with Degrees: Survey Update Over 50 instructional designers have now responded to the survey: Do You Have a Degree in ID? Im going to agree with Brent in saying that I was hired more because of my technical skills (more likely the ability to pick them up quickly) than for my M.S.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Im not looking for a job right now, so theres no urgent need. Im blogging the progress at [link] Best 2:59 AM jmaddrell said. Should the blog become the landing point for your online portfolio? Your presence to the world? Should I be better about including links to all that other info so people can find out more about me?

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

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. I fill a support role and bide my time trying to finish a degree Im not really interested in. 12:20 PM she said. ".bide

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Mark Oehlert

MAY 27, 2008

» May 27, 2008 HUGE Conferences List - Game Focus - Help Needed! Im also working with some folks to make this list live and editable and will get back with the link to that as soon as we get that created. Game Developers Conference 2009 March 23-27, 2009 www.gdconf.com Defense GameTech Users Conference April 29-30, 2008 ??

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 8, 2007

Just this week -- for once Im in the know. Posted by Cammy Bean at 10:53 AM Labels: rapid e-learning 2comments: Clive Shepherd said. Cammy, you seem to have taken on the role of gateway to the edublogosphere! A useful service indeed. 4:31 AM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

As someone who develops corporate elearning, Im simply thrilled! See the intense comment thread on The Real World, Second Life and Facebook/MySpace where Cathy provides some interesting commentary on women in Second Life. Cathy is a fabulous writer, offering great insight and analysis, along with a delightful sense of humor.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Im a writer and a schmoozer. Im sorry its taken me so long to get back to you on your question about Instructional Designers here in the US. In Memoirs of an Instructional Designer , I describe how I got to the exalted position (ahem) in which I now find myself. It would be great if you could provide some info on this.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 3, 2007

Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning : my review of Karl Kapps recent book contribution to the training community. Instructional Designers -- Do You Have a Degree in ID? : An ongoing survey of instructional designers. Emerging Technologies in eLearning : Notes from a live blogged session with Gary Woodill of Brandon Hall Research.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Friday, February 08, 2008 Instructional Designer as Consultant? See part one: Instructional Design as a Spectrum ) In eLearning Magazines predictions for 2008 , Patti Shank said this: Learning content, activity, and assessment authoring tools continue to improve. Basically, they want an expert to tell them how and what to train.

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