Learning Visions

DECEMBER 29, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, December 29, 2008 7 More Things You Dont Need to Know About Me. I think Im an inherently lazy person. Im supposed to tag seven other people, which Im feeling really lazy about. So Im just doing six.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, February 15, 2008 Essential Reading for Instructional Design? Im not looking for the obtuse theory books. Im already feeling a bit overwhelmed. I prefer the get-down-and-dirty variety. These are my current faves.

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JUNE 17, 2009

Im in that beginner-mind zone. Although Ive been doing this work for 15ish years, the ground beneath me is shaky and I feel like Im in new waters, navigating new people, new processes, new tools. Im suddenly racking up lots of frequent flyer points. When Im actually in town, I work from the shed. Im @cammybean.

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MARCH 12, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, March 12, 2007 Free the Learners -- Free the LMS Jay Cross in Free the learners talks about his afternoon omelette and anarchy and then goes on: People ask how to track informal learning in their LMS; my response is don’t.

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Getting to Good Enough "Dont let good enough get in the way of perfect." " This adage works for me most of the time as Im designing eLearning courses. Right now, Im feeling like just getting to good would be an achievement. But weve all been there. 7:53 PM Cammy Bean said.

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MARCH 25, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Jott This Blog I havent had so much time lately to blog, as this project Im working on has been quite grueling. That is, of course, if Im even awake after the kids have finally fallen asleep.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, December 01, 2008 My Facebook has Tipped Malcolm Gladwell says that everything has a Tipping Point , that point at which a virus goes epidemic, when the hip new thing goes mainstream. Think Uggs. Or will they always be hold outs?

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Im a convert. Yes, Im an English major who writes mostly text bullets instead of novels. So Im curious: what drove you to revisit theory? Cammy, Im glad to hear you so revved up. Jane -- In theory, Im not against theory. Im still of that mindset. Now Im reading Cold Spring Harbor. Thankfully.

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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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AUGUST 20, 2008

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 In Loving Memory of My Father Captain Robert M. January 20, 1933 - August 18, 2008 Posted by Cammy Bean at 3:23 PM Labels: me 9comments: Chris said. Oh Cammy, Im so sorry. Oh Cammy, Im so sorry. Cammy, Im so sorry to hear about your father. Morrison (USN Ret.) 6:44 PM randommind said.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

November 2008 is ISTJ (like yours). June 2008 is INTJ. Wendy and @Clark -- Be sure to read Kens posts and watch the video with Mattias Ostmar to learn more about the thinking that went into this. Okay, Im stunned there are so many INTJs here since as a general rule, INTJs are only about 5% of population (Im guessing here).

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JANUARY 8, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. 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. What do you do?

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JANUARY 21, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, January 21, 2008 Putting the Demand Back in On-Demand Learning I didnt come up with that headline. Im co-opting it and encourage all of you to do the same. So much on-demand training consists of boring page turners.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, September 12, 2008 Connectivism: Week 1 With little time these days, Ill be auditing the auditors version of the 12 week Connectivism course happening now. Cammy, Im glad youre doing the auditing. As opposed to building it?)

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MAY 1, 2007

Im not a big theory person. Im much more into practical application. These are terms that I have learned (some relatively recently) and thought, why didnt I know this ten years ago if its so important? Michael Allens Guide to E-Learning 9:41 AM Frans Donkervoort said. Im not a big theory person. Amen, Cammy.

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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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NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Monday, November 05, 2007 Instructional Design Inspiration As I mentioned last week , Im in the midst of designing my first custom eLearning course in quite awhile. Ive gotten rusty in the practice of ID, although very adept in the research and learning part (and I can talk a pretty good game). Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning.

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MARCH 23, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, March 23, 2009 Market Differences in eLearning Im a fan of the number 42. Do watch out, Im very keen to know what people would say. Looks like Im 2 weeks late here as well :) Sreya 7:36 AM Cammy Bean said.

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JANUARY 14, 2009

Im curious, have you had a chance to listen to yours or any of the others? Im happy with how they turned out. Hey Cammy, I heard your interview and I thought we seem to have a lot in common : 12 years in multimedia/elearning, e-learning for the corporate market, Project Management in e-learning. Curry said.

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JULY 30, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Im looking for some input: good examples of software product training. Im working on a pitch to a software company -- technical audience (think database guys). Monday, July 30, 2007 Looking for Good Examples Help!

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AUGUST 22, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, August 22, 2007 Half of Companies Blocking Facebook Christy Tucker has been musing on Social Networking as LMS: Problems and Opportunities. My boss is a Facebook friend -- you can be sure Im aware of every word I put in there.

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MARCH 29, 2007

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. Im excited to meet people whose blogs I have been reading.

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JUNE 25, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, June 25, 2007 Getting Pysched for FaceBook Im definitely feeling out-of-my element in this whole FaceBook thing. Im trying to get into it and discover its potential professional uses. Im feeling lonely and really nerdy.

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APRIL 10, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, April 10, 2008 Instructional Designers with Formal Training: Survey Update As of today, over 119 responses to the ongoing survey Instructional Designers: Do You Have An Advanced Degree? 63% of working IDS say "Nope.

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DECEMBER 11, 2007

Id go so far as to say that Ive reinvented myself as a learning professional. And this is definitely not one of those things that Im learning for the first time, but here goes: Motivation is everything! Over the past two weeks, Ive had the privilege of watching my 4 1/2 year old son learn how to write. The motivation?

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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. Then if they ask what I write, I explain: "Stuff that helps people learn how to do things." I create learning material. Oh, I see."

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DECEMBER 23, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, December 23, 2008 New Product Announcement Just in time for the holidays: "socially-networked virtual game-based blended mobile cloudy-learning 4.0" if i ever start a blog, im stealing that title.

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AUGUST 4, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, August 04, 2008 Back to Work Monday was my first day back to work after almost three months. Right now Im working from home next to a sleeping baby. Citrus colored walls, big windows that let the sun pour in. Not too bad.

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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. Ive got my system down and cant tolerate spending a precious ten minutes searching for the bread aisle or trying to find the peanut butter. Im sure many of you are the same. Im sure someday I will develop laser sharp focus.

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MAY 1, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, May 01, 2009 Name That Tool I just got a FaceBook query from someone and I thought you all could help: Im looking for a tool you might have come across, but I dont even know what product/programming group it belongs to.

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, December 11, 2008 Blog-o- the-Month at ISTE Island in Second Life Imagine my surprise when Scott Merrick contacted me, letting me know that Learning Visions had been nominated as Blog-o-the-month on ISTE Island in Second Life.

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DECEMBER 18, 2007

You ARE a geek! :-) Whats lighting up my life this week is "Beyond Bullet Points" which Im using to structure the PPT that Im going to use for my webinar on time management next month. Im having fun taking more of a story-telling/visual approach to the topic, which frankly bores me to tears, but is what the client wants.

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MAY 22, 2008

Thursday, May 22, 2008 Best Project Ever A baby girl. Im not disconcerted, though probably youre wreaking havoc with administrative systems. Im grateful to Baby Girl that she came a couple days early. As you know, Im a big fan of baby girls! Born on Sunday. Yes, ahead of schedule by a few days! No name yet.

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OCTOBER 9, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, October 09, 2008 27 Inspiring Women Edubloggers 27 Inspiring Women Edubloggers View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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MAY 9, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. For various reasons, Im not going to go back to school to get a Masters Degree in instructional design. But I firmly believe that this journey Im on is giving me the experience and educational equivalent (if not better) than a formal M.Ed.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, February 01, 2008 Online Schooling for the K-12 Set Its not homeschooling, its online schooling. public school system. Within higher ed, Im sure well continue to see growth in online, but it is starting to plateau a bit.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, February 04, 2008 The Big Question: Instructional Design as a Spectrum The Learning Circuits Big Question this month: Instructional Design - If, When and How Much? Today Im feeling more like a hazy purple.

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