Learning Visions

JANUARY 9, 2009

Jan 23rd on Myths Question of the Week How has the economy affected your Learning Unit? responses in parens below) Hit us Hard (18%) Hurt a Little (50%) Not much effect (32?) Correct answer (to question above): #3 If provide learning objective to learner, they will focus more on that material. Next event: Fri.

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eFront

JANUARY 5, 2011

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 1/02/2011 Top 10 Open Source e-Learning Projects to Watch for 2011 2011 is the e-Learning year! All assets are configured to be played back in a pre-configured order.

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Learning Visions

JULY 13, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, July 13, 2009 Kineo Product Knowledge E-Learning Webinar Kineo will be holding a free webinar on creating effective product knowledge e-learning on July 16th, 2009. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Project Sun Microsytems Brandon Carson, instructional designer Project: New Hire Experience “Join the Network&# Sun has put a real focus on telecommuting -- many employees dont work in an office. Game Based Learning Finding more effective ways to teach about Sun and the business. Publicly available training program.

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eFront

DECEMBER 5, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 12/05/2010 e-Learning Glossaries Think about e-Learning. These two facts make communication and common understanding of e-Learning issues hard to follow.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 15, 2007

Tom says, (By instructional design, I mean a design model that typically prescribes elements such as learning objectives, presentation of information, practice with feedback, and evaluation that ties back to the objectives. Theres nothing in ADDIE about learning objects or the presentation of information.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Bottom line on smile sheets: Favorable returns on smile sheets have little correlation with the overall value of the learning experience. Dr. Thalheimer talked about ways hes been trying to make smile sheets more effective so that they can be used to tell us something valuable about the learning experience.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 16, 2008

Ive forgotten most everything I learned the last knitting go-around. As I was struggling to figure out once more how to purl, I thought about the spacing effect and forgetting. These two resources came to mind: For more on the spacing effect, be sure to read this 2006 article by Lars Hyland: Less Learning More Often.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Here at CU Online, we believe in the power of online learning. > Resources Down-and-dirty Guidelines for Effective Discussions in Online Courses Joanna C. Dunlap Improving the Odds of Effective Collaborative Work in Online Courses Joanna C. Dunlap Learning 2.0 Dunlap Protocols for Online Discussions Joanna C.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Lessons in Learning, e-Learning, and Training: Perspectives and Guidance for the Enlightened Trainer and Designing World-Class E-Learning : How IBM, GE, Harvard Business School, And Columbia University Are Succeeding At E-Learning These have been very valuable to me in the way I think about how and where elearning can be most effective.

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

A Critique of Learning Styles American Educator (Fall 1999) American Federation of Teachers. The reason researchers roll their eyes at learning styles is the utter failure to find that assessing childrens learning and matching to instructional methods has any effect on their learning."

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Learning Visions

MARCH 15, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. 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, Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2008

In the past, Ive cut it down significantly, and sent it back to the writer/author hoping theyll learn a leaner writing style. Ive also tried to argue with clients about what makes effective learning. Dont just give in every time, learn, plan, and try to prevent it in the future 7:08 PM Tony Karrer said.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2012

billion terabytes — of data were created in 2010. “When leveraging a social networking tool, think about ways to set up the resource so people can leverage it with a development purpose or learning objective in mind. Promote a higher level of commitment to a community to reap the most benefits from social networks.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 7, 2007

Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? 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

JANUARY 23, 2009

Question of the Week -- Economy How has the economy affected your learning unit? 9% Hit us Hard 47% Hurt a little 41% Not much effect 3% Helped us MYTHS the Business Side Has about Learning Client asked him to develop a course for business side. To help improve on-the-job learning. Stay tuned for topic.

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Learning Visions

MAY 15, 2007

Nice synthesis of many of the conversations that have been floating around about the role of SMEs and all these great content creation tools that empower non-programmers to create e-Learning, including this one here which had a good comment thread. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 16, 2007

this clearly effects how we should all be designing and building courses now. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des.

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Learning Visions

JULY 24, 2007

The company you surround yourself with may be shallow, but their effects upon your reality are tremendously deep. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Youre not crazy, youre just a little unwell.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

See Christy Tuckers musings on this topic: Does Learning Grow or is it Built? As I sift through this weeks reading assignments, Im trying to pick out how this learning theory effects my work as a creator (an instructional designer) of self-paced eLearning experiences for the corporate market.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form. But it is not effective to speak the same words that are written, because it is putting too much load on the mind and decreases your ability to understand what is being presented." Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 11/07/2010 Facebook for e-Learning Facebook objective is " to help you connect and share with the people in your life ". November 7, 2010 9:34 AM JasonOutThere said.

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eFront

JULY 12, 2010

Before CSS3 we would need to work with images or javascript to produce a round box effect. Actually, there are dozens of wide spread techniques to produce the round corner effect (for example, check [link] ) – which by its turn is a clear signal that there is no perfect solution.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 19, 2007

Whos really used music in e-Learning to good effect? I think my resistance to using music in courses may have something to do with the notion of music not being taken seriously in a learning environment. Similar to that whole corporate resistance to games -- excuse me, I meant to say "immersive learning simulations".

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Learning Visions

APRIL 18, 2007

While they recognize that some of this info is useful for understanding ways to effectively present information, ".the Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2007

They provide some fabulous (free) resources to the e-Learning community and have just been nominated the "Best New Kids on the Block" by the Brighton and Hove Business Awards. Although its geared towards "rapid e-Learning" efforts, these guidelines can be applied to any type of training. This months newsletter is no exception.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

A rubric is a statement describing the quality of the learning outcome, or rather a way to evaluate the effectives of the teaching experience and the students comprehension or mastery. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Learning Visions

APRIL 5, 2007

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. Ive always pooh-poohed PowerPoint as an e-Learning tool.but its all in how you look at, I suppose.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Learning News Microsoft just released Semblio , a new authoring tool Skype 4.0 much better video) Question of the Week -- Economy How has economy affected your Learning Unit? 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?) Who would observe this?

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2008

Things might get a bit silly with all that snapping, but I bet its effective. How could you do that in an e-learning experience? Online courses provide ample opportunities to creatively and repeatedly introduce learners to concepts through the subtle, yet effective, use of graphics and/or audio. 8:34 AM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

MAY 9, 2007

This allows the learner to be more flexible in her understanding of the material, so that she can effectively apply it to concepts in the real world (knowledge transfer). Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

I agree to the higher end of that range, and if so, then is that the percent of communication lost in online learning communities. Or is it substituted by other tools (how effective?)(web How simple and effective is that eyebrow raise? And how effective is that substitution? web cam or emoticons)? 8:37 AM Eric W said.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2007

More nuggets: Retrieval practice Space the learning experiences Make learning as realistic as possible -- in context/on the job Dont cover too much material Dont forget about performance support Provide for more authentic practice -- practice & decision making in context (simulations!) Spacing Effect -- space our learning over time.

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Learning Visions

JULY 31, 2009

I understand what you are saying - but if you give it some thought, the learning resource is not 'consumed' in the same way as most commercial commodities. 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.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

They have become adept at incorporating flash animations, pdfs, PowerPoint presentations, audio-visual material and any number of other techniques for getting training messages across to users in effective and imaginative ways. Are they producing high-quality e-Learning? This sounds like a bit of an overstatement to me.

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Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

To makes sure that clients get the most out of Rapid Create, or from any other authoring tool they may select, Epic also provides training and capability building to ensure internal teams are skilled-up in creating effective e-learning. Posted by Cammy Bean at 8:42 AM Labels: epic , rapid e-learning 4comments: Dan said.

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eFront

JUNE 1, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 6/01/2010 Course-instances on eFront 3.6.3 Previously you had to create 4 different courses to achieve this effect. eFront 3.6.3 Each classroom has its own teacher(s) and students.

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