Learning Visions

JANUARY 29, 2008

Learning objectives are used to guide the attention of the learner toward critical learning messages. They are used by instructional designers to guide the design of the learning. Learning objectives are used to tell the learner whats in the course. Learning objectives are used to tell the learner whats in the course. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 9, 2009

Instructional objectives designed to guide behavior: for the learner , for the developer. Todays focus: Focusing Objectives A statement presented before learner encounters material to help guide learner attention to the most important aspects of the learning material. Next event: Fri. Well come back to that in a minute.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 3, 2008

Brent Schlenker of the eLearning Guild, commented on my post Memoirs of an Instructional Designer : Im one of the unfortunate ones with a actual honest to goodness Masters Degree in EdTech. Back in my day I dont think there was an undergraduate program for EdTech. About 27% of instructional designers have an advanced degree in ID.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Friday, February 06, 2009 Building Measurement into Our Training-Development Process Another lunchtime webinosh with Dr. Will Thalheimer. The topic today: Building Measurement into Our Training-Development Process. A Guide to Breakthrough Learning for Managers/Participants. (A Is training the right solution?

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Think Orion

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Like many others, SEO for Edtech business remains one of the most crucial aspects of presenting your offer to relevant audiences. For higher education marketing , search engine optimization offers long-term exponential growth while building critical trust with the target audience. Navigation for Edtech Website.

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Learning Visions

MAY 1, 2007

Michael Allens Guide to E-Learning 9:41 AM Frans Donkervoort said. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. This would be for those who want to take their own learning to the next level. A list of important books, key terminology, basic theory. Im not a big theory person. Amen, Cammy.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2007

Dror states that learning designers shouldnt worry so much about learning theories, which are too abstract and dont guide us in how to design learning. Dror states that learning designers shouldnt worry so much about learning theories, which are too abstract and dont guide us in how to design learning. Get into the learners shoes.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I jotted down at least four ideas for interactive exercises that we can easily build in Flash and will work great with the content Ive got. Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning. 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). So, whats been working for me?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Will points out the validity of pretests and prequestions, arguing that "prequestions function as learning objectives" guiding the users "attention toward some aspects of the learning material and away from other aspects of the learning material." Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

The role of the teacher in the classroom is often to guide these students to asking the right questions. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

MAY 9, 2007

To your list of books Id add Michael Allens Guide to Elearning. Wednesday, May 09, 2007 Getting an Informal M.Ed For various reasons, Im not going to go back to school to get a Masters Degree in instructional design. At least not formally. The benefits: Its free! Its available whenever I want it to be! I get to learn what I want to learn!

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Learning Visions

MAY 22, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, May 22, 2008 Best Project Ever A baby girl. Born on Sunday. Yes, ahead of schedule by a few days! No name yet. People find this very disconcerting -- an unlabled person -- but were waiting for the right name to appear stamped on her forehead.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

It makes a big difference to someone like me to have a guide. Since I last posted, Ive been back "in-world" a couple of times. I finally learned how to fly with relative ease (its as simple as using the page-up and page-down keys to change altitude.duh). As with any new learning experience, I find I need to dive in and learn what I dont know.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009 Market Differences in eLearning Im a fan of the number 42. So it seems significant that my post The Value of Instructional Designers just got its 42nd comment. Amazing how a post from a year ago can still generate conversation! Here IDs sometimes work as technical writers and TW sometimes write courses to optimize the cost.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2008

Friday, January 25, 2008 Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objectives My recent post on alternatives to listing out learning objectives generated a lot of interest and a good conversation. ( See My Objection to Learning Objectives.) Its like the opening credits of a movie. Chris is also a big fan of Michael Allen.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Thanks to Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning for that tip. I learned that connecting with the blogging community has helped me get more passionate about my work as an instructional designer. Id go so far as to say that Ive reinvented myself as a learning professional. Connecting with other people creates motivation. The motivation?

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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. or what format the output is in. It has its own front end and outputs to HTML with javascript.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2009

In Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning he reminds us to motivate the learner by giving them the WIIFM (whats in it for me). So youve got some great ideas on how to make your content more engaging , how to get the learner into the flow. But what do you do when the content itself is just plain boring? You cant just send in the clowns.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 10, 2007

A safe place for elearning professionals to experience 2L with a guide and some friends. Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Second Life and Gaming Poll Results I dont claim to be a researcher, nor can I claim that the results of polls conducted on this site are in the least bit statistically significant. There were 20 responses. 5) 25% A lot. (3)

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2007

The only performance support Ive actually ever written are bulky user-guides to go along with a software training program. The only performance support Ive actually ever written are bulky user-guides to go along with a software training program. I just watched/listened to The Learning Show: Dont Forget Forgetting.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 17, 2007

Friday afternoon, I was fortunate enough to have been given a guided tour by non other than Abbott Bundy (aka Karl Kapp ). Without that, you could be walking along in any building just about anywhere. Karl showed me around his student sandbox. Showed me the site of the chemical spill where the students had done a group exercise.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, September 27, 2007 Messy Learning OK. Messy Training Not OK. Ive been thinking about messes a lot the past few days. Ive got small kids and my house is pretty messy. It turns out that life in general is pretty messy. By accident. It happens.

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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." Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. How about you?

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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 Do They? ) Are You a Gamer?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

IDs have told me in the past that its not right to allow just anyone to design, build and sell training without the help of their expertise. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, January 19, 2009 Instructional Design: Whats in a name? I am an "Instructional Designer".

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eLearning Learning Posts

MAY 3, 2010

The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. The Org Structure of Enterprise 2.0 - trainingwreck , April 18, 2010 I’m lucky to be a member of the 2.0 Adoption Council , founded by Susan Scrupski. in their respective organization. While it may have been the title that (shocked) interested.

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Ed App

JULY 14, 2022

There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for incorporating active learning into your programs. You can also create a list of active learning examples for your training sessions, such as team-building exercises, debates, games, or simulations. 10 Tips to Improve your Active Learning Strategy. We imply that you must first be engaged.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Event-based learning vs. Learning Campaigns Marketing talks about a CAMPAIGN. . ** Disclaimers: “I am not a marketer or a game developer.&# (Although he plays a LOT of games). When he listens to game developers talk, feels like they’re in the learning prof. Everything IS about learning. news – using media to tell stories.

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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!) Cammy, likewise Ive never really understood this measurement - our model is based on the very same. what needs to be presented/taught.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 15, 2007

The students suggest that role playing, taking on someone elses role (experience schizophrenia at UC Davis Hallucinations site), and guided tours of historical sites are great uses of SL. [In I really wish we could get away from this argument for a while. After logging in, I immediately teleported to Renaissance Island.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2008

Monday, January 07, 2008 The Value of Instructional Designers Ive been having on ongoing conversation with other instructional designers as to whether or not we need to have the technical skill sets to actually build the courses we design. See Christys post, Technology Skills for Instructional Designers for more on this conversation.)

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