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 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. Havent done that yet, but I was inspired to make sure I am actively commenting on commenters comments. So Im thinking Ill finally join Jay Crosss Internet Time Community. I really will.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 1, 2008

Im not talking about the quantity of my friends, but rather the breadth and depth. Im not sure if there was a specific tipping point for me, but I was certainly amused when one of my friends informed me that Im personally responsible for making her waste more time on Facebook than she ever thought possible. Think Uggs.

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Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2007

Im not a techie -- far from it. Im an instructional designer with an emphasis on writing and schmoozing. Here goes: 1) The Google Brand iGoogle My starting point for just about every online activity. Google Alerts A nice adjunct to Google Reader; Im always discovering something new via my "instructional design" alert.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 22, 2007

Over the past year, Ive been focused on sales and marketing activities, project management, and content conversions -- "No ID needed, thank you." I havent worked with a SME and thought about appropriate learning activities and chunked out the content. Im excited. Im nervous. But I havent "done" a course in ages.

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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). Maybe it’s the marbles I have in my mouth but I have had people (using unconscious Active Listening) ask? "So, billbrandon had this comment on Twitter: I usually just tell em Im a writer. I create eLearning.

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Learning Visions

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. Now that Ive been actually doing some writing, Im having to put it all to work. Ideally, Im trying to figure out how to make this a bit interactive.

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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. Im happy to link and do so with great gusto. Day 27 Get a Sponsor for Your Blog Im not monetizing this blog, so Im skipping this one. Task complete. Task ignored.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 29, 2007

To create credibility and market value for myself -- on a professional level as an active member of the e-Learning industry. 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).

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

But very few of them were/are active game players and, as a rule, did not consider themselves gamers. Im concerned that women will be excluded if such a focus is put on gaming skills -- or at least the gamer label. Im just raising some questions. I dont have a conclusion here. 6:37 PM Karl Kapp said. 8:55 AM Cathy Moore said.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 8, 2008

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. Having just a bachelors degree seems to be fine as long as you arent working directly for the universities (Im not sure about K-12 online). What do you do?

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

Im struck by why I find this topic so interesting. Rather than segregating learners by different styles where they will receive "one-dimensional instruction", we should instead create "multidimensional instruction" using a variety of activities and presentation modes. Vary activities to maintain interest and attention.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2007

A study is cited in which researchers looked at brain activity while subjects learned how to build a structure with Tinker Toys. Not surprisingly, a lot more activity was seen if test subjects were watching to learn (anticipating that they were to do the task later) vs. watching only. Weed out the fluff. . United States License.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Im a linear reader in recovery and have been actively learning how to skim books and not feel guilty about it. Although Im not in active instructional design mode for any projects right now, I did jot a bunch of ideas. those born between 1991-2000), Im a bit of an ape (no offense to apes, mind you).

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 29, 2007

Definition of mLearning: "An activity that allows individuals to be more productive when consuming, interacting, or creating information, mediated through a compact digital portable device that the individual carries on a regular basis and has reliable connectivity and fits in a pocket or purse." Reusing your content in flexible ways.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2008

Im not just thinking about the gadgets and the gizmos that you use or the instructional design "method" behind the process (e.g., Im excellent at creating ridiculous rhymes and ditties for my kids; I think I could come up with something interesting for a course. Im delighted that youre finding value in all of my ramblings.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

My current business card says Im a "Manager of Instructional Design". And now Im here -- "Manager of Instructional Design." But at this point, Im here to stay. If youd like to learn more about what Im doing these days, check out my current job description. My point is this: I dont think Im that unusual. Hi Cammy!!!

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Learning Visions

MAY 12, 2009

As Im ramping up in my new job, Im talking with my new Kineo colleagues about everything under the sun. Is there some historical background here that Im missing, like computers in the UK didnt have speakers until 2002 so they never bothered? Follow that up with some activities and let me go my merry way.

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Learning Visions

MAY 16, 2007

Im interested in your background -- it sounds like your experience is in the classroom. Im definitely not saying to throw out the baby or the bathwater here. Im definitely not saying to throw out the baby or the bathwater here. Im coming at it more from the e-Learning perspective. 1:32 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

The Connected Worker 21st century knowledge worker/learner "Im only as good as my network." Next topic will be on Second Life/virtual worlds. Shift is not to do what youre supposed to do. Do it when you want. This will have real implications for instruction. A lot of broad brushstrokes about this generation. Next month.

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E-Learning Acupuncture

DECEMBER 20, 2007

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. All the presenters and attendees stay in their current locations yet everyone joins together in synchronous and asynchronous activities for three days (April 15-17, 2008).

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Learning Visions

APRIL 21, 2008

In June, when the bags under my eyes are mile-wide, Im sure Ill be wishing for the peace and quiet of endless projects. Sometimes just to spice things up, Ill pretend Im a detective and that my work task is a mystery that needs to be solved. He proposes that a strength is, “An activity that makes you feel strong.&#

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 15, 2007

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 My Second Second Life Experience Yesterday I posted about the Second Life Backlash and Controversy , with corporations supposedly abandoning SL and moving on. And Karl Kapp talks about the inevitable hype curve in which Second Life is now in the midst. 9:07 AM Anonymoussaid.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 28, 2007

Marshall McLuhan) -- Im not trying to be a smarty-pants here, but I looked this up and Gary was close: "We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. Instructional designers can take the tools and create a good learning experience or not. We march backwards into the future." The content could be Web 2.0, or the Declaration of Arbroath.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2008

Ranking, tagging, top stories Tags link back to the tagger's BluePages profile IBM owns more than 50 islands in Second Life. Orientations, classes, and meetings are often held in Second Life. Time frame / Goal - Starting with a fixed time frame and a particular goal often gets better initial activity.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 17, 2009

Had I not encouraged and required early interest in those activities it would have been a lot easier for him to just want to play SPORE all day long. Im looking forward to seeing how the skills hes learning through gaming will serve him in the other areas of his life. I will say this. I know my kids very well.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 25, 2008

Im on board with that but then comes this article in The Escapist, " This is your brain on smart drugs." " So now Im thinking, wow, that really puts a Flowers for Algernon or Terminal Man spin on the whole "made not born" issue doesnt it? " OK.so Is it from The Edge or his book?)

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

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. There seems to be a mix between contract and full time positions, and Im not sure how to read into that. United States License.

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Mark Oehlert

MARCH 21, 2008

Moreover, they indicate some of the conditions under which perceptual or motor representations are most likely to be activated." I think Im going to go read the full article and then probably look at this again. typekey e-Clippings (a division of blogoehlert) Me in Second Life Blog powered by TypePad Member since 08/2003

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Learning Visions

JULY 10, 2007

A few trends: Not ONE person has even heard of Second Life. Im not sure how this relates to danah boyds recent blog article on Viewing American class divisions through FaceBook and MySpace. Im a major geek, yet I avoid Second Life and continue to be skeptical about its use in elearning. But mostly not.

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Mark Oehlert

JANUARY 23, 2008

Im also usually working on two or three books at a time, not because Im that smart but just because I usually have one staked out in a couple of different locations. I love Teaching as a Subversive Activity by Neil Postman. The Experience Designer by Brian Alger is also a pretty worthwhile read.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 9, 2009

Im not sure if the SME was reading a script, reading the notes, or just speaking from the heart. We used a real gunnery instructor to narrate all of the exercises, presentation sequences, and activities. Heres what I recall: They created a set of powerpoint slides. Perhaps the subject matter expert had created them?)

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Mark Oehlert

MAY 13, 2008

Learning takes place within a community and is a collaborative activity. If I was evaluating the white papers and Im not, I would really look for one that included a process for investigating and evaluating how all of this other work might integrate with the search for SCORM 2.0. So I was reading the SCORM 2.0 How should SCORM 2.0

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Mark Oehlert

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

Main | Im tired people, so Im only going to say this about 1,000 more times. He/she needs to think about the negative reaction that could come about if the enterprise has something like IM deployed but the boss won’t let the Gamer see if he is online or available. This is how they build virtual friendships.

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Mark Oehlert

AUGUST 17, 2007

I think there is a real danger here to the reputation of ethnography if it becomes attached to activities more rightly described as market research, focus groups and so on. typekey e-Clippings (a division of blogoehlert) Me in Second Life Blog powered by TypePad Member since 08/2003 So in a sense I remain torn.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 15, 2008

IM is much more conversational. But because of the lag in IM, you can have multiple conversations simultaneously. With IM, it’s minutes. NMC survey showed that people made time for online tools by cutting their TV time–replacing a passive media with an active one. Evolution of Communication.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 19, 2008

The next project Im about to take on is going to be more of a just-in-time performance support tool. If you train the model (and I'll bet there is one), you don't have to train all the activities because it's inferable from the model. Im thinking that teaching in a scenario-based mode (e.g., 3:04 PM Cammy Bean said.

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