Kapp Notes

APRIL 24, 2013

Had a great time last night with the wonder folks from the ASTD Mid-NJ chapter, lots of great questions and interactions. Simulations embedded in a program of instruction are better tools for learning than stand alone simulations. Fall 2011 Training Industry Quarterly Article: Improving Training: Thinking Like a Game Developer.

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Kapp Notes

MAY 14, 2013

Simulations embedded in a program of instruction are better tools for learning than stand alone simulations. Trainees learn more from simulations games that are embedded in a program of instruction than when simulation games are the sole instructional method. Reference: Sitzmann, T. Personnel Psychology.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 22, 2013

Had a great time last night with the wonder folks from the ASTD DC Metro chapter, a full house with lots of great questions and interactions. GameMaker (simple basic game design, but requires some programming and creativity). Simulations embedded in a program of instruction are better tools for learning than stand alone simulations.

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ASTD Simulations Authoring Tools Comparison 119

Unboxed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Traditional training methods, like classroom training, have their place in a blended training program. Mark Van Buren, director of research for ASTD, tells HR Magazine : “ It is clear that a firm’s commitment to workplace learning is directly linked to its bottom line. ” Share This Article. More Articles Like This One.

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Blended Learning Benefits Brandon Hall Corporate eLearning 52

Origin Learning

MAY 20, 2014

He was a pioneer in corporate training effectiveness evaluation, and his model is still an industry standard for measuring the impact of training programs. ASTD honored him with the “Lifetime Achievement in Workplace Learning and Performance,” and Training Magazine included him in the HRD Hall of Fame. May his soul rest in peace.

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Mindflash

MAY 16, 2012

When I registered for the ASTD International Conference & Expo 2012 over a month ago, I planned to write a recap post for two reasons: First, it’s a chance to share what I learned so people who couldn’t attend might learn something from my experience. Jane Hart wrote a really good article on this subject just this week.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 1, 2020

If it’s like what I saw in (then) ASTD’s State of the Industry report, it’s metrics like employees served per L&D employee or cost/seat/hour for training. And, to the original point of the article. a small program with a better ROI but less overall impact). Satisfaction again not good.

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Metrics ROI ASTD Cost 260

InSync Training

APRIL 10, 2014

In the October 2013 issue of ASTD T&D Magazine I read a short article that struck me concerning a workforce development effort in Kentucky. The sentence which couldn''t help but draw me in was: The Kentucky Work Ready Communities program boosts high school graduation rates while simultaneously developing the state''s workforce.

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Develop ASTD Enterprise Community 153

Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

She has spoken at numerous conferences—including ASTD, ISPI, and SALT on the topics of learning design and game design. Steven has written over 100 educational articles and blogs, appeared on numerous content aggregators and industry websites, and developed content for several Knowledge Guru games.

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Games Case Study Free ASTD 165

Learning Visions

JANUARY 2, 2013

The year started off with me wrapping up my stint as the planning committee chairperson for ASTD TechKnowledge 12. I helped facilitate two ASTD Learn Now Conferences -- one in April and the other in July -- where we focused on real application of social, mobile, and performance support. This year was no let down. Weird, right?

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Compliance Training Design ASTD eLearning Guild 178

The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2013

I was asked during my recent ASTD Webcast whether there’s data to show that managers, who are more involved in training and learning, ultimately receive more rewards and recognition than those who aren''t. Related articles. Store-level managers have control of employee learning. Manager''s Role in Learning and Performance Improvement.

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Webcast Management Compliance Training ASTD 199

Allison Rossett

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Are your programs informal? ASTD published our article about formal and informal learning in the January issue of T&D. If you want a longer discussion of this topic and three expanded examples, please visit our article at T&D online. Tweet Today, the buzz is about informal learning.

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Tools ASTD Informal Learning Twitter 142

Trivantis

MAY 26, 2014

We read tons of great e-Learning blogs this May and chose our favorite articles to share with you! This month’s post is packed with awesome topics, including gamification, instructional design and highlights from ASTD 2014 International Conference & Exposition. Kapp ASTD 2014 (ATD) Slides and Notes. What One Thing…?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 28, 2010

My live blogged notes…ASTD TechKnowledge 2010 in Las Vegas, NV. Recap of her recent article for ASTD: e-Learning – What’s Old is New Again When you say you’re doing elearning what are you doing? or “Our programs are delivered on mobile devices.” Our programs use visuals with an audio track.

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E-learning Uncovered

JANUARY 20, 2014

Conferences: * ASTD TechKnowledge : January 22-24, 2014, Las Vegas, NV. ASTD ICE (International Conference and Exposition) : May 4-7, 2014, Washington, D.C. Courses and Certificates: ASTD certificates: ASTD national offers many courses and certificates to members. Find these programs here.

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Lectora ASTD Adobe Captivate Articulate 84

Kapp Notes

APRIL 30, 2013

Wearing a differnt hat…every year, twice a year, the graduate program in which I teach provides a mini-conference. This year the proposal was to develop a graphic novel/game to teach students robotic programming concepts and ideas. Here are links to the articles she’s written, I especially like the one on gamification.

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Kapp Notes

MARCH 2, 2010

Magazine Provides articles, news and resources about elearning design, development and the industry. eLearnMagazine Contains articles on technology, business, culture as well as blogs, a rich archive and great opinion pieces. People who oversee, authorize, fund and support learning and development programs.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 20, 2014

In essence, the post was about breaking out of L&D silo’s and stop the creation of learning programs built for an audience of one (you), and start remembering we have an end-user. I’ve been sitting on this article for a long time now, hoping my observations of meanness was just me. Things have taken an ugly turn.

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Games Twitter ASTD Learning 249

Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2012

Next, New York Time’s bestselling author Kevin Kruse told us how articles appearing within the last year in notable publications such as BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fortune and even the Harvard Business review are talking about how gamification is impacting marketing, service and employee satisfaction (notice training seems to be absent.).

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Gamification Blogging Instructional Instruction 264

Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Are you an eLearning expert with an excellent idea for a new initiative or online education program? For example, “increase member retention” might have three strategic strings: - Benchmark member retention programs. Assess value in existing membership programs. Review an existing program to get a starting point.

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ROI Diversity Training eLearning Strategy eLearning 147

Learnnovators

MAY 29, 2014

That said, there are rich skill statements out of places like ASTD and LPI.” – Clark Quinn (in our interview with him). “ Articles/Blog Posts. Courses/Programs/Tools. The program is from Jane Hart (through The Connected Workplace Consultancy – her joint initiative with Harold Jarche).

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 6, 2009

ASTD's Big Question for January is, again, a series of questions. Finding the time to write a peer reviewed article (I have said this the last 2 years, I need someone to hold me to this. To publish a peer reviewed article. I'm giving a workshop to the Centeral Iowa Chapter of ASTD. Tags: ASTD Big Question.

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Predictions ASTD Big Question Write Blog 100

Learnnovators

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Learning is largely informal (on-the-job), a little social (peer), and least formal (training programs and courses). Articles/Posts. MOOCs and Performance Support : This Your Training Edge article by Bryan Nelson (Managing Director of CapitalWave Inc.)

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Performance Support Support Performance Case Study 150

Kapp Notes

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

In this month's T&D Magazine published by ASTD , I have a number of quotes in the Need for Speed article by Michael Laff. In the article, I (and others) talk about the drivers of rapid e-learning and how the design aspect of rapid e-learning should not be compromised. for an ASTD Featured Webcast.

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Steve Howard

JULY 18, 2012

Join the Atlanta chapter of the ASTD and the Adobe Users Group of Atlanta for an Informative and Amusing Evening to celebrate the launch of Adobe Captivate 6. In addition to his work for Adobe Systems, he serves on the doctoral faculty in the Communications Media and Instructional Technology program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 3, 2009

Friday, April 03, 2009 Visuals and Audio in eLearning (Ruth Clark) Donald Clark posted a link to a lovely little article by Ruth Clark: Give Your Training a Visual Boost in the April 09 edition of ASTDs T&D. The article contains such gems as: "Decorative visuals defeat learning." This is good stuff Cammy.

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Tony Karrer

MARCH 21, 2008

Great WSJ article - Why We're Powerless To Resist Grazing On Endless Web Data (via Will Richardson ). The article looks at various information consumption behaviors: Coming across new and richly interpretable information triggers a chemical reaction that makes us feel good, which in turn causes us to seek out even more of it.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The ASTD Big question this month is an annual question: What did you learn about learning in 2009? So, I teamed with alumni Robyn Defelice at Dishing Design and updated the article for ASTD. The Metro DC ASTD chapter asked me to do an interview about audio in e-learning and I linked to the interview and shared some of my notes.

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 16, 2012

Check out this webcast from ASTD covering Qualcomm case studies). The US military, who probably cares for security as much as your organization does, has initiated a program called Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications (CSDA) which focuses on delivering training and performance support to soldiers via smart phones.

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Mobile Learning Learning Strategy Mobile eLearning Strategy 269

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Friday, September 04, 2009 Back to School Reading List Over on the Kineo website, we frequently post articles and tips on a variety of topics. Reflecting on #ASTD10 Recommended: "In Defense of the LMS" Chicago Bound: Kineo at ASTD ICE #astd10 One Year on at Kineo #yam Now that’s an Enterprise Moodle! -- Kineo Moodle f.

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Moodle Brandon Hall Case Study Wiki 100

The Learning Circuits

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

As Ryann mentioned in a previous post, I’m the Community of Practice Manager for Learning Technologies at ASTD. In this role, I engage with the community and help build ASTD’s portfolio of content—from T+D articles to books to educational programs to conferences and beyond.

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Upside Learning

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

This article was originally published in Learning Technologies 2013’s special show guide issue. Interestingly, these statistics are only marginally better than those reported by ASTD for the US market in May 2012. So what ails mobile learning? Understanding Mobile. More and more of learning is now embedded in the workflow.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Compliance Training Flash to HTML5 Conversion 277

Upside Learning

AUGUST 31, 2009

In November 1959, Donald Kirkpatrick published a series of seminal articles on training evaluation in the ‘Journal of the ASTD’. The end is the beginning – An incisive comment: ‘For decades, practitioners have attempted to apply the four levels after a program has been developed and delivered. You can download the paper here.

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Kirkpatrick Metrics eLearning Consultant Evalution 174

Integrated Learnings

MARCH 20, 2011

There has been a lot of discussion, and an infamous article or two, in our field about the death of the ADDIE model. But as evidenced in many, many posts, articles, conversations, and presentations, we have to find some means to evaluate and effectively measure our programs. By Jay Lambert. We implement; we move on.

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Instructional Design ADDIE ISPI Simulations 195

Take an e-Learning Break

MAY 5, 2010

May 2010 T+D This simple but often forgotten step in the development process can maximize the course shelf life of your e-learning programs. Free for ASTD members: Article: [link] Not an ASTD member? Buy the article: [link] Free Podcast: [link]

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Learnnovators

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Learning is largely informal (on-the-job), a little social (peer), and least formal (training programs and courses). Articles/Posts. MOOCs and Performance Support : This Your Training Edge article by Bryan Nelson (Managing Director of CapitalWave Inc.)

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Performance Support Support Performance Case Study 100

Mindflash

MARCH 28, 2012

I’ve read many posts that talk about informal learning as “the better way” for employees to learn, rather than through formal training programs. Allison Rossett and Frank Nguyen recently wrote an article for T&D Magazine entitled “ The Yin and Yang of Formal + Informal Learning.”

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