Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2014

These are my live blogged notes from ASTD Tech Knowledge session with Eric Heckerson. A bit of a pilot program to see if this was an approach to continue with. Content was around things like how to coach. Coaching, mentoring, etc.) Virtual learning event for physician leaders.

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Case Study Leadership Study iPad 228

Web Courseworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Gamification Strategies for Instructional Designers and Trainers skills seminar I led at the recent ASTD Chicagoland Chapter meeting at the DePaul University School for New Learning on September 18 th. Gamification is revolutionizing the field of learning and development. That was the main thrust of the Game On!

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Gamification Simulations Blended Learning Association LMS 239

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. What of the much touted 2.0?

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Blended Learning Virtual Classroom ASTD Social Networks 145

Web Courseworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Gamification Strategies for Instructional Designers and Trainers skills seminar I led at the recent ASTD Chicagoland Chapter meeting at the DePaul University School for New Learning on September 18 th. Gamification is revolutionizing the field of learning and development. That was the main thrust of the Game On!

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Gamification Simulations Blended Learning Association LMS 138

Mindflash

AUGUST 2, 2011

With regard to their performance development component, employees participate in: Company-led learning programs. These programs are short “lunch and learn&# sessions that are hosted by management or by an employee expert (hosted at lunch for one hour, every two weeks). One-on-one coaching time with management.

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Performance Support Performance Program Business 70

Trivantis

MAY 26, 2014

This month’s post is packed with awesome topics, including gamification, instructional design and highlights from ASTD 2014 International Conference & Exposition. See what the eLearning Coach Connie Malamed has to say about using ornaments in your online training course. Kapp ASTD 2014 (ATD) Slides and Notes.

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ASTD Instructional Design Lectora Gamification 78

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

Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 10, 2012

Recently someone asked how to combine their mentoring program with elearning courses. It usually involved a production environment where peer coaches were tasked with training new employees on the floor. But the ideas in this post could work in any type of training program that includes some sort of mentoring or peer coaching.

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Blended Learning Mentoring Solution ASTD 80

The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

ASTD reports an increase in spending on L&D in 2010 (latest year for which data is available); they estimate companies spent about $171.5 In a previous blog post, I wrote that most training programs significantly impact only 10% to 20% of their participants. It’s about learning; it’s not about glitzy programs.

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Simulations Training Train ASTD 157

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 20, 2012

Recent research by ASTD and REED Learning indicates that the top skills desired by Learning & Development departments are measuring and evaluating training. They distinguish between the development of the plan to build, deliver, and evaluate training programs from the actual collection of data for the “chain of evidence.”.

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Kirkpatrick Evalution Metrics Behavior 198

Learning Visions

MAY 7, 2014

These are my live blogged notes from a concurrent session (W104) at the ASTD International Conference & Expo, this week in Washington, D.C. Training effectiveness = maximizing organizational results and demonstrating program value. What will be the ultimate business criteria for program success?

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Evalution Effectiveness Case Study Kirkpatrick 157

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. Are you offering coaching, guidance and advice or are you playing “Whac-A-Mole”? We have a customer, and the customer is the Learner. No one else will.

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Games Twitter ASTD Learning 249

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.

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Kirkpatrick Metrics eLearning Consultant Evalution 174

Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2012

My fear is that a CEO will walk into a training department after having read an article in the Harvard Business Review about Gamificaiton and demand that the training department create a gamification program to train sales reps. and they say “Of course!”. So I urge Kathy to do the same thing I have done.

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Gamification Blogging Instructional Instruction 264

Mindflash

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Coach, mentor and educate as needed. Create internal training program to improve how sales force sells the product; ensure all sales employees participate in training and pass assessment with a score of x% or greater by x date. Respond to performance level with coaching, education and/or applause. A practical example.

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ASTD Coaching Sales Association 75

Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Are you an eLearning expert with an excellent idea for a new initiative or online education program? This concept comes from Shawn Casemore, who has worked with association boards and nonprofits to provide strategic formulation and coaching. Assess value in existing membership programs. What products are in demand?

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ROI Diversity Training eLearning Strategy eLearning 147

Mindflash

MAY 29, 2012

As educators, we’re intimately familiar with the time and effort required to prepare and present any kind of training program, whether it’s in a classroom or online, self-directed or a collaboration. Define your program’s intended results. More : Five Ways to Spice Up Employee Training Programs.

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Management Training Train ASTD 79

eFront

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Leaning Circuits - ASTD Everyone has something to say about e-learning, but are we communicating in the same language? E-Learning Glossary - Imperial College London Barrier-Free eLearning When participating with WSU, College of Engineerings Barrier-Free eLearning program, you may be introduced to new terms and concepts.

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Social Networks Open Source Text-to-Speech Storyboard 109

Performance Learning Productivity

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

We measure how many people have attended a class or completed an eLearning module, or read a document or engaged in a job swap or in a coaching relationship. First, it does show small positive effects in the largest of workplaces, although diversity councils, diversity managers, and mentoring programs are significantly more effective.

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Metrics Personal Personalization Diversity Training 186

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

You don’t hear about tools like these at ASTD meetings and traditional training gatherings. At UTAOU, we were more into developing platforms than programs. In the workplace, 70% of learning is experiential, 20% comes from interactions with others like coaches and mentors, and 10% is formal. Mindmapping. Fractal dynamics.

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Cognitive Toys Coaching Diversity Training 68

Mindflash

AUGUST 31, 2011

A refresher in a communication program is a wise investment. Get a coach or attend a leadership course to learn how to check the egos at the door and get reconnected to the people that matter. Invest in books or programs that share how today’s successful organizations have integrated change thinking into their culture.

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ASTD Attitudes Lesson Association 72

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Marcia Connor’s four-square chart from 2004 (pre web 2.0): Formal (classes, elearning, meetings)/Informal (community, teaming, playing) Intentional (reading, coaching, mentoring)/Unexpected (self-study, exploring, internet surfing) The choice is not informal vs. formal. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr.

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Informal Learning Informal Metrics Wiki 100

The Learning Circuits

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Then I had some conference calls and went down to eat dinner by myself and ran into an alum of the program, Andy Shean who works at Success Factors. The next day I caught up with all the great ASTD folks who run such an effective conference. We had a great dinner and caught up with Bloomsburg happenings.

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TechKnowledge Conference ASTD Gamification 44

Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2012

My fear is that a CEO will walk into a training department after having read an article in the Harvard Business Review about Gamificaiton and demand that the training department create a gamification program to train sales reps. and they say “Of course!”. So I urge Kathy to do the same thing I have done.

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Gamification Blogging Instructional Instruction 100

Tony Karrer

AUGUST 25, 2010

Harvesting Learning’s Fruit: A Downstream Training Investment - Living in Learning , September 4, 2009 Learners, managers, training staff, and SMEs all have a vested interest in what happens after training with respect to reinforcing learning through coaching, knowledge sharing, and in the case of sales people – boasting and bragging.

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Blended Learning Sales Case Study Diversity Training 173

eFront

JANUARY 5, 2011

App Inventor - (mLearning) App Inventor for Android allows people with minimal programming experience to create simple, personal apps for Android devices. This is why I created the following list with the Top 10 open source e-Learning projects for 2011 that will help you implement a low cost e-Learning solution.

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Authoring Tools Xerte eXe Corporate eLearning 111

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

They think the program isnt working when they come across a slide that doesnt have v.o. perhaps you create some sort of coach/avatar image that when visible indicates audio. ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. Based on experience here, our learners are used to having v.o. on just about all slides.

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Audio Instructional Design Corporate eLearning eLearning Consultant 100

The Learning Circuits

APRIL 21, 2012

My fear is that a CEO will walk into a training department after having read an article in the Harvard Business Review about Gamificaiton and demand that the training department create a gamification program to train sales reps. and they say “Of course!” So I urge Kathy to do the same thing I have done.

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Gamification Blogging Instructional Instruction 67

eLearning Learning Posts

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The eLearning Coach , November 4, 2009. Review: The Back of the Napkin - The eLearning Coach , November 2, 2009. Empowering learners in an Induction Program - Free as in Freedom , November 1, 2009. Selling Social Media for Learning: ASTD Big Question , November 3, 2009. Are Your Online Tests Valid? - Crap…!

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Google Wave Social Media Google Media 46

The Learning Circuits

JANUARY 11, 2007

This means informal/on-the-job learning gets 86% of all learning investments, which leaves 14% for formal learning programs. Department of Labour and conducted by ASTD. I see two interesting aspects of this. Of course it did include on-the-job training in informal learning, but on the other hand, is this where it should be included?

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Informal Learning Informal ASTD Learning 40

eFront

JANUARY 16, 2011

Praat Praat is a free scientific software program for the analysis of speech in phonetics. The program also supports speech synthesis, including articulatory synthesis. The program also supports speech synthesis, including articulatory synthesis.

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Text-to-Speech Open Source Open Authoring Tools 102

eFront

MAY 3, 2010

Based on a coherent approach to human capital management which keeps the workforce actively engaged, the eFront Enterprise platform offers the means of aligning learning programs with business goals to cultivate employee skills and knowledge associated with business performance. chairman of the Awards program.

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Brandon Hall Learning Technologies Technology Social Networks 40

Learning Visions

AUGUST 29, 2007

Knowledge Acquisition -- searches Coaching or Mentoring -- reaching out to other people and connecting to other people (not just repositories of inf.knowing who to talk to). ASTD Keynote: “People Lie&# Richard Hilleman Electr. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew!

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Mobile Learning Report Mobile eLearning Guild 100

Rapid eLearning

JANUARY 24, 2012

In an earlier post we looked at how to combine elearning with an on-the-job mentoring program. It also has the benefit of complementing both the learner’s schedule and that of the peer coach. It sets expectations for the training program with specific activities. The training program is broken into chunks or modules.

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Journal Rapid eLearning Create Course 82

eFront

JUNE 9, 2010

Module creation contest Modules are additional programming components that are designed to enhance eFront under various dimensions. Make sure that each theme can be applied to major browsers. The theme to get the most votes wins. For more information regarding eFront themes please click here.

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Authoring Tools Social Networks Open Source Storyboard 40

Jay Cross

MARCH 19, 2012

ASTD is born. Thousands upon thousands of trainers attended conferences to learn about new approaches like programmed instruction, behavior modification, roleplay, certification, CD-ROM, sensitivity training. Mayo discovered the Hawthorne Effect, opening the study of motivation. Skinner constructed teaching machines.

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Authoring Tools CD-ROM Compliance Training DDI 46

Allison Rossett

DECEMBER 6, 2012

“Are you offering programs that rely on mobile for delivery of learning and support now?” ASTD’s 2011 Annual State of the Industry (SOIR) Report found even punier use of mobile for learning and support. In developing countries, prior technology-based learning programs targeted high school aged youth.

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Mobile Learning Mobile Masie Blended Learning 182