eLearning Cyclops

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

September's Big Question over at the Learning Circuits Blog is regarding use of voice-over in e-learning. The question addresses numerous topics regarding the use of audio. The reason being that the step-by-step audio instructions allow the user to focus on the visuals of the task at hand (e.g.,

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The Learning Circuits

APRIL 1, 2007

This environment makes it easier to justify PowerPoint plus audio type courseware, but customers are never satisfied with the quality. So, this month, The Big Question is. Please answer this question by posting to your own blog or commenting on this post. Participating Blogs: The Big Question for April has been closed.

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eLearning Cyclops

APRIL 10, 2011

The Learning Circuits Big Question is how do we address the "I want it now" demand from stakeholders. I make it a point to inform stakeholders of the process involved, provide a timeline and project management form that helps give them an idea of when deliverables occur and what their roles and responsibilities are in the process.

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Dashe & Thomson

OCTOBER 19, 2011

This month, the Learning Circuits Blog is back with its first “real” big question since Tony Karrer took a break from managing the blog. Mr. Betts is the Managing Director for HT2 and his big question for this month is “Does Gamification Have a Role in Workplace Learning?

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Upside Learning

MAY 7, 2010

The Learning Circuits Big Question this month asks – “ What will the workplace learning technology look like in 2015 ”. The question is inspired from a post by Derek Morrsion – Technology to Enhance Learning in 2015 , quite an interesting post, a must read. Birth of new Authoring Tools.

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eLearning Cyclops

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

My intention is to share how I go about putting a course together and to provide the support materials used to design the course. A good place start is to first provide an overview of the course and lessons learned as described in my DemoFest submission below. Time constraints, which resulted in not including audio in the course.

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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 one of the tasks I will do to answer this question is to see what posts were the Best of 2009 from several different sources. Audio in E-Learning. This post attempts to provide some tips for avoiding that fate.

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KZO Innovations

MARCH 17, 2015

Video can be used in learning programs as a motivational tool, especially since simultaneous visual and audio stimulation helps to better engage students. The next big question is: How should video be used for interactive learning? Provide user controls. . Use good video and audio quality. . Use short clips. .

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Consider this part two of my response to the Learning Circuits Big Question for February: Instructional Design - If, When and How Much? Are "instructional designers" of the experienced/trained in ID sort, providing more consulting expertise to the lower-tier of instructional designers (a.k.a. SMEs using rapid eLearning tools)?

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JCA Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2019

According to Merriam Webster online ( yes, it actually has a definition ) Virtual Reality is an artificial environment which is experienced through sensory stimuli (such as sights and sounds) provided by a computer and in which one’s actions partially determine what happens in the environment. Let’s see if we can put that simpler.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 30, 2009

The Learning Circuit’s Big Question this month has to do with the increasing prevalence of internet access during presentations. The context is that during presentations it’s certainly possible that your audience is multi-tasking, and the question is; what are the implications?

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eLearning Learning Posts

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Microphones and Audio Information - eLearning Technology , November 4, 2009. Audio in E-Learning - Kapp Notes , November 3, 2009. Top 8 Reasons Why Training Providers Are Adopting eLearning - Upside Learning Blog , October 29, 2009. . Big Question - Presenting the Value of Social Media for Learning , November 2, 2009.

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Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Value and Concern Around Voice-Over Before we jump into this specific topic, let’s look back at some of the specifics from last month’s Big Question - Voice Over in eLearning. Silence - The Silence tag inserts a specified number of milliseconds of silence into the output audio stream. Some examples: 1.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Instructional Design Central (IDC) is an online portal dedicated towards providing professionals, researchers, and students with instructional design (or instructional technology) resources and community collaboration. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

I think Tonys Big Question of this month on being stuck, speaks about how people feel in such setups :) Im waiting to get more traffic in my blog before I throw questions on IDs into tech writing. I think this months Big Question is true for almost everyone. Well, sometimes it matters, but not always.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

10 years ago I cut my elearning teeth in the K12 market, working on projects for two big US providers. All the projects provided standalone, asynchronous lessons. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. The Big Question: Instructional Design as a Spectr.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 3, 2008

There are a hell of a lot of interactions in that system, but its essentially closed and purposeful, unlike, say, "using a word processor" or "providing tech support." Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. I like the analogy Michele Martin uses: instructional design as cooking.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 18, 2010

And probably will get some more ideas from the Big Question - Predictions and Plans for 2010. One of the common reasons I hear from knowledge workers inside large organizations for not following the suggestions I provide is that the organization itself puts up barriers to working this way. It’s really big and moving really fast.

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eLearning 24-7

JULY 30, 2012

Video and audio streaming. Assessment tools – big question – how many don’t include them at no additional charge? Asking for streaming audio is not. If they can’t meet your deadline, do you really want them as a your provider? Immediate multilingual personalization -i.e. Video camera.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 4, 2007

But they will never provide all the copies of, say, “The Wealth of Nations&# and the early responses it provoked. 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

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Instead, provide some meaningful and memorable experiences using interactivity, graphics, animation, and storytelling. I want to clarify that Im not advocating that we "hide" objectives from the learner, but instead provide some alternatives to boring text bullets in the presentation of those objectives. Pretty radical, isnt it?

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 13, 2009

Big Question: get your innovative eLearning ideas out no matter what others think! Ignatia Webs , April 2, 2009 Big question of April launched by Tony Karrer via the Learning Circuits Blog is: stuck/unstuck or how to cope with old-school learning when your head buzzes with new eLearning methods and ideas.

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Appsembler

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The big question that training managers want to know: With the abundance of LMS platforms, which one should you use? As the (long) name suggests, its modular-based design provides educators and learning managers a canvas to design, customize, and deliver their e-learning programs.

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Some challenging questions are being raised in this month’s Big Question - Voice Over in eLearning. Some of the key questions: Given the range of solutions for voice-over from text-to-speech, home-grown human voice-over, professional voice-over: how do you decide what's right for your course? Why not use human voice-over?

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Yukon Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

After experimenting with several methods, the following should provide some good guidelines. The big question to ask is whether you need the learner to see step-by-step slides or whether a simple video walk-through will work. The video will still play, but the learner will only hear the audio. Replay or Storyline 2?

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

If this topic is of interest, then also check out the Big Question this month: Voice Over in eLearning. These products promise to automate the process of adding audio to eLearning thereby streamlining and accelerating the production of eLearning courses.

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NuggetHead

MAY 20, 2010

Why couldn’t they simply provide a link to more information for additional leisurely reading? This player will have the ability to turn on and off audio, although in this example I did not record any. As we get into this series, I’ll be providing all the necessary source files for you to compare your work. Don’t worry.

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Elucidat

MAY 14, 2019

If you need to provide online training around a moral or emotive subject matter, using stories could be just the thing. Using audio to simulate a realistic work conversation is a great way to immerse learners in a life-like situation. In fact, you can even explore the design approaches and learning interactions used! Gamified Scenario.

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Convergence Training

APRIL 22, 2019

Convergence Training : Hello, everyone, this is Jeff Dalto of Convergence Training, and we’re back with another of our semi-regular audio/web/podcast series. So they had a hack-a-thon last year to look at solutions for their premium travelers, and how to provide better service to their premium travelers.

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LifterLMS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Susan: Sure, that was a big question. Susan: And in terms of universal impact, though, this might be really useful to you in terms of a web provider or software company knowing the guidelines in terms of what to follow, to make your product more amenable for people in a universal way. I had a video, audio, handouts, downloads.

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eLearning Learning Posts

JULY 7, 2010

- MinuteBio , June 12, 2010 Yesterday I attended a SCORM webinar provided by Advance Distributed Learning (ADL). They also provide a test suite. 10 Free Audio Programs to Use for E-Learning - Rapid eLearning Blog , June 1, 2010 I’m no audio engineer. So I won’t get into all of the nitty gritty details of audio editing.

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360 Training

APRIL 23, 2015

Now that you have authored a draft of your online course content, have carefully crafted learning objectives and assessments, identified key audio and visual support, and planned out some engaging activities to get learners deeply involved in the subject matter, it’s time to build what you’ve designed. Is it affordable?

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eLearning Learning Posts

JUNE 9, 2010

- Learnlets , May 10, 2010 In response to a query about why someone would question the concept of the LMS, I penned the (slightly altered, for clarity) response that follows: What seems to me to be the need is to have a unified performer-facing environment. The Big Question: What will workplace learning technology look like in 2015?

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LifterLMS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Jason Resnick: Well, that’s a big question, but I think it’s really… One, I like to differentiate between an ideal client and a niche or specialty, right, because I think a lot of people confuse the two or blur the two rather, right? Why is this so important? But more importantly, what is it? What is it?

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LifterLMS

OCTOBER 29, 2022

During this time, you should provide effective information and do ideation through discussion and brainstorming. But the big question is like, well with this will this work for me? So if you refer two people, you get, you know, all the audio recordings for the event. A workshop should always offer effective results.

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eLearning Learning Posts

AUGUST 3, 2010

Brain Learning and eLearning Design - The Learning Circuits Blog , July 1, 2010 David Grebow suggested this month’s Big Question (thanks David). This is a social resource as it also provides the opportunity for you to provide your own experiences of using social tools for learning. Here’s a step-by-step guide!

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LifterLMS

MARCH 8, 2020

But really the big question you need to ask is what is the key information that I need to know about somebody in order to make a better job, a more informed sales process for them? But there’s the way-. Rob: That’s one of our examples. That’s the cool one that we usually go back to.

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