Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Starting a new project for another company. Im a convert. Yes, Im an English major who writes mostly text bullets instead of novels. So Im curious: what drove you to revisit theory? Cammy, Im glad to hear you so revved up. Jane -- In theory, Im not against theory. Im still of that mindset. Thankfully.

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Learning Visions

JULY 30, 2007

Im looking for some input: good examples of software product training. Im working on a pitch to a software company -- technical audience (think database guys). Im not looking to work with another vendor, Im just looking to see good examples of software training to make sure Im not behind the times!

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Learning Visions

MARCH 29, 2007

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). But I also represent the company for which I work. By association, I should create more credibility for my company.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 3, 2007

Tuesday, April 03, 2007 eLearning Guild Event -- My Sessions As Ive mentioned here before, Im extremely excited about attending the upcoming eLearning Guild event here in Boston. Im excited to go to as many sessions as I can. Im excited to pick peoples brains. And Im wondering if Im missing something really cool.

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Me: Im an instructional designer. Playground Mom: [weak smile] Me: I create training for companies thats delivered on the computer. Im sort of distracted by the naked boy who just ran by (not mine). I will use the term e-Learning Designer, but include that I provide interactive training accessed via my companys Intranet.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009 Market Differences in eLearning Im a fan of the number 42. I know of companies who only hire instructional designers and buy Rapid elearning tools and expect the ID to do it all themselves to reduce the cost and over head of hiring graphic designers as well. But I know of few variable cases too: 1.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

Thursday, May 31, 2007 My Job Description I work at a small e-Learning company, which means I play lots of different roles. So, what do I do if Im not doing that? Im not such an anal person, so this isnt my favorite thing in the world. And Im really excited about the project Im working on. The website copy.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 22, 2007

If youve read my current job description , you know that I do a lot of other things for this small company. Im excited. Im nervous. Monday, October 22, 2007 Instructional Design Stress I have to confess that although I call myself an instructional designer, its been quite awhile since Ive done anything like that.

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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. I did send my blog link to my cousin Alex who works for a new media company. We were IMing each other and he disappeared for about 15 minutes. Shes an inspirational task master, really.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

It likes company. Ok, but just since your blog likes company :). Okay, Im stunned there are so many INTJs here since as a general rule, INTJs are only about 5% of population (Im guessing here). Im an INTJ and it says my blog is an ESTP. . ;) (Its been a long time since Ive taken a Myers-Brigg sort of test.

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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

AUGUST 16, 2007

Im losing my steam, but trying to stay somewhat on target. So go ahead and "Email or IM another blogger in your niche to introduce yourself and your blog". I want to share as much as I can about projects Im working on. Im not sure Ill bother with that. Im not sure if it does much for a site with minimal traffic.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Guest speaker today is Roy Pollock, CLO of Fort Hill Company. Hit Us Hard 31% Hurt A Little 33% Not Much Effect 33% Helped Us 3% (Is "it hasnt hurt us yet, but Im nervous" an answer?) Roy : "If Im a business leader, I really need to know if training is working in order to invest $$." Fewer doing Level 3 and 4.

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Learning Visions

MAY 10, 2009

A company or organization that youve admired from afar? Its admiration for a companys style and approach. June 14, 2006) In the past three years, Kineo has grown from a seed in a few guys heads to an award-winning company with over 45 employees. Dreams do come true, and Im very happy for you, Cammy.

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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 13, 2007

And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. Ive been exploring the use of Second Life for a client for whom Im developing an e-Learning strategy. Theirs is an audience comprised only of women and Im not convinced Second Life will feel appropriate to them. As you may know, Ive only been there once.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 9, 2007

Im a touchy-feely-people-kind-of-person. Making the time to engage in conversations online does seem to move towards greater abundancy thinking and Im really enjoying the opportunities it is presenting. Ive reached out to more people and more people are reaching out to me. Its awesome. But with community comes great responsibility. (Im

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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). Do They? ) No boomers here.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

I like that Virtual Ubiquity is a Massachusetts company. Im on the press page, so I think I should get at invite, dont you? I did send an email and got a response that Id be included in the "next round of invitations", which Im told will be in the next day or so. I like that its built in Flash. Its still in invitation-only beta.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 11, 2008

However, I do work for a for-profit company, which means Im sort of in-between. Posted by Cammy Bean at 10:21 AM Labels: instructional design , poll , survey 2comments: christytucker said. I put myself as academic, since the courses I develop are graduate courses.

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JUNE 15, 2017

According to Brandon Hall Group’s report on LMS Trends in 2015 , businesses that use LMS’s (mainly the ones that are into installed software) have displayed their inclination towards adding more features to its elearning tool. Are you planning to train everyone in your company or just the employees of a particular department?

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 10, 2007

Im blushing. Glad I have company in noticing. Monday, December 10, 2007 Blog of the Week Ego boost alert for this Bean: Donald Taylor has cited Learning Visions as Blog of the Week 13. Posted by Cammy Bean at 11:44 AM Labels: me 4comments: Christine Martell said. Cammy, You deserve it. 1:06 PM Michele said. Hey Cammy--ditto!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

3) I went to the same high school as presidential candidate Oback Barama (although Im 7 years younger and have never laid eyes on him in person). I used to speak it fluently; these days Im pretty rusty. Wendy Wickham Ray Sims Apologies if youve been tagged previously or have done something similar, Im just playing the game!

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Im curious what other folks experiences has been. To clarify, I mainly ran into resistance from an American client that supplied services to other American companies. Ive left my relationship with them and now enjoy working with a wide range of companies that dont care about my degree and focus more on my experience and ideas.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

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 think the idea of the Guild Master ceiling ignores the fact that women in increasing numbers are managers, executives, CEOs and starting and running their own companies.

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2008

Cammy: Although I like to think Im good-humored, I am leery of "humor" or "fun" (scare quotes are deliberate) injected into training like salt water into a frozen turkey. If they were an info services company, Id focus on how we land and manage the Acme Rubber Duck outsourcing business. Im glad youre on board with my ducks!

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Learning Visions

JUNE 8, 2007

I think Im somewhat of an anomaly in the field. Maybe Im not an instructional designer at all. My company creates customized course development templates for organizations. Christy has been writing about how to get started in instructional design and what technology tools you might need. I dont do any programming.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

My current business card says Im a "Manager of Instructional Design". Got a job at an awesome company. In the mid-90s, I made the leap to a multimedia training company. I was there for 5 years, and then the company went under. And now Im here -- "Manager of Instructional Design." How did that happen? I was an SME.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

If I was trying to show my stuff off to someone, I guess Id send them here to my blog, Id send them to my companys website, Id send them examples of project documentation. Im not looking for a job right now, so theres no urgent need. Im blogging the progress at [link] Best 2:59 AM jmaddrell said. Its kind of scattered.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2008

Not sure if any company has try to innovate on this. Belatedly, Im thinking that there are relatively easy ways to enable learners to have cake or to eat it as they see fit. Im not sure I suggested writing WIIFM learning objectives, but they probably have their uses. 12:28 PM Rupa said. 11:51 PM Dave Ferguson said.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

Im going to quote heavily from the article here, inserting my own thoughts along the way. Why should companies go with e-Learning vendors when rapid e-Learning tools are available? This has developed in to a partnership for sure, and it is one that benefits both clients and elearning companies. 7:54 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2007

Im right with you. Now, these were creative hipsters from NYC who worked for cool companies like MTV and Nickelodeon. The CTO of my company recently had everyone download a trial version of WOW so we could play during lunch. Im a female instructional designer in my late 30s. Mostly men. Which brings me back to me.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Small companies rarely have money or time for formal training programs. In small companies, DIY/informal learning is pretty much all you got. Im getting a Masters Degree in Instructional Design. But Ill have the knowledge and the confidence that I know what the hell Im talking about for once. Its a way of life down here.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 8, 2007

Just this week -- for once Im in the know. Posted by Cammy Bean at 10:53 AM Labels: rapid e-learning 2comments: Clive Shepherd said. Cammy, you seem to have taken on the role of gateway to the edublogosphere! A useful service indeed. 4:31 AM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

As someone who develops corporate elearning, Im simply thrilled! See the intense comment thread on The Real World, Second Life and Facebook/MySpace where Cathy provides some interesting commentary on women in Second Life. Cathy is a fabulous writer, offering great insight and analysis, along with a delightful sense of humor.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

As youll see by reading my job description , instructional design can include a whole lot of other things, especially when you work at a small company. Im a writer and a schmoozer. Im sorry its taken me so long to get back to you on your question about Instructional Designers here in the US. 12:23 AM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Janet Clarey was reporting back from the Brandon Hall Innovations in Learning Conference, including experiments with un-workshops when things dont go as you planned. But Im learning. Im just back from two this week, and presented yesterday at USQs Pedagogies and Learning Conference in Brisbane.

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