Learning with e's

MARCH 3, 2014

It won''t be long before costs of such devices come down, and they become pervasive. As the ''machine'' is programmed, and supplied with vast amounts of connections at multiple layers of processing, and is exposed to massive amounts of stimulus material, it begins to ''think'' and ''perceive'' for itself. Unported License.

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Scanning Movie Augmented Reality Google 84

Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2009

Sunday, August 23, 2009 Kineo Webinar: Compliance Training Case Study Kineo will be holding a free webinar on developing cost-effective compliance training on Thursday, August 27, 2009. Rapid E-learning provides an alternative to develop compliance training cost-effectively and quickly. Join Kineo and Mary K. Schottmiller J.D,

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Mindflash

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The recession may have officially ended but the new mindset around cost efficiency hasn’t let up. Virtually every other group in an organization is asking how it can grow without adding to payroll costs, how it can launch more and better products faster and cheaper. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user kenteegardin.

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Organization Strategy Innovation Social Learning 74

Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The availability of cost-effective resources to facilitate wide collaboration (including open source software that enables wikis, discussion groups, chat and even web conferencing) presents the chance for organizations to reconsider the effectiveness of the performance support being offered to their people. Here's what came up.

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Predictions Diversity Training Compliance Training Authoring Tools 198

Mindflash

MARCH 23, 2012

Learning Management Systems Allow Powerful Training Programs to be Delivered on the Go. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user algogenius. The result is a technology known as the Learning Management System (LMS).

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Learning with e's

MARCH 20, 2014

Thus, I eventually enrolled in a PhD program studying with Randy Garrison and I guess I’ve been at distance education research, publication and practice ever since. Photo courtesy of Terry Anderson/ Athabasca University Interview with Terry Anderson by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Mindflash

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Boston Globe reported earlier this week the recipients of over $11 million in state grants to businesses to help pay for employee training programs. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user LaMenta3. However, do feel free to deliver collective praise in copious amounts whenever appropriate.”. •

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Learning Visions

JULY 13, 2009

Keeping costs down: Given the pace of change, product knowledge e-learning has got to be cost effective, otherwise the maintenance costs will be prohibitive. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Template by Tina Chen.

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ATD Learning Technologies

MARCH 1, 2016

Asking how long it takes to create e-learning is a lot like asking how much a car costs. Some e-learning developers prefer to program directly in HTML5 (rather than use a tool that published to HTML5). If you want to save money and are willing to keep track of attribution information, consider looking for Creative Commons images.

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Authoring Tools Adobe Captivate Flash to HTML5 Conversion AICC 40

Learning Visions

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Publicly available training program. Game based learning programs that teach high level info about business, mission values. Average age of Sun employee is 42 Project cost: $150K in external vendor costs Project length: Created over 4 months. technologies and gaming to create a unique onboarding experience.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

So as designers, we – (and by this, I mean I) – need to be better prepared to create more complex training programs. So the future indeed may return us designers to flex those creative and intellectual muscles - if the budgets allow and the focus is on real performance improvement, not purely cutting training costs.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

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. Here IDs sometimes work as technical writers and TW sometimes write courses to optimize the cost. United States License.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

Hadnt thought about applying rubrics to e-Learning programs (mostly because my entire body bristles at the thought of such structure!) -- but I do see the value. The Chico State rubric provides a way to assess the quality of the program; essentially a checklist to evaluate your program. Basic = $; Exemplary = $$$.

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Rapid eLearning

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Rapid elearning is attractive because you can create effective elearning courses with little or no programming required. That’s great for the programming part of the course. There are a dozens of stock image sites where you can buy low cost images. Rapid Assets. But what about everything else? Free Assets. Create Your Own.

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Rapid eLearning Authoring Tools Instructional Design Low Cost 80

Infopro Learning

JULY 11, 2017

Relevancy is key to unlocking the potential of your online training program. Here are 9 cost-effective ways to revamp outdated online training content as quickly as possible. De-cluttering your eLearning course design can give it a cost-effective makeover. De-Clutter Your eLearning Course Design. Refresh The Navigation Controls.

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Compliance Training Budget Authoring Tools Content 280

Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

Templates are about keeping costs down, not standards up. In Rapid Project Management Techniques for e-Learning presented by Coates & Hill of Deloitte, they outlined their approach to creating a big enterprise-wide training program in an extremely aggressive timeframe. The main reason for templates is cost and speed to market.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 5, 2007

You can use the animation features of your presentation program to build your ideas a step at a time. I also stumbled on this interview by Karl Kapp with Jane Bozarth over at e-Learning guru.com that had some good nuggets on basic instructional design and using low cost tools (like PowerPoint) to build effective e-Learning.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2007

Anxious about the mental cost of aging, older people are turning to games that rely on quick thinking to stimulate brain activity. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 “Women come for the games, but they stay for the community. United States License.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2009

Opportunity costs of learning can be ignored. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 (Do we really know if were teaching the right stuff?) Particular behaviors are easy to learn. Learning is always beneficial. It is never disruptive or distracting.

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Learning Visions

JULY 2, 2007

We dont want to create a system that requires you to do a cost-benefit analysis on whether each member, intern or employee should be added. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Communication is enhanced when everyone is able to participate. Powered by Blogger.

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Learning Visions

MAY 12, 2009

In India, most courses have no audio but I suspect this has more to do with costs rather than learners preferences. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 I never thought about the cultural differences in audio usage. Thanks for sharing this! Powered by Blogger.

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Learning Visions

JULY 31, 2009

For it to be successful, it has to satisfy the criterion of 'learning' as well as all the other niceties of commercial goods: functionality, cost effectiveness, design etc. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Powered by Blogger.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Small companies rarely have money or time for formal training programs. Its been years since Ive taken a formal training program for work. (I Free of cost. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Its a way of life down here. Because its out there.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Don’t waste time at your meeting getting them to inform you of stuff they can send you in advance or afterwards, e.g. structures, existing training, costs, etc. Financial/ROI -- current training- and technology-related costs. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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CourseArc

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Here are 4 best practices for how to measure training effectiveness: Output Increases: If your training is targeted to enhance output, use the training-induced incremental unit costs to justify the ROI for implementing your eLearning course. How does that increase in output track against the cost of implementing and supporting the program?

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ReadyTech

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Creating engaging, interactive e-learning programs that effectively communicate desired learning outcomes is no small feat. With the benefits of e-learning becoming more apparent every day, more organizations are investing in this medium as a way to facilitate training for their employees while reducing costs and time away from the job.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 9, 2009

I can't agree more about strategic and even (sometimes) liberal use of SME's in various programs. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Steve's recommendation above wins out for me. 7:36 AM Cammy Bean said. United States License. Powered by Blogger.

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Audio Moodle Corporate eLearning Authoring Tools 100

Learning Visions

JULY 10, 2007

Cost Per Learner: Saba Centra Live was the highest followed by Adobe Acrobat Connect GoToMeeting comes in at the low end Do you believe you got a good ROI? Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Template by Tina Chen. Powered by Blogger.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 29, 2007

Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Based on a work at learningvisions.blogspot.com. Template by Tina Chen. Powered by Blogger.

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Hurix Digital

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

OER carries the GNU or Creative Commons license that permits them to be revised, repurposed, remixed, and redistributed at no cost to the user. Cost Savings. Schools as well can cut costs on leasing or purchasing instructional materials. These materials can also be adapted, shared, and reused as a user deems fit.

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CommLab India

JANUARY 18, 2017

Freesound.org : They aim to create a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, and so on, and all sounds fall under a Creative Commons license. Audionautix : All music in this online collection is created by Jason Shaw and released under the Creative Commons License 3.0.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

It cost me $300. We put together training programs that meet all the needs of an organization, community, individual or group. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 I recently purchased a course from a marketing person. It was unorganized.

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Mindflash

MARCH 20, 2012

Blended learning saves money by reducing the travel and work-stoppage costs of classroom training. Done right, a blended learning program can reduce can produce cost savings. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user Sarah M Stewart. There’s merit in many of these points.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Workplace Change "So even if boomers do not leave the workplace en masse, they will most likely be leaving your organization, taking with them a vast amount of knowledge and possibly costing your company dearly if you dont prepare now." (p. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 6, 2013

You would either need to be able to program in HTML or have access to FrontPage or Dreamweaver and know how to use them, or have a mate who was ace at making websites. Photo from Wikimedia Commons Your personal brand by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Social Networks Personal Personalization LinkedIn 93

Mindflash

MARCH 13, 2012

This is further complicated by the various reasons that many organizations venture into online training, such as scalability, cost savings, and optimized resource use. When you open a new file, the program immediately brings up a template for you (it even includes the words Insert Text right on the screen).

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Mindflash

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

In his latest State of the Union address, President Obama laid out a raft of economic proposals designed to ferry the unemployed back into work, including training programs for those who need to update their skills. How about more direct spending on infrastructure and other job-creating programs? Experts vs. Industry.

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