Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

Friday, May 04, 2007 Rapid e-Learning, Templates, & SMEs Theres been a lot of good talk lately about rapid e-learning tools and templates and the roles of SMEs vs. instructional designers. One of our main products is creating customized templates for our clients; "empowering non-programmers to build e-learning." Templates are about keeping costs down, not standards up. But what is a template? We all work from templates. But what is a template?

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Effective design using PPT as a tool. It’s very easy to load content on slides – but it takes more creativity to move learner to actual understanding! Organize: outlines headings graphics structure text (compare/contrast, cause/effect, classification order/sequence) Integrate: illustrations with captions animation with narration worked-out examples elaborative questions Take all of the info and make better sense of it for the learner. Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Join Kineos Mark Harrison for a free webinar on webinars: Building effective content for your online sessions. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

JULY 13, 2009

Monday, July 13, 2009 Kineo Product Knowledge E-Learning Webinar Kineo will be holding a free webinar on creating effective product knowledge e-learning on July 16th, 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. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des.

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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. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Template by Tina Chen.

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Infopro Learning

JULY 11, 2017

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. For instance, customer service associates would like to see more interactive online training simulations and branching scenarios to improve their task performance. Create A Reusable eLearning Template. Has your online training gone sour?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 18, 2007

Monday, June 18, 2007 Visual and Auditory Multi-Tasking From the Eide Neurolearning Blog: Voluntary Control of Attention - Visual and Auditory Multi-Tasking There is a yin and yang effect between visual and auditory attention. Mixed visual-auditory stimuli have an underadditive effect, so that if you have to do both at the same time, total brain activation goes down. Maybe the "underadditive effect" occurs when a multimedia presentation does all the thinking for you.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 16, 2007

this clearly effects how we should all be designing and building courses now. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Template by Tina Chen. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

iPad (and iPhone) are Much More Useful Than I Expected I didn’t actually think that I would care about the iPad except as a tool for training and performance support in environments like retail and restaurants where it’s always been an issue having access to machines. See Failure of Creative Commons Licenses and Creative Commons Use in For-Profit Company eLearning? Performance Support in 2015 What Makes an LMS Easy to Use?

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eFront

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

We have some interesting facts that reinforce the notion of eLearning solutions as effective knowledge management tools. . The top reason is that the rapid eLearning development process bypasses the many nuances and scientific methods performed by instructional designers. Rapid eLearning development authoring tools provide predesigned templates and content organization ideas. Cover areas such as plagiarism and Creative Commons. It Leads To Better Performance.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 7, 2019

However, replacing some aspects of what teachers do is both effective and inevitable. "AI Where it is implemented, AI will rapidly transform the design of courses, providing educators with vast amounts of new insight into what students do, how they study and what is most effective. Photo by Andras Vas on unsplash Previous posts in this series have highlighted the importance of human intelligence and emotion in education.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Dr. Thalheimer talked about ways hes been trying to make smile sheets more effective so that they can be used to tell us something valuable about the learning experience. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

MAY 15, 2007

Clives 30-Minute Masters Wiki got a nice plug -- "Create a way to help your SME learn more about building effective e-learning courses. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

The reason researchers roll their eyes at learning styles is the utter failure to find that assessing childrens learning and matching to instructional methods has any effect on their learning." Program control gave better results during initial learning, while learner control was more effective at alter stages." (p. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2009

9% Hit us Hard 47% Hurt a little 41% Not much effect 3% Helped us MYTHS the Business Side Has about Learning Client asked him to develop a course for business side. Training alone produces improvements in on-the-job performance. Measurement myths Technology is key to learning success (we must use elearning, social media, video etc. -- nothing else is effective). Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Oh, and as I mentioned in a recent entry on my blog, Dont Make Me Think by Steve Krug is useful on the usability stakes - perhaps more so when you step from courseware and in to the wider field of elearning/performance support. Close by, there's Rossett and Schafer's Job Aids and Performance Support (so you don't waste people's time trying to "instruct" them in stuff that shouldn't be memorized.) Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 7, 2007

Wednesday, March 07, 2007 Rock On with e-Learning from ZVEX.Simple video (one shot, no edits) + Super high-quality audio (which youd expect from this source) + Nice voice + Humor + Good hand gestures = Really Cool Product Training Im no guitar player, but I thoroughly enjoyed these little demo videos of "handmade stompboxes" (pedals used to create crazy effects with electric guitars.) Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Ive also tried to argue with clients about what makes effective learning. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Template by Tina Chen. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

As I sift through this weeks reading assignments, Im trying to pick out how this learning theory effects my work as a creator (an instructional designer) of self-paced eLearning experiences for the corporate market. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 9, 2009

responses in parens below) Hit us Hard (18%) Hurt a Little (50%) Not much effect (32?) Instructional Objectives The Learning Landscape (how the learning experience goes): Learning Intervention (Learner Learns) Performance Situation (Learner Retrieves, Learner Applies) Learning Outcome (Learner Fulfillment, Organization gets Learning Results) Question : ID creates course on threshing and grinding, but only presents objections on threshing. Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Game Based Learning Finding more effective ways to teach about Sun and the business. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Template by Tina Chen. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 19, 2007

Whos really used music in e-Learning to good effect? We might use the same clip as the course faded out to great dramatic effect. Of course, we also used sound effects -- ping if the user answered correctly, a deep "egggh" if the user answered incorrectly. but you never wanted to overuse sound effects for fear of it being labeled as "gratuitous use". I thought this article gave some useful examples of how one might use music to good effect in an e-Learning program.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2007

Here are a few highlights: Sustaining Performance in Rapid e-Learning includes some great tips and ideas for how to create effective follow-up activities to ensure knowledge transfer on the job. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 19, 2008

The next project Im about to take on is going to be more of a just-in-time performance support tool. Help learners see the model, show some examples of how the model explains the steps, then have them perform some tasks by predicting, from the model, how to do things. I primarily develop software demos that show screen captures of tasks being done on the application or tool and they are very effective for training purposes. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form. But it is not effective to speak the same words that are written, because it is putting too much load on the mind and decreases your ability to understand what is being presented." Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

JULY 24, 2007

The company you surround yourself with may be shallow, but their effects upon your reality are tremendously deep. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 15, 2007

A common one is ADDIE - Analysis-Design-Development-Implementation-Evaluation.) Most e-Learning vendors mention ADDIE or some form thereof on their websites as if it was a real science about creating effective learning. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

A rubric is a statement describing the quality of the learning outcome, or rather a way to evaluate the effectives of the teaching experience and the students comprehension or mastery. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 18, 2007

While they recognize that some of this info is useful for understanding ways to effectively present information, ".the Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

Epic launches new tool for accessible rapid e-learning Product features to include: A wizard that guides users through course creation An in-built art direction library, allowing users to choose from a range of predefined look-and-feel templates The ability to insert media of the users choice (graphics, video and audio) Automatic one-click SCORM packaging Its not clear to me from the press release what type of authoring environment is used (is it Microsoft Word?) Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 5, 2007

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. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2008

Things might get a bit silly with all that snapping, but I bet its effective. My bet is many eLearning designers dont often have the time to develop creative instructional strategies. Online courses provide ample opportunities to creatively and repeatedly introduce learners to concepts through the subtle, yet effective, use of graphics and/or audio. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

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?) Wills Learning Landscape Learning Intervention (Learner Learns) Performance Situation (Learner Retrieves/Learner Responds/Learner Applies Learning Outcomes (Learner Fulfillment, Learning Results) Usually do Level 1 eval as during Learning Intervention During Performance Situation -- Learner Applies -- could delay the L1 smile sheet. Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2008

He suggests a list of potential outcomes with check boxes , effectively allowing the learner to create his or her own objectives. For many organizations, that means "We have a template set up to produce it X way." This makes even harder to try something new, because not only is the concept new, they cant use their familiar template to produce it. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2007

Then put the other information into references, performance support and follow-up courses. ( Well designed training should include performance support. The only performance support Ive actually ever written are bulky user-guides to go along with a software training program. Try to mimic the performance environment as much as possible, create that connection of context for the learner which will better enable information retrieval. Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 1, 2007

After reading Janets post, I talked with our CTO about some ways that we could build a little bit of "version control" into our Flash Course Development Templates. In the Learning Portals that we create for our clients, we need to think about how we can ensure that updates are effectively tracked and recorded and that old versions of courses are properly archived. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 27, 2007

They have become adept at incorporating flash animations, pdfs, PowerPoint presentations, audio-visual material and any number of other techniques for getting training messages across to users in effective and imaginative ways. These lie in their creativity, knowledge, understanding of instructional design techniques and their experience. So the end game is transferring the knowledge in an easy and effective manner, and then following up in person. Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

MAY 9, 2007

This allows the learner to be more flexible in her understanding of the material, so that she can effectively apply it to concepts in the real world (knowledge transfer). Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 16, 2008

As I was struggling to figure out once more how to purl, I thought about the spacing effect and forgetting. These two resources came to mind: For more on the spacing effect, be sure to read this 2006 article by Lars Hyland: Less Learning More Often. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Template by Tina Chen.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2009

As such, Ive seen the manager able to champion ideas and standards much more effectively than if there was a lack of degree or experience. Its generally helpful if the immediate manager understands the work that her team performs. Someone with process-improvement or performance-improvement experience (e.g., So while I think ID or performance-improvement study & experience are valuable, I'm not convinced that academic training transfers well to the real world.

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