Learning Visions

JANUARY 8, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. In the survey Ive been running, Instructional Designers: Do You Have an Advanced Degree? But even within the corporate market, I know the roles of the instructional designer vary widely. Take the Survey! Powered by Blogger.

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Learning Visions

MAY 15, 2007

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5 Myths About Rapid E-Learning An excellent post on the Articulate blog by Tom Kuhlmann: 5 Myths About Rapid E-Learning. Clives 30-Minute Masters Wiki got a nice plug -- "Create a way to help your SME learn more about building effective e-learning courses. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 24, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, August 24, 2007 Building Community in Second Life: Renaissance Island As you know, Ive been trying to walk-the-talk and experiment a bit with Second Life, role my virtual sleeves up and see what all the fuss is about. Thanks, Dio!

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Learning Visions

MARCH 6, 2007

But there seem to be some similarities between that and informal learning/DIY learning -- all this adult stuff weve been talking about lately. Role out a mat on the floor and voila! -- youve got your boundaries and your workspace -- your "office" all set up. Learn from your peers -- water cooler style.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Microsoft in India, just hires content development managers, whose core skill sets is ID, but their role turns out to be that of a vendor manager and content reviewer, as Microsoft (in India) outsources elearning work to 3rd parties. Take the Survey! SQL server 2008 BI. United States License. Template by Tina Chen.

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Market Corporate eLearning eLearning Consultant eLearning Strategy 100

Learning Visions

JUNE 9, 2009

Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? 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.

Instructional Design 100

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Learning Visions

MARCH 30, 2007

Obviously, this completely changes the role of the teacher in the classroom. Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

The 32% average score and the stubborn lack of improvement regardless of experience, education, and age suggests that most people in the learning-and-performance field are unprepared for roles as designers of learning, at least as far as their ability to apply knowledge of learning research. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JULY 2, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, July 02, 2007 The Gin System As Ive been trying to sort out the role of FaceBook lately, I cant help but wonder "wheres the content?" Take the Survey! It seems to me that FaceBook is a great networking tool.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 8, 2007

Tom provides "practical real-world tips for rapid e-Learning success" with enticing blog entry titles such as How Can Baking Cookies Improve Your E-learning Course? Posted by Cammy Bean at 10:53 AM Labels: rapid e-learning 2comments: Clive Shepherd said. Take the Survey! Sounds good enough to eat. 4:31 AM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2007

Not surprisingly, a lot more activity was seen if test subjects were watching to learn (anticipating that they were to do the task later) vs. watching only. The very active area here was the cerebellum, which apparently has a big role in "motor learning and expertise". Take the Survey! United States License.

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, May 31, 2007 My Job Description I work at a small e-Learning company, which means I play lots of different roles. ID is a role with that specific responsibility. and what are the roles? Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

So heres a little survey to help us go deeper: [link] (Click on the link to view the survey.) Initial survey results have been posted here. And the survey numbers keep changing. Thanks to everyone for all the great comments -- and for responding to the survey. In the meantime, the survey is still open.

Instructional Design 133

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Diversity Training 133

Learning Visions

MARCH 29, 2007

Thursday, March 29, 2007 Blogging & Boundaries in the Professional Sphere Karyn Romeis recent post echoed stuff thats been rolling around in my mind about blogging, professionalism, sharing, confidentiality, roles, boundaries, etc. So first -- why have I started blogging about e-Learning with, not a vengence, but at least with some passion?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2009

Manager think learning and development is a low-priority part of their role. Learners know how to learn. Information presentation is sufficient as a training design. Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Case Study Instructional Design Moodle eLearning Guild 124

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

In her comments on The Value of Instructional Designers , she observes: Just wanted to add that I think the role of the ID, as seen in Canada at least, seems to be one of instructional consultant. Are IDs starting to serve the role of consultant more than the role of creator? Take the Survey! Is this whats happening?

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Instructional Design eLearning Consultant Consulting Blended Learning 100

Learning Visions

JUNE 8, 2007

I think my dinosaur status as an instructional designer stems from the fact that Ive always worked for e-Learning vendors where the programming, graphics, and ID are distinct, separate job roles. Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Tools 100

Learning Visions

MARCH 3, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

JUNE 19, 2007

So Ive got this client Im working with to help define an e-Learning strategy , and Im thinking about what role FaceBook should/could play in their plan. Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Thats about as far as its gone.

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Social Networks Facebook Ning Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Harold Jarche says, The future of learning is DIY : This is the power of informal learning, if organisations decide to enable it. Brent Schenkler has been on a soapbox recently, talking about the death of ISD in the wake of informal learning. In small companies, DIY/informal learning is pretty much all you got.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

An individual can (and normally DO) make use of different personas, i.e. social roles in different situations. Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Be sure to read Kens posts on Typealyzer and watch the video of Mattias.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Look at our survey results. And this is where I see an obvious role for the "real" instructional designers -- that of consultant to those SMEs. If you then wanted to move on to working on other peoples homes you would probably want to get a bit more into the techniques of the trade (whether through formal or informal learning).

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Learning Visions

APRIL 9, 2009

Games in a variety of shapes and sizes: Console Games (for the Xbox or Wii) MMORPG (Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Game): World of War Craft, Club Penguins. Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? United States License.

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Games Enspire Authoring Tools Case Study 124

Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. 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. Take the Survey!

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Rapid eLearning Templates Instructional Design eLearning Guild 100

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

e-Learning should be all neat and tied up in a nice wrapper with a Next button that moves you through a content checklist and a great assessment at the end. This may be why the concept of informal learning is such a hard sell. Take the Survey! Forget about it. A PLE can be messy. Its personal, after all. Its formal.

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Blended Learning Authoring Tools Brandon Hall Instructional Design 100

Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2008

My bet is many eLearning designers dont often have the time to develop creative instructional strategies. Heres a few more ideas off the top of my head: Storytelling Case studies Role plays What other strategies or approaches could you suggest? Take the Survey! But, given the right course, it may be time well spent. Other Ideas?

Instructional 100

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

" space, it can be argued that more "learning" takes place than "instruction," especially when the approach blurs into the sphere of social or informal learning. Learning designer doesn't jive with me. I agree with some comments posted here and consider learning as an 'experience' too.

Instructional Design 100

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Part of that is out of respect for my spouse (who has strong privacy concerns when if comes to personal information being available on the net), but I also recognize that its largely due to the context in which I blog. Clearly, your blogging is work-related and part of your professional role/persona/hat. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 30, 2009

Why has the role of the instructional designer (at least in corporate) gone the way of the MBA? Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

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Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Maybe thats my explanation, or maybe people are just becoming more informed these days :-), with the www and all ;-). I find the role of IT trainer works best for me, as my actual role title Systems Learning and Development Designer is a bit of a problem, particularly on forms! Take the Survey! 5:51 AM Steve said.

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Instructional Design Instruction Instructional Authoring Tools 218

Learning Visions

AUGUST 17, 2007

Do role plays or disaster simulations and I think youll feel that stress level kick up a notch or two. Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? I got stuck in a car on Nissan island. Couldnt get out. United States License. Powered by Blogger.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

My goal was to get everyone on the same page, share goals and strategies, fears about e-Learning, talk about current issues and begin to identify some possible routes to take. Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Thanks for sharing.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Furthermore, women are often in roles that hold communities of players together, Wolfcale said, acting as socialite players and leaders of player groups, or guilds. Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? I dont have a conclusion here.

Games 100

Games Diversity Training eLearning Guild Social Networks 100

Learning Visions

DECEMBER 20, 2007

In his research paper “The Learning Benefit of Questions,&# Will Thalheimer argues that questions introduced prior to content has a notable impact on learning. Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? United States License.

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Learning Objects Learning Objectives Authoring Tools Instructional Design 150

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Janet, I was thinking about just that subject last night: the perpetual student and how some individuals are simply drawn to that role in a formal setting and really thrive in it. Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? United States License.

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Instructional Design Theory Instruction Instructional 100

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

who play online role-play games with others, the thoughts are “can I trust this person&# or “how can I earn more points through cooperation.&# Different thought processes…different learning. .&# Take the Survey! For Gamer 2.0 For Gamer 3.0 Different levels of questions. I especially like Michael Allens books.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

Im interested to hear more about your ID role. Take the Survey! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Wendy Wickham This work by Cammy Bean is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 10:30 PM Cammy Bean said.

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