Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Finding ways to incorporate these elements can be difficult for instructional designers, curriculum developers, and, especially, creators of eLearning. Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager. Properly d.

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Trivantis

JANUARY 5, 2016

Whether you develop eLearning for a corporation, academic institution, or government agency, you’ve likely encountered the challenge of developing accessible content. In this post, we’ll cover some basic best practices you can and should follow when developing eLearning that is accessible to learners with disabilities.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 11, 2011

by Jolene on March 11, 2011 in Gaming Theory , Instructional Design , Training Development , eLearning Over the last year or so, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to incorporate games into eLearning instructional design projects. What I hadn’t stopped to fully consider is why I would do that.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 25, 2011

Tips for facilitating Here are a few tips you can use in a physical classroom, during synchronous online sessions, and even (with a little adaptation) with asynchronous applications: Begin by asking questions. Now the learner is responsible for helping create and shape the learning experience, and now they share the accountability as well.

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Adobe Captivate

AUGUST 21, 2010

This week’s eSeminar was chock full of solutions as we discussed ‘how to’ start developing eLearning based on the kind of face to face classroom content educators already have prepared for the courses they teach.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 15, 2011

My question is whether the Four Levels hold together as an evaluation design, considering that they still focus on the training event. McGoldrick decided that the model to use in developing the evaluation design would be Scriven’s Key Evaluation Checklist (KEC). Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 6, 2011

View all posts by Jim → ← Organizational Change Management Cited – Again – as Key Contributor to ERP Failure Do Instructional Designers in the Social Digital Age need an Engineering Background? Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 1, 2011

Unfortunately, this group will be forced to develop training in an impossibly short period because the software won’t actually work until dangerously close to the date it is scheduled to roll-out to thousands of as-yet unsuspecting end-users. less big companies, for more than 20 years. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 21, 2011

As instructional designers, we can help create environments that grow better Exobrains. Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager. I am currently the Director of Instructional Design and eLearning for Dashe & Thomson.In

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 28, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network by Jolene on April 28, 2011 in Informal Learning , Instructional Design , Training Development , Video , social learning According to the 1996 report from the U.S.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

Terrence talks of the promise Facebook shows as a tool for developing training, specifically in its role as an LMS (Learning Management System). There are whiteboard apps you can add for synchronous learning. There’s also an app that lets you develop and exhibit eCourses and track the learning experience in real-time.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

Terrence talks of the promise Facebook shows as a tool for developing training, specifically in its role as an LMS (Learning Management System). There are whiteboard apps you can add for synchronous learning. There’s also an app that lets you develop and exhibit eCourses and track the learning experience in real-time.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 30, 2011

Train Your Client On Training by Paul on January 31, 2011 in Instructional Design , Training Development In the enterprise learning industry, when you sit down with a client to discuss an opportunity, oftentimes the client has a good idea what they want. However, just as often this makes an instructional designer’s job more difficult.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 27, 2011

by Barbara on March 28, 2011 in Instructional Design , performance support Accelerated Learning Mind Map While I was taking classes in curriculum design, we discussed, at great length, different learning styles: visual, auditory and kinesthetic. There is so much talk about “push” versus “pull” in training circles?without Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 11, 2011

Learning and development professionals should remember the Weak Ties theory when designing social learning systems. Because the people on the edge were more likely to be connected to other network clusters, and therefore had access to information that was not available to people who were “buried” at the middle of a cluster.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 14, 2011

Use the functional designs, to-be process diagrams, and test scripts to take a stab at learning objectives, an outline, and draft content before you meet with your SMEs. Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 14, 2011

Use the functional designs, to-be process diagrams, and test scripts to take a stab at learning objectives, an outline, and draft content before you meet with your SMEs. Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager. I am currently the Director of Instructional Design and eLearning for Dashe & Thomson.In Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager. I am currently the Director of Instructional Design and eLearning for Dashe & Thomson.In Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager. I am currently the Director of Instructional Design and eLearning for Dashe & Thomson.In Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Ive been creating training and e-Learning programs for over 20 years, serving as an instructional designer, writer, developer, and project manager. I am currently the Director of Instructional Design and eLearning for Dashe & Thomson.In Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 18, 2011

In addition to the use of video games for recruitment purposes, which have been available for some time, the Department of Defense has begun embracing the use of combat simulators, culture-based eLearning , avatars, and even cell phone apps, all designed specifically for military use. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

What’s your take on using social media for businesses purposes – be it instructional design, marketing, or otherwise? Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 8, 2011

It has been around for all of my 15+ years as an instructional designer and training developer, and goes back much further than that. On-demand is gaining ground quickly on traditional solutions and that is forcing our industry to reasses how we design, develop, and deploy learning solutions. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

As VP, Instructional Design Services for Dashe & Thomson, Inc. Most recently, Ive been working on training programs for the propane industry. I see myself as a translator, taking complex ideas and systems and making them easy for a learner to understand. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena by Jim on October 15, 2010 in Reviews , eLearning Most of the eLearning modules we design here at Dashe & Thomson are aimed at the corporate audience.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 21, 2011

As VP, Instructional Design Services for Dashe & Thomson, Inc. Most recently, Ive been working on training programs for the propane industry. I see myself as a translator, taking complex ideas and systems and making them easy for a learner to understand. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS eLearning Review: A Module for the National Security Arena by Jim on October 15, 2010 in Reviews , eLearning Most of the eLearning modules we design here at Dashe & Thomson are aimed at the corporate audience.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 12, 2011

View all posts by Paul → ← Do Instructional Designers in the Social Digital Age need an Engineering Background? Ive worked in sales and marketing with various organizations, including 3M, the Minnesota Timberwolves, Ionix Medical, and the Itasca Project. Brain Rules for Learning: Who Knew? We All Did. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 29, 2011

As VP, Instructional Design Services for Dashe & Thomson, Inc. Most recently, Ive been working on training programs for the propane industry. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 17, 2011

Tom Gram, in the February 17, 2011 post on his Performance X Design blog, says that our training programs are working when we can point to evidence and linkages in performance terms. You can draw on the “before-and-after” business and human resource metrics that are readily available in any company. That’s all we usually need, he says.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Some see us as instructional designers, some as technical writers, others as change management consultants, and still others as a supplemental staffing agency. The discussion with this trainer made me think of several recent conversations I’ve had with Dashe & Thomson clients. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 27, 2011

Instructional designers would be wise to become versed in basic video production, since its utility and ubiquity as a learning tool will only continue to grow. Here’s a quick primer on video as a learning tool from Learning Solutions Magazine. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

As VP, Instructional Design Services for Dashe & Thomson, Inc. Most recently, Ive been working on training programs for the propane industry. I see myself as a translator, taking complex ideas and systems and making them easy for a learner to understand. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 19, 2011

As VP, Instructional Design Services for Dashe & Thomson, Inc. Most recently, Ive been working on training programs for the propane industry. I see myself as a translator, taking complex ideas and systems and making them easy for a learner to understand. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 19, 2011

We understand that social media, and at a higher level social learning, are crucial to course design moving forward. But we need to bring technologists and the learning theorists and researchers together to design the roadmap. Trent gets it! And contrary to my statement in the third paragraph, hopefully we’re not too far off.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 13, 2011

I follow First Avenue so I know when my favorite bands are coming to town and how to get tickets, I follow sports writers to get the latest news on my Vikings and Twins , and I follow instructional designers like Jane Bozarth and Tom Kuhlmann to get the latest industry insights. Properly d.

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