Learning Visions

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, December 20, 2007 My Objection to Learning Objectives After reading this post, you will be able to: Explain two of the reasons why Cammy Bean doesnt like learning objectives Explain your own view of learning objectives Develop an alternative approach to listing learning objectives in your next eLearning course Introduction I hate writing learning objectives.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Maybe I've not been paying attention, but in the webinar that I just finished, the tool GoToMeeting had a neat feature that showed the percentages of people who were paying attention (had the meeting visual in the foreground) vs. those who were not paying attention. These were shown in percentages - easy to see and understand. There was also a display of those in attendance vs. those who had left.

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Lars is Learning

DECEMBER 24, 2007

Here's another sign that the barriers to anytime, anywhere learning are falling indicated in this report in the Financial Times: "After years of false dawns for operators, the use of mobile phones for web surfing is on the verge of becoming widespread in Europe and the US, and iPhone research by O2 shows the device is acting as an important catalyst for such activity.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 23, 2007

Tony O'Driscoll explaining his "Seven Sensibilities of 3D Worlds" in Second Life class on MSIT Island. If one of your New Year's Resolutions is to learn more about 3D worlds, check out the workshop being done by Tony O'Driscoll who recently joint the ranks of academia. You can learn more about Tony's workshop on his blog at Save the Date: Feb 2 and 3 Workshop at Training.

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From the Coleface

DECEMBER 21, 2007

It’s the time of year that I, like many other professionals, have cleared my desk enough to think about whether I have met with my Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements. And I wonder just how necessary it is for me to have to meet these requirements and document them. Do highly motivated professionals really need the burden of a compliance framework to ensure that they continue to be competent?

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, December 06, 2007 eLearning Guild Demo Fest: Sun MicroSystems The eLearning Guild hosted a webinar this afternoon featuring the winners of The eLearning DemoFest which took place at the DevLearn Conference & Expo on November 7, 2007. The Winners Were: Seal Works - Ariel Can Do It, LLC , 3-D Instructions Sun Microsystems OnPoint Digital, Sales Quenchers - mLearning KPMG - Expense Reimbu

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2007

I'm hoping people might be able to help a reader who has an inquiry that I really don't know much about. I've been reading your blog for a while. I've read the an older blog post on Online Master's program's , but I am still quite lost. I would like to take a two year Master's program in education, education technology, or instructional design. Right now I'm leaning towards the University of Colorado Denver or the San Diego program.

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Lars is Learning

DECEMBER 24, 2007

Tim Davies has produced some great examples of how small, targeted and (crucially) well designed resources can be highly effective in learning. Tim's One Page Guides on subjects such as wikis, blogs and sharing stories give novices the confidence to take some action of their own. As Brent Schenkler comments: "I'm certain it did not take ANY ISD knowledge to create these.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 21, 2007

How do you teach ethics? Sometimes a lawyer comes to a company and speaks on the topic, sometimes it is part of a new employee orientation program and sometimes it is an e-learning module where you answer true/false or multiple choice questions.seriously does anyone think that type of training is going to impact ethical decisions? Instead, I think you should make everyone read three books, all about actual ethical breaches and then dissect and discuss the main characters and then talk about what

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From the Coleface

DECEMBER 20, 2007

A few times when I’ve been talking to potential clients about their wanting to have some diversity e-learning developed, it’s quickly become apparent that the task is not as easy as it looked at first glance. That’s because there are few topics as wide ranging as diversity and a key first step in e-learning is define what content you’re aiming to convey.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 30, 2007

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 19, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Happy Holidays from Enspire Learning Brought to you by those creative cooks at Enspire Learning in Austin, Texas: How the Finch Stole E-Learning. May all of our skill sets grow three sizes in 2008! Posted by Cammy Bean at 10:53 AM Labels: enspire learning 1 comments: Karl Kapp said.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 31, 2007

In December 2006, I posted my challenges and predictions for 2007. I thought it would be worth looking back at what I said in this post to see how I did for the year. Shortly, I'll be responding to this month's Big Question with my Predictions for Learning in 2008. Biggest challenges for 2007? I could answer this as the biggest challenges for Learning Professionals generally, and maybe I'll come back and do that, but for now, let me just write what I see as some of my bigger challenges in 2007.

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Lars is Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2007

It's that time of year again, a time to reflect on trends past and future. Sparked by Tom King's comparison of authoring tools I thought I'd take a fresh look at what Google Trends can tell us about e-learning and the wider training industry. There is a seemingly endless debate over how to spell the name of what we do. Are we "e-learning" or "elearning" or "eLearning"?

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 19, 2007

The folks over at Enspire have created a wonderful holiday greeting. You really need to check out the animated story How the Finch Stole E-Learning. It will bring a smile to your face. Thanks to Cammy Bean for pointing this out. And thanks to Bjorn Billhardt, Stephen Robinson and the whole gang at Enspire for a little holiday cheer and laughter!

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From the Coleface

DECEMBER 18, 2007

December’s TJ has an article highlighting the importance of supervision for coaches as part of their continuing professional development. A survey of coaches by Hawkins and Schwenk showed that whilst 86% of coaches thought that supervision was important, only 44% were in regular coaching supervision. I like the delicious irony that approximately half the coaches who thought supervision was a good idea had failed to get round to it…clearly some barriers that they need coaching around.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 29, 2007

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 18, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Things That Light Up My Life This is a geeky instructional designer moment. But here it is. photo by tanakawho Whats been lighting up my life this week is when I hear a Subject Matter Expert say, "Lets cut that. Lets go with your Less is More.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 21, 2007

Yale recently released their Open Yale Courses. Tom Conroy, Deputy Director of Public Affairs, Yale University, invited me to an announcement session (sent 20 November 2007): I'd like to invite you to attend a bloggers-only press conference we're hosting on December 11th at 7:00 PM EDT to announce a new online initiative here at Yale. We came across your blog, eLearning Technology and we thought you'd be interested in joining.

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Lars is Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2007

I've been a contributor to others blogs and feel I might be ready to add a voice with some useful thoughts. So I'll be using the new year burst of enthusiasm to hopefully get me off the ground. Watch this space.

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 19, 2007

I am sure you've tuned into GeekBrief.TV before. But.if you haven't.you should. GeekBrief.TV provides viewers with quick, easy-to-understand videos with just the right amount of information about the latest and greatest gadgets and gizmos. I've been into videos lately (see Shooting Educational/Instructional Videos ) so the show's format, style and approach has really caught my attention.

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From the Coleface

DECEMBER 10, 2007

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 28, 2007

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, December 14, 2007 Im a Gamer 3.0! If youve been reading my blog for awhile, you know that Ive been really into the whole topics of gamers -- who is, who isnt, and should we even use that term? I had a poll a while back, Are You A Gamer? , that sparked a good conversation.

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Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 20, 2007

If you've not seen this, there's a Facebook application by Worklight called Workbook that represents an overlay to turn Facebook into an Enterprise Social Network application. This is something I've been expecting for a while based on some conversations with large organizations who planned to use Facebook as their social network. WorkBook combines all the capabilities of Facebook with all the controls of a corporate environment, including integration with existing enterprise security services an

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 31, 2007

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Kapp Notes

DECEMBER 18, 2007

Have you ever wondered. "What would MacGyver do if he were stuck in a conference room with a pen, a projector, a tripod, an LED light, and a Wiimote." Here is the answer Two things: Of, course.who doesn't mount a projector onto a tripod???? (generally useful) The hardware, software and concepts of video games are coming to mainstream products.it is only a matter of time.

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From the Coleface

DECEMBER 4, 2007

A stimulating day was had by all on Friday at the Trainers & Developers Network where the theme was Transactional Analysis. Core to the practical application of this knowledge is the idea that we have subconcious scripts which we have learned early in life that govern our behaviour. It is possible to unlearn some of the habits that scripts cause so as to be able to deal appropriately with a wide range of situations.

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