Experiencing eLearning
JUNE 26, 2011
Scenarios, Stories and Micro eLearning: “How to Ask for a Raise&# Scenario Plus 10 Reasons Why Scenarios Work. Nice summary of the benefits of scenario-based learning. tags: learning training e-learning scenarios storytelling. Calendar of Learning Events. Dave Ferguson’s spreadsheet of training and learning conferences, sorted by event date or due dates for proposals. tags: training learning profdev e-learning.
Kapp Notes
JUNE 30, 2011
For a while I have been stealthy working on a book titled “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction&#. Here is some leaked info about the book…look for it in Spring 2012. The first chapter introduces terminology. What is a game? What is gamification and what does that mean to faculty members, college instructors, instructional designers and other learning and development practitioners.
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Upside Learning
JUNE 30, 2011
It’s been quite an interesting week on the Google front, with the launch of one new service after another. The one making the biggest waves (if you pardon the pun) has been Google+ (plus). Having wrangled an invite, I used it for a couple of hours. These are some first impressions. It shouldn’t be surprising that I’m making lots of comparison to Facebook which is the defacto social networking standard right now.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 28, 2011
by Kevin Siegel You've always been able to create quizzes with Captivate. Of course, over the years the quiz features have gotten better and better. However, if you've spent any time with the quiz feature in Captivate 5, you are probably a bit disappointed with how bad some of the text formatting features are. For instance, when you add a multiple choice question slide, something simple like aligning the text horizontally is a real challenge.
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Dashe & Thomson
JUNE 28, 2011
A friend of mine recently sent me a fascinating article titled “ The Shrinking of the Non-Social Web ” which contained some real eye-openers. Essentially the Web is not just evolving gradually as it absorbs the impact of smartphones and social media; it’s changing so radically that it might be better to look at what’s happening as the birth of an entirely new concept of internet interactivity and learning.
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Upside Learning
JUNE 29, 2011
This has come just in time for mLearning implementers; there is a new tool out in Google Labs called Swiffy that let’s one convert flash animation (swf files) to a device independent HTML5. Simply put, this will allow existing libraries of flash animation content to be ported to devices that run iOS – iPhones, iPads, and iPods. This also helps us poor elearning developers circumvent the continuous war between Adobe and Apple over flash technology, and allow delivery across devices/platforms.
The Performance Improvement Blog
JUNE 28, 2011
Recently, I was asked a very thought-provoking question by the director of HRD for a large organization. I was explaining the “5As Framework” to her and she asked, “What are the implications for what we do here?” I immediately launched into my usual speech about getting managers of learners involved in actively supporting the learning process. This led to a discussion of all the excuses she hears from managers to explain their lack of involvement in employee learning.
E-Learning Provocateur
JUNE 27, 2011
Is there a difference between learning and development? I ruminated over this question for a number of years as a Learning & Development professional, but without much progress. I could never draw a clear line between the two, so I considered the “D&# in “L&D&# to be a simple tautology. That was until a colleague of mine recommended I read Making the Case for a Developmental Perspective by Dr Suzanne R Cook-Greuter.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
JUNE 29, 2011
by AJ George. Another eLearning Devcon has come and gone, and if you missed it you missed a great conference with great speakers.as well as gorgeous weather and scenery in Salt Lake City, Utah. I attended many sessions (from mLearning, to 508 compliance, to HTML5, etc), but it seemed to me that it all came back to one topic, and that was putting learning into context so that learners could understand and easily retrieve the learned knowledge later so that it could be implemented.
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Upside Learning
JUNE 28, 2011
I discovered something interesting when trawling my feeds this morning. Google has sneak launched a new way of search aggregation result, technology blogs are tripping over it. Google calls it ‘ What Do You Love? ’. It’s a strange and quirky way to look at search results. Stranger still there is no mention of this on Google’s blog. I love Lego, so that’s what I typed into the search box.
Kapp Notes
JUNE 27, 2011
Here are some random game development considerations pulled from research: The beneficial effects of games and simulations were most likely to be found when specific content was targeted and objectives precisely defined. Games can provide knowledge increases in learners. Games tend to be more motivating than traditional instructional design. Instructional games should be embedded in instructional programs that include debriefing and feedback so the learners understand what happened in the game a
Dashe & Thomson
JUNE 30, 2011
Vincent Flango is a PMI-certified government contracts manager for General Dynamics Information Technology and a senior Instructional Systems Designer. He is a recurring speaker at educational technology conferences. He can be reached through his LinkedIn profile or email at vflango@yahoo.com. What follows is an interview between Vincent and Gena Taylor of Maestro eLearning, as a part of a new series called Trainer Talks.
Integrated Learnings
JUNE 29, 2011
by Jonathan Shoaf. It may surprise some people that the Lectora project file, that.awt file, is actually XML. Big flipping deal? Well, maybe. In making this file XML, Lectora is allowing developers to make changes to it without going through the Lectora interface. Editing the XML directly allows you to perform some tasks much quicker than using Lectora itself.
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Clark Quinn
JUNE 27, 2011
It’s obvious that mobile is booming, as you can tell from this shot taken as I deplaned at Heathrow Airport on my way from mLearnCon conference to an engagement. It made me reflect on an interesting tension that emerged at the conference. The resolution will happen, so it’s a question of when, not if, but it’s still a pain. I was honored to be part of a closing panel with some very clever folks (Bill Rankin, David Metcalf, Carmen Taran, Jim Box, and Richard Culatta, to be sp
Moodle Journal
JUNE 28, 2011
Today I had first site and contact with our new iPad collection. This eLearning project has been a while in coming to life it seems, but I can certainly appreciate the constraints of wise prequrement, given the arrival of the iPad 2 at such a sensitive time for us. Our network support team are managing connection issues right now and this week we are going to be looking at how we will be deploying these resources beyond the initial project once it completes.
Dashe & Thomson
JUNE 26, 2011
I was talking last week with a young woman from Kenya who does accounting for a local financial services company. She started discussing the differences between our culture and the one she came from. In Kenya, she said, everyone is very community-focused; but here, in the United States, we function as completely separate individuals. She described how she and her Kenyan friends get together frequently for an entire day to cook, talk, braid each other’s hair, and learn things from each other.
Jane Hart
JUNE 28, 2011
Tweet. In Jeff Bullas’s recent post, 9 ways to create and share social media content at an event , he described how you might use the following 9 social tools to encourage participation in an event (in this case a fashion show). Videos. Pictures and images. Slideshare. Twitter. Blogs. Facebook. MySpace. Website. Digital media aggregator. I think this post is just as relevant to create buzz around and involve others in a LEARNING event too – whether it be internal or external, large o
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Upside Learning
JUNE 28, 2011
Perhaps the most difficult aspect of my role as a business consultant is selling. Generally the difficulty comes from achieving a balance between quality and quantity i.e. it isn't too difficult to sell yourself if you have a particular brand but when it comes to selling others as you have to do if engaged by a corporate consultancy, selling becomes a another challenge all together.
Kapp Notes
JUNE 28, 2011
Here is an announcement from Big Brainz that I think is of interest: DIVISION EXPANSION PACK NOW AVAILABLE. At last! The Division Expansion Pack includes the same great Timez Attack entertainment, but incorporates all new curriculum that ensures instant recall of division facts. To try it, just download the latest version of Timez Attack. Th e base version of division is automatically included.
Moodle Journal
JULY 1, 2011
Thinking about and talking to the project team as I am right now regarding the likely and best use of our new iPad’s when the initial project ends. I have started to look around the net and came across this really interesting publication ‘ Making Mobile Learning Work’ , this is a free pdf from escalate featuring five mobile learning case studies. If you have been a reader of this blog, then you will no doubt recall that I have been posting on the subject of mobile learning going way back, what I
Living in Learning
JUNE 27, 2011
I believe we [as training professionals] are still looking under the wrong rock for making sustainable impact in our businesses. In many cases, introducing technology, e-learning and rapid development of same has more often than not accomplished one thing – the rendering of crappy training faster and making it much more accessible with million-dollar LMS technology.
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Web Courseworks
JUNE 30, 2011
In Part 2 of my series of blog posts on MindMeld , I had mentioned the Complexity Continuum that I like to use to illustrate how interactive learning objects (ILOs) can be thought of in terms of complexity of design and complexity of implementation. In this post, I’m going to address a chapter in my book that talks about complex ILOs that produce highly interactive experiences and how these experiences can affect learning.
Mindflash
JUNE 28, 2011
Serious skill is required to navigate the galactic asteroid fields of employee management. Whether you’ve mastered the art of the Jedi Mind Trick — or your employees would sooner follow instructions from a Wookie — here are some specific ways in which your management skills can benefit from the ancient trials of Jedi training. (Click image to enlarge).
Learning with e's
JUNE 26, 2011
'Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in a different time.' - Rabindranath Tagore If you are a teacher, and you are trying to introduce new technologies or software into the classroom, be warned. You may be completely blown away by the shiny new devices, and the latest Kinect 360 or Nintendo 3DS may impress the heck out of you. But don't be surprised when the children in your class say, 'yeah, whatever'.
Living in Learning
JUNE 27, 2011
I believe we [as training professionals] are still looking under the wrong rock for making sustainable impact in our businesses. In many cases, introducing technology, e-learning and rapid development of same has more often than not accomplished one thing – the rendering of crappy training faster and making it much more accessible with million-dollar LMS technology.
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Web Courseworks
JUNE 30, 2011
In Part 2 of my series of blog posts on MindMeld, I had mentioned the Complexity Continuum that I like to use to illustrate how interactive learning objects (ILOs) can be thought of in terms of complexity of design and complexity of implementation. In this post, I’m going to address a chapter in my book [.].
eFront
JUNE 29, 2011
Are you going to vote for The Best of Elearning 2011 Awards? Each year the Elearning Magazine allows professionals involved in the eLearning industry to nominate eLearning products and services. In its 7th year, the balloting period is open and you can vote your favorite eLearning product or service in 26 different categories. The end of the nomination period is in August 1st and The Best of Elearning Awards 2011 will be honored at the Enterprise Learning!
TechSmith Camtasia
JULY 1, 2011
This week's Dev Corner column comes from one of our lead developers at TechSmith, Jim Dusseau! He'll give you an insiders look at one of our experiments at TechSmith. Enjoy! Randall and AJ asked me to write up a post to talk about Cheevos, one of our internal experiments. Experimentation is a big part of our culture at TechSmith. We know the best way to stay competitive is to never settle for the status quo, so we never stop trying new things.
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