Upside Learning

OCTOBER 7, 2010

As designers of electronic learning and information, we often find ourselves confronted by the purpose of the learning. Electronic Learning is about performance and content; in a sense instructional design is not purely creative; it is design with intent. Our storyboards and design documents need to be an extension of this intent. Design documentation may not be about solving problems, but it can help avoid them by providing an elegant way to document design intent.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 4, 2010

I had the (dubious) pleasure of picking up an award for a client at an eLearning awards ceremony a number of years back. There’s been some apt criticism of the whole awards industry thing overall, but it did give me a chance to see what was passing as award-winning content. And I was dismayed. One memorable example had traditional HR policy drill-and-kill tarted up into a ‘country fair’ theme.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 8, 2010

As you may know, Linden, on October 4th, announced a plan to raise prices for educational and non-profit users of Second Life and not a little increase, a whopping doubling of the previous discount. Of course there was a backlash and so Linden has offered up a temporary solution, one which will bring in monies in the short term and help educators and non-profits to “buy more time&# at the discounted rate: Here is a “mass email&# sent to education users from Linden.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Granted, it's Sunday night after a jam-packed and exhausting weekend and my brain feels a wee bit dead. So here I am reading an Instructional Design textbook (Reigeluth, 1983) and I'm struggling with this one: "External Conditions are those events outside the learner that activate and support the internal processes of learning. The appropriate provision of the external event is the framework for planning instruction.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 6, 2010

In continuation to our series of monthly roundup posts, here is a collection of our top 7 posts for September, each accompanied by a quick brief. 1. Will Mobile Apps Change Training Forever? Discusses how Mobile Learning (Mobile Apps, in particular) would change the game for training, instigating the need for a new approach in designing the training strategy.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 6, 2010

by Jennie Ruby. I was helping a group of editors develop Word macros to correct punctuation problems when I was stymied about a punctuation mark they spoke of: the "double-dot." "Oh, you mean a centered dot, the math symbol?" I asked. No, the double-dot, they replied. "You mean over a letter, like the German umlaut?" I asked.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 5, 2010

There’s nothing like unraveling a good mystery… Clark Quinn and I take a crack at solving the crime of instructional design malpractice –happening now in an e-learning module near you! Listen to the conversation here in my latest edition of the Kineo Talks audio series. Tags: instructional design clark quinn ins.

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Upside Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2010

After the recent recognition of Upside Learning as one of the top 20 Learning portal companies in the world by trainingindustry.com, Sébastien FRAYSSE of lms-selection.com interviewed us and put it up here on his blog with the title LMS Vendor interview: Upside Learning. In his post Sébastien highlights what is part of our core philosophy – innovation – “Upside Learning is a very innovative vendor”.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I regularly review what I offer and do, trying to ensure an alignment between what the market needs and what I can offer, as is incumbent upon a consultant. It’s all part of life in the age of perpetual beta. Now, I think I have a pretty good idea of what I can do, and what the market needs, but there is the potential for some ‘blind spots’ Ordinarily, I make my best stab and move on, but after working with my ITA colleagues and refining my understanding of the value of crowd

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 5, 2010

As a blogger, I have been accused of many things: wrong, outdated, ignorant, and more recently, sexist and unfunny. How outrageous! Unfunny? Seriously though, I have always maintained that I blog for myself. If someone else can draw any value from my musings, that’s a bonus. Even if someone disagrees with me, that’s fine too, so long as they remember their manners.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 7, 2010

by David R. Mankin.   PDF files, by their very nature, are a sophisticated, highly flexible and capable file format. I have been asked by dozens of clients and students over the years to show them how to export a PDF to a Microsoft Word document.   In the early days of Acrobat, it wasn't necessarily the simplest thing to do. In Acrobat 8's interface, we finally had a large and rather obvious Export Task Button.

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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2010

This list of existing research and articles on interactivity in learning was put together by Janhavi Padture, Director of Research, Analysis and Strategy at Harbinger Knowledge Products. ‘ Guidelines for Establishing Interactivity in Online Courses ’ (Mark Mabrito, InnovateOnline.com) ‘ The Role of Interactivity in Web Based Educational Material ’ (Laurie Brady, University of Wichita) ‘ Online Learning: Ways to make tasks Interactive ’, (Denis Lander, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) ‘In

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The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Are we measuring what really matters in organizations? ROI, market share, profit margin, cost savings, EPS, P/E ratio, EBITDA, and employee job satisfaction are common measures in business organizations today. While these are relatively easy to measure, the question we should be asking ourselves is, “Is this what we want to know?” Are we measuring these indicators because we can or because they truly measure what matters?

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 5, 2010

My love affair with Kineo began back at issue # 1 of the monthly newsletter—lots of sharing of tips and trick and industry wisdom. And now all these years later we’re just about to send out issue #59 and I find myself a regular contributor. Who would have thunk?! So have you signed up yet ? It goes out in the next few days, so don’t miss out! And if you want more ways to connect, check us out on Facebook.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 6, 2010

by AJ George. Last week we learned how to find and use the Shape Unite tool. This week we're going to shift focus to its partner command, the Shape Subtract tool.   If you have not already, follow the instructions from last week 's article to add the Shape Subtract tool to your PowerPoint ribbon. Find the shape from which you would like to subtract another shape.

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Kapp Notes

OCTOBER 7, 2010

At the Learning in Different Worlds conference held in Lahti, Finland, my colleague and contributor to “Learning in 3D’ is presenting about virtual immersive environments and discussing different attitudes toward these environments and describing how educators can use these environments for learning. For the next two days, you can follow the tweets at #oem2010.

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Living in Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Have you ever thought of something radical and then mustered up the courage to share it in a forum of your peers? Three things can happen, or should I say have happened when I have managed to find myself in this position: (1) They get excited and want to know more; (2) They say nothing and put on a trout-like stare with gaping mouth; or (3) They laugh out loud, saying nothing, and just shake their heads like you are indeed the village idiot who they expected as much from your ramblings.

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ID Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The ThoughtWorks University sessions started yesterday. An induction with a difference (many differences), it was a refreshing experience for a "veteran" like me. I have had first hand experience of induction programs in quite a few organizations--each org has been very different but displayed surprising uniformity in the way they conducted the induction sessions, the org values and norms, and so on.You get the point!

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Mindflash

OCTOBER 8, 2010

I have a problem. My husband doesn’t seem to understand how to take out the trash and recyclables. Friendly reminders, bribes, and threats don’t seem to have any effect on his behavior. Clearly he needs some training. I’m considering one of these two training options: Option 1: Give him an essay to read on waste disposal practices and share some impressive statistics about the positive impact of recycling on our planet.

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TechSmith Camtasia

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Join us live today for Episode 2 of The Forge! We have a great line-up. We'll be talking with Dave McCollom , Education Evangelist for TechSmith about input devices that can be used in creating interesting screencasts. Specifically we'll be showing how you can use a tablet PC, a Wacom Bamboo, an iPad, and a few other options. Troy Stein will be showing how interactive white boards can be used in screencasting.

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Adobe Captivate

OCTOBER 7, 2010

We’ve now made it real easy to try out the new Adobe eLearning Suite 2. You no longer have to be concerned about having to download and install large files in order to try out the Adobe eLearning Suite. Aslo, you no longer have to be worried about the limited period of the trial. You [.]. Tags: Whats new eLearning Suite elearning suite trial online trial runaware.

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eLearning Learning Posts

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Best of eLearning Learning in September 2010. As always, great stuff found in the eLearning world in September. Examples and Samples of Game Design Documents - Kapp Notes , September 15, 2010 Here is a collection of several game design documents and information about game design documents. If you are considering creating a “Serious Game&# or an instructional game, one of the first place to start is a great game design document.

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Mindflash

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Cartoonist Mark Anderson shares the personal anecdote behind today’s cartoon: The last job I had before becoming a full-time cartoonist was as a salesperson at a tech company. When I arrived for my first day I was shown a computer, given a pair of headphones, and began my online training. After a few minutes it was pretty clear that I’d mistakenly been given the customer service training instead of sales, so I got up and tracked down my supervisor. “Um, yeah, I think you gave

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TechSmith Camtasia

OCTOBER 3, 2010

This week's Screencast of the Week comes from CisionPoint. This screencast uses a few of Camtasia Studio's features like SmartFocus, transitions, and callouts. But. what I really like about this screencast is the ending. They use a little known feature of Camtasia Studio as their call to action. In Camtasia Studio, you can turn your callouts into a Flash Hotspot.

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Adobe Captivate

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Last week’s eSeminar, Mastering Audio and Video in Adobe Captivate 5 was a whirlwind to say the least. It didn’t take long for me to realize that i had far more material to cover than I had initially imagined. As a result I have promised to deliver a full hour on video in the near [.].

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eLearning 24-7

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Let me pose this scenario: Every day, you walk down the same street. You walk past the buildings, see the crowds and yawn. But on this day, you decide to use your smartphone and look down on the screen. At that moment, you see animation, tweets from people in the area, and you can respond. Interactivity meets reality. Social meets real time visibility.

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Mindflash

OCTOBER 5, 2010

While much of the training world seems stuck in a rut of game show quizzes, the rest of the world is actively integrating games into our everyday lives. From “checking-in” at our favorite stores to win discounts or freebies, to earning merit badges for our virtual farming skills, otherwise mundane activities have been transformed into behavior change with the help of games.

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LearningGuild

OCTOBER 7, 2010

With the impending launch of Android-based tablets, as well as the rumored arrival of the iPad 2.0, mobile learning will experience additional growth in 2011. Here are the resources you need in order to. be ready. Tags: Design Strategies Interface Design Management Strategies Mobile Learning.

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