Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Five years ago today, I published my first two posts on this blog. As I noted in my first post, five years ago I was developing a course on social media tools for K-12 teachers called Building Collaborative Online Environments. I didn’t feel that I could really encourage teachers to use these tools with digging in to use them myself. Will Richardson was the SME for that course, and I’m very grateful for his influence in starting me on this path.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2011

There sure are lot of learning design community folks who love to play digital games. It’s always interesting to hear gamers talk about why they play certain genres of games and what aspects of those games they love. What is even more impressive is the passion and motivation that gets individuals to play these games. Recently I have been playing Little Big Planet on the PSP, something I bought on whim for my seven-year old.

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Performance Learning Productivity

DECEMBER 29, 2011

This is the second of three posts adapted from articles written for Inside Learning Technologies & Skills magazine. The original has been published here. The third article will be posted here a little while after it has been published in the magazine for the Learning Technologies Conference and Exhibition in London 26-27 January 2012.

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Jane Hart

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Predictions for an upcoming new year are inevitably based on the “flow” from the current year, so if you have taken a look at my Top 100 articles of 2011 (or even my complete 2011 Reading List), you will not be surprised to hear that many predict that 2012 will be the “ Year of Social Business “ Up to now, for many organisations, Social Business has been about social … Read the rest.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Faced with the tsunami of information, we are all floundering to find our way to content that actually matters. From setting up filters--both of the automated and human variety--to trying to make sense of what we find, we are in a fix, so to speak. Hence, we see the rise of content curators as a breed who will help us to make sense of this world of worldwideweb that has suddenly gone amuck.

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Clark Quinn

DECEMBER 28, 2011

My colleague Harold Jarche pointed me to a post by Dave Snowden about deliberative practice , which I found interesting for a facet not part of the key article (which makes worthwhile points). Among a list of important requirements for meaningful activity that is part of effective learning (i.e. it’s not just 10K hours of practice that makes an expert, but what sort of practice has an effect), Dave cites that “at least half of … experiments should fail” Think about that for a

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Jane Hart

DECEMBER 29, 2011

This is my second blog post reviewing 2011. Today, I take a look at some the key moments of my own year in terms of resources, blog posts and presentations I have produced. January. In January I published my Social Learning Handbook (both as a paperback and a PDF). This book aggregated a lot of my thinking and activities from 2010. Its main premise was that social learning happens all the time … Read the rest.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Inspired by JaneHart’s Top100 Articles of 2011 , I thought I should put down at least the top 50 thathas made me reflect and ponder in the past one year, has changed the way I dothings and shaped quite a bit of my work-life decisions. Not all the posts havebeen written in 2011, but since I either stumbled across them in 2011 or readthem with greater appreciation this year, I thought it fair to include these inthe list.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 25, 2011

I have really enjoyed following the recent argy bargy between Larry Sanger and Steve Wheeler. From a learning practitioner’s point of view, it raises issues of pedagogy, instructional design, and perhaps even epistemology. Having said that, I think it all boils down to the novice-expert principle. As a novice, you don’t know what you don’t know.

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Integrated Learnings

DECEMBER 28, 2011

I enjoy “year in review” type articles. It prompts a bit of reflection, and it highlights a publication’s best articles and posts, which helps me make sure I’ve seen the best stuff from the year. So, it seems fitting that we’d look back at our 2011 posts and create one for this blog. Based on the number of hits the various posts on our eLearning blog received, there were three particularly hot topics for the year.

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Connect Thinking

DECEMBER 28, 2011

ASTD’s December 2011 T&D Magazine features a discussion on Self-Service Learning (by Patricia A McLagan), and the role of L&D to “help learners make learning more effective, efficient, productive, innovative and fun” (pp 37). From my experience, for self-service learning to become part of a deliberate learning strategy, we need: Staff who have the skills and motivation in learning self-directedness and self-management.

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eFront

DECEMBER 24, 2011

Nowadays small and medium size organizations (SMEs), educational institutions, and independent consultants struggle to adopt an expensive eLearning solution. This is why I created the following list with the Top 10 Free and Open Source eLearning projects for 2012 that will help you implement a low cost eLearning solutions => Please leave a comment if you would like me to include another Free or Open Source eLearning project that needs to be mentioned!

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 25, 2011

I have really enjoyed following the recent argy bargy between Larry Sanger and Steve Wheeler. From a learning practitioner’s point of view, it raises issues of pedagogy, instructional design, and perhaps even epistemology. Having said that, I think it all boils down to the novice-expert principle. As a novice, you don’t know what you don’t know.

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eLearning Brothers

DECEMBER 29, 2011

I recently read a great blog post by Articulates Tom Kuhlmann, titled Here’s Why Slide Count is Irrelevant to Your E-Learning Course. In the post he mentions the following key points: Screen count does not matter to the elearner…what matters, is the interaction built into the course. Do not auto-advance the slides in your course. Some people are fast readers, some are not, and some want to review the slide information before progressing through the course.

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OpenSesame

DECEMBER 30, 2011

'In honor of the approaching year-end, here are my top resources of 2011: Sites, articles or resources I visited over and over again, sent to colleagues, memorized or otherwise relied upon, in no particular order.

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Mindflash

DECEMBER 28, 2011

With a new year comes a look back at what went right and what didn’t go so right in 2011. Over the past 12 months we learned that over 50 percent of our employees said that if the economy were better, they’d change jobs. That speaks volumes about our workplace and how we manage. What seems to be at the center of this issue is a disconnect between what employees do for work (not necessarily aligned with their talents or interests, so they don’t always feel capable or competent at their job) and a

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Throughout my book The New Learning Architect I take time out to look at real-life examples of learning architects in action. In this final profile, w e look at the work of a learning architect who has worked within what is very much a top-down learning environment and on a very large scale. Dick’s work at learndirect helped to ensure 2.8 million people across the UK were able to make a start on their learning journey.

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Rapid eLearning

DECEMBER 27, 2011

It’s that time of year to share gifts, so here’s an elearning template that you’re free to use as you wish. It’s inspired by a Christmas tree with the green background and colored bulbs. The template comes with a few layouts and they’re easy enough to modify, which you’ll see in the tutorials. I see the color bulbs as a way to feature different sections.

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LearningGuild

DECEMBER 29, 2011

In 2012, without a learning strategy (whether for their organizations or for themselves) and without. a development strategy, professionals in the learning business (training, education, or what-have- you) will be seriously challenged by the most fundamental decisions. The key to strategy is context.

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mLearning Trends

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Here on the last day of the year, I offer my predications for the big and shaping trends we’ll see in the enterprise mobile learning space for 2012. As in the past, this year’s list includes predictions across a gamut of new technologies, consumer/buyer trends plus a few anticipated seismic shifts in the world of business that should collectively reshape the landscape for the adoption and accelerated growth of mobile learning for businesses.

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Mindflash

DECEMBER 27, 2011

How many binders do you have on your bookshelf? A lot, right? Just about everyone has taken a training class and been given a training binder, taken it back to their desk, and never opened it again. It’s crazy. So many people have have all these training binders on their desks just collecting dust. So why do instructional designers continue creating manuals that never get used except during class?

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 25, 2011

I was fortunate this year to be invited to speak at major events in some of the most beautiful cities in the world. Although I hate the travel, I have to admit that when I am in such places, and while I am meeting such brilliant and inspirational people, I am in my element. Here is the first part of my end of year retrospective on the top ten (actually eleven) places I visited in 2011, and the great people I met.

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LearningGuild

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Did you go to DevLearn this year? If so, did you visit every Expo exhibit to see the latest and. greatest tools and services? If not, then you’ll want to read Joe Ganci’s column this month. He. checked out the expo hall thoroughly and asked the exhibitors a lot of questions, some of which. made the exhibitors uncomfortable. Read Joe’s take on what he saw and heard.

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The Learning Circuits

DECEMBER 30, 2011

TechKnowledge is less than a month away, and I can’t wait! This is going to sound a little doe-eyed, but last year’s event was no less than transformative for me; I presented at a major industry conference for the first time and met a slew of incredible people who have continued to be amazing resources over the past year. Some of that happened through serving on the planning committee for the 2012 event.

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Mindflash

DECEMBER 29, 2011

The end of the year is a good time to look ahead and make plans and resolutions to improve in the year to come. But the run-up to New Year’s Day isn’t all about optimism and positive change. It’s also a time to look back and shake your head in disbelief over the foolish mistakes of the previous 12 months. From worst CEO mistakes to worst movies , at this time of year the Internet is peppered not only with happy memories but also with recollections of incredible, head-slapping stupidity.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Continuing my review of the year, here are my top five places for 2011. 5. Mombasa, Kenya. As a part of the International Federation for Information Processing event calendar (IFIP Education Committee) I was invited to keynote a conference in Mombasa in August. I have heard so much about Kenya, but had never been to East Africa before this excursion.

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LearningGuild

DECEMBER 28, 2011

We welcome Judy Unrein's column, Well Read, to Learning Solutions Magazine! To be a successful instructional designer takes broad knowledge of design principles and business concepts that go beyond our narrow field of practice. Each month, Judy will review a book that should be on your shelf or in your eReader. She starts this month with an exploration of creativity!

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Wonderful Brain

DECEMBER 28, 2011

I’m the owner and managing director of Wonderful Brain LLC. We offer custom learning solutions, knowledge & content management and program/project professional services with enthusiastic leadership to drive or support business strategies resulting in compelling user experiences, people performance, and major profitability. via Delivering in the 3.0 World.

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