Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

'As an instructional designer, I often need to estimate the time it will take to complete a project. One tool I use for determining my estimates is records of how long past projects have taken. Having everything together in a spreadsheet also simplifies my invoicing to clients. In addition, I track non-billable time. That’s primarily for my own interest; I want to see how long I spend on administrative tasks like invoicing as well as networking and marketing tasks.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

'The eLearningGuild recently released a great resource “158 Tips on mLearning: From Planning to Implementation” Very interestingly, in the introduction Chris Benz says – the big question last year was “Should we do mLearning?” The question this year is “How should we do mLearning?” It’s a fantastic change – one that we’ve been looking forward […].

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Making Change

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

'“You’re setting them up to fail!” You’ve probably heard this if you’ve proposed starting with an activity instead of first providing instruction. “Everyone knows” that people should be carefully shown how to do something and only then allowed to practice doing it. If you just throw them in the deep end, frustration and cognitive overload and squashed self-esteem will supposedly inhibit their learning.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

'Today there are a countless number of tips and tricks when it comes to effective online course design, that it can become confusing where to start. These theories can range from actionable steps to philosophical diatribes, both of which provide their use, but equally are confusing as to where to begin. Enter the “Guide to Online Course Design” infographic by MindFlash.

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Raptivity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

'One of the issues I’ve always had with online learning is programming a question to have some type of interaction when the student does not initially answer the question correctly the first time. Most tools provide multiple ways to provide [.].

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KnowledgeStar

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

'While at one time, I was only looking forward to my retirement, I now am looking forward to the new and exciting year ahead. Technology has made me feel young again, as the boredom and tedium of the mimeo machine is gone, and in its place is a whole new world!

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

'My wife and I are studying Foundations of Business Strategy together. And by “studying”, I mean we are watching the videos – which are excellent, by the way. My wife is a marketing professional, while I’ve been in the corporate sector for most of my working life, so we find ourselves regularly pausing the videos and launching into conversation about what was said.

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Raptivity

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

'Well, I’m sure you are all curious to know what I have for you today? In this post we will unveil an interesting fact about adding images to Raptivity interactions. Few days back I was just chatting with Raptivity’s Support [.].

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Association eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

'The following is a guest post from Tom Morrison , an association CEO, professional speaker and recipient of The Florida Society of Association Executives’ Association Executive Member of the Year Award for 2012. He is passionate about helping associations achieve true transformation for the future and build a REVOLUTION! Over the last six years, if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s all content, if relevant, can be repurposed for new use.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

'What should be a manager’s role in employee learning? This is the question I will be answering in an ASTD-sponsored webcast on September 24, 2013 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. . In answering this question, the first thing managers have to understand is that continuous learning is the modus operandi for all high performance organizations.

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Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

'On Monday 16th September I was invited to present at a small workshop at the GREATLX International Conference on Games and TEL, in Lisbon, Portugal. Here are the slides I used – they include some small pieces of text to explain them. Links to some of the references are shown below The Social [.].

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

'by Kevin Siegel. If you have recorded a software demonstration using Adobe Captivate, you have likely run across the issue of the dreaded "jittery mouse." Here's the scenario: you are working on a project with several slides. On slide 5 , the mouse is moving from point A to point B. On slide 6 , the mouse has clearly gotten to point B.

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Web Courseworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

'Advice from Rumsfeld’s Rules E-Learning Managers and Leaders: What’s the difference? A high-level leader, like a CEO, focuses on overall strategies for their organization. This may include promoting a particular type of work culture, strategic planning, implementing evaluation and setting the tone for the organization through policy. A manager is a type of leader that, […].

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eLearning Brothers

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

'Instructional Designers have the ability to make awesome eLearning games, they just don’t know it yet. Here are 10 simple eLearning game ideas that even non-programmer eLearning Designers can implement into their course design: Put Some Skin in the Game: Before the learner does anything, tell them what they’re about to do and ask them to “lock in” a guess as to how many they think they can identify, answer, pass, spot, etc.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

'Sometimes when you are creating an elearning course there is a need to translate it into another language. I can recall working on an international elearning project where we were required to translate the content from English to Chinese. Naturally, this comes with challenges – especially if you don’t speak the translated language. Besides the obvious challenge of translating the content, you also have to consider social implications of different cultures.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

'by AJ Walther. Picking the best possible font set can be an elusive task for even the most seasoned of designers. So if you have the design prowess of a vacuum cleaner, the task may seem insurmountable. Never fear, I'm here to help. Think of Your End-product. Are you designing for print or for on-screen viewing? Are you designing for people who will view your design from large, high-resolution monitors?

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Living in Learning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

'Adoption of a new system is very similar to the process of building competency; in fact, the same methodology accomplishes both – Embedded Performer Support [EPS]. Competency in the use of a business application implies end-users [Performers] are equipped to execute tasks flawlessly; whereas, Adoption implies end-users exercise their competency willingly and consistently.

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Knowledge Guru

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

'The Knowledge Guru team is obviously very interested in the future of game based learning, and right now that future is bright. But not everyone is as informed about the industry. We are setting out to change that. We’re on a mission to educate the Instructional Design community and the decision makers in Training and Development about game based learning and its true potential.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

'Today there are a countless number of business and service providers in the learning industry who claim that they can do it all – but is that really provide the customer with inherent value? Be it instructional designers, LMS providers, consulting firms, or what have you – it is always best to do business with a specialist. The old adage, “you get what for you pay for” is never more true in these instances.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

'Last night I did a presentation for the San Diego chapter of ISPI titled ‘making sparks fly’ I used that concept to talk about a couple of my favorite topics: deeper instructional design, and social learning. In the former, it’s about two things: getting the real cognitive underpinning right, and the emotional content, both integrated in a natural and elegant way.

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Ontuitive

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

'In this podcast (19:13) , Bob Mosher discusses with Laura Overton the results of a recent study, done by Towards Maturity, that Benchmarked L&D Leaders. Some of the stats you will hear are shocking.

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Torrance Learning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

At a recent conference session on using Agile project methods for elearning (what we call LLAMA) , an interesting question came up. I’ll paraphrase. “Doesn’t the project team think this is just incredibly controlling?”. Uh, no… “Really? I tried to do something very much like this and nobody liked it. They said I was controlling every minute of their lives with these very small tasks and time estimates on everything and checking in all the time.

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LearnDash

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

'One promise we make to you as our customer is that we will continue to add to the LearnDash WordPress LMS plugin’s functionality based on your feedback. Besides, the way we see it, this is your product and we want it to be applicable for your situations. To keep this promise, we gather your suggestions from our forums, help desk, and through phone conversations.

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eLearning Brothers

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

'Most people using Articulate Storyline tend to stick with simple triggers and timeline animations. This webinar session below will give you an introduction to designing in Storyline, specifically showing you how to build an interactive, awesome-looking game or interaction using nothing but Articulate Storyline. You’ll also learn how to use variables, triggers, and interactions for building a game that pushes Storyline to the max.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

'Same great company. Same great dots. Now in a rainbow of colors. Stay tuned for more developments on the Kineo site.

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Moodle Journal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

'Following my rounds of staff meetings before the end of summer term last, I have this week started to get the training for elearning underway. I have managed to get a good number if staff from just all curriculum area’s to sign up for a session, the first of which ran this week. If you have been following this blog then you will know that the strategy focuses upon three principle ingredients of delivery framework, content and assessment.

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eFront

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

'What humble beginnings begot the massive explosion of online schooling? How did online schooling evolve into what it is today? Recently we wrote about the history of elearning on our blog (evidence suggests that early forms of elearning existed as far back as the 19 th century!) and in this post we explore the evolution of online schooling with a cool infographic.

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

'Guest post by high school math teacher, Lisa Light ( Follow @MrsLisaLight ). Over a year ago, I began researching and then implementing the Flipped Classroom in my Algebra 1 class and I haven’t looked back since. As I’ve continued on my journey to make the most of my face-to-face time with my students, I’ve had the opportunity to join forces with a colleague in my own building.

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