Upside Learning

AUGUST 31, 2010

John Hegel lll and John Seely Brown have written an article titled ‘ Six Fundamental Shifts in the Way We Work ’ on HBR blog. The article summarizes the ideas from their new book – The Power of Pull. The six shifts they talk about: The Red Queen was optimistic – The red queen in Through the Looking-Glass said – “It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.&# However as it turns out we are running ever faster but still losing ground.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

by AJ George I was ecstatic to trade in my archaic Palm 700 for a sexy new HTC Evo. I was even more excited when a friend of mine pointed out that my new toy had a kickstand (HOW HAD I NOT NOTICED THAT?!). My enthusiasm, however, was a bit dampened when I realized I'd traded in an old clunker (one that could barely hold a charge) for a shiny new speed monster--that still couldn't hold a charge.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 30, 2010

A lot of people write to me asking for advice on how to break into the ID field or where to go get themselves a fancy graduate ID degree. As a non-formally schooled ID, I can’t really help with this last question other than some vague direction. (For part one of the question – well…I’ll come back to that another day). So – to those of you who do have a degree or a certificate would you be willing to tell us your story?

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 30, 2010

As schools adapt to new technologies and hardware and software, curriculum changes need to reflect more than just the inclusion of technology; changes needs to impact methodology, approach and instructional activities. Yet, even today, instructional methodologies are heavily influenced by the instructional models and cultural influences of teachers and administrators, not the students.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

I stumbled across an interesting paper linked to in a post by Karl Kapp. The paper describes a Professor of Reading’s teachers experience and learning from playing digital games and describes some of the learning principles good games incorporate. Two that he describes I found particularly interesting, the first about Interaction, where he mentions “ Games do talk back.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 31, 2010

by Kevin Siegel. In the past, if you created an eLearning quiz and needed to track the results, your only option was to use a Learning Management System (LMS). Adobe Captivate 5 offers an alternate reporting option to using an LMS: you can create a free account on Acrobat.com, and set the reporting preferences in a Captivate project so that the quiz results are uploaded to Acrobat.com.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

There is research evidence to indicate that informal language in an e-learning module is more effective than formal language. In Ruth Clark's book " e-Learning and the Science of Instruction " she discussed a study by Moreno and Mayer, 2000 that compared a formally worded course with one that was more informally worded. In the study students who learned with text that was more informal and personal (for example, used the word "you" or "I") produced 20% to 46% more solutions to a transfer problem

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Upside Learning

AUGUST 30, 2010

Some days ago, I wrote about some basic design principles pertinent to the presentation of information. Taking that forward, this post specifically addresses the issue of ‘ Usability ’. In eLearning, usability is simply about designing interfaces to the content that learners find convenient and practical to use. The courseware we design need to be logical, intuitive, and clear to the learners who take the course.

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Making Change

AUGUST 30, 2010

I’ve been tweeting a daily idea to spark your instructional design creativity. To get your daily ID idea, follow me on Twitter. (I don’t say much!). Some recent tweets in the series: Ask your SME, “What are the 3 most common mistakes people make?&# Turn them into branching scenarios. Using a story? What challenge is your character facing?

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 30, 2010

In all the excitement about empowering learners by providing rich information and social environments, it’s too easy to think that “if you build it, they will learn&#. Yet the evidence is to the contrary. While there are numerous components, including a culture that tolerates diversity and doesn’t punish honest mistakes, one that is easy to neglect the actual learning skills of employees.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Tween's playing a video game. Most of them do on a regular basis. In 2007, when children's marketing research firm KidSay asked boys what virtual worlds or online games they had visited in the past two weeks, 35 percent of boys aged 8 to 11 replied "none." In 2010, when M2 Research asked a similar question, they found 91 percent of boys and 93 percent of girls aged 8-11 are playing games online on a regular basis.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

We’ve recently been delivering simple content just-in-time for access through the websites that are designed to run on mobile devices. It was easier said than done, here are some lessons we picked up along the way. 1. Focus On A Few – We all want our sites to work perfectly across the whole range of browsers and the multitude of devices that may access it and seek information.

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Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 31, 2010

By Shelley A. Gable. In listing the benefits of eLearning, training folks often cite its flexibility – it’s available on-demand, allows learners to progress at their own pace, is easily deployed to a geographically dispersed audience, etc. eLearning’s flexibility can be especially handy when it’s included as part of a blended learning approach. Below are a few ways I’ve seen eLearning used to complement other delivery methods in projects I’ve worked on. -1- Pre-work for instructor-led training.

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Clark Quinn

AUGUST 31, 2010

On our weekly twitter learning fest, #lrnchat , I regularly identify myself as a learning experience design strategist. I don’t always assume people know what that means, but for that audience I figure they can infer what it means. However, I think the idea is worth exploring, because increasingly I think that not only is that what I do, but it also is important.

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Kapp Notes

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

James Paul Gee, who writes prolifically about video games for learning, has a paper out titled Good Video Games and Good Learning. You should check it out yourself but here are a few points from the 14 he lists in the article related to the learning principles good games incorporate. Solving a puzzle in Uncharted 2 (great game, contains all elements listed below) Identity – no deep learning takes place unless an extended commitment of self is made for the long haul.

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Upside Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

In continuation to our series of monthly roundup posts, here is a collection of our top 10 posts for August, each accompanied by a quick brief. 1. Creating Successful m-Learning Strategy – Part 3. Third and final post of the series on creating successful m-learning strategy, based on the mLearnCon workshop, this post discusses about the tools and techniques used for developing mLearning courses. 2.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 31, 2010

I’ve recently been working with Sameer Bhatia the CEO of ProProfs as I was going through an evaluation of various online tools that support easy, fast, low-cost testing and quiz tools. He helped me pull together the following evaluation of a few different solutions: ClassMarker Quia ProProfs Google Docs Forms Creator, and Quibblo. Evaluation Criteria For the specific need I was looking at, I was looking for the following out of a solution: Cost : Is the tool free or very-low cost to use?

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Is fun a waste of time in online learning? ID Live this week with co-hosts: Joni Dunlap (University of Colorado, Denver); Robert Squires (University of Montana); Mary Engstrom (University of Montana); Cammy Bean (Kineo) The use of the word fun is dangerous in education – people perceive it’s about entertainment and not learning. We can replace fun with compelling, engaging, sticky.

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Clark Quinn

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

What is a friend? Seems a simple enough question, but in this age of FaceBook, Twitter, and all the rest, the word itself is getting a lot of use. Use that some people say is not appropriate. I got started thinking down this line a couple of weeks ago when I heard a reporter on NPR refer to a group of people as “ friends, loosely “ I forget the exact context, but basically it was a face-to-face gathering of people from around the country who only “knew&# (the reporter’s q

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 31, 2010

The short definition of Metacognition is "Thinking about Thinking." Here are some more definitions from a variety of sources. What people know about how (their own) cognitive processes operate is termed metacognition (cognition about cognitive processes). Acquiring knowledge about how to think might well affect how one thinks which will affect how one performs on cognitive tasks (Brown & DeLoache, 1978) as written in the book Cognitive Processes by Bourne, Dominowski, Loftus and Healy, 1979)

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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

If you’re like me, you appreciate seeing someone else’s “top list” for a topic of interest. It helps me sort through the thousands of blogs that I don’t have time to read. Mike Myatt gives us some help on the topic of leadership with his list of Top leadership blogs. Although numbered here, Myatt listed these in no particular order. N2growth Blog.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

As I reach for my iPhone first thing in the morning to check my email, or see what’s happening on Twitter while I’m pushing a kid on the swing I’ve also been thinking about the rush of dopamine we must all get when we get a new email, twitter @ reply, blog comment, etc. Oh the thrill! Oh the excitement! Oh the addiction! How do you cope? How do you manage to disconnect and maintain a semblance of balance?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

by Jennie Ruby. Most editors and style guides recommend introducing an acronym by placing the acronym in parentheses after the first use of the spelled-out term or name like this: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus (UMBC). That is pretty standard. But there are unusual circumstances when introducing the acronym might not work. One of those times is when the name is a possessive: The conference is being held at University of Maryland Baltimore Campus's (UMBC's) main hall.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 30, 2010

Swimming against the tide is a dangerous pastime, whether it be real or metaphorical. That’s a lesson I’m sure Aneel Karnani learned earlier this month when he argued The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility in The Wall Street Journal and the MIT Sloan Management Review. How dare this associate professor challenge the weight of public opinion!

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eLearning Cyclops

AUGUST 29, 2010

Last Thursday, #lrnchat's topic was "book talk" and question five was great fun. The question posed was "What are book titles you hope never to see?" Here is a list of just some of the responses. They are not just very amusing, they are also a great reflection on so much of what we should avoid, or at least rethink, in our industry. Dave_Ferguson : “I Can Haz Smarts: Lolcats Guyd to Learnin Stylz” JaneBozarth : "More Levels for Evaluation by Autopsy" sillym0nkey : Rapid Oganizational Change kel

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 30, 2010

Your course goes live and you’re done right? Wrong…there are always changes and updates. I really don’t like spending tons of time “maintaining&# course content. How can course updates be minimized? Here are some ideas: Speak in the Now – If you’re creating a course for something that will happen in the future why not talk about it as though it has already happened?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You can write step-by-step instructions like a pro, but now you have been asked to create voice-over narratives for e-Learning scripts. Suddenly you must break out of the concise and factual focus of instructional writing and create text that engages and motivates the learner.   In this interactive half-day class you will learn to define the appropriate voice and tone for a narrative text and take specific steps to create the engaging and personable writing style that voice-over narratives

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TechSmith Camtasia

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

We've been counting down the days. Tomorrow, September 2nd is the big day! We're going to be live with TechSmith's new web show, The Forge. We've been calling it. "The Forge Day"! We're hoping that tomorrows episode will provide you with great information all about screencasting. Specifically we're going to be talking with Jon Udell. Did you know that Jon has been screencasting for a long time.

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