eLearning Brothers

MARCH 29, 2016

For instance, on a past project, a client told me to forego the course objectives. How could we assess the effectiveness of the course without objectives? Instructional designers and eLearning developers know the importance of learning objectives. I was baffled and confused.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Effective design using PPT as a tool. Organize: outlines headings graphics structure text (compare/contrast, cause/effect, classification order/sequence) Integrate: illustrations with captions animation with narration worked-out examples elaborative questions Take all of the info and make better sense of it for the learner. We have it.

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Challenge to Learn

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

This had two effects: People will think twice before publishing something incorrect. SME’s do not have any didactical knowledge and therefore they cannot create effective e-Learning. First we have built in a simple didactical concept: Start with learning objectives. We are developing an online coach.

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Learning Visions

MAY 15, 2007

Nice synthesis of many of the conversations that have been floating around about the role of SMEs and all these great content creation tools that empower non-programmers to create e-Learning, including this one here which had a good comment thread. Clives wiki is really evolving nicely. Can I, um, have your attention, please?

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Rapid eLearning Wiki Cognitive Moodle 100

Web Courseworks

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Design approaches for course conversion range from providing recorded webinar/ webcast series to purist academic approaches following formulas like William Horton’s Absorb—Do—Connect methodology to even more complex evaluation-driven design using a Quality Matters rubric. Bill Winfield teaches an online course on online course design.

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Learning Visions

MAY 21, 2007

A Critique of Learning Styles American Educator (Fall 1999) American Federation of Teachers. The reason researchers roll their eyes at learning styles is the utter failure to find that assessing childrens learning and matching to instructional methods has any effect on their learning." For the moment.

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Learning Styles Wiki Cognitive Rapid eLearning 186

Continu

APRIL 19, 2019

Training materials are one of the core pieces of your training program—if they’re not compelling and useful, your training is going to lose effectiveness. Start With Your Learning Objective. When possible, your learning objectives should answer these questions: Who will be learning the material?

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Learning Visions

JULY 24, 2007

The company you surround yourself with may be shallow, but their effects upon your reality are tremendously deep. eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B.

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Learning Visions

JULY 10, 2007

Surveys -- Steve had four different survey questions to kick things off in an interactive way: What will you be doing during this webinar? This is true of all synchronous learning -- presenters have to keep people focused. The wiki is open and free (thus the ads on the side). oops here is wiki [link] 2:55 PM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 9, 2009

Jan 23rd on Myths Question of the Week How has the economy affected your Learning Unit? responses in parens below) Hit us Hard (18%) Hurt a Little (50%) Not much effect (32?) Correct answer (to question above): #3 If provide learning objective to learner, they will focus more on that material. Next event: Fri.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Bottom line on smile sheets: Favorable returns on smile sheets have little correlation with the overall value of the learning experience. Dr. Thalheimer talked about ways hes been trying to make smile sheets more effective so that they can be used to tell us something valuable about the learning experience.

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eFront

DECEMBER 5, 2010

These two facts make communication and common understanding of e-Learning issues hard to follow. It is important that e-Learning professionals, researchers, experts, and learners have a common basis in order to communicate effectively. Therefore, I have created the following list of e-learning glossaries.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Learning News Microsoft just released Semblio , a new authoring tool Skype 4.0 much better video) Question of the Week -- Economy How has economy affected your Learning Unit? Hit Us Hard 31% Hurt A Little 33% Not Much Effect 33% Helped Us 3% (Is "it hasnt hurt us yet, but Im nervous" an answer?) In a six sigma cycle.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 15, 2007

Tom says, (By instructional design, I mean a design model that typically prescribes elements such as learning objectives, presentation of information, practice with feedback, and evaluation that ties back to the objectives. Theres nothing in ADDIE about learning objects or the presentation of information.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 16, 2008

Ive forgotten most everything I learned the last knitting go-around. As I was struggling to figure out once more how to purl, I thought about the spacing effect and forgetting. These two resources came to mind: For more on the spacing effect, be sure to read this 2006 article by Lars Hyland: Less Learning More Often.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 15, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, March 15, 2007 Learning Mate Demo Im in search of good examples of cheap but effective e-Learning in the vein of the 21st century designer (web 2.0, Moodle in 2010 Kineo Insights Webinar: Challenges and Best Practi.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Lessons in Learning, e-Learning, and Training: Perspectives and Guidance for the Enlightened Trainer and Designing World-Class E-Learning : How IBM, GE, Harvard Business School, And Columbia University Are Succeeding At E-Learning These have been very valuable to me in the way I think about how and where elearning can be most effective.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2008

In the past, Ive cut it down significantly, and sent it back to the writer/author hoping theyll learn a leaner writing style. Ive also tried to argue with clients about what makes effective learning. Dont just give in every time, learn, plan, and try to prevent it in the future 7:08 PM Tony Karrer said.

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Vignettes Learning

JANUARY 12, 2012

Classrooms, learning objectives, curriculum, slideshows, games and exercises are common tools that we use to control learners. Face-to-face, eLearning or webinar, this vignette is a sure way to push your learners to the EDGE. Rethink how to modify, discard or reject, replace and invent new tools.

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Breakthrough eLearning

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Many of the projects that we have worked on lately have been less about creating online courses, and more about creating the means for individuals to learn collaboratively (e.g. learning communities, wikis, etc.), and to learn at the point of need (e.g.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2009

Question of the Week -- Economy How has the economy affected your learning unit? 9% Hit us Hard 47% Hurt a little 41% Not much effect 3% Helped us MYTHS the Business Side Has about Learning Client asked him to develop a course for business side. To help improve on-the-job learning. Stay tuned for topic.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 7, 2007

eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Check it out.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 16, 2007

this clearly effects how we should all be designing and building courses now. eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 4, 2007

It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form. But it is not effective to speak the same words that are written, because it is putting too much load on the mind and decreases your ability to understand what is being presented." It should be ditched." "It

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Were no longer talking about designing "courses"; instead we need to talk about helping companies design different strategies (and using games, blogs, wikis, instant messaging -- the gamers learning tools), about crafting a strategic approach to learning and performance support throughout an organization. Labels are just labels.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

See Christy Tuckers musings on this topic: Does Learning Grow or is it Built? As I sift through this weeks reading assignments, Im trying to pick out how this learning theory effects my work as a creator (an instructional designer) of self-paced eLearning experiences for the corporate market.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 19, 2007

Whos really used music in e-Learning to good effect? I think my resistance to using music in courses may have something to do with the notion of music not being taken seriously in a learning environment. Similar to that whole corporate resistance to games -- excuse me, I meant to say "immersive learning simulations".

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Learning Visions

APRIL 18, 2007

While they recognize that some of this info is useful for understanding ways to effectively present information, ".the eLearning Guild’s 2010 Salary Report ID Live with John Graves ► April (5) Audio Interview with Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate Book Review: Love is the Killer App Kineo Insights Webinar: Aligning eLearning with B.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 23, 2007

They provide some fabulous (free) resources to the e-Learning community and have just been nominated the "Best New Kids on the Block" by the Brighton and Hove Business Awards. Although its geared towards "rapid e-Learning" efforts, these guidelines can be applied to any type of training. This months newsletter is no exception.

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Convergence Training

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Click the links below to learn more about how we can help you. Learning Management Systems. Download our FREE Guide to Writing Learning Objectives. It’s always nice if an LMS has an effective way of notifying employees of key training events. Evaluating Online Safety Training Solutions (recorded webinar).

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Compliance Training LMS Compliance Blended Learning 51

Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

A rubric is a statement describing the quality of the learning outcome, or rather a way to evaluate the effectives of the teaching experience and the students comprehension or mastery. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Can I, um, have your attention, please?

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Learning Visions

APRIL 5, 2007

I also stumbled on this interview by Karl Kapp with Jane Bozarth over at e-Learning guru.com that had some good nuggets on basic instructional design and using low cost tools (like PowerPoint) to build effective e-Learning. Ive always pooh-poohed PowerPoint as an e-Learning tool.but its all in how you look at, I suppose.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 14, 2008

Things might get a bit silly with all that snapping, but I bet its effective. How could you do that in an e-learning experience? Online courses provide ample opportunities to creatively and repeatedly introduce learners to concepts through the subtle, yet effective, use of graphics and/or audio. 8:34 AM Cammy Bean said.

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Learning Visions

JULY 31, 2009

I understand what you are saying - but if you give it some thought, the learning resource is not 'consumed' in the same way as most commercial commodities. For it to be successful, it has to satisfy the criterion of 'learning' as well as all the other niceties of commercial goods: functionality, cost effectiveness, design etc.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

I agree to the higher end of that range, and if so, then is that the percent of communication lost in online learning communities. Or is it substituted by other tools (how effective?)(web How simple and effective is that eyebrow raise? And how effective is that substitution? web cam or emoticons)? 8:37 AM Eric W said.

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Learning Visions

MAY 9, 2007

This allows the learner to be more flexible in her understanding of the material, so that she can effectively apply it to concepts in the real world (knowledge transfer). Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des. Moodle in 2010 Kineo Insights Webinar: Challenges and Best Practi.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 26, 2007

More nuggets: Retrieval practice Space the learning experiences Make learning as realistic as possible -- in context/on the job Dont cover too much material Dont forget about performance support Provide for more authentic practice -- practice & decision making in context (simulations!) Spacing Effect -- space our learning over time.

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