Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. As an instructional designer/eLearning professional, what books are the essential tools in your reference library ? It's not really their fault that the 10 steps took me 21 posts on my blog (starting here ). 7:46 AM Dan said.

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Learning Visions

MAY 30, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Blogging is the new Graduate School Im not the only one getting an informal masters degree out here. In a guest post on the Brazen Careerist, Ryan Healy writes, "maybe blogging is the new graduate school."

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Learning Visions

APRIL 17, 2009

When shes trying to write a letter she doesnt know, I have to "dot it out" on paper for her so she can trace it herself. So I decided to develop an application which will help and also give some fun for kids to play, to learn and write their alphabet and words. This game matches that experience really well. $.99

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Learning Visions

MARCH 5, 2009

To do everything, including write a blog post. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design? Just go to the website and do it. Its just five minutes. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

APRIL 8, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Are you reading Ellen Wagners blog eLearning Roadtrip yet? Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Well you should be! Join Ellen on her roadtrip.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Many lessons learned. More just-in-time performance support tools; "hey, how do I do that?" Sidebar: This, Tony Karrer , is why schools still need to teach good writing. Likewise with writing. Yes, Im an English major who writes mostly text bullets instead of novels. Small scale, help demos.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 30, 2009

eLearning Art provides royalty free stock photos, images, and other assets to help you create some cool stuff in your own authoring tools. I was not paid or offered any favors to write this review, I just think it’s a cool service. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design?

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Learning Visions

JULY 7, 2009

Although I’ve been r eading Tom Kuhlman’s Rapid E-Learning Blog now for a couple of years, I’ve never actually designed (or for that matter, built) an Articulate course. At Kineo , we often work with our clients’ tools of choice. This is true for any tool. I’m such a n00b. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 21, 2008

Im writing financial industry software training course storyboard #10, in a series of 29 courses! Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design? I know I do. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 29, 2008

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Wills New Taxonomy for Learning Objectives Will Thalheimer , along with many other illustrious eLearning professionals, made some great points in the comments of Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objections. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design?

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, December 11, 2007 The Big Question This months big question from the Learning Circuits Blog: What did you learn about learning in 2007? Me: "Well, well have to write him a letter." The motivation?

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 10, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, August 10, 2007 31 Days: 8, 9 & 10 Day 8: Run an Advertising Audit on Your Blog. Obviously, thats not my focus so I took Micheles advice and tried to do something from Darens Get Your Blogging Groove Back series.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 14, 2009

Today we build courses which have specific learning objectives, tomorrow this same course could sit additional learning resources all of which together forms a learnin environment for an individual. Hope to continue blogging and learning from you!! Cammy can you point me to LearnScapes and some good blogs on ID.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 21, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. So, where are all the women in this so-called e-Learning blog-o-sphere? Are women not into e-Learning? Kathy Sierra at Creating Passionate Users kicks ass, but shes not writing about e-Learning. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2008

I cope by blogging about it. Wendy -- But I hardly have time to blog (whine, whine, whine). Wendy -- But I hardly have time to blog (whine, whine, whine). In the past, Ive cut it down significantly, and sent it back to the writer/author hoping theyll learn a leaner writing style. All of the above. Good luck!!!!

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 16, 2008

Dan Roddy recently shared a link to a great article on tips for writing in a more conversational tone. Photo credit: Learn to Knit by abbynormy Posted by Cammy Bean at 12:50 PM Labels: instructional design , knitting , writing 3comments: Janet Clarey said. So heres to me remembering something this time around. Good for you!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Day 18: Create a Sneeze Page and Propel Readers Deep Within Your Blog This task is about spreading germs. The goal of this task is to write a post that links back to some of your greatest hits, unearthing those old treasures from way back when. Ive been looking at which search terms come up as readers find their ways to this blog.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

I know of companies who only hire instructional designers and buy Rapid elearning tools and expect the ID to do it all themselves to reduce the cost and over head of hiring graphic designers as well. Here IDs sometimes work as technical writers and TW sometimes write courses to optimize the cost. The answer will be revealed.or

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Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

Marketing: I write the fact sheets. Proposal Writing: When the sales demo goes well, I write the proposal. Write all the design documents, project plans, change orders, etc. Product Vision: This is a key area where blogging has really helped me lately. How can I help our clients better use our tools?

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Ive gotten rusty in the practice of ID, although very adept in the research and learning part (and I can talk a pretty good game). Now that Ive been actually doing some writing, Im having to put it all to work. I like what he says about Learning Objectives : Dont List Em. So, whats been working for me? Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 22, 2007

One real problem is corporate fear of social networking tools. Update: Also be sure to check out this Facebook post over at the Read/Write Web that follows this same "study." sure to check out the Read/Write Web article that I posted a link to in this original post (as an update). I thought the comments were insightful.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

I stumbled across this on a writers blog today: "Officially, I’m now an Instructional Designer. A fancy term for writing training material." Blog link not provided to protect the innocent]. If all we do is write training material, then perhaps yes. I write and design self-paced eLearning for the corporate market.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 18, 2007

Now I see that you can publish a Google Doc right to my blog, so Im going to try that now. Not sure if it gives me any advantages over writing a blog entry in Blogger. Nor can you add tags when publishing to your blog. 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design? Always the issue.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 6, 2006

Thursday, April 06, 2006 Tardy to the Party I am extremely late to this party, but I am fascinated by the sociological implications of blogging: extreme community; loss of anonymity; anonymity; rampant voyeurism and exhibitionism; collaboration.There are a lot of much cooler people than me out there who have been blogging for a long time.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 9, 2007

Thursday, August 09, 2007 With Community Comes Great Responsibility In reflecting over the benefits of the first week or so of the 31 Days to Better Blogging Challenge , the biggest thing for me has been the overall boost in community. Ive been using a tool called co.mment. Its awesome. But with community comes great responsibility. (Im

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Little nuggets that stand out to me: George Siemens writes, in Connectivism: Learning Theory or Pastime of the Self-Amused?: Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design?

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Learning Visions

JULY 6, 2007

Now Ive left Word behind and am writing everything directly in the wiki. And theyre just so much more flexible than writing in Word, particularly when you want to embed multimedia, etc. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? It just sort of flows that way.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Mark writes, "You wanna know what a PLE is? I said a similar thing in a comment on Tony Karrers blog the other day: Isnt the main tool of the PLE our very own little brains? Tony came back talking about all the tools he uses as an extension of his brain. But as Mark points out, thats different from "learning."

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Learning Visions

JUNE 12, 2007

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environmental World Tony Karrer asked in the comments on my PLE post yesterday , Im curious if you distinguish your learning environment (tools, skills, etc.) from your work environment (tools, skills) in any significant way (especially in the context of tacit work)?

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Learning Visions

JULY 11, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, July 11, 2007 My 100th Post In honor of my 39th birthday (which is today), I write my 100th post (which seems improbable). Blogging friends sent me birthday messages via FB today. Congrats on getting to 100 posts!

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

Being a part of the Building a Better Blog community has given me that same thrill. Posted by Cammy Bean at 9:39 AM Labels: bb31days , Blogging , community 3comments: Cathy Moore said. Ive been meaning to write about this for awhile and took that picture on my cell phone a week or two ago in preparation. What a great story.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 6, 2007

tools to create a new hire experience Built using the Confluence Enterprise Wiki platform Brandon said they were “corrupting the real idea of a wiki&#. Not truly a collaborative learning platform. &# To get to the game, click on the PLAY icon on the home page, or just go there right now. Publicly available training program.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 15, 2008

12:28 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Cammy Bean Greater Boston, MA, United States View my complete profile About This Blog Subscribe in a reader Subscribe via email Are you an Instructional Designer? 2 ► January (14) Learning Visions Has Moved What Is Instructional Design?

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Monday, September 17, 2007 31 Days: Days 26, 27, 28 Im cleaning house and trying to to finish up with the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Challenge. Join us at the Building a Better Blog Ning Group. For those of you who are new to my blog, the 31 Days Challenge was started by Darren Rowse of ProBlogger. So why do you blog?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, January 25, 2008 Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objectives My recent post on alternatives to listing out learning objectives generated a lot of interest and a good conversation. ( 2:05 PM Clark said.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. With the rise of rapid eLearning tools and the ease with which virtually anyone can now create a course, whats changing for the instructional designer? SMEs using rapid eLearning tools)? Clive Shepherd thinks so. Curry said.

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Learning objectives clarify exactly what it is youre trying to teach. But I find them painfully boring to read and to write. Ray Sims has written a great summary on Writing Learning Objectives , with citations to some good resources, including Vicki Heaths post Learning Objectives: Writing Learning Outcomes So They Matter.

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