I was very excited to find that my "Opportunity Knocks" question from 10/14/08 (see below) was the basis for The Big Question for November on Network Feedback on the Learning Circuits Blog? Thanks for the mention, Tony! I'll be watching the replies to this month's question very closely.

The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for October is about E-Learning, specifically: What advice would you give to someone new to the field (of E-Learning). Where do you start? Particular tools you should explore? Resources you should read? Videos/screencasts you should watch? What would your To Learn List look like? I’m a current grad student in the Instructional Systems program at Florida State University . I can’t bash my program, because it’s great. I also create E-Learning as a technical course developer at EMC . My list will ...

The ASTD Big question this month is What did you learn about learning in 2007? I learn so much all the time from ... learned first hand the exponential power of the social network of the web. My blog book tour was a huge success for me both emotionally and from a sales perspective. See Recap of Blog Book Tour for Gadgets, Games and Gizmos . What really amazed me was how far the blog book tour travelled. We had a number of people join the tour, write about the tour and ... learning when I taught a class this summer using blogs, wikis, YouTube and other tools that required the students to ...

First, can Tony Karrer make me feel any more like I don't do enough? Geez. His blog wins an EduBlog award last year and so what does he do? Starts another really good at Work Literacy . Thanks a lot Tony. ;-) But seriously.... This month's Big Question from the Learning Circuits Blog asks, given the advent of all the 2.0 stuff: Should workplace learning professionals be leading the charge around these new work literacies? Shouldn't they be starting with ... ? Great question. Totally unfair but great question. Why unfair? Let's look at Tony's background - a top engineeer, ...

This month's ASTD Big Question on the Learning Circuit's Blog is about Social Networking and finding help and expertise if you have a question or a concern for which you need input and/or advice. The basic question is " If you need input from people, where's the best place to ask?" But, then the question breaks into sub-questions. -How to reach out and find expertise -How to use Social Media to Find Answers to Questions -How to Learn through Conversation And then ... Blog posting Network Feedback . The assumption seems to be that there is one "best" place for asking a question.

The Learning Circuit's Blog question for this month is " ILT and Off-The-Shelf Vendors, What Should they Do ?" I am going to answer that question by recanting a story from Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning . In high school, I literally had a lesson on how to fold a map. The lesson was part of a six week class on how to read and use maps. I vividly remember the lesson because it confounded me how re-folding a simple piece of paper could be so darn frustrating. I always had the last flap inside out. Instead of the nice map cover, I had an obscure piece of Pennsylvania highway ...

The Learning Circuit Blog’s Big Question for November is all about Network Feedback, specifically if you need ... information you need, when you need it. He posed the following questions: Where to go in what cases? What works and ... get help ahead of time? Are there places you can go if you are relatively new and needing to ask questions? At EMC ... special cases can’t be handled by a script). So I posed the question on EMC ONE and in Yammer. I was hoping some ... resolution in EMC ONE, because I would imagine this question will come up again. Here are my answers to some of ...

This month's ASTD Big Question is, again, a series of questions. Apparently one BIG question is not enough for the learning and development community. We aim to exceed expectations. If you have a to-learn list and are willing to share, and willing to share how you work with that list, that would likely be helpful information. I constantly have a "to-learn" list. Some of the items are necessary and some are "pie-in-the-sky." I tend to have two methods of working on ... they different than undirected learning through work, blogging, conferences, etc.? I don't totally agree that ...

This month's ASTD Big Question relates to a person who graduated from a theory-only program in Instructional Design and was not provided with the experience of actually creating instruction using any of the latest tools. So the question is: What advice would you give to someone who has no experience with e-learning development tools? Where do you ... your "To Learn List" look like? Holding myself back, I will calmly answer the question as per Tony's request to not ... Masters Student. Any one who is interested can leave a note on my blog and I will contact them. Here are two ...

This month, I worked with Tony Karrer to help create the ASTD Big Question (which always seems to be multiple questions under one big theme.) The main question is Learning design differences for Digital Natives? Of course I have ... scholarly approach...The sub-questions for this month's big question are: Do you believe that we have to design, develop and ... tools have become. We can't ignore them when we have a training class. The next question, Are there differences in ... . Learner creation is a power tool for retention and recall. For the entire blog entry on the subject, see ...

To answer the question at ASTD's Learning Circuits Blog , I am going to try to stick to Tony's initial thought of specific questions and dive very deep into the technique I use when consulting for a needs assessment or evaluation. I use a technique I call the 360 Needs Assessment. This process involves asking questions at several levels within an ... minority opinion. So, I first ask questions of the stakeholders: Why do you think this is a problem? Have you every tried to ... stakeholders (usually management) know what is going on in the trenches (hint, they rarely do).I use similar questions but ...

This is the new home of the master list of Big Questions: May 2008 - Learning Design Differences for Digital Natives? April 2008 - Do Better? March 2008 - Scope of Learning Responsibility? February 2008 - Instructional Design - If? When? How much? January 2008 - Predictions for Learning in 2008? December 2007 - What Did You Learn about ... Questions Should We be Asking? January 2007 : Quality vs. Speed 2006 December 2006 : Past experiences ... future? October 2006 : Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging?

This is the new home of the master list of Big Questions: May 2008 - Learning Design Differences for Digital Natives? April 2008 - Do Better? March 2008 - Scope of Learning Responsibility? February 2008 - Instructional Design - If? When? How much? January 2008 - Predictions for Learning in 2008? December 2007 - What Did You Learn about ... Questions Should We be Asking? January 2007 : Quality vs. Speed 2006 December 2006 : Past experiences ... future? October 2006 : Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging?

... blogs in eLearning? That's a big question. But I also think its the wrong question. I don't think we can push the use of blogs on our users in the same way that we push eLearning solutions. Blogging is only effective if the blogger is engaged and willing to partipate in the conversation, and express opinions. Perhaps a "blog-style" approach to a new tool ... Dennis McDonald has a great post about Using a Blog for a "Web2.0" Presentation instead of PowerPoint . I love his postscript: "I debated whether or not to use the term "Web 2.0," which has fallen out of favor among the ...

I just wanted to alert folks that Learning Circuit's Big Question has been revived. We've lost Dave Lee's forms, but we are going back to the old manual approach. I hope you'll join the party and submit your thoughts on the question: The Big Question for December is: What did you learn about learning in 2007? If you are new to blogging, this is a great way to get your blog noticed.

16-May-2007 00:00:00 LCB Learning Circuits Blog Big Question - PowerPoint 14-May-2007 09:44:15 Jim MacLennan ... Performance Blog The Big Question is... 08-May-2007 07:38:52 Tony Karrer eLearning Technology PowerPoint Preparation is Good 08-May-2007 07:17:18 Jay Cross Internet Time Blog The Big PowerPoint Question 07-May-2007 21:21:14 Mitch Owen Lead2020 Powerpoint: Should you use it? 07-May-2007 19:24:27 Karyn Romeis Karyn's blog This month's big question ... PowerPoint, how to use it appropriately, when it makes sense or when it doesn't and why. So, this month, The Big Question ...

16-May-2007 00:00:00 LCB Learning Circuits Blog Big Question - PowerPoint 14-May-2007 09:44:15 Jim MacLennan ... Blog The Big Question is... 08-May-2007 07:38:52 Tony Karrer eLearning Technology PowerPoint Preparation is Good 08-May-2007 07:17:18 Jay Cross Internet Time Blog The Big PowerPoint Question 07-May-2007 21:21:14 Mitch Owen Lead2020 Powerpoint: Should you use it? 07-May-2007 19:24:27 Karyn Romeis Karyn's blog This month's big question ... PowerPoint, how to use it appropriately, when it makes sense or when it doesn't and why. So, this month, The Big Question ...

The Learning Circuits Blog big question for April is "What would you like to do better as a Learning Professional?" The simple answer to this question is " push back more ." This can be applied on many levels, but I am primarily speaking of pushing more on ROI and evaluations . I learned very early on that Analysis and Evaluations are the first things to get cut from a learning project. In actuality, the same is true for many technology related projects. While some of the projects I'm involved in do include an Analysis and Evaluation, there are other times where customers ...

I do a variant of this exercise 3-4 times per year. This iteration of the Big Question allows me to think about past, present, and future on a more professional and public level. What will I remember most about 2006? 1) Finally bringing up the last department on the Electronic Medical Record. 5 years of paper to computer conversions in 2 ... 365 days 2) There will be at least 1 more post from a blogger on blogging 3) There will be at least 1 more podcast ... you who read my blog, lurkers and commenters, thank you for making 2006 a life-changing year. Correction: ...

Tony Karrer is moderating "The Big Question" on the Learning Circuits blog . The question for December is "What did you learn about learning in 2007?" Obviously, there were many things I learned in 2007 (I think most people can say this or else there are some serious issues). I've learned just how small the training community is and how if you know a few key people, you can pretty much cover the community (I've appreciated getting to know Tony, Mark, Karl, etc ... asked the question, "Who reads the instruction manual before playing a game", and one person (out of ~100) actually ...

... technology?" Hey! That sounds like one of the BIG QUESTIONS! at Learning Circuits I would encourage the many learning professionals that read my blog to check out the blogs from Shelley's class, and comment. Encourage them. As ... requirement of the class is to set up a blog account and keep a biweekly reflection jounal to discuss the week's readings and ... for a couple reasons... 1) There are courses out there that are actually encouraging grad students to blog...very cool ... by asking this question: "What is the role of learning theories and instructional designing principles? And what is ...

Over on LCB , The Big Question for October has been posted: Should All Learning Professionals be Blogging? This is an interesting question and it's quite timely given recent occurrences. Brandon Hall Closes Free Yahoo Discussion ... what I am talking about? Note: Wendy got over her fear and does a great job raising interesting questions on her blog ... to the LCB Big Question. Post a challenge you are facing. If you don't find value, then let me know - because I will be ... were heavier users of these groups. Corporate eLearning Professionals are Blogging More More corporate ...

Clark Quinn from Learnlets welcomes Tony O'Driscoll to the learning bloggosphere. And so do I...in a BIG way!!! I'll have to agree with Clark on the long post concern, but what the heck...we're just glad your hear Tony! I actually like the long thoughtful posts...its inspiring to read what I'm thinking, clearly. His blog titled Learning Matters! at wadatripp.wordpress.com Tony's answer to the February BIG QUESTION is right on the money. You gotta read this one. A lot of us are echoing these thoughts but Tony has genius, and clarity in his writing style that is quite ...

Blogs: The form for February's Big Question has been closed. If you have a post in response to the February Big ... should we be asking? Karyn Romeis Karyn's blog February's big question Matthew Nehrling mLearning World The ... Jay Cross Internet Time Blog Big questions about big questions Geetha Krishnan Simply Speaking Questions, questions ... The February Big Question goes to the root of what The Big Question is all about. It is a topic that has bothered ... month, The Big Question is... What Questions Should We Be Asking? Please answer this question by posting to ...

The Learning Circuits Blog: The Big Question for October: Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging? Yeah - I'm late. Had to do some "real work". My selfish reaction - NO! because then I would have way too much to read!!!! I've only finished one book since I started this exercise because I spend all of my time reading BLOGS! Waaah! My measured/professional-type response - If you are planning to make your students do it as part of your class you should blog for at least a month. This seems to be enough time to gauge the pros and cons of the exercise and give you a ...

The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for July is 'how should e-learning developers choose their authoring tools given the proliferation of tools on the market?' Well, I posted on this subject just last week (see Confused of Brighton ) and even listed my own top ten tools , authoring or otherwise, in a subsequent post. Nevertheless, I believe I should address the Big Question in a more measured way than in last week's rant, so here goes ... The answer to the question, of course, is that it depends on what you are trying to create. If it's an e-learning tutorial that you're ...

Learning Circuit's big questions for December are: 1. What will you remember most about 2006? For me, it will probably be my first complete year of blogging. I have learned absolutely masses from both the process of blogging and from the content of my colleagues' blogs. It took me a while to develop my own blogging style - I have for years written columns in training magazines and I thought this would be the same. It isn't. In some ways, it's much more like the process of writing and letters to newspapers and then exchanging views with other correspondents. In other ways it's ...

The Big Question on the Learning Circuits Blog for May 2008 is whether or not there are or should be learning ... reflection, I think there are some underlying issues that make these questions premature (at best) and irrelevant (at worst) . Some of the sub-questions to the "Big Question" include: Do you believe that we have to design, develop and deliver ... . I would hate to see people come away from this question assuming that Digital Natives should receive the technology ... questions above is that of learning styles (bullet #2 above). I've written previously about the attacks on learning ...

... to ask questions about what we can do. I love the Learning Circuits Blog Big Question of the Month (BQOTM) and ... I am a big fan of big questions. I think that sessions like the Game Design Challenge and its "imitation ... that the BQOTM has a big brother out there and it asks REALLY big questions. The Edge describes it's purpose ... , and if you doubt the bigness of their questions, past ones have included; What is your dangerous idea?, What's you law ... room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves." The main way that Edge ...

After returning from a nice, long Christmas/New Year vacation, I've been playing catch-up on emails and blogs (thank goodness for Google Reader ). One of the interesting posts was Tony Karrer's "Big Question" for January . The question is "What are your predictions for Learning in 2008?" Back in October, I did a short post on the numerous amount of claims, predictions, and trends (usually displayed as a Top 10 list). I indicated in the post back in October (and the ... , the field will be held accountable for the claims we are making (i.e. Games will increase X; allowing employees to blog ...