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 ... environment, there are concepts from the class I am trying to incorporate into the courses for which I am responsible. Use ... promote collaborative learning environments. Authored by gminks . Hosted by Edublogs .

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 ...

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 ...

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 ... an environment where there are many needs, and often times the first gut reaction is a piece to the larger puzzle.

... technology?" Hey! That sounds like one of the BIG QUESTIONS! at Learning Circuits I would encourage the many ... 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! 2) I'm working in Nursing education creating learning environments for nurses working at Hospice of the Valley. So ... 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 ... environments. So, history tells us that we should expect relatively low participation levels with Blogs (maybe 1 ... 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 ...

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 ... fancier 3D page-turning environments." "The outcome is clear though....we are investing more in the place ...

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-ladened, immersive environments while Digital Immigrants are fed the same old page-turners . Also, there are ...

... with a Dell XPS, the iMac simply ROCKS! Stay tuned for my response to Part II and III of THE BIG QUESTION ... What will you remember most about 2006? I've been planning my year in review post and just noticed THE BIG QUESTION .  Cool! 2006 has been a GREAT year!  I have several events to be remembered but most importantly 2006 will be remembered as the year of The Learning Triad:  blogs, wikis, and RSS.  Since starting the Corporate eLearning Development blog in August '05 ( post #1 ), I've discovered so many of fabulous, passionate, ...

... virtual environments are going to make a big move into the Learning world in 2007.  Efforts like SLOODLE which mashes ... networks, and user-generated content.  But the biggest surprise to many of the big players will be the introduction of new startups with extremely POWERFUL webservices and OPEN APIs at a FRACTION of the cost of the big boys.  (I will ... value in Me Inc. and the real players will begin to use wikis, blogs, and RSS to increase their circle of ...

... this in a second... Separately, Dave Lee ( The Learning Circuits Blog: Throwing a Big Community Net ) has provided a ... place: Should more learning professionals be blogging? (Barry Sampson) Independently, Dave Lee suggested that question ... that there's a few who should stop blogging. Of course, then it raises a couple of questions: Which learning ... Out of the original October 2006: Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging? , we've seen some pretty amazing discussion. But, we've also reached an interesting point. As Peter posted ( The Learning Circuits Blog: Community Net ...

April Big Question - Content Vendor Value : eLearning Technology ... jump on this months Big Question from LCB - ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should They Do? Ill be curious to ...   0 comments links to April Big Question - Content Vendor Value Permalink: April Big Question - Content Vendor Value Bookmark this page at ... eLearning Technology Tony Karrers eLearning Blog on ...

Since I'm likely not going to be blogging for about a week starting Friday, I thought I'd get an early jump on this month's Big Question from LCB - ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should They Do? I'll be curious to see what kinds of responses come out around this topic. There's really a lot at stake in this question in that it goes far beyond the question. The reality is that all providers of content are competing in a flat world, with easy access to virtually ... makes all of the O'Reilly books fully searchable). One of the most important questions is: What's the added ...

... outlining 3 elements of good design. Around the same time, the ASTD Learning Circuits Blog had the July "Big Question" which was "Choosing Tools" which is actually a series of questions: How does the eLearning design process need to change ... "Big Question" How does the eLearning design process need to change to accommodate such a wide variety of tools? The ... I left a comment on Tony Karrer's blog about creating a "Design Day" so that everyone in the blogosphere adds a ... that point, the next question is "Can certain attributes of different media be leverage for learning?" For example, ...

Within the blogs, I am starting to see discussion on why people don't use collaboration tools (or LMSs for that matter). The big question is WHY? Dave Pollard did a little experiment in August 2006 trying to get people to help him edit ... me when I started blogging - fear. How many of us have risked answering a question at school (elementary --> grad ... elearnspace both add their 2 cents regarding the reasons for the failure of collaborative tools. So the question in my ... extension, you) are? Is it any wonder that we all hesitate to collaborate? Particularly in a corporate environment?

... now? Participating Blogs: The Big Question for April has been closed. If you'd still like to submit your post to the April Big Question, please contact the Blogmeister by using the Dear Blogmeister form found at the link at the top ... Performance Blog The Big Question - ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should They Do ... services groups inside organizations. So, this month, The Big Question is... ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should They Do? Please answer this question by posting to your own blog or commenting on this post. (For further ...

The Big Question for March on the Learning Circuits Blog is 'what is the scope of our responsibility as ... , such as social networking software, wikis, blogs, search facilities, RSS, forums, rapid development tools, etc., we can provide an infrastructure which will support bottom-up learning. The question then arises (and this may be the major point of The Big Question) - does the learning professional have a part to play  in bottom-up learning, and if so ... this question as just a topical response to the increased interest in informal learning - it's an issue that has ...

In addressing this month's question on the Learning Circuits Blog , I was tempted by an observation made by Stephen Downes in his review of last year's eLearn Magazine predictions : ... there are two major types of predictions: one, which identifies a current trend, and says it will continue; and the other, that identifies something novel or unexpected. It seems clear that the former predictions are easy and safe and not especially useful. The latter ... -learning authors, but progress along this path will be slow. We'll see more online rapid e-learning authoring environments ...

Bas... Moodle in Corporations April Big Question - Content Vendor Value ... eLearning Technology Tony Karrers eLearning Blog on e ... Personal Learning Environments and personal learning environments : eLearning ... Environments (PLEs) and personal learning environments. We talked about this briefly during a session with Tony ODriscoll ... blog posts on the topic: Stephen Downes - Personal Learning I can talk about webs and networks and ...

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... blog (tie): I’d say ASTDs The Learning Circuits Blog is a good one for it’s monthly BIG QUESTION series and eCube’s Collaborative Learning Environment blog with 16 contributing authors. Best resource sharing blog ... It is the 5th year of the Edublog Awards, an awards program for bloggers who use blogs and social media to support ... “Best elearning/corporate education blog.” I make a point to read blogs that do not focus on elearning and ... transferable to workplace learning. So, per the rules (that all nominations must be made in the form of a blog ...

... at the level that helps us apply it. I would also suggest that each of these items suggest possible great questions for this month's Big Question - What Questions Should We be Asking? Just add "How can I/we ..." in front, so for example: How can I help employees discover and refine their own personal learning environment? We further could generate ... personal learning environment Improve content findability. Obsessive attention to enterprise federated search, cross-linking ... speakers at company events, etc. A liberal blog policy and encouragement to blog For every new piece of ...

Karl Kapp helped me with the March 2008 Big Question which is: What is the Scope of our Responsibility as Learning Professionals? This question comes from several recent experiences. One was a Chief Learning Officer ... Posts So Far: Karyn Romeis (Karyn's erratic learning journey) - The Big Question for March: Scope of Learning Responsibility Clive Shepherd - The big question: What is the scope of our respons... Note: Both Karyn and Clive have ... considering. There was also discussion on my blog around the fact that in corporations there is a limit to what we ...

Karl Kapp helped me with the March 2008 Big Question which is: What is the Scope of our Responsibility as Learning Professionals? This question comes from several recent experiences. One was a Chief Learning Officer ... Posts So Far: Karyn Romeis (Karyn's erratic learning journey) - The Big Question for March: Scope of Learning Responsibility Clive Shepherd - The big question: What is the scope of our respons... Note: Both Karyn and Clive have ... considering. There was also discussion on my blog around the fact that in corporations there is a limit to what we ...

This month's question came from a reader the June 2008 Big Question is: Second Life Training? More ... within Second Life? If you were to develop a training island in Second Life, what kind of environment and artifacts would ... . This may be hard given the complexity of the topic. Option 2 - Step 1 - Post in your blog (please link to this post). Step 2 - Put a comment in this blog with an HTML ready link that I can simply copy and paste (an HTML anchor tag ... should look like: Tony Karrer - Safety Training Design or you could also include your blog name with something ...

This month's question came from a reader the June 2008 Big Question is: Second Life Training? More ... within Second Life? If you were to develop a training island in Second Life, what kind of environment and artifacts would ... . This may be hard given the complexity of the topic. Option 2 - Step 1 - Post in your blog (please link to this post). Step 2 - Put a comment in this blog with an HTML ready link that I can simply copy and paste (an HTML anchor tag ... should look like: Tony Karrer - Safety Training Design or you could also include your blog name with something ...

The Learning Circuits Blog: November's The Big Question Are our models (ISD, ADDIE, HPT, etc.) relevant in the ... our students. Harold Jarche eloquently observed in his response to the Big Question: Training often worked before, or ... answer their question NOW than wait 30 minutes. In some ways, eLearning makes it easier to enforce these models on the delivery end. The next question is....do we want to? The longer I work, the more I realize that the old roles of "Trainer ... constantly, our challenge as educators may be to find ways to teach within this environment.

The Big Question is back... December Big Question - What did you learn about learning? I'm ... started my blog in February 2006. I started using del.icio.us and Yahoo MyWeb to save bookmarks - locally saved favorites seem rather limited now. I had a real "aha experience" after using add-ins to provide features inside my blog. Boy ... , Blogs and were embarking on Second Life. Someone from the audience in all sincerity said: "This stuff is freaking me ... , Thomas Davenport and Blogging - He is Wrong! , Spending or Wasting Time on Web 2.0 Tools? , But the good news ...

The latest Big Question for the Learning Circuits Blog is: For a given project, how do you determine if, when ... question is..." it depends ". There are so many variables that play into a performance problem that will change the answers to the if/when/how much questions. How much should you use a developer? Well, it depends on what you're building ... . All that said...the answer to the "when" question should be "early"...even for the initial analysis because a quality ... implications in a game based environment. In 2001, Marc Prensky wrote a popular book " Digital Game Based Learning " where ...

April Big Question - Content Vendor Value Corporate eLearning ... eLearning Technology Tony Karrers eLearning Blog on e ... I received a question about a particular eLearning Design challenge that someone was facing and I realized that the title of my blog and the way I post doesnt really do justice to talking about design and patterns in designing eLearning in this blog. Ill try to work on that, but heres a list of posts that are relevant ...