This month's ASTD Big Question is, again, a series of questions. Apparently one BIG question is not enough for ... type of 2D game platform (Targeted) To program in ALICE (Targeted) More about the PA Energy Industry (targeted) As ... result in a direct work product. For example, a knowledge worker may need to learn how to write a report more effectively but still may produce a report (work product) on time for the boss by working on the weekend. It would be great for the worker to learn to write more efficient reports but learning to do so is not a work product. The products ...

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 July is 'how should e-learning developers choose their authoring ... 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 after ... , manage all your own assets, and upload the finished product when it's done. Experience shows that, for large projects ... , then: for simple HTML content I'd use whatever tool comes with the LMS or content management system; for 2D games ...

In the Learning Circuits Blog , Tony Karrer poses a whole series of  questions related to the role of ... appropriate to the organisation, and this is open to question when you're looking beyond knowledge workers. Assuming it ... can demonstrate how they are applying it productively, then they are in a good position to lead the charge. If not ... process risk becoming ever more peripheral to the big issues, as the emphasis on formal learning interventions gradually ... developing all sorts of dictatorial policies. This is a game in which everyone must feel like a participant.

This month’s Big Question from the Learning Circuit’s blog is, basically, where do you begin?  Of course, that begs the question: what do you already know? Design, ID, a tool, ? However, it appears that the question sort ... of ID, a whiff of interface design, some experience prototyping different types of interactions (sync, games, etc), and one major project with project planning, prototyping, testing, and production.  Which, of course, is a dream ... you’ve figured out the best design). For production, there are lots of tools out there. Apparently Udutu ...

ASTD's Big Question this month (March) is actually two questions and since I helped Tony Karrer tweak the question a bit, I feel I must offer some type of answer (plus I aways enjoy the discussion around the Big Question.) So, here is the big question for this month: Do educational institutions and corporate learning & development departments ... research questionable? I think corporate learning departments need to go through the same evolutionary process that the ... randomly stopped and inspected products to find defects. If a defect was found the entire box or lot or whatever measure ...

The ASTD Big Question for January is "What are your Predictions for Learning in 2008?" First, I am going to borrow from the December 2006 Big Question which I really liked. The three questions, now modified for 2008, are: What ... or two big names behind the effort. Several easy-to-use game development tools will be introduced along the lines of Articulate's Engage product making interactive games available to instructional designers at all levels. If ... predictions for 2008? These are not easy questions to answer but here they are: What will you remember most about 2007?

... lots of VCs, easy access to big media, lots of innovation in media, mobile content, games, green, health care, and many ... interesting question: Where is the real innovation happening in e-learning? (And by innovation I mean the type that leads to products that can actually be used, as opposed to blue skies thinking.) First - Ben - if you see my post - can I suggest that you submit your question to the LCB Big Question for February as something like: What will the next generation of eLearning tools look like? That's a great question! Interestingly, I used to be involved in many more ...

Standards The Application Becomes the Platform The Big Question ... here . books futures Web 2.0 and check this one as well e-Places to visit copyright game studies ... « Gadgets, Games and Gizmos: The Blog Book Tour - Week Two ... mediated by our own individual/collective contexts. What learning is NOT is a product. It can NOT be shrink-wrapped. It ... its a product. Hey LMS CEO - you ever manage "a learning"? Hey authoring tool person - you ever make ...

The Big Question this month are Predictions for Learning in 2008 . Here are my predictions, but realistically they ... can ask all you want, you will still be doing a lot of work with LMS products this year. Prediction #8 => Serious Games ... - threaded discussions weren't quite active enough and the questions weren't focused. We need a targeted discussion. For ... . Prediction #10 => Knowledge Worker Skills - Just Beginning in 2008, Big in 2009 The discussion of knowledge work skills is going to be BIG ... We won't hear much this year, but in 2009, this will be something you'll hear in a big way.

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Happy Holidays from Enspire Learning Things That Light Up My Life I'm a Gamer 3.0! The Big Question ... company offerings. A big explosion in the last 2 years. In the 90s there were one or two ways to do e-Learning: CDRoms ... activities + delivery of learning activities = Learning Experience Can go to a big restaurant and have lousy food ... after a 6 month trial.... Established Product vs. Disruptive Change Companies get worried and make "strategic changes" in their product -- add a new feature -- this is whats happened with established e-learning companies. But theyre ...

The Big Question this month are Predictions for Learning in 2008 . Here are my predictions, but ... , you can ask all you want, you will still be doing a lot of work with LMS products this year. Prediction #8 => Serious Games - Seriously Sorry, Not for You They will continue to get talked about A LOT. And people will continue to be ... - threaded discussions werent quite active enough and the questions werent focused. We need a targeted discussion. For ... . Prediction #10 => Knowledge Worker Skills - Just Beginning in 2008, Big in 2009 The discussion of knowledge work skills ...

The Big Question type topics where we get to exchange ideas with other experts in the field would be a fantastic learning ... corporate eLearning, facilitated by me and someone else that will help them identify their key issues, big questions and ... one who is excited about whats happening here. 5. Demos One of the reasons for my recent Big Question - Examples of ... different things might it be would be exactly the right question. I love your idea of the Big Question live. But Im not sure ... problems. Certainly a big part of the issue is that attendees are quite willing to hop on a plane to attend a ...