Work Literacy Launch
I'm very happy to announce that Michele Martin and I have just launched Work Literacy - a network of individuals, companies and organizations who are interested in learning, defining, mentoring, teaching and consulting on the frameworks, skills, methods and tools of modern knowledge work.This venture comes partly from my experiences doing presentations, workshops, blogging around eLearning 2.0. When discussing new(ish) tools like blogs and social bookmarking, and discussing things like advanced search techniques, there's a gap in knowledge work skills. In fact, we all have blind spots.
eLearning Technology - Sunday, June 1, 2008 - CommentsWeb 2.0 Applications in Learning
Last week I presented a session at ASTD TechKnowledge entitled eLearning 2.0 - Applications and Implications. It could ... eLearning - Emergence or Big System, and Future Platforms for eLearning.So while the session focused on organizational adoption ... meeting 4 10% Other methods or comments written in:Communities of PracticeFor Professional Consulting or Training ... ¬¢ Prospero ⬢ Telligent Community Server ⬢ Tomoye ⬢ WetpaintRelated posts from several eLearning Blogs:eLearning 2.0 Web 2.0 eLearning TrendsEnterprise ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, March 3, 2008 - CommentseLearning Course Development
BJ Schone asks a good question in his post - How do you build eLearning courses?I have built our courses using a custom ... . But that's just my opinion - I could be wrong. So, here's my question: How do you build your eLearning courses? Do you ... anxious to hear your response!A long time ago we used to build our courses / eLearning from scratch as well, and we sometimes still do on some occasions, but generally it is better for everyone if you use an eLearning course authoring tool ... conclusion - without additional knowledge - the consultants in this case are right. It likely would be better for ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, January 18, 2008 - CommentsLooking Back at 2007
Still not sure.Retooling my knowledgeI've been paid to be a CTO type consultant on a broad range of topics. And if you ... learners.Find Lots of Examples of eLearning 2.0I've already started to identify some of the initial eLearning 2.0 kinds ... , starter examples of solutions that don't fit within classic eLearning, eReference type solutions.This is probably my biggest failure for 2007. During a panel session in the fall discussing a few examples of eLearning 2.0 solutions, the ... , but it seems like there's been a wave of new bloggers this last fall... More eLearning Bloggers.Discussion will ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, December 31, 2007 - CommentsROI and Metrics in eLearning
I'm working on an article around the use of ROI and metrics in eLearning. I did a quick search for resources and ... gains in productivityMetrics Recently, functional managers have begun using eLearning to meet business objectives ... eLearning throughout the value chain. This is where wReturn on Investment in Training - Learnativity.com The problem is that ... earnest input from consultants and vendors.A Fresh Look at ROI Different levels of management make different sorts of ... Metrics in eLearning : eLearning Technology · e-Learning Centre by Learning Light - Costs, benefits and ROI of ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - CommentsLMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers
Feature Importance:Good news for me - problem with 3rd party consultant scores low as a barrier. :)A lot of the other ... Learn.com 5 7.18 WBT Manager Integrity eLearning 1 6.90 Articulate Online Articulate 1 6.60 Saba Learning Suite Saba 9 â ... from learners Tool/vendor selection Administration Problems with third-party consultant Compliance LMS ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, September 20, 2007 - CommentsBlogging Inside or Outside the Corporate Firewall
... learning consultants, and they wanna hear what they wanna hear. Meanwhile - for the rest of us - the reason we call them ... personally think this is the right direction for individuals and in my recent presentations on eLearning 2.0, I ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, June 7, 2007 - CommentsApril Big Question - Content Vendor Value
... sources.As a content vendor providing training (Instructor Led or eLearning), you are naturally having to compete with ... stay with traditional models of Courses and Courseware - see Course and Courseware are Fading - The Future of eLearning ... from .Net 1.0 to .Net 2.0. In sales they are moving to consultative selling. It might be a culture change initiative ... courseware.My belief is that there's great opportunity to make smart use of new kinds of eLearning solutions that ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, April 3, 2007 - CommentsOpen Source Business Model
... for a pretty good price.Common revenue streams are consulting, training, support, customization, upgraded versions for ... ) that open source will begin to become increasingly important in the eLearning world. Especially as things become less ... in Learning/eLearning, Where are open source learning applications? The discussions on the posts are quite ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, March 5, 2007 - CommentsCourse Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction
Knowledge WebEx Communicatio.. Vuepoint Adobe Systems, Inc. Impatica Inc. KnowledgePlanet Brainvisa eLearning Consultants ... Articulate Adobe Systems, Inc. Altova OnDemand Software Adobe Systems, Inc. eLearning Consultants Pte.. Desire2Learn Inc ... about satisfaction levels reported by members on course authoring and rapid eLearning tool satisfaction levels ... image.Courseware Authoring Tool Satisfaction -Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction -I'm only showing tools with 15 or more ... Rapid eLearning SN.. Lectora QMIND Design Collaboration P1.. Raptivity KnowledgePresenter Brainshark ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, February 23, 2007 - CommentsThe Real Challenge around Informal Learning
The Real Challenge around Informal LearningOver the last few days I've had a blog conversation with Stephen Downes around what is informal learning:The Form of Informal - 2More on the Form of InformalThe Form of InformalThe Paradox of Informal Learning (Form of Informal?)This led me through a trail of posts Definitions of informal learning; Formal or informal - does it matter - its all learning; and non-formal learning: mapping the conceptual terrain. a consultation ... that I'm so passionate about eLearning 2.0 and topics like Personal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools, is that we ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, December 6, 2006 - CommentsLCB Question for December - Past Year, Present Challenges, Predictions
... revolution going on in eLearning similar to 1996 when I saw that web-delivery of tools, content, etc. would grow to ... with Wikis, and more (Incredibly Cool! Vision of Future of Application and eLearning Development)I found myself no longer ... memory of 2006 comes from a comment made during a panel that I was moderating on eLearning 2.0. We had discussed Wikis ... glutton for more of this, take a look at:Does eLearning 2.0 Make a Difference?Authoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins ... . I'm still unsure how I should spend my time.Retooling my knowledgeI've been paid to be a CTO type consultant on a ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, December 4, 2006 - CommentsThe Big Question for November - Future of ISD / ADDIE / HPT?
HPT relevant in a world of rapid elearning, faster time-to-performance, and informal learning?To me, this is one of the most important questions facing us today. If you look at the shift between eLearning 1.0, 1.3 and 2.0 - and particularly ... Future of eLearning. What you have to ask yourself is:What business are you in? Are you in the business of creating ... industry as being involved in the convergence of management consulting, human performance, learning and technology. Our ... the easiest change to understand and the easiest transition.What is much more challenging is that as we look at eLearning ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, November 6, 2006 - CommentsMonday Question - Learning Design Different Now?
... the reality given that with new models of eLearning (see: eLearning 1.0, eLearning 1.3 and eLearning 2.0) where SMEs and the Worker / Learner play an increasingly central role in content development. For eLearning 1.3, much of the content is created as Rapid eLearning by SMEs. In eLearning 2.0, content is created by the Worker / Learner. At a crude level, we ... question is: can our current understanding of Performance Consulting / ISD / ADDIE / etc. help us under the new ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, September 18, 2006 - CommentsQ&A - eLearning Standards Especially SCORM
... world of eLearning. You want to implement your courseware to the SCORM standard if you plan to have it launched and/or ... eLearning world. However, as Pierre pointed out in the comments (and I've edited the text here based on his comments ... next few years. So, when I've been consulting with vendors who are working on any kind of authoring system, that was ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, September 5, 2006 - CommentsBetter Questions for Learning Professionals
... is considerable value provided by any consultant in terms of the questions that help frame exactly what the problem/need ... ?At training and/or eLearning conferences where this question was asked of the attendees, the common kinds of responses ... the best authoring tool to use?What are other organizations doing?One conference organizer told me that eLearning ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, July 17, 2006 - CommentsStart with Courseware or With the Other Stuff?
Dave Boggs recent post No eLearning Tectonic Plate Shift Here had some interesting comments about my article Shift in eLearning from Pure Courseware towards Reference Hybrids. He seems to see the same thing, but claims that it has always ... teaching at a University and doing consulting, but ...I always worry when someone labels you "an academic" because it sounds ... hands on developer of eLearning solutions than "an academic." I helped build two companies in the multimedia training ... a wide variety of Fortune 500 companies on different eLearning projects and regularly network with folks at ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, June 8, 2006 - Comments