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I would love to hear back from people on this as I received a question around firewall problems and solutions that I've not heard as much in the past couple of years. This blog reader provides eLearning content to a variety of customers from their hosted solution. Their solution uses a variety of technologies including: .wma files, JavaScript, Flash, HTML and downloadable PPT.Their issue is that they are running into customers who are tightening their firewall settings ... security systems designed to strip out potentially malicious code? Do Flash players cause any problems with ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, June 27, 2008 - CommentsQuick Wins
... organizational culture aspects to enterprise adoption of enterprise 2.0 / web 2.0 / eLearning 2.0. And I think it's easy to ... Wiki that has performance support materials that goes along with your eLearning on that new software applicationat first ... group. They are designed for quick wins.Mark - there's a reason that Andrew McAfee talks about these things ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, June 23, 2008 - Comments100 eLearning Articles and White Papers
Steve Jobs Can Teach You About Designing E-Learning - The Rapid eLearning Blog 67. The Social Affordances of the ... My collection of eLearning Articles, White Papers, Blog Posts, etc. just reached 100. Thought I'd share. No ... . 4. eLearn magazine: Feature Article Ten Web 2.0 Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes to Be a More Successful E ... CONNECT 7. eLearn: Opinions Good short article on characteristics of 2.0 collaboration 8. e-learning 2.0 ... ) 11. eLearn: Case Studies - The Reluctant Online Professor 12. Seven Tips for Making the Most of Your RSS ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, April 28, 2008 - CommentsBlog Learning
... thoughts and someone comes in to correct me or redirect my thinking. Take a look at:eLearning Design and Development Training ... citations I gave was an example of a badly designed course teaching about instructional design.But one of the best kinds ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, April 21, 2008 - CommentsBad Course on Instructional Design
I just posted about eLearning Design and Development Training Course listing two examples of courses that talked about instructional design for eLearning. Whoops. I should have looked more closely.The course from MyUdutu ( http://publish.myudutu.com/published/courses/140/Course867/v2007_5_9_15_41_...)may talk about it, but it is a classic example of what not to do in eLearning. So while it talks about Instructional Design - it hardly is something to review.As Chris pointed out in a comment and I talked about in Audio Narration vs. On-Screen Textyou should never have voice-over that's ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, April 17, 2008 - CommentseLearning Design and Development Training Course
Someone on LinkedIn asked: Can anyone recommend a really good e-learning design/development training course?This is for a colleague who is new to instructional design & development so something that covers the basics at an introductory level would be best. Thanks!The responses pointed me to a couple of resources I hadn't seen before:MyUdutuA simple course that describes some basic principles of online training course design, and will serve as a template for a simple ... /courses/140/Course867/v2007_5_9_15_41_...RPIAn introduction to instructional design and course development and guidance on selecting the right design ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, April 17, 2008 - CommentsSocial Learning Objects - Flash Cards
I was contacted by Mike Hogan, the creator of Flashcard Friends. This is an interesting little application and might imply a few things around where things are going.FlashCard Friends does a lot of what you'd expect in terms of creating Flash Cards for students. It's well designed and very easy to use. It also does some interesting things:Allows users to ... eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & Mash-ups and Incredibly Cool! Vision of Future of Application and eLearning Development) that the ... is Learning's Long Tail and Attention Crisis, Long Tail Learning - Size and Shape, eLearning 2.0.Just so I'm fair ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, April 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 just as easily have been called Web 2.0 Applications in Learning.It was designed to be a small to medium size group ... eLearning - Emergence or Big System, and Future Platforms for eLearning.So while the session focused on organizational adoption ... Authoring - You can control who is allowed to make changes. Initially, you can start where only your instructional designers ... ¬¢ Prospero ⬢ Telligent Community Server ⬢ Tomoye ⬢ WetpaintRelated posts from several eLearning Blogs:eLearning ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, March 3, 2008 - CommentsFirst Thoughts After ASTD Sessions
... first session was an Introduction to eLearning 2.0. The slides were similar to eLearning 2.0 Presentation - ISPI Los ... back to the new landscape that is eLearning 2.0. That was a big challenge. I'm going to do a similar presentation in ... change. The Second Session was intended to be a discussion session that was eLearning 2.0 - Applications and Implications - a follow-up to the first session. I used suggestions from Conference Breakout Sessions to help me design this ... have to figure out how to overcome some of this. Clearly 75 minutes is not enough to discuss eLearning 2.0, but ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, February 28, 2008 - CommentsSafety Training Design
Design - If - When - How Much. I thought I'd take a cut at an answer based on something we've been involved with recent - the design of safety training. This includes topics like driver safety, defensive driving, following rules, workplace ... it assumes that its purpose is to teach the person the information in the first place.This is where design comes in ... (15 minutes or less) eLearning pieces that focus on reminding, reinforcing and on likely bad habits. Content around ... way, they already know the 3-second rule.So, what does this case of Safety Training Design have to do with ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, February 14, 2008 - CommentsOnline Training vs eLearning
I don't remember what I was reading, but the post/article differentiated learning as what the learner does and training as what we do to the person - and hopefully they learn.What's interesting is that eLearning has become pretty much ... Learning?This really relates to the questions being discussed in this month's Big Question (Instructional Design - If? When ... instructional design - although not necessarily for the right kind of instructional designer.I'm not sure where I'm going with these thoughts, but it really struck me that confusing eLearning with Online Training is problematic.
eLearning Technology - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - CommentseLearning Attention Spans
Dennis Coxe posted Let me tell you about...Excuse me, what were you saying? about an article: The Post-Literate Era: Planning Around Short Attention Spans. The article is more or less summarized in the following graphic:Dennis' point is that this points us to designing eLearning that is shorter and to the point.The advent of shorter attention spans that successful learning events need to engage the learner, but I think this concept has often been given lip service while the focus of most learning is on how to save dollars by using software that will allow rapid development of ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, February 4, 2008 - CommentseLearning Authoring Tool
Looking back at my post about eLearning Authoring Tools - and particularly whether custom or off-the-shelf is the way to go, I've been interested in seeing the varied response. Paraphrasing justifications for custom eLearning Authoring ... ).Most eLearning tools do not promote the creation of effective courses, do not promote web standards, and do not promote ... developers.Paraphrasing reasons to use an off-the-shelf eLearning Authoring Tool approach:Finished projects built with custom eLearning Authoring Tools become almost impossible for the clients to modify and update.An eLearning authoring tool ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, January 24, 2008 - CommentsMaster's Education Technology or Instructional Design - Which Programs? Why?
I'm hoping people might be able to help a reader who has an inquiry that I really don't know much about...I've been reading your blog for a while. I've read the an older blog post on Online Master's program's, but I am still quite lost. I would like to take a two year Master's program in education, education technology, or instructional design. Right now I'm leaning towards the University of Colorado Denver or the San Diego program. I am a corporate trainer wanting to expand my skills and knowledge to creating interactive training programs (eLearning). I am wondering if you ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, December 14, 2007 - CommentsCrash Course in Visual Thinking
Based on my post - VizThink and Visual Thinking - I've received quite a bit of input. If you've not really thought about the connections between visual representations and eLearning, it's likely worth going to the post and reading the ... few of the great minds in visual thinking helping me to understand:a. how visual thinking relates to eLearning, andb ... would consider to be good design. Please, tell me that I won't think that's good design by the end of this crash course? I can't imagine that anyone thinks that good design?
eLearning Technology - Monday, December 10, 2007 - CommentsVizThink and Visual Thinking and Learning - Still Not Sure
... including being director of eLearning at Root Learning and working for Masie organizing events. He is now CEO of Vizthink ... eLearning. I asked Tom to help fill me in and so we've had a little dialog on it. I thought it would be worth sharing a ... focus the design effort, but that's design 101, not really visual thinking. I definitely agree with creating representations of what the screens will be and/or storyboards. Again, design 101. So, what the heck is he talking about with this? Isn't this standard design stuff?Tom goes on ...Another portion of visual thinking is usability, ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, December 7, 2007 - CommentsFlash Quiz Tools
... with Flash programming, game design, or HTML. Questions and items can also be imported from MS Word, IMS QTI, Respondus ... and survey types.Rapid Intake Flashform Rapid eLearning Studio creates interactive Flash-based AICC or ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, November 27, 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 ... Course Development: What Does It Cost? Does it cost less to design and develop online teaching and learning today than it ... optimization software also are designed to reduce lag time. BPM and workflow technologies have been able to achieve significant 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 ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - CommentsHorizontal Learning
Interesting post ... Horizontal technologies for learning ...In the eLearning sector many vendors have created eLearning solutions primarily for educational institutions. These technologies are supposedly designed for learning but that is ... true in the corporate eLearning space (LMS Dissatisfaction on the Rise & Do You WANT an LMS? Does a Learner WANT an ... design" but the idea is right. If we are providing an LMS and thinking we are providing a good learning support mechanism ... (see Adoption of Web 2.0 and eLearning 2.0 Revisited).
eLearning Technology - Thursday, August 30, 2007 - CommentsHow Long Should an eLearning Course Be?
... to design an eLearning Course that went along with the release of a new procurement software (e.g., order office supplies ... Interesting question posed in eLearn Magazine article: How Long Should an E-learning Course Be?Interestingly the author chooses to sidestep the question he poses and instead gives a direct answer to a different question (focusing on modules that are parts of a course):What is a good length for a module? Through countless hours of instructional design, field testing, and client feedback, I have found that 30 minutes is about the maximum, and less than 15 is too short.
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - CommentsInstructional Design
Posts around instructional design topics, especially those related to instructional design around custom eLearning:What Clients Really WantThe basis for many of the instructional design decisions.Top Ten Suggested New Year's Resolutions for eLearning ProfessionalsSeveral instructional design patterns are discussed.Significant Work Needed to Help ... design and particularly the design of eLearning going forward.Learning Design Different Now? and Future of Instructional ... and eLearning design is all about.Reference HybridA particular pattern for designing eLearning.
eLearning Technology - Monday, May 14, 2007 - CommentsPowerPoint - More Questions
Okay, I'm going to blame this on Karl Kapp, because in response to the LCB Big Question - PowerPoint: What is Appropriate? When and Why? - Karl created a presentation and a blog post that inspired me to revisit a presentation I recently gave and try to improve it using some of his suggestions (and a few others that I've recently read).The presentation is aimed at folks who manage or are hands-on in the development of eLearning and it's designed to introduce them to eLearning ... sometimes even give a sense of how much time I'll spend on each. Not unlike what we do at the start of an eLearning course ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, May 10, 2007 - CommentsHot Topics in Training
... eLearning 1.0, 1.3 and 2.0 this would be downnotable dropping topics: games, simulations, knowledge, interactive and ... Interactivity to your eLearning" are sure to pack the room. I wonder if the steady increase in rapid and the decrease ... -27% design 26 25 18 -7 -28% project 6 9 6 -3 -33% powerpoint 6 3 2 ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, May 4, 2007 - CommentseLearning Business Alternatives - Good Discussion
... always be a place for well-designed, formal content, prepared by people who have taken the time to find out what works for adult learners, in the quest to fill those gaps.Even Valerie in her defense seems to acknowledge that the trend is towards alternatives to courses and courseware. So, what do you do to take advantage of a move to alternatives? Tom responds with Preparing for changing opportunities ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, April 5, 2007 - CommentseLearning Design - Posts about Designing eLearning
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 doesn't really do justice to talking about design and patterns in designing eLearning in this blog. I'll try to work on that, but here's a list of posts that are relevant to eLearning design and eLearning patterns:What Clients Really WantThe basis for many of the eLearning design decisions.Top Ten Suggested New Year's Resolutions for eLearning ProfessionalsSeveral elearning design patterns are discussed.Significant Work Needed to ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, April 5, 2007 - CommentsCourse Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction
Rapid eLearning SN.. Lectora QMIND Design Collaboration P1.. Raptivity KnowledgePresenter Brainshark Presentations ... Suite Sakai Suite Custom eLearning Content Designer's Edge SkilISoft Course Customizatio.. Cornerstone OnDemand Ente ... 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 ... Knowledge WebEx Communicatio.. Vuepoint Adobe Systems, Inc. Impatica Inc. KnowledgePlanet Brainvisa eLearning ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, February 23, 2007 - CommentsContinuing Thoughts on Questions
... sure if there are any interesting discussions and understanding anymore around a topic like "designing and building ... ? For example, five years ago I presented and wrote articles (1, 2) on the design choices in creating software simulation eLearning. At the time, this was relatively new and not well understood. Now if you pick up a copy of Captivate, you'll find that most of the design ideas are incorporated in the product. So, the question about what design choices you have in Software Simulation eLearning is no longer interesting.If you read my blog, you know that I was just lamenting ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, February 22, 2007 - CommentsCommunity Blogs - Maybe I'm Finally Getting It
I've been working with Dave Lee on the Learning Circuits Blog (LCB) for about 8 months now. About two months into it, I finally began to understand that the LCB was different than an individual blog because it was designed to serve a community. As such it allowed members who didn't have a blog to post, it attracted a broader audience and more comments than ... across a couple of others that got me thinking about this again: The Philadelphia eLearning SIG Blog and The Seattle ... have created the Los Angeles eLearning SIG Blog months ago?It would seem that the critical ingredient is ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, January 15, 2007 - CommentsWhat Clients Really Want
Karyn Romeis created an interesting post: Assessments in elearning responding to an earlier post of mine: State of Assessment by E-Learning Developers. This simple exchange has sparked quite a few different posts that I'll work on over the next few days.Let me start with something I consider to be almost misleading in our industry. We hear all the time about how we SHOULD be doing Level 3 & 4. Will just said in his post Assessment Mistakes by E-Learning:Stunning: Even ... will be a good looking project. It may include what kind of format, graphic design, level of interaction, etc.Also keep ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, January 8, 2007 - CommentsTop Ten Suggested New Year's Resolutions for eLearning Professionals
... ll collect a list of resources such as Clark Quinn's - Seven Steps to Better eLearning that I will use to challenge my eLearning course design. (What else do people use?)I'll help my boss understand that they aren't Captain Piccard and that ... the amount of time I spend on check-the-box training.The next time I'm asked to produce an eLearning course, I will ... present as a Reference Hybrid.For the little bit of content that I do create as an eLearning course, I will spend at least ... Rapid eLearning and Ruby on Rails.I won't do shovelware unless its required, then I'll figure out how to get other ...
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