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    LMSs that kick ass: GeoLearning
    Friday, December 5, 2008
    ... services having managed an enterprise implementation several years ago. It was a multi-phase implementation (LMS, LCMS, Talent Management) that went off pretty smooth and the team at GeoLearning was great to work with. I found them very ... ; Product Management at that time although I’ve communicated with him by email many, many times. (I will always think ... , wikis, discussion groups and RSS feeds. These are all integrated with our LMS platform so that informal learning can still be tracked, managed and measured as easily as more formal training programs. Clients like Cabela's and ...
    		 The effect of the economic crisis on (e)Learning - a lunch discussion started by Jay Cross
    Friday, December 5, 2008
    ... training, coaching, awakening management will be crucial if the learning departments want to keep alive); equiping ... (SIG). This noon I joined Jay Cross at his lunch initiative: what can the learning world expect/tackle in these times of ... that in the past the learning department was one of the first departments to be cut in companies, estimates are that nearly 70 to 80 % of the learning budgets will be cut in the next couple of years. So we all better gear ourselves to ... = learning will be crucial if you want your company/organisation to stay financially valid. the world is in an ...
    		 #OEB08 the elearning in Africa session
    Friday, December 5, 2008
    University of the Free State , South Africa The E-Learning Manager as Prophet: The Curious Case of a Developing Country ... own a cell phone ó 57% own pc at home. So you can easily see the potential of mobile learning. Management needs ... . E-Learning Experiences in Africa Jan Beniest , World Agroforestry Centre , Kenya A man with ... ). This way agricultural learning can be improved for all interested. They host it under a Moodle site. Agricultural: 6 ... , Sweden Mobile Learning for Africa . The Millennium Village , Rwanda , Case Study Mobile course on one ...
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  • More Thoughts on Supporting Managers
    Alarm bells go off when I hear someone say "Our company has this management training program..." Usually this means ... ill-advised "teamwork" sessions when the manager gets back to the office. "Oh no - the boss has been to another management training session. I wonder if I have enough vacation days...." And I'll admit to having that reaction when I ... story about my favorite manager. I was secretly hoping that someone would "get it", connect some of the dots, and ... managers, their employees, and the managers managers will be a cheap way to mentor and support ANY manager. Not just ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Thursday, March 22, 2007 - Comments
  • Supporting New Managers - 4 Questions
    My response to March's Big Question: When I think about managers (new to managing or new to managing me), I think ... . Inspired by my experience with him, this is the list of questions I ask myself whenever I find myself managing ... work for a manager who has experience in the field where they are managing. I tend not to stay long with managers who got there through politics. If this is your situation - this would be a good opportunity to start learning from your ... employees. Rick was a large man. Watching him go toe to toe with the management of some large touring companies when ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - Comments
  • Three e-learning project management tools
    ... learning courses in various states of (in)completion. What’s the key? Project management. We don’t talk enough about project management for e-learning. Every single instructional designer has to be a project manager. Most of ...  three resources for e-learning project management you can try. MJI TeamWorks project management, collaboration, scheduling, team collaboration, resource management, project accounting, time/expensing reporting, and document management ... ) CleanCourse DMS is a project tracking and collaboration tool developed to simplify e-learning project management.
    Janet Clarey - Sunday, August 17, 2008 - Comments
  • Management Training Program
    ... the classroom to bring it all together. We require that managers get re certified in the course every 2 years and up until now we put them back through the same 5 day course that new managers go through. This is a hassle for experienced managers because it's old hat and they want to learn something new as well as brush up on some of the important aspects of the course. The veteran managers will love this and it will be a big money saver because we will drastically reduce the ... manager we require that the employee is certified through the Management Training Program which is currently a 5 day, ...
    Blender - Training Solutions - Friday, January 25, 2008 - Comments
  • Learning is change
    ... learning within an organisation. The key here would be not to impose it, but to engage all stakeholders (managers, trainers ... Management in Practice by Peter de Jager . Now change management isn't a new topic for me, but somehow Peter's approach ... . Micro , like the process of learning. Learning changes the brain. If we're not convinced that we want our brain changed, then we won't let it happen. To learn we have to recognise we have a gap in our knowledge or skills that is worth filling. We will be much more committed to this process - and the learning will be deeper - if have discovered the learning ...
    Clive on Learning - Saturday, April 14, 2007 - Comments
  • LMS widgets and user ratings
    At the eLearning Network showcase event in July, I attended an interesting presentation on the use of learning communities made by Carole Bower of Futuremedia . Two aspects of the 'Performance Zone' site that Futuremedia created for private health care provider BUPA particularly caught my attention: LMS widgets : The site provides each user with a personalised home page that can be customised with all sorts of widgets, including RSS feeds, etc. These widgets draw heavily from the learning management system, but do not require the user to log into the LMS. The widgets allow ...
    Clive on Learning - Monday, August 4, 2008 - Comments
  • AG08 breakfast bytes about managing knowledge, personal and team productivity
    ... became a group happening and was a real exchange of ideas and pointers on how to manage the growing digital knowledge ... getting in touch with new knowledge. Management should be made aware of the surplus they get from employees that can focus some part of their business hours on retrieving and trying out new ideas/content (cfr the google managers model of the early years or the Semco management system (books on this topic Ricardo Semler). One thing is for sure: the more you can explore new media and new ways of working, the more you learn, the more productive you will become (in the long ...
    Ignatia Webs - Friday, April 18, 2008 - Comments
  • Progress on Management Training Program
    Months and Months ago I mentioned how I am starting my first larger scale eLearning project in a posting titled Manager Training Program . I am now knee deep in the project and learning a lot along the way. I designed and developed a prototype for the first course and it is under review now. I am expecting that there may be some barriers I have to overcome due to the fact that this is a big change in how we facilitate training programs, and nobody likes change. Due to budgetary restrictions I am limited to Power Point in combination with a PPT to Flash Converter as my authoring ...
    Blender - Training Solutions - Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - Comments
  • Getting trainers on board
    ... necessarily a full blown learning content management system. Identify and develop champions : This is a familiar tactic ... resistance to learning technologies from fellow learning and development professionals could be overcome. I kept notes of some of the more interesting suggestions to share with you: Adopt a blended learning strategy : Well I know what they meant, but as far as I'm concerned keeping classroom trainers on board is not a reason for blended learning. A blended solution is either right for the particular learning objectives, audience characteristics and practical ...
    Clive on Learning - Friday, October 12, 2007 - Comments
  • Blogphilosophy: informal learning brings us closer to the geniuses of all ages
    Informal learning has been an important self-constructing force throughout the ages. But now it turns global and into a democratic form of learning. A (very) quick tour: Leonardo da Vinci is a great example of a human that was ... different fields which he than explored pushed by his own curiosity and sometimes political circumstances. Learning from peers and looking up specialists in different fields to learn from them is a natural human learning trade from every era. Plato travelled to peers (School of Pythagoras) that were working on different topics to be able to learn ...
    Ignatia Webs - Monday, June 16, 2008 - Comments
  • Customization and the Organization
    After eLearnDevCon, I'm looking at ways to push learning / help content in ways that are more available to the end user ... are truly end-user friendly with very little training required, 4) a credible management and maintenance story for IT ... learn to trust the end-user. (Yes, we locked up end-user customization on our Electronic Medical Record because we knew ... . It's one thing to implement a tool on an individual level. I take full responsibility for my own learning and tool implementation. And, fortunately, I'm given the freedom to do so without much gripping from management (so far). What is ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Monday, July 23, 2007 - Comments
  • Apples and Pears
    Yesterday eLearning Guild announced their Member's Choice Awards for Learning Management Systems (LMS). Now I don't ... SumTotals was little ol' open-source Moodle: Award for market share - Small and Medium Corporate Learning Management Systems - Platinum award: Moodle. Award for market share - Education and Government Learning Management Systems - Gold award: Moodle (the Platinum went to Blackboard). Award for satisfaction - Small and Medium Corporate Learning Management Systems - Platinum award: Moodle. Award for satisfaction - Education and Government Learning Management Systems - ...
    Clive on Learning - Wednesday, April 4, 2007 - Comments
  • Moomis
    ... the sorts of problems that many corporates face, and which generally lead them to a conventional learning management ... As someone who uses Moodle as a tool to support blended learning projects for several of my corporate clients, I was ... toolkit. Moomis, their Modular Object-Orientated Management Information System would you believe, adds all sorts of ... administrators to allocate any number of users to any number of different groups and designate any number of managers to each group. Once users are allocated to groups, administrators and managers can use the Report Creator to obtain management ...
    Clive on Learning - Monday, July 28, 2008 - Comments
  • Articulate Online
    With Articulate Online you'll never need an expensive corporate learning management system, and you'll never worry ... Jane Hart's e-Learning Pick of the Day drew my attention to Articulate Online , a hosted online service offered by Articulate for users who want a low-cost (from $199/month) means to deploy and track their e-learning content. This service is obviously going to appeal to smaller organisations who don't have an LMS, but it might also tempt some larger ... the fact that content is often only a starting point in the learning process. In particular there are no facilities ...
    Clive on Learning - Thursday, May 17, 2007 - Comments
  • All Jock Tamson's Bairns
    All Jock Tamson's Bairns' was the strangest title yet for a conference on e-learning, and I must confess I ... e-learning community in Scotland, and was held in the very lovely city of Edinburgh. I spoke first, which was ideal ... managed by the boomers, and they did this in a period that we would regard now as unbelievably austere and crisis-ridden ... hard to bear. Kenny Henderson talked about the fine work they are doing with e-learning at BSkyB , the satellite TV company. BSkyB are de-emphasising the corporate LMS in favour of an all-purpose learning portal, making all manner ...
    Clive on Learning - Friday, October 31, 2008 - Comments
  • Freeing Chickens
    ... notion of informal / free ranging chickens (...uh, I mean learning ). I read these essays with not a small amount of ... .... 1) I wonder whether, despite the noise in the management literature, CEOs and other managers are TRULY interested in ... organization that allows their employees to learn what the executives want them to know by osmosis. No time in the classroom ... learn something the organization DOESN'T (What are your financial numbers really........). Again - command and control ... they be willing to leave the "safe" confines of the fence and TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for their learning? How many ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Monday, February 19, 2007 - Comments
  • Knowledge Management and Learning
    Interesting discussion going on with contribution by Luis Suarez, Jay Cross, David Wilson - around the distinction between Knowledge Management and Learning: Knowledge Management and Informal Learning Knowledge Management and Learning - Separated at Birth? - Where They Really? KM & learning: separated at birth? KM and Learning This is an interesting exchange because it highlights that approaches to learning and to knowledge management are shifting and beginning to overlap more now. Both are coming to recognize the importance of Know-Where and Know-Who as opposed to Know-What ...
    eLearning Technology - Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - Comments
  • Learning Management Systems (LMS)
    Learning Management Systems Posts that look at Learning Managment Systems (LMS): Tracking Without an LMS LMS Dissatisfaction on the Rise Do You WANT an LMS? Does a Learner WANT an LMS? Moving from One to Many - LMS Products are Two Generations Behind Leading with an LMS - Harmful to Your Health (or Skipping Stages ... Tools for On-Demand Information - An LMS? Point Solutions vs. Suites and ...
    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, April 3, 2007 - Comments
  • Nuvvo Learning Management
    ... called Nuvvo allows users to create, brand, and market online learning in minutes. Nuvvo LMS The Personal Learning Management System Call it bite-sized, mini, or Savvica Lite; we call it Nuvvo, the first LMS for the individual instructor. Now it is easier than ever to create your own online learning portal from which to create a multimedia hub for ... Full evaluation and gradebook tools I have had extensive experience working with multiple Learning Management Systems ... powered by Savvica , an enterprise learning management system that is geared for corporate learning management ...
    Learning Next - Monday, January 2, 2006 - Comments
  • The effect of the economic crisis on (e)Learning - a lunch discussion started by Jay Cross
    ... training, coaching, awakening management will be crucial if the learning departments want to keep alive); equiping ... (SIG). This noon I joined Jay Cross at his lunch initiative: what can the learning world expect/tackle in these times of ... that in the past the learning department was one of the first departments to be cut in companies, estimates are that nearly 70 to 80 % of the learning budgets will be cut in the next couple of years. So we all better gear ourselves to ... = learning will be crucial if you want your company/organisation to stay financially valid. the world is in an ...
    Ignatia Webs - Friday, December 5, 2008 - Comments
  • The Perfect Learning Management System (LMS)
    I often find myself daydreaming when dealing with LMS problems. I say to myself, "If I built an LMS, it would…….." Ah, if only it were that easy. This line of thinking leads me to these questions: How would you design your perfect LMS? What features would you include (or exclude)? How would it differ from current LMS products on the market? I’ll start this off, but I really would love to hear your thoughts. Who knows, maybe (if we’re lucky) some LMS vendors are listening! My perfect LMS would… Support the AICC, SCORM 1.2, and SCORM 2004 ...
    eLearning Weekly - Monday, July 21, 2008 - Comments
  • How do you get teachers involved in social media?
    This question haunts me, especially because most of the people are not jumping up and down for change. So somehow, somewhere you must be as cunning as the pied piper and luer them into the joy of social media and participative learning. I am very lucky because ITM has teachers who relish in interactive courses, but as soon as the term ‘IT' or ‘wiki' is dropped, their entusiasm melts like snow underneath the sun. So I knew most of the teachers were behind the idea of ... of the learning environment. Get teachers to express their ideas (in the online collaborative document - ahum ...
    Ignatia Webs - Monday, December 3, 2007 - Comments
  • Learning Management Systems (LMS) Gotchas
    Research Report on Learning Management Systems . I'm not sure I can publish the details of my section in my blog, but ...
    eLearning Technology - Thursday, September 6, 2007 - Comments
  • Supporting New Managers
    Ray Sims has been doing great stuff over on his blog: Sims Learning Connections . I've just read his answer to this month's big question - What Would You Do to Support New Managers? - Supporting New Managers With Informal Learning - good stuff. Worth taking a look at. While I'm on it - one of the most important aspects of helping managers transition ... manager with regular on-going support. In this case, new managers, I would certainly target their managers with regular ... conference calls with fellow new managers to discuss issues?
    eLearning Technology - Monday, March 12, 2007 - Comments
  • Manage: E-Learning Project Elements that Need Managed
    If you are going to manage an e-learning project, you must manage the following elements. Scope: This includes ... sound. Not everyone understands the ISD process or sees its value. So you must manage this process so it adds value and ... stay within budget, but must be high enough so that the e-learning can be created properly. Human Resources (people ... understood and that you have some contingency plans for those risks. WOW! Management: Tom Peters , that maven of management, writes that every project should also have a WOW factor. If the project doesn't make someone sit up and ...
    Kapp Notes - Wednesday, January 3, 2007 - Comments
  • ASTD Keynote - Talent Managment
    ... around talent management. It's interesting to see the message be around talent management when often that's fairly separate from the learning function. My experience is that talent management is more focused on performance review, succession planning, recruitment, retention, and other HR processes - less on specific learning / development. I've got to say ... Learning Brand Learning - most important role is in talent management Take Action on the Skills Gap Become a ...
    eLearning Technology - Monday, June 2, 2008 - Comments
  • Manager Training Online Courses
    I received an inquiry from someone I know, and I'm hoping people who read this blog can make suggestions. I'm looking for vendors who supply off-the-shelf training for basic manager skills such as, time management and delegation. Thus far I've looked at Element K, SkillSoft, Vital Learning, Ninth House, and Achieve Global. What I like about these providers is the scope of what they offer -- many courses to choose from. Are there other providers you'd recommend I look at ... folks would recommend they look at? And why? Learning Trends 2008 - Online - Free ...
    eLearning Technology - Monday, November 17, 2008 - Comments
  • Emergent Knowledge Management
    There's been a long running discussion around what Knowledge Management is going to look like going forward and whether big systems that manage knowledge are going to be there. For example, see Bill Ives' recent post , and Paula Thorton . As I read through these, I began to wonder what happened to the idea that KM was going to move along the lines of ... - Emergence or Big System Tacit workers will use their PWLE to work and learn and it will be up to us to figure out how ... . Am I missing something here? Do we really think that there will be a new wave of Enterprise Knowledge Management ...
    eLearning Technology - Friday, June 15, 2007 - Comments
  • Informal Learning and Learning Management Systems
    Saw an interesting post by Dennis Coxe - Sailing by the Sound: What Informal Learning Means To Me where he points out the conflict today between learning management systems and content access / informal learning: But what really struck ... training" is the slavish devotion to learning management systems . A learning management system is probably the apex of ... an LMS? the clear answer is that the LMS is a barrier to learning that provides management and reporting that corporate ... . Informal learning proponents are saying "Tear down that wall." Make learning accessible. While I don't ...
    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, October 24, 2006 - Comments
  • Blogs as knowledge management
    Blogs are knowledge objects that can make bottom-up (i.e. useful) knowledge management a reality. As you may be aware, I've become a champion of using Web 2.0 technology to upgrade corporate learning and performance. In his Journal of the Hyperlinked Organization ( JOHO }, David Weinberger describes the role of blogs inside corporations : I continue to believe that for many companies the best path to blogging is by using them internally as a knowledge management tool. The dream of KM has been that people will write down what they know. KM regimes, however, have assumed they would have ...
    The Learning Circuits Blog - Friday, March 3, 2006 - Comments