• Instruction eLearning 2.0 and Quality

    On my post Quick Wins, I received some questions around use of Web 2.0 in the workplace (really they relate to eLearning 2.0). My quick example of one strategy that I've seen repeated successfully in several organizations:implement a small Wiki that has performance support materials that goes along with your eLearning on that new software applicationat ... ?Later they say:Invariably, quality will mean very different things to different elearning providers. Also, different ... presentations and in client organizations. It's not at all the reality that goes along with most eLearning ...

    eLearning Technology - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - Comments
  • Quick Wins

    ... strategy against which actions can be measured and be found either to support an long-range plan or not to support it or to support it in some measure. That strategy is the long pole in the tent - it is the metric that we can measure our ... organizational culture aspects to enterprise adoption of enterprise 2.0 / web 2.0 / eLearning 2.0. And I think it's easy to ... suggestion to hold up on implementing quick wins until we can figure out all the big picture strategy, OD, etc. answers is bad advice. My suggested strategy is almost completely opposite. I think you should go ahead and:implement a ...

    eLearning Technology - Monday, June 23, 2008 - Comments
  • Revolution in Workplace Learning

    ... learningDefine strategies for eLearning 2.0 for your organizationMake a plan for getting an eLearning 2.0 toolset ... to use these "eLearning 2.0" methods and tools for yourself and your organization. You will ... TechEmpower, a software, web and eLearning development firm based in Los Angeles. A expert on using technology to improve human performance, he is a sought-after presenter on eLearning 2.0 and it's implications on workplace learning. He is author of the award-winning eLearning Technology blog. Dr. Karrer earned both his M.S. and ...

    eLearning Technology - Monday, June 16, 2008 - Comments
  • ePerformance

    I just listened to Clark Quinn's presentation at ASTD LA (eLearning Strategy Presentation)which is available online. Clark and I have discussed before the challenges with naming in our world and I was happy to see that he adopted the terminology of eLearning -> ePerformance.I've talked about ePerformance before in EPSS and ePerformance as well as in a series of articles in Learning Circuits:ePerformance EssentialsePerformance at Work: Self-Service Action and Development PlanningePerformance at Work: eFollowUpClark's take on ePerformance looks to have a similar definition. I like the way ...

    eLearning Technology - Thursday, May 29, 2008 - Comments
  • 100 eLearning Articles and White Papers

    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 Reader ... , cooperation and collaboration 16. Storyboards & eLearning (Pt. 1) " EduTech gEEks...We're a new brEEd Still new ...

    eLearning Technology - Monday, April 28, 2008 - Comments
  • Death of Magazines - Broader Deeper Coverage

    ... eLearning 2.0. In particular, I say that since I've begun to shift my scanning behavior to blogs (scanning is how you ... has radically changed because of blogs (see Time Spent on Blogging, Personal Learning Strategies).I also lump into this ... and offline.The conference sessions I present on eLearning 2.0 and the articles I write on various topics (e.g., ...

    eLearning Technology - Monday, February 11, 2008 - Comments
  • Session Hopping ⬠A Practical Guide

    ... out.Speaker PerspectiveObviously, part of my strategy is due to worrying about the perception of the presenter. So ... was in November 2001 at the LA Convention Center. I was a featured speaker on Trends in eLearning. The conference almost ... the energy was not there. How could we care that much about eLearning Trends when the world as we knew it had ...

    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - Comments
  • eLearning 2.0 Random Thoughts based on Chat

    ... it a bit easier to attract attendees.One interesting result is that the audience for my eLearning 2.0 presentation were ... in similar topics.We can pull up a tag anytime, but what are some strategies for documenting a thought string (i.e. ... , strategy, etc. Most of us blog to Learn and Network. Linking blogging to senior people, which is often done, is a bad ... million little things to log intothe lines blur in eLearning 2.0 - it's messy as Stephen Downes mentions in his ...

    eLearning Technology - Thursday, November 15, 2007 - Comments
  • ROI 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 ... future? The costs of developing online programs are siDetermining Training Return-on-Investment (ROI) - Strategies to ... 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 ... -learning to business strategy - LTI Magazine At this point, someone higher up in the organization will start ...

    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, October 16, 2007 - Comments
  • Web 2.0 - Consumer vs. Enterprise Use

    Adoption of Web 2.0 and eLearning 2.0 RevisitedEnterprise 2.0 - What's the PU?Where Will the Change Come From? Facilitating ... strategies with these tools rather than trying to provide behind-the-firewall solutions.Organizations should provide ...

    eLearning Technology - Sunday, September 30, 2007 - Comments
  • Second Life as a Learning Tool

    Found via Corporate eLearning Strategies and DevelopmentA great introduction to using Second Life as a teaching / learning tool. Video embedded below - didn't show in my blog reader.A few thoughts ...1. I've said for a while that Second Life offers something interesting in terms of providing a natural "setting" for online sessions, presentations, etc. because they are based on understood physical settings, e.g., presentation rooms with break out spaces. Now that Second Life has audio, there is a really interesting capability to have natural break-outs during online sessions that just ...

    eLearning Technology - Monday, August 27, 2007 - Comments
  • Hot 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 ... % align/ment 8 1 3 2 200% strategy/ic 10 3 8 5 167% trainer 6 7 14 7 ...

    eLearning Technology - Friday, May 4, 2007 - Comments
  • Top Ten eLearning Blogs

    LearningClive Shepherd - make learning things happen electronically Corporate eLearning Strategies and DevelopmentBrent Schlenker explores elearning in the corporate world -- with a personal touch e-Clippings (Learning As Art)Mark Oehlert - how culture and technology come together over the space we call 'learning.' eLearning TechnologyYes, completely self ... I was recently asked for a list of the top ten blogs that relate to corporate eLearning by someone who wanted to get a ... eLearning and at IBM - but a relatively new blog. LearnletsClark Quinn - Thoughts on learning and technology Now let ...

    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - Comments
  • Rise of the Prosumer

    Found via Donald Clark - Strategy + Business interview of Alvin Toffler author of Future Shock around his new book Revolutionary Wealth. While the focus is on the impact on economics, the discusssion of the rise of the "prosumer" is very interesting. It goes right along with the questions around eLearning 1.3 and eLearning 2.0 where some content creation is pushed to the SME and the end-user.

    eLearning Technology - Monday, December 11, 2006 - Comments
  • Significant Work Needed to Help Instructional Designers

    The November LCB Big Question was "Are ISD / ADDIE / HPT relevant in a world of rapid elearning, faster time-to-performance, and informal learning?" I was planning to try to write up a summary at some point (similar to last month's eLearning Technology: Top Ten Reasons To Blog and Top Ten Not to Blog), but I must say this month it was a lot harder. My ... products, targets and strategies adjust constantly the application of these models (ISD, ADDIE, HPT) will be greatly ... feel of the vehicle -if we are completely without strategy, we are likely to wind up with a resource like ...

    eLearning Technology - Friday, December 1, 2006 - Comments
  • Personal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools

    ... corporation has five staff members. They want to define an eLearning strategy that will look at (a) the business needs of their company and internal clients, (b) their performance and learning needs, (c) their learning strategies, and (d) what they need to do from a services, technology, process and people perspective to support this strategy. They will be ... process.Finally, there's an important side note here. As part of your eLearning Strategy development, you should be learning how to use these tools to figure out if they should be part of your eLearning Strategy...Let me know what you think.

    eLearning Technology - Thursday, September 21, 2006 - Comments
  • Managing your RSS Feeds

    Coming back from my vacation, I realized that I needed to go through a clean up exercise again on my RSS feeds. It turned out to work pretty well for me this time around because I have been following the advice I've seen a couple of places:Controlling RSS Overload ... Animal House StyleManaging Many RSS FeedsThe Myth of Keeping UpPersonal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More EffectiveMy basic strategy is:Quarantine ... subscribe.That's it. Pretty simple, but seems to work well for me.Keywords: eLearning ...

    eLearning Technology - Wednesday, August 30, 2006 - Comments
  • Better Questions for Learning Professionals

    If you've been reading my blog, you know that I often discuss Personal Learning:Improving Personal Learning - A Continuing Challenge for Learning ProfessionalsTools and Strategies for Personal LearningMore Effective Conferences for Learning ProfessionalsA big part of what I've come to realize that the barrier to us moving beyond being The Worst Learners are ... ?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 - Comments
  • Improving Personal Learning - A Continuing Challenge for Learning Professionals

    Learning Environments, eLearning 2.0, all of them point that personal learning (or self-directed learning or learning ... Strategies talks about this need, but focuses primarily on getting more from instruction as opposed to learning on your ... post specific advice and suggestions on this blog and have in the past (see: Tools and Strategies for Personal Learning ... : eLearning Trends, eLearning 2.0, Web 2.0, Personal ...

    eLearning Technology - Thursday, July 6, 2006 - Comments
  • Future of Media - Implications on eLearning

    George Siemens blog pointed me to an article in Strategy + Business - The Future of Advertising is Now. This article focuses on how advertisers are finally beginning to shift their focus from traditional media towards online channels (and are behind the curve). But, it reminds of that we are likely behind the curve as well.

    eLearning Technology - Thursday, June 15, 2006 - Comments
  • Choosing Media - Push vs. Pull - Part 1 of Many

    ... impact of relatively newer developments in eLearning such as: Rapid eLearning, the Shift in eLearning from Pure Courseware towards Reference Hybrids, eLearning 2.0, Podcasts, Wikis, Content Management, etc. I would welcome feedback on ... focus on that last item first. I normally segment my learning strategies fairly quickly into Push vs. Pull. This comes from ... performs a search for a specific car and information ispulled up in response.In the eLearning world, we use Push to indicate ... strategy. Conversely, email is generally considered a push strategy. However, many users tune out emails from ...

    eLearning Technology - Thursday, June 15, 2006 - Comments
  • Start 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 ... hands on developer of eLearning solutions than "an academic." I helped build two companies in the multimedia training ... people would need help with strategy, selection, integration, and development. Because of my dual background in hard ... a wide variety of Fortune 500 companies on different eLearning projects and regularly network with folks at ...

    eLearning Technology - Thursday, June 8, 2006 - Comments
  • Tools for On-Demand Information - An LMS?

    ... making it part of a deliberate strategy to take advantage of the more ubiquitous workplace technologies.Does anyone really ... approach to get there.Keywords: eLearning ...

    eLearning Technology - Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - Comments