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... presentations and in client organizations. It's not at all the reality that goes along with most eLearning 2.0 implementations.If you are going to worry about something, worry about lack of participation. Worry about lack of skills. The quality issue is a lot of hot air.
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - CommentsPowerPoint to Teach Composition
Rachel just posted a question via a comment on the post Background Reading - Use of PowerPoint:I need help with a Powerpoint possible use. I teach freshman composition at a university to non-native speakers of English. They often come to me for extra help in their other classes. However, they ALWAYS need help creating PowerPoint presentations for their other classes of subjects such as economics, nutrition, statistics, travel & Tourism...etc. I spend time teaching and explaining "transitions", custom animations"...etc. I thought, as I am helping them so much, is there any information ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - CommentsRevolution in Workplace Learning
... known expert Dr. Tony Karrer to Greater Cincinnati to present a fun, engaging, fast-paced workshop that will allow you ... human performance, he is a sought-after presenter on eLearning 2.0 and it's implications on workplace learning. He ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, June 16, 2008 - CommentsTopic Diversity
... recently those videos have become more and more theoretical. I ran across a video on the topic of making a good presentation that was great. But, I still have this nagging worry that I would miss out if you didn't have keynotes on random, related topics. Am I just being an Infovore and shouldn't worry about it? Should I be seeking new information sources that will bring in random but related topics?Where do you get this ...
eLearning Technology - Saturday, June 7, 2008 - CommentsConference Balance
Just read a great post by Clive Shepherd - Cutting the Pie - where he discusses what the appropriate balance is at conferences. As you know creating Better Conferences is something that very much interests me. Check out that post, the poll results and the discussion for lots of ideas on how to make conferences better. But Clive's major point is that at today's conferences the mix is:His definitions are:ideas - presentations from gurus, experts and thought leaders, primarily abstract in nature. examples - case studies from users, sharing successes and lessons learned.
eLearning Technology - Friday, June 6, 2008 - CommentsFrank Nguyen - EPSS - at ASTD
Frank Nguyen is presenting at ASTD on EPSS. You can find his presentation on his site. His major points were:Search is not an effective method for performers to find information.Integrating information closer to the work flow and work interface can improve performance.Novices cannot effectively use the same support systems as experts.Providing learners with more on-the-job performance support does not eliminate the need for training and there are cases where training is ... great research in this area. Really enjoyed his relaxed presentation style and his method of engaging the audience ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, June 2, 2008 - CommentsASTD Keynote - Talent Managment
... your business. Very few (10 percent) raised their hands.Tony's Keys at the end of his presentation:Create a Learning BrandLearning - most important role is in talent managementTake Action on the Skills GapBecome a business partnersGreat quote in one of the videos - self-development is the greatest challenge. It's often easier to change the world than it is to change yourself. Okay - maybe I was too hard on the videos ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, June 2, 2008 - CommentsWork 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 - CommentsePerformance
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 - CommentsCorporate Social Bookmarking Tools
I was just asked on twitter about use social bookmarking tools that work behind the firewall. I thought I had blogged about this before, but I'm not finding the post.Here are the social bookmarking tools that I commonly cite in presentations:BEA PathwaysCogenzConnectbeamdel.irio.us - perl based, very similar to del.icio.usIBM Lotus ConnectionsScuttle ⬠Open SourceWSSsearch - SharePoint add-onAny others? Good comparisons of these?I originally included: Jive Software - because I thought they had it, but it appears they don't.
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - CommentsCorporate Policies on Web 2.0
One of the barriers commonly cited during my presentations around eLearning 2.0 (use of Web 2.0 / social media for work and learning) is that organizations often have not established their policies or guidelines around the use of these tools. Unfortunately, companies sticking their head in the sand doesn't do any good. Employees are using these things in some way. Companies need a policy. And most corporate guidelines out there around social media are fairly similar. They generally make each employee personally responsible, they need to abide by existing corporate rules, obey ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - CommentsASTD Conference
Presentation at the ASTD Conference.
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - CommentsCollaborative Note Taking Tools and Methods?
Any suggestions on the best tools and techniques to use for attendees at upcoming sessions to take notes collaboratively? Has anyone done this successfully? I'm wondering about this both for 75-90 minute presentations and day long courses.
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - CommentsLearning Blog
I often suggest learning blogs (see Learning and Networking With A Blog (T+D article) and Personal Learning Strategies). In other words, blogs are a fantastic tool for Personal Learning. I often suggest during presentations that starting a blog at the beginning of any learning endeavor is a great move. I just saw this:I have decided to take the plunge into the world of National Teacher Board Certification. I am going to record my thoughts and experiences here as a way to keep myself grounded, to have a record of the process and hopefully so that other educators will find this blog ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, May 12, 2008 - Comments100 eLearning Articles and White Papers
Ageless Learner 88. eLearning & Deliberative Moments: The present and future of Personal Learning Environments (PLE) This post is recast from an assignment I completed about four months ago in a Masters Degree course entitled Innovative Practice and Emerging ICT, in which I investigated what PLEs are meant to be and where they might be going. It was originally part of a 89. CREST+ Model: Writing Effective Online Discussion Questions 90 ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, April 28, 2008 - CommentsSocial Conference Tools - Expect Poor Results
I saw a post by David Warlick - Reaching Out With Your Conference where he suggests that conference organizers should:Consider a social network for your conference. Although I remain skeptical about social networks, social networking is essential, and a few conferences have made brilliant use of them.Give presenters a wiki page to spread out their session descriptions, post presentation commercials, and generate discussion through the commenting feature. Give exhibitors a wiki page to spread out their description and to add special offers, schedules of booth presentations, and codes ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - CommentsLarger LMS Audience Means Lower Satisfaction
I just pulled a report as part of an LMS Evaluation and saw an interesting pattern:The pattern shows that the larger the audience the lower the satisfaction scores. My guess is that Learning Management Systems that target enterprise solutions and larger audiences will come out lower in LMS Satisfaction surveys.Other posts around Learning Management Systems:LMS Selection PresentationLMS Team Size and TimeLMS RFPLMS Selection Presentation ReformulatedLMS Selection Team and StakeholdersLMS Selection ProcessLearning Management Systems (LMS) ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, April 18, 2008 - CommentsLife is an Open Book Test
I just typed "Life is an Open Book Test" when I was working on part of my ASTD 2008 presentation. I did a quick search ... missing it?By the way, have I mentioned that I'm feeling really good about this presentation? I have 90 minutes and I ... think I have a presentation that's going to be a great keynote.Anyhow, back to Life is an Open Book Test ...I start this part of the presentation by asking the question:What's more valuable?1. A Phone Number kept in your Long-term Memory?2. A ... in the presentation, but the key ingredient is that we need to build skills in determining what our future ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, March 21, 2008 - CommentsInfovore - Need for Information Filtering and Selection
... something is abundant.I was just talking about the importance of filtering skills for my ASTD 2008 presentation. Of course, it's a balance. We can't just shut off the flow of information. We have to get better at selection and filtering.
eLearning Technology - Friday, March 21, 2008 - CommentsTraining Software License Requirements
... use of their software in training materials, public presentations, etc. The goal seems to be to: (a) get additional software license revenue and (b) limit "gray market" training and consulting - trainers and consultants who are not officially part of their programs. Note: they included not allowing non-certified training organizations to include screen shots in their training materials.I'm actually not that familiar with the issues here and don't know how software companies generally handle this ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, March 20, 2008 - CommentsWhere to Find Old Comic?
I'm excited about the presentation I'm creating for ASTD 2008 in San Diego. However, as part of putting it together, I was searching for a comic that I know I saw years ago where people were making fun of an executive that had his assistant print out his emails and dictated his responses.Does anyone know where I would find such a comic or something like that?Or any ideas on searching for such a thing?I've tried various things on Google Images with little luck.BTW, the point I'm highlighting is how changes in technologies and/or methods can cause previous methods to become out of date.
eLearning Technology - Thursday, March 13, 2008 - CommentsPersonal Learning Tools and Technologies
Learning Environments WikiThe present and future of Personal Learning EnvironmentsWikipedia: History of personal learning environmentsDel.icio.us links: ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, March 5, 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 discussion, but because the room was large it was very challenging to do that successfully. I discussed a bit of these issues in First Thoughts After ASTD Sessions.I'm writing this post for both attendees of the session to have some notes and for people who were not at the session to hopefully get value from the discussion that happened there. As such, ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, March 3, 2008 - CommentsMore on Better Conferences
... to avoid presenting on the last day. And I generally leave before the last day. Normally, it's only half a day. And ... activities.If presenters plan to include significant group breakout activities in their session, please require that ...
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 ... relatively little presentation. I was planning for 30 and instead had more than 100 ⬠not even sure how ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, February 28, 2008 - CommentsMaking the Most of Attending a Conference - Ideas Needed
I'm going to present at the conference and I'll get together with folks for networking and discussion. I'll learn through those things, but it seems that creating a conference where I also get to have a great participation experience is not on the agenda of conference organizers or attendees. This is something I've lamented about frequently. Lots of people chimed into the post Better Conferences and among the ideas were things like:Free wifi (top choice on the poll)Smaller sessions with more advanced topics and discussions (this worked great at the last DevLearn but unfortunately was at 7AM)Unconference within a conferenceKeynotes aimed at us Lots of demos Cheat sheets or other sharing to help you get more from the conferenceBut this was from the perspective of what the conference organizer should do to make it a better event ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, February 13, 2008 - CommentsDeath of Magazines - Broader Deeper Coverage
Rick Nigol posted and reminded me of a post by Donald Clark - Training magaZZZZZZZZZZines. Both are lamenting about the fact that picking up any publication tends to cover roughly the same ground over and over. I have a similar feeling about the limited value of these publications for me and it's something that I mention at most presentations I ever do on eLearning 2.0. In particular, I say that since I've begun to shift my scanning behavior to blogs (scanning is how you ... 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 - CommentseLearning Attention Spans
... doesn't suggest better content presentation formats to make sure that people get the few critical items.
eLearning Technology - Monday, February 4, 2008 - CommentsSocial Network Operating System
... papers and presentations published online.This is a good definition of what we need from an open layer that allows a transportable, open social graph that we can leverage across various applications.This address a critical problem that we face right now that I described in Social Networking Entrepreneurial Opportunities on my SoCal CTO Blog.Certainly, what we are seeing with OpenSocial and DataPortability represents a possible future state where we can avoid some of this issue ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, February 4, 2008 - CommentsRequest for Proposal (RFP) Samples
... well to find presentations.(RFP OR "Request for Proposal") - find either of these terms(LCMS OR "Learning Content Management System") - find either of these termsObviously, substitute the key terms such instead of LCMS. And in the case of something like custom eLearning development, you want all of those terms, so you just add them at the end.If you string these together in Google, you will find documents that give you suggestions what go in RFPs as well as actual RFPs that people have on the web ...
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