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Skim. He cites a recent study by University College London that looked at behavior of visitors to two research sites. Carr states:They found that people using the sites exhibited "a form of skimming activity," hopping from one source to another and rarely returning to any source they'd already visited. They typically read no more than one or two pages of an article or book before they would "bounce" out to another site ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - CommentsFrank Nguyen - EPSS - at ASTD
... great research in this area. Really enjoyed his relaxed presentation style and his method of engaging the audience around key questions.
eLearning Technology - Monday, June 2, 2008 - Comments100 eLearning Articles and White Papers
... learning Professional By Stephen Downes, National Research Council Canada 5. 2007 Training Industry Report Summary ... National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) said today. NFER's first Teacher Voice Omnibus Survey (TVOS), which was ... future forces of education 33. eLearning Reviews: research on elearning Provides those interested in research on ... widely regarded as the father of adult learning theory, Robert Gagne is considered to be the foremost researcher and ... Future Thinking (pdf Object) This paper summarises the results of the Reflective Learning, Future Thinking research ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, April 28, 2008 - CommentsPersonal Learning Tools and Technologies
2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More EffectivePersonal Learning Knowledge Work EnvironmentPersonal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0 ToolsNeeded Skills for New MediaeLearning 2.0 - An Immediate, Important Shift The Fischbowl: Creating Personal Learning Networks: Part 2 growing changing learning creating: If this is your first PLE Personal Learning Environments: What They Are And How To Implement Them - Good summaryJeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and TechnologyThe Inevitable Personal Learning Environment PostDerek's Blog: More on MLEs and PLEsPersonal Learning Environments WikiThe present and future of Personal Learning EnvironmentsWikipedia: History of personal learning environmentsDel ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - CommentsWeb 2.0 Applications in Learning
AssociationTrainersYounger EmployeesConsultantsMembers StudentsClinical Research Associates Clearly I wrote the question with my normal mindset around corporate use. Many people in academia felt that students were the obvious target audience. I also left out many external audiences, e.g., customers, grantees, partners, members, etc. The fact that so many people wrote them in as targets suggest that this might be an interesting place to look and was certainly something being targeted ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, March 3, 2008 - CommentsTen Predictions for eLearning 2008
Reading & Research More Effective.Prediction #2 => Virtual Classroom Tools - Meeting Tool + Second Life LiteA medium size Virtual Classroom / Meeting Tool will announce features in 2008 that are not 3D immersive, but that are more like Mii characters in a 2.5D world. This will allow more natural kinds of interactions in classroom settings, especially for things like breakout activities.Prediction #3 => Authoring Tools - Captivate and Articulate Will DominateIt rhymes and it's an easy prediction that these two tools will dominate authoring ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, January 3, 2008 - CommentsNote Taking Help
I'm doing some web research (actually I'm constantly doing web research) and I consistently find myself:1. Finding an interesting page2. Copying and Pasting Content from the Page3. Creating a small citation to the page4. Editing my thoughtsThis is part of creating blog posts or part of doing research.I've looked at various tools to use as part of this, but I'm finding that what I really want is a better Copy-to-Clipboard function (in Firefox) that would include a citation to the original source as part of the copy operation. In other words, it would combine steps 2 & 3.Any suggestions ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - CommentsAha Moments in 2007
... early in research tasks on all sorts of topics.But by far the most vivid memory of 2006 comes from a comment made during a panel that I was moderating on eLearning 2.0. We had discussed Wikis, Blogs and were embarking on Second Life. Someone from the audience in all sincerity said:"This stuff is freaking me out."She is right on the money. It is freaking us out. We know something pretty special is happening right now.If you are a glutton for more of this, take a look at:Does eLearning 2 ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, December 4, 2007 - CommentseLearning Guild Research Reports
In my last post on Flash Quiz Tools, I mentioned how I had used the eLearning Guild Research to streamline my effort of find the right tools.This post is probably long overdue, but the use of the data from the guild has been a really great resource and has lead to posts such as:Flash Quiz ToolsLMS Satisfaction Features and BarriersCourse Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool SatisfactionSoftware Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools)LMS Team Size and Time I personally ... fill in the profile.The PDF research reports include the following, but I believe that you also get access to some ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - CommentsFlash Quiz Tools
Update June 2008 - added one free flash quiz tool based on a question I received. This tool is listed at the bottom.A client wanted to create online quizzes that would live inside of a larger site. They didn't really need tracking of user responses, instead they wanted them to be fun. I suggested a couple of tools, but then wondered if I had given them the best list of tools.So, the eLearningGuild research again to the rescue... Here's guild member satisfaction ratings for tools in the test / quiz category. Note: there are additional rating items such as would use again, ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - CommentsTop eLearning Posts
Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective 1,655 6 98 Fun ... & Research More Effective 1,655 6 98 First Time Visitor Guide 2,345 17 67 Top ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, November 26, 2007 - CommentsLMS Team Size and Time - Wow 23 Months!
Steve Wexler from the eLearningGuild's research group just helped me get into some interesting data around Team Size and Time during an Learning Management System Selection and Implementation process.So, this post will end off the series of posts I was doing on LMS Selection as a precursor to my DevLearn presentation. The other related posts are:LMS RFPLMS ... . Maybe you should have gone with a Starter LMS.1 - Gather and Specify RequirementsMedian - 3 people, 5 months2 - Research ... researching vendors.4 - Install and ConfigureMedian - 3.5 people, 4 months5 - CustomizeMedian - 3.75 people, 4 monthsNote - ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - CommentsLMS Selection Presentation Reformulated
... research, select initial vendors, make contactsometimes done via RFIeLearningGuild, Brandon Hall or Bersin might helpPrepare and send RFPSelect finalistsDemosPilot or hands-on testsNegotiateFinal selectionImplementationInstallation and configuration kick-offDefine models, etc.Configuration, customizationTestingPilotCommunicationLife with an LMSFocus will be on:LMS Selection Team and StakeholdersSize of Team and Duration based on eLearningGuild Data (coming soon)Topic #2 - Common MistakesMissing key team members such as ITNot handling politicsFavoritesIncumbentsPower playsNot having an overall strategy definedNot having agreement on selection processNot defining communication path during selection process ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, October 25, 2007 - CommentsLMS Selection Process
... expectation settingDrill down on non-standard itemsConduct initial research, select initial vendors, make contactsometimes done via RFIeLearningGuild, Brandon Hall or Bersin might helpPrepare and send RFPSelect finalistsDemosPilot or hands-on testsNegotiateFinal selectionInstallation and configuration kick-offDefine models, etc.Configuration, customizationTestingPilotCommunication I'm not sure how interesting it would be to step through each line item of the process ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, October 18, 2007 - CommentseLearning Defined
Richard Nantel was nice enough to point us to a set of glossaries for eLearning related terms:E-Learning Glossary (Brandon Hall Research)E-Learning Essentials | E-Learning Glossary (World Wide Learn)E-Learning Mega Glossary (e-Learning Guru)Learning Circuits Glossary (Learning Circuits)Distance Learning Glossary (eLearners.com)Since I recently was discussing the meaning of eLearning (or is it e-Learning?), so I decided to look at the different definitions of eLearning in the various glossaries:eLearning / E-Learning - learning that is accomplished over the Internet, a computer network, via ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, October 5, 2007 - CommentsHow Valid are Research Results? And What to Do
... to what other research has shown. As a case in point, in my post I said:To me, it's interesting to see news like ... higher by other researchers, in particular, Bersin. Looking at Cornerstone's site:"Cornerstone's customers are not only ... & AssociatesFurther, according to a PDF sent to me it appears that Bersin's research rated Cornerstone as having market leading customer satisfaction and customer loyalty numbers.So which research is valid? What should you believe? Are customers satisfied with Cornerstone or are they not satisfied? And why the discrepancy?How Research is ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, September 24, 2007 - CommentsLMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers
Management System research report. You can get the abstract for the report and sign-up for a webinar on Sept. 26th on that ... eLearningGuild population and I would claim that they are likely more accurate than survey research that goes through the ... in this research. I mentioned in previously in LMS Dissatisfaction on the Rise. An LMS is a big, expensive tool ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, September 20, 2007 - CommentsTime Spent on Blogging
... natural part of my knowledge work. When I'm doing some research on a topic as part of a project, as I think through the ... . That's more of a way to get used to the blog itself.Likely the more powerful effect comes when you are assigned a research ... 2.0 ToolsPersonal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, September 18, 2007 - CommentsLearning Management Systems (LMS) Gotchas
... wrote a description of the 10 Gotchas in LMS Selection, Installation and Configuration as part of their Research Report on Learning Management Systems. I'm not sure I can publish the details of my section in my blog, but the abstract is available for the report (and has some good stuff in it). Luckily it has the Table of Contents for my section which lists my Gotchas:Gotcha #1 - Starting With an Unrealistic Expectation of What You NeedGotcha #2 - Missing a Key StakeholderGotcha #3 - Failing to Get Agreement on the Process with Key StakeholdersGotcha #4 - Failing to Identify Key Differentiating Use CasesGotcha #5 - Coupling Content Authoring with LMS SelectionGotcha #6 - Not Testing a LMSGotcha #7 - Failing to Ask a Critical Question or TwoGotcha #8 - Poor Contract NegotiationsGotcha #9 - Tripping on the ModelsGotcha #10 - CustomizationSo far it appears that Tracy's company has hit Gotchas 1, 4, and 6 ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, September 6, 2007 - CommentsHave Work and Learning Changed or the Way We Do Work and Learning?
... about my industry, my job skills, etc.Performing research tasks to figure out things (tacit knowledge work), e.g., what eLearning tools should I be using.Performing transactional information work where we get some piece of information and quickly do something with it, e.g., respond to emailAcquire knowledge/skills in new domains That would have been accurate for many years, right? So is there really anything ch ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, September 6, 2007 - CommentsLearning and Networking with a Blog (Deleted Scenes)
... research a new topic, they find they can write a blog post that will help them capture their thoughts. Typical specific answers range from 30 minutes per day to an hour per week. Can I write about confidential matters? Some companies, such as Motorola and IBM, greatly encourage their staff to blog. They have established policies about what is acceptable or not to write in a blog post. The basic answer is that unless it is a private blog, everything you write is public and will exist forever ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, September 4, 2007 - CommentsReading More - But Differently
Several bloggers have picked up on a BBC News Piece - 'More reading' than in 1970s. The report's main point is that reading as a whole and reading of books has gone up:One of the researchers, at Manchester's school of social sciences, Dale Southerton, said there was a popular perception that people were reading less but all reading had gone up, reading books had gone up the most - and there were 17% more people reading them.One of the more interesting posts about this comes from Ewan McIntosh - We're reading more than ever before - no surprise for bloggers?. He first points out ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, July 12, 2007 - CommentsBetter Conferences - Response Needed
... us:The self-initiated learner can now often learn more in an hour's online research than in an hour listening to the most profound and articulate expert. And while some don't have the skill or interest in doing such research, and are willing to pay money to hear someone step them through something they could teach themselves for free in the same time, the freeing of information has raised expectations and lowered the satisfaction of many audiences with formal conference presentations and panels.And, don't tell me that you've not felt that you could have spent your hour's worth of time in a session in front of a computer and received much more value by just searching on the keywords being used in the session ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, June 18, 2007 - CommentsPLE - PWLE Discussion Contiunes - Corporate vs Personal and IP Rights
... in unusual circumstances such as going to a class. Most of the time, I am doing things like researching topics that relate to issues that face my clients. It is clearly both learning and work. Tacit workers do both at the same time. Thus, there's no separation between a PLE and a PWLE. I'm suggesting the term PWLE because it highlights this exact issue. So, I agree with Karyn that you can't separate the two ...
eLearning Technology - Sunday, June 10, 2007 - CommentsUpdate on Software Simulations Tools
I'm never sure what updates people will see, but I wanted to alert people that I've made a small update to my page: Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools)The update primarily added some data from the eLearningGuilds Research at the bottom of the page - eLearning Tools Satisfaction. This shows satisfaction among tools that fall into categories related to software simulation: screen capture, electronic performance support (EPSS) and simulation. There are some definite issues with some of these tools not really being for the same purpose, but I was looking to get Assima ...
eLearning Technology - Saturday, June 9, 2007 - CommentsA Fourth Grader Wikipedia Update
I just wanted to relate something that I think shows the power of a Wiki in general and Wikipedia particularly.My son, in 4th grade here in California, was assigned a research report on the California Gold Rush and decided to focus his report on the different routes taken by the 49ers. He used a variety of different resources and particularly used the California Gold Rush Historic Maps from the David Rumsey Map Collection. There is one map in particular that has an incredible description written in 1849 of the different routes: Map of the Gold Regions of California, Showing the Routes ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, June 6, 2007 - CommentsPersonal Work and Learning Environments (PWLE) - More Discussion
... research oriented work that requires learning as a component of the activity.Michelle Martin has a wonderful post - The Psychology and Skills of Personal Learning Environments and it's definitely worth looking at some of her earlier posts on the topic that you can find through the link. Michelle also expresses concern around the focus on tools:What I've noticed in the conversation about PLEs is that there's a lot going on around trying to get a handle on the tools for personal learning and how we use them ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, June 4, 2007 - CommentseLearning or Learning? - More to It
Marketing/Survey Research, Training, HR) to get it to happen. And at the end of the day, I would claim this was much more eManagement than eLearning. It really aimed at helping managers understand what they needed to accomplish, create a plan to accomplish it, get buy-in from others around the plan, track the plan, get conversations to happen around the plan in an on-going fashion. Basically, if you had coaches or good managers, they would be doing this in an ad hoc fashion ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, May 22, 2007 - CommentsBrandon Hall Network - Back from the Dead?
Network - Nicely Done? and Brandon Hall Researchers Blogging - Implications? where I predict and then roughly say told-you-so that "my guess is that this is going to be a big failure."This is nothing against the folks at Brandon Hall - in fact, I've had conversations offering ideas of where they might be able to get traction. I would actually like to believe that the community of people interested in the use of technology for learning and performance support would form a vibrant online community, exchanging ideas, making connections, etc ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, May 7, 2007 - CommentsUpdate to the 1% Rule
I've talked about the 1% Rule before. This rule tells us roughly that in online communities:90% will read-only9% will make limited contributions (comment)1% will actively contribute contentIn 1% Rule - Can You Fight It?, I contended that if we changed the dynamic of contribution to make it less effort, then there would be greater contribution.A recent Forrester research report (cited) that looks at the numbers from a different perspective and it tells us a slightly different story. It tells us that:52% - don't participate in social mediaOf the 48% who do participate, you can find ...
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