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Charge? talks about how learning organizations must transition fromthe perspective from a training group being an expendable cost-center to a learning capability that's central to organizational effectiveness and performance.
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - CommentsVideo Ratings
I received a question today and thought I'd ask blog readers if they can help with answers. The question comes from a blog reader who captures a lot of different videos within their organization. They have "over a couple of thousand of video and audio clips that new hires and tenured employees are currently using for on-boarding and training." What they want to do is to help employees better access the video content. They've seen viddler which allows people to tag specific sections within the video. They are interested in that capability, but also in rating the videos, and ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - CommentsVirtual Language Immersion
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eLearning Technology - Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - CommentsFrank Nguyen - EPSS - at ASTD
... with more on-the-job performance support does not eliminate the need for training and there are cases where training is ... order to drive adoption of EPSS.Choices for what to do as performance support vs. training:Routine (perform the task often) -> TrainingNot routine -> EPSSCritical -> TrainingOnly situation safe to do only support (not training), ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, June 2, 2008 - CommentsePerformance
... discussion (1:02) around the gist of ePerformance - it's "not about training/learning, it's about empowering performance." He mentions:Just in timeJust what's neededMeta-LearningInformal LearningProblem solving, creativity, innovation, wisdomGood stuff Clark.
eLearning Technology - Thursday, May 29, 2008 - Comments100 eLearning Articles and White Papers
... learning Professional By Stephen Downes, National Research Council Canada 5. 2007 Training Industry Report Summary This report covers stats on the industry's trends and growth over the last year and will appear in the upcoming Training ... A third of teachers struggle to use the technology schools are equipped with and want more support and training, the ... contributor to the systematic approach to instructional design and training. Gagne and his followers are known 69. 10 ... For best results, the development process for CD-ROM or Web-based training programs should use a modified ADDIE ...
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 ... 'understand' the material vs people who look up the answers. I can train almost anyone to fetch an answer from a database, ...
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 course if you copy it and substitute your own content.
eLearning Technology - Thursday, April 17, 2008 - CommentsTraining Software License Requirements
I received an email from a technical training manager that alerted me to an issue that they had recently run into:I'm in charge of classroom training for five campuses throughout North America. Our customers use Crystal Reports in connection with our software.It has been stated that Crystal Reports licensees may not train clients using Crystal Repots ... for third party training organizations to teach using their software. They also are trying to put restrictions on any use of their software in training materials, public presentations, etc. The goal seems to be to: (a) get ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, March 20, 2008 - CommentsFight in the Blogosphere - Finally
... assertions that training is just selling snake oil (p. 32), courses are dead (p. 167), and there is no sense in measuring return on investment for training (p. 165).Ray Sims - Informal Learning Dustup at Sims Learning Connections and Harold Jarche - Growing, changing, learning, creating both mention Bill's post, but interestingly neither of them mention the food fight aspect. This would be another boring exchange without the use of terms like "hype-filled", "buzzword", "repackaged", and the rest. That at least makes it seem more interesting and entertaining on a Friday afternoon ...
eLearning Technology - Friday, March 7, 2008 - CommentsWeb 2.0 Applications in Learning
Information / Training 22 54% Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) / Support Information 18 44% Commonly ... / Corporate Information 11 27% Online Reference / Glossary 10 24% Product Information / Training ... meeting 4 10% Other methods or comments written in:Communities of PracticeFor Professional Consulting or Training AreasCoP and Detective training, teaching students, share best practices and poll member, learn from each others membership ... targeted.Also, several people wrote in the training department itself. That's actually quite a good point and likely a ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, March 3, 2008 - CommentsLong Tail Learning - Size and Shape
... means" training topics, but I do limit that to things that are job-related, which is why I think the tail has a limit.I'm thinking that the scope of the demands from our learners are finite and still within the means of a training department (with the help blending training programs and of the social knowledge of the company properly harnessed), rather ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, February 25, 2008 - CommentsCorporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis
... and corporate learning functions (training organizations)? Consider the following: Corporate learning functions today act like a publisher / distributor. The average knowledge worker has access to an increasingly large set of information resources and corporate learning is an ever smaller part of this set. Cost is most often not a factor in a knowledge workers decision about the use of information ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - CommentsSafety Training Design
... the design of safety training. This includes topics like driver safety, defensive driving, following rules, workplace ... of these messages.The reality is that much of the training on these kinds of topics is rather boring and mundane because ... way, they already know the 3-second rule.So, what does this case of Safety Training Design have to do with Instructional ... eLearning I think careful planning is required, especially for self-paced courses. For classroom training, and maybe even live online training, almost no ID is needed. Huh? An instructional designer saying you don't need ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, February 14, 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 ... also relates to the same issues we face as developers of training. We currently focus on large audiences. We ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, February 11, 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 synonymous with Online Training as opposed to use of technology for various kinds of learning.In a world:where we have to be ... have to Stop Reading and instead Skim Dive SkimHow relevant is Online Training as compared to supporting Personal ... going with these thoughts, but it really struck me that confusing eLearning with Online Training is problematic.
eLearning Technology - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - CommentseLearning Authoring Tool
... provide consistent sustainability for courseware output.You'll be more likely to find someone with training/elearning expertise who knows the elearning authoring tools.Looking at other posts and comments suggest some things to consider:Team size (large vs. small) and composition (skills).Which tool will still be in business in 5 years? Which tool will convert to something else when it does go away?Some additional thoughts before choosing your eLearning Authoring Tool ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, January 24, 2008 - CommentsLearning Systems
... to "Support" or "Support System" or "eSupport"?For most people learning implies training ahead of and away from performance. If I call it eLearning, you have some very particular kinds of solutions in mind. And they likely are not Support or Performance Support solutions. "Support" suggests slightly after a problem has surfaced during performance. eSupport implies some very particular kinds of solutions."Performance Support" suggests along with performance ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, January 8, 2008 - CommentsEPSS and ePerformance
... you say the term, while it could mean a wide variety of possible solutions - most people think of formal training delivered electronically (virtual classroom, courseware).So, what about these other terms:EPSS (Electronic Performance Support Systems)This term is still used quite a bit, but most often it refers to online job aids or a modified front-end to software systems. While I highly respect Gloria Gery's work, I think she did us a disservice by continually pointing to Turbo Tax as THE example of EPSS ...
eLearning Technology - Saturday, January 5, 2008 - CommentsAmusing Findings in Keywords
... result ...worst learnerlaggard in technology innovationbad day elearningcorporate training sucksworst presentation awardbad things about e-learningworst learning experiencebeer elearningbad rfp requirementswasting time on technology And my personal favorite where I rank #1 is:top ten lamest peopleDon't believe that Google thinks I'm the "top ten lamest people" or "worst learner" ... Try it yourself.Should this worry me?Luckily, I'm also #1 in "incredibly cool elearning guy" ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, January 3, 2008 - CommentsTen Predictions for eLearning 2008
... some embedded training snippets or an embedded fun Flash Quiz. Short, fast and to the point will be the standard. This will increase the discussion of the relevance of ISD / ADDIE (see also ADDIE Not Relevant?).Prediction #5 => Mobile Learning - Continued Scattered Examples and DisappointmentThis is going to be another somewhat disappointing year for mobile learning. While the iPhone and other mobile devices continue to proliferate and while the amount of web access via mobile devices will continue to grow rapidly (now approaching 20%), mobile learning solutions will continue to find adoption in scattered, specific examples ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, January 3, 2008 - CommentsLooking Back at 2007
Think classroom training to eLearning. How long did that take 15 years and counting?Training 2007 will still have a blind spot around eLearning 2.0, but one keynote by IBM will open some eyesYep. And, not sure if the keynote happened, but certainly some stuff out of IBM is opening eyes. And definitely I think that recent sessions I've done have opened some eyes.It will be harder and harder to find any software getting installed locallyYep ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, December 31, 2007 - 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 - CommentsVizThink and Visual Thinking and Learning - Still Not Sure
... it's as simple as the fact that a lot of what we do in training, learning, education is try to crystalize the important points, and turn it into an engaging, meaningful learning experience. So, maybe it's a parallel and very useful skill. But I have this sense that Tom thinks there's more to it.And, I just am still not sure I get what he's seeing? What am I missing here?
eLearning Technology - Friday, December 7, 2007 - CommentsCommunities / Social Networking and LMS Merger
... picture:...think certification training with links to discussion forums or a Wiki or relevant files in a shared file repository...He also pointed me to a Gartner quote:Enterprise social software will be the biggest new workplace technology success story of this decade.This certainly helps us understand why you might want to have someone like KP's sales and marketing to help you sell community software into the enterprise ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, December 6, 2007 - CommentsCisco - Enterprise 2.0
... training initiatives have made good use of content being created on Intelpedia.There are text blogs and video blogs, discussion groups, and "problems and solutions links." There's an internal version of MySpace, which provides not only title and contact info but also personal profiles, job histories, interests, and videos. Soon it will show whether a person is reachable by, say, office phone, cell, IM, or telepresence, and offer a one-click connection ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, December 4, 2007 - CommentseLearning Guild Research Reports
... things such as the eMag, access to data behind eLearning Buyers Guide, Training Modalities, the e-Learning Salary & Compensation Report, and the e-Learning Projects Database.And, if I'm not mistaken this includes direct data access to the Tools Satisfaction data that I just used in my last post!It's definitely worth the price, i.e., the time it takes to fill in the profile.The PDF research reports include the following, but I believe that you also get access to some of the slightly older reports such as Informal Learning, Future Directions, Extended Enterprise, etc ...
eLearning Technology - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - CommentsLMS - Questions
I'm about to present at the LMS session at DevLearn. Lance just asked everyone for the key questions they have given where they are. I wanted to capture this to be able to come back and talk about a few of these items later:What are the benefits, ROI, outcomes to be expected from LMS implementation?What are the implementation, acquisition, options - insource, outsource, build vs. buy?What are the challenges and pitfalls of integrating with multiple learning sources?How do you train and support staff so they use the system effectively?How does the LMS support or enhance curriculum ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, November 5, 2007 - CommentsLMS RFP
... an RFP example that had a long list of requirements such as:Ability to create a training plan for individualsAbility to create a training plan for a groupWhat do you mean by a training plan? It means something different to most ... your kind of groups to have a common training plan. The list in this LMS RFP went on and on at this level. It looked ... with both instructor-led training and virtual classroom training?allow pre-work to include SCORM courses?These are ...
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