The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for October is about E-Learning, specifically: What advice would you give to someone new to the field (of E-Learning). Where do you start? Particular tools you should explore? Resources you should read? Videos/screencasts you should watch? What would your To Learn List look like? I’m a ... environment, there are concepts from the class I am trying to incorporate into the courses for which I am responsible. Use ... promote collaborative learning environments. Authored by gminks . Hosted by Edublogs .

The Learning Circuit Blog’s Big Question for November is all about Network Feedback, specifically if you need ... information you need, when you need it. He posed the following questions: Where to go in what cases? What works and ... get help ahead of time? Are there places you can go if you are relatively new and needing to ask questions? At EMC ... special cases can’t be handled by a script). So I posed the question on EMC ONE and in Yammer. I was hoping some ... resolution in EMC ONE, because I would imagine this question will come up again. Here are my answers to some of ...

... attempting to apply what they were taught during training in their real environments. - Give me basic infomation, then ...

To answer the question at ASTD's Learning Circuits Blog , I am going to try to stick to Tony's initial thought of specific questions and dive very deep into the technique I use when consulting for a needs assessment or evaluation. I use a technique I call the 360 Needs Assessment. This process involves asking questions at several levels within an ... minority opinion. So, I first ask questions of the stakeholders: Why do you think this is a problem? Have you every tried to ... stakeholders (usually management) know what is going on in the trenches (hint, they rarely do).I use similar questions but ...

... meme is prompting me to write about this month's big question. A few days ago I was asked to put in my .02 on the age ... this month's Big Question . Finally, today I was on a call with Andrew Paradise from ASTD Research today as they are ... RESPONSIBILITY for informal learning. In another Big Question rant I have already discussed how the status-quo for ... the work environment surfaces a deficiency in their ability to add value or get their job done. At least Google provides them with something. How does our profession respond to these teachable moments? Trick question or sad answer: ...

The Learning Circuits Blog big question for April is "What would you like to do better as a Learning Professional?" The simple answer to this question is " push back more ." This can be applied on many levels, but I am primarily speaking of pushing more on ROI and evaluations . I learned very early on that Analysis and Evaluations are the first things to get cut from a learning project. In actuality, the same is true for many technology related projects. While ... an environment where there are many needs, and often times the first gut reaction is a piece to the larger puzzle.

The Big Question on the Learning Circuits Blog for May 2008 is whether or not there are or should be learning ... reflection, I think there are some underlying issues that make these questions premature (at best) and irrelevant (at worst) . Some of the sub-questions to the "Big Question" include: Do you believe that we have to design, develop and deliver ... . I would hate to see people come away from this question assuming that Digital Natives should receive the technology-ladened, immersive environments while Digital Immigrants are fed the same old page-turners . Also, there are ...

... with a Dell XPS, the iMac simply ROCKS! Stay tuned for my response to Part II and III of THE BIG QUESTION ... What will you remember most about 2006? I've been planning my year in review post and just noticed THE BIG QUESTION .  Cool! 2006 has been a GREAT year!  I have several events to be remembered but most importantly 2006 ... Firefox , and so many others. '06 was also the year of Games, Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs), and the metaverse ... headed in that direction.  What a GREAT virtual environment.  The learning posibilities are truly endless.

... virtual environments are going to make a big move into the Learning world in 2007.  Efforts like SLOODLE which mashes ... What are your predictions for 2007? 1.  Enterprise Learning2.0 :  With the coming of Vista and the inevitable LMS upgrades, corporations will begin to see, touch, and feel the collective power of RSS, tagging, social networks, and user-generated content.  But the biggest surprise to many of the big players will be the introduction of new startups with extremely POWERFUL webservices and OPEN APIs at a FRACTION of the cost of the big boys.  (I ...

April Big Question - Content Vendor Value : eLearning Technology ... jump on this months Big Question from LCB - ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should They Do? Ill be curious to see what kinds of responses come out around this topic. Theres really a lot at stake in this question in that it goes far ...   0 comments links to April Big Question - Content Vendor Value Permalink: April Big Question - Content Vendor Value Bookmark this page ...

... month's Big Question from LCB - ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should They Do? I'll be curious to see what kinds of responses come out around this topic. There's really a lot at stake in this question in that it goes far beyond the question. The reality is that all providers of content are competing in a flat world, with easy access to virtually ... makes all of the O'Reilly books fully searchable). One of the most important questions is: What's the added value ... can hit them in new ways. On new devices. In virtual training environments (sandboxes). As an example, if I've got ...

What are the trade offs between quality learning programs and rapid e-learning and how do you decide? I don't know how many of you are in the same boat I'm in, but I find that the decision is not entirely mine. In my environment, I have 4 considerations: - What do I need to train? - Who is my audience and what is the best way to tackle training for the ... pretty quickly when you start asking questions about "What do you expect people to do differently after this ... haven't answered the question yet....... I WANT to build quality training. By "quality", I mean effective. Something ...

Over on LCB , The Big Question for October has been posted: Should All Learning Professionals be Blogging? This is an interesting question and it's quite timely given recent occurrences. Brandon Hall Closes Free Yahoo Discussion ... to the LCB Big Question. Post a challenge you are facing. If you don't find value, then let me know - because I will be ... , Corporate eLearning Development - Example - Is Your eLearning Broken? Okay, so to me this is a timely question, but I want to avoid the "Should all do it?" question. "All" won't happen anytime soon. Instead, but let me make a case ...

... outlining 3 elements of good design. Around the same time, the ASTD Learning Circuits Blog had the July "Big Question" which was "Choosing Tools" which is actually a series of questions: How does the eLearning design process need to change ... "Big Question" How does the eLearning design process need to change to accommodate such a wide variety of tools? The ... that point, the next question is "Can certain attributes of different media be leverage for learning?" For example, you ... domain, use video or immersive 3D environments. If you want to teach jargon or acronyms, choose a design that ...

... services groups inside organizations. So, this month, The Big Question is... ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What ... now? Participating Blogs: The Big Question for April has been closed. If you'd still like to submit your post to the April Big Question, please contact the Blogmeister by using the Dear Blogmeister form found at the link at the top ... The FPG Notepad April's Big Question Claudia Escribano LifeLongLearningLab Thinking about BIG Questions Guy W Wallace The ...

The Big Question for March on the Learning Circuits Blog is 'what is the scope of our responsibility as ... can provide an infrastructure which will support bottom-up learning. The question then arises (and this may be the major point of The Big Question) - does the learning professional have a part to play  in bottom-up learning, and if so ... this question as just a topical response to the increased interest in informal learning - it's an issue that has been ... the big picture: how top-down and bottom-up strategies are balanced and integrated; the relative priority that should ...

In addressing this month's question on the Learning Circuits Blog , I was tempted by an observation made by Stephen Downes in his review of last year's eLearn Magazine predictions : ... there are two major types of predictions: one, which identifies a current trend, and says it will continue; and the other, that identifies something novel or unexpected. It seems clear that the former predictions are easy and safe and not especially useful. The latter ... -learning authors, but progress along this path will be slow. We'll see more online rapid e-learning authoring environments ...

... this in a second... Separately, Dave Lee ( The Learning Circuits Blog: Throwing a Big Community Net ) has provided a ... different about this exercise than in a discussion group, half of the response posts to any question is a response of "Here's why you are asking the wrong question..." Now before you assume that's negative, in most cases my firm belief is that having the right question is the whole battle - eLearning Technology: Be an Insanely Great Professional Conference ... the conversation by forcing you into a question you didn't want to ask. There were many posts that did challenge ...

Bas... Moodle in Corporations April Big Question - Content Vendor Value ... Personal Learning Environments and personal learning environments : eLearning ... Environments (PLEs) and personal learning environments. We talked about this briefly during a session with Tony ODriscoll ... using the term Personal Learning Environment (PLE) with capitals to mean a put together system that integrates and supports your personal learning and a personal learning environment (lower case letters, no acronym) as the set of tools ...

Del.icio.us Links Tags ADDIE assessment big_question Blogroll constructivism creativity ... _environment learning_environment_design learning_suite LED Miscellany Objectives performance Pixar reflection ... Learning Environment Design Learning Environment Design Model is my vision of how ... learning environment design - which focuses on a broader range of tools for learning.  I’m actively working on ... Lombardozzi Says: January 17, 2008 at 11:29 pm Thanks for your question, Lauren. As we discussed in ...

... at the level that helps us apply it. I would also suggest that each of these items suggest possible great questions for this month's Big Question - What Questions Should We be Asking? Just add "How can I/we ..." in front, so for example: How can I help employees discover and refine their own personal learning environment? We further could generate fantastic questions by looking at particular common audience segments, e.g., new managers, distribute sales force, so ... personal learning environment Improve content findability. Obsessive attention to enterprise federated search, ...

... could sponsor putting this together? This is good timing given the LCB Big Question is ... idea of putting someone in a virtual environment to learn the language is fantastic. I've mentioned before that I also think Second Life as a Learning Tool can be fantastic if you set up an environment like Plymoth Plantation - a recreation of Plymouth where actors playing the part of Native Americans and Colonists told stories and answered questions ...

... commenting on this post and I'll be sure to find something for you to do! Now, back to the Big Question for now Dorothy, the ... consolidating all of the posts of LCB from 2002 to the present into one environment. This effort is in anticipation of a migration to a new environment sometime in the near future. If your the type to volunteer to do some grunt work, keep ...

Here is this Month's ASTD Big Question: Second Life Training? More specifically: In what situations, do you believe it makes sense to develop a learning experience that will be delivered within Second Life? If you were to develop a training island in Second Life, what kind of environment and artifacts would you consider essential for teaching? Just as there are considerable differences in blended learning and virtual classroom training, what are some of the major differences (surprises) in training within virtual worlds? First I am going to answer the question with two ...

... future. Our job is to help create the environment like that IBM describes. Back to the Big Questions . (You thought I ... Responding to the Big Questions (s) of the month: Should workplace learning professionals be leading the charge around these new work literacies? Shouldn’t they be starting with themselves and helping to develop it throughout the organizations? And then shouldn’t the learning organization become a driver for the organization? And ... the needs of the organization of the future in our replies to the big question instead of working on the needs of ...

Karl Kapp helped me with the March 2008 Big Question which is: What is the Scope of our Responsibility as Learning Professionals? This question comes from several recent experiences. One was a Chief Learning Officer ... Posts So Far: Karyn Romeis (Karyn's erratic learning journey) - The Big Question for March: Scope of Learning Responsibility Clive Shepherd - The big question: What is the scope of our respons... Note: Both Karyn and Clive have ... all non-referred research questionable? Karl and I feel this is an important question for all of us to think ...

Karl Kapp helped me with the March 2008 Big Question which is: What is the Scope of our Responsibility as Learning Professionals? This question comes from several recent experiences. One was a Chief Learning Officer ... Posts So Far: Karyn Romeis (Karyn's erratic learning journey) - The Big Question for March: Scope of Learning Responsibility Clive Shepherd - The big question: What is the scope of our respons... Note: Both Karyn and Clive have ... all non-referred research questionable? Karl and I feel this is an important question for all of us to think ...

... technology?" Hey! That sounds like one of the BIG QUESTIONS! at Learning Circuits I would encourage the many ... ! 2) I'm working in Nursing education creating learning environments for nurses working at Hospice of the Valley. So ... by asking this question: "What is the role of learning theories and instructional designing principles? And what is ...

Clark Quinn from Learnlets welcomes Tony O'Driscoll to the learning bloggosphere. And so do I...in a BIG way!!! I'll have to agree with Clark on the long post concern, but what the heck...we're just glad your hear Tony! I actually like the long thoughtful posts...its inspiring to read what I'm thinking, clearly. His blog titled Learning Matters! at wadatripp.wordpress.com Tony's answer to the February BIG QUESTION is right on the money. You gotta read this one ... fancier 3D page-turning environments." "The outcome is clear though....we are investing more in the place ...

The Learning Circuits Blog: November's The Big Question Are our models (ISD, ADDIE, HPT, etc.) relevant in the ... our students. Harold Jarche eloquently observed in his response to the Big Question: Training often worked before, or ... answer their question NOW than wait 30 minutes. In some ways, eLearning makes it easier to enforce these models on the delivery end. The next question is....do we want to? The longer I work, the more I realize that the old roles of "Trainer ... constantly, our challenge as educators may be to find ways to teach within this environment.