I was very excited to find that my "Opportunity Knocks" question from 10/14/08 (see below) was the basis for The Big Question for November on Network Feedback on the Learning Circuits Blog? Thanks for the mention, Tony! I'll be watching the replies to this month's question very closely.

This month's Big Question from the Learning Circuits Blog asks, given the advent of all the 2.0 stuff: 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 ... ? Great question. Totally unfair but great question. Why unfair? Let's look at Tony's background - a top engineeer, a ... job?)...but all kidding aside...where is the academic background in pedagogy? ISD? Learning theory? Neuroscience?

Oehlert's unique perspective and you'll also get links to the other smart people. Me? Well, I think the biggest question is STILL, "Why US?". Why do we ("learning professionals") continue to think we have the answers that are special to learning...how it should be done...who should create it...and how should others consume it? Maybe the question is "Do we ... the party? That's the question I want answers too. (My apologies to Ruth Clark for this. I am a big fan and highly ... What Questions Should We Be Asking? Well...here we go again! Everybody says all of the really great ...

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 ... , because it’s great. I also create E-Learning as a technical course developer at EMC . My list will include the things I have learned on the job as well as in my studies: Learn and practice a systems-based approach ...

The ASTD Big question this month is What did you learn about learning in 2007? I learn so much all the time from ... few of the lessons I have learned. Mostly about the power of the network and Web 2.0 tools. First, I learned how far a ... on its own. If you create a learning nugget that people need...they will find it. Learners hunt for relevant information.As learning professionals we need to find out what nuggets interest learners...not what courses to design. Second, I learned first hand the exponential power of the social network of the web. My blog book tour was a huge success for ...

The January Big Question is Quality vs. Speed. Sometimes its best to come to the party late because then I can ... about THEM! What about the learners that are out there creating AWESOME learning content and making us ALL look as old as the theories we cling too. When I have a learning need (aka. have a question) and I IM a friend who IMs an answer that solves my problem, or satifies my need, then I have had a RAPID, HIGH QUALITY learning moment. No instructional ... everyone is right. Or at least right about the part of the question that is part of their reality. The part that ...

The Learning Circuit's Blog question for this month is " ILT and Off-The-Shelf Vendors, What Should they Do ?" I am going to answer that question by recanting a story from Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning . In high school, I literally had a lesson on how to fold a map. The lesson was part of a six week class on how to read and use maps. I ... -Shelf Vendor focus on...creating embedded learning experiences within an organization, automation of information...not education. Create workflow learning, Just-in-time learning, replace the need to "know" something with the ability to look ...

This month's ASTD Big Question on the Learning Circuit's Blog is about Social Networking and finding help and expertise if you have a question or a concern for which you need input and/or advice. The basic question is " If you need input from people, where's the best place to ask?" But, then the question breaks into sub-questions. -How to reach out and find expertise -How to use Social Media to Find Answers to Questions -How to Learn through Conversation And then ... social network for Learning Management System questions and, perhaps another, for a question about learning strategies ...

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 ...

What Would You Do to Support New Managers? I was just reminded of the big question while cruising reader.google.com ...my RSS reader of choice these days. Our fearless uber-learning-blogger Tony Karrer points out Dave Lee's concern that there hasn't been much discussion about this month's question. So, I'll add some fuel for thought! I'm not sure I totally understand the question. It looks like some of us are answering the question by discussing how much training we give to management/leadership programs and, as a trainig department, how we support the middle manager ...

This month's ASTD Big Question is, again, a series of questions. Apparently one BIG question is not enough for the learning and development community. We aim to exceed expectations. If you have a to-learn list and are willing to ... "to-learn" list. Some of the items are necessary and some are "pie-in-the-sky." I tend to have two methods of working on ... with no real objective just a need to "learn more about" a particular term, item or piece of software. The other method is what you might call "targted." I have to learn how PayPal works, for example, because I am about to do a ...

RESPONSIBILITY for informal learning. In another Big Question rant I have already discussed how the status-quo for ... 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-old debate on informal learning for a piece in CLO magazine. Then I see that Tony K and Karl brought this topic up as this month's Big Question . Finally, today I was on a call with Andrew Paradise from ASTD Research today as they are gearing up for a new survey on - you guessed it - informal learning ; ) I many ways, my position (or commiseration) ...

This month's ASTD Big Question relates to a person who graduated from a theory-only program in Instructional ... question is: What advice would you give to someone who has no experience with e-learning development tools? Where do you ... your "To Learn List" look like? Holding myself back, I will calmly answer the question as per Tony's request to not ... . 57.588 Learning Management System Administration requires students to develop and deploy an actual course using the ... needed to learn the software. Then download the software (free demo version) and build something that you will post ...

This month, I worked with Tony Karrer to help create the ASTD Big Question (which always seems to be multiple questions under one big theme.) The main question is Learning design differences for Digital Natives? Of course I have ... scholarly approach...The sub-questions for this month's big question are: Do you believe that we have to design, develop and ... training to meet the expectations of the digital natives...we need to run away from boring, page turning e-learning courses and provide Just-in-Time learning opportunities, we need to think outside the course and consider communities, ...

... where they can find a particular function. Because people forget. And the REAL learning occurs when people ...

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 ...

... yet related. I've recieved a lot of feedback possitive and negative regarding my response to the February BIG QUESTION ... well: anthropology, psychology, technology, etc. What can we learn from the field of Marketing might make for a great next BIG QUESTION. ... While the workweek is for surfing the Learning feeds, I enjoy catching up on my DESIGN and MARKETING folders on the ... people to "know" about a product and service...i.e. Learning) I think its mostly because I just can't handle another ...

This is the new home of the master list of Big Questions: May 2008 - Learning Design Differences for Digital Natives? April 2008 - Do Better? March 2008 - Scope of Learning Responsibility? February 2008 - Instructional Design - If? When? How much? January 2008 - Predictions for Learning in 2008? December 2007 - What Did You Learn about Learning? 2007 September 2007 Where to Work? July 2007 : Choosing Tools? June 2007 : Where are all ... Questions Should We be Asking? January 2007 : Quality vs. Speed 2006 December 2006 : Past ...

This is the new home of the master list of Big Questions: May 2008 - Learning Design Differences for Digital Natives? April 2008 - Do Better? March 2008 - Scope of Learning Responsibility? February 2008 - Instructional Design - If? When? How much? January 2008 - Predictions for Learning in 2008? December 2007 - What Did You Learn about Learning? 2007 September 2007 Where to Work? July 2007 : Choosing Tools? June 2007 : Where are all ... Questions Should We be Asking? January 2007 : Quality vs. Speed 2006 December 2006 : Past ...

Tony Karrer is moderating "The Big Question" on the Learning Circuits blog . The question for December is "What did you learn about learning in 2007?" Obviously, there were many things I learned in 2007 (I think most people can say this or else there are some serious issues). I've learned just how small the training community is and how if you ... . more). I've also learned that I do not like the dissertation process very much (it's done, so I will never be doing that again). But I think the biggest thing I learned about learning is the importance of informal learning on ...

I just wanted to alert folks that Learning Circuit's Big Question has been revived. We've lost Dave Lee's forms, but we are going back to the old manual approach. I hope you'll join the party and submit your thoughts on the question: The Big Question for December is: What did you learn about learning in 2007? If you are new to blogging, this is a great way to get your blog noticed.

16-May-2007 00:00:00 LCB Learning Circuits Blog Big Question - PowerPoint 14-May-2007 09:44:15 Jim MacLennan ... PowerPoint: The Tool People Love to Hate 11-May-2007 03:31:14 Clive Shepherd Clive on Learning The Big Question: PowerPoint ... PowerPoint, how to use it appropriately, when it makes sense or when it doesn't and why. So, this month, The Big Question ... ? Claudia Escribano LifeLongLearningLab A Big Question on PowerPoint 30-May-2007 20:58:36 Tom Crawford ... Keith Peter bodmas.org PowerPoint Big Question 12-May-2007 02:59:43 Jacob McNulty Revolutions What's ...

16-May-2007 00:00:00 LCB Learning Circuits Blog Big Question - PowerPoint 14-May-2007 09:44:15 Jim MacLennan ... PowerPoint: The Tool People Love to Hate 11-May-2007 03:31:14 Clive Shepherd Clive on Learning The Big Question ... PowerPoint, how to use it appropriately, when it makes sense or when it doesn't and why. So, this month, The Big Question ... ? Claudia Escribano LifeLongLearningLab A Big Question on PowerPoint 30-May-2007 20:58:36 Tom Crawford ... Keith Peter bodmas.org PowerPoint Big Question 12-May-2007 02:59:43 Jacob McNulty Revolutions What's ...

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 ... slow down, the Learning Professional will once again need to show the value added.

Some great posts are already out there around the Big Question for January: Quality vs. Speed . You can find them listed in the post. One thing that is definitely clear from the posts so far is that there seems to be a really difference of opinion around: While you may be able to reduce development time via rapid tools, can you speed up analysis and ... really be our own worst enemy? Is quality, speed, cost and learning really like sliders that as you push one up others must go down? There also are quite a few questions that the responses raise in my mind that I'm still grappling ...

... goodness for Google Reader ). One of the interesting posts was Tony Karrer's "Big Question" for January . The question is "What are your predictions for Learning in 2008?" Back in October, I did a short post on the numerous amount of ... , there will be more than one learning initiative that will fail simply because it did not consider the desired performance ... will add Y; a Wiki will result in Z; etc.). This will be the number one hurdle that informal learning technologies will face. I think in 2007, the learning field looked like it slowed down, but in actuality it just grew in a ...

This month's the Big Question from Tony Karrer's Learning Circuits blog is 'What is your to-learn list'. The most important drive behind my learning list is my goal in life . Without my goal, I just absorb like a very undiscriminating sponge (nice, but not in high esteem in this particular day and age). Adding to my goal I make up my learning list. My learning list has varied through the years and it always featured a big amount of informal learning , but sometimes a bit of formal learning was on it as well. Most of my learning is done by absorbing knowledge through ...

Clive Shepherd Clive on Learning The big question for February: what questions should we be asking? Tony Karrer eLearning Technology Clive Sheppard What Questions Adele Lim learning & development Feb Big Question: What Qs ... February Big Question- What Question? Tom Haskins growing changing learning creating Asking the right questions Clark ... Schlenker Corporate eLearning Development The February Big Question Anil Mammen Discursive Learning A Question of ... The February Big Question goes to the root of what The Big Question is all about. It is a topic that has ...

The Big Question on the Learning Circuits Blog for May 2008 is whether or not there are or should be learning ... ) . Some of the sub-questions to the "Big Question" include: Do you believe that we have to design, develop and deliver ... questions above is that of learning styles (bullet #2 above). I've written previously about the attacks on learning styles ... , I will just point folks back to the importance of motivation rather than learning styles . My conclusion for the Big Question, is that we need to get serious about addressing learning design for everyone...not just Digital Natives .

The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for July is 'how should e-learning developers choose their authoring ... should address the Big Question in a more measured way than in last week's rant, so here goes ... The answer to the question, of course, is that it depends on what you are trying to create. If it's an e-learning tutorial that you're after ... Accelerator and experienced first hand how easy it was to work with others to share assets and learning objects and to work ... , they're not cheap. For an open source alternative, try EXE . Of course, if it isn't an e-learning tutorial you're ...