The January Big Question is Quality vs. Speed. Sometimes its best to come to the party late because then I can ... point: It's an old question trying to answer old problems applying new tools to old systems. Nobody cares how long it ... everyone is right. Or at least right about the part of the question that is part of their reality. The part that truly ... 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 ... designers required. So that's the small stuff. What about the big stuff like, "I want to be a fireman." I don't want to ...

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 ... . Understand how to use tools (work) We use Saba, Centra, Articulate, image capturing software, image creating software ... . As much as I hate to admit it, I learned a lot from that class. We used tools like Diigo, wikis, Google Docs, and concept maps to collaboratively construct a class. Although some of these tools wouldn’t work in a ...

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 ... contributions are valuable. Third, I learned about the power of the blogosphere and Web 2.0 tools to transform traditional learning when I taught a class this summer using blogs, wikis, YouTube and other tools that required the students to create ... and leveraging Web 2.0 tools provides learners an opportunity to learn from each other and learn from the ...

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 the questions are even broken down further into more sub-questions which you can read for yourself at the original ...

This month's ASTD Big Question relates to a person who graduated from a theory-only program in Instructional Design and was not provided with the experience of actually creating instruction using any of the latest tools. So the question is: What advice would you give to someone who has no experience with e-learning development tools? 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? Holding myself back, I will calmly answer the question as per Tony's request to ...

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 ... tools have become. We can't ignore them when we have a training class. The next question, Are there differences in ... schedule appointments, track customers and perform other job related tasks...perhaps we should incorporate those tools ...

... me the tools to easily customize the information to fit MY needs. I don't WANT to send people to your special site, ...

... 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 ... provides them with something. How does our profession respond to these teachable moments? Trick question or sad answer: We don't. Why? Because we claim that the long-tail/informational tools that these desperate souls invoke to quell ...

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 ...

The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for July is 'how should e-learning developers choose their authoring tools given the proliferation of tools on the market?' Well, I posted on this subject just last week (see Confused of Brighton ) and even listed my own top ten tools , authoring or otherwise, in a subsequent post. Nevertheless, I believe I 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 ...

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 ... ! 16-May-2007 00:00:00 LCB Learning Circuits Blog Big Question - PowerPoint 14-May-2007 09:44:15 Jim MacLennan ... Keith Peter bodmas.org PowerPoint Big Question 12-May-2007 02:59:43 Jacob McNulty Revolutions What's ...

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 ... ! 16-May-2007 00:00:00 LCB Learning Circuits Blog Big Question - PowerPoint 14-May-2007 09:44:15 Jim MacLennan ... Keith Peter bodmas.org PowerPoint Big Question 12-May-2007 02:59:43 Jacob McNulty Revolutions What's ...

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 ... must go down? There also are quite a few questions that the responses raise in my mind that I'm still grappling with ... content with rapid tools the right answer? I plan to do another couple of posts on this topic and related topics, ...

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 ... professionals. When there is a performance problem, we do a great injustice if we automatically pick up our tools for training ... asked the question, "Who reads the instruction manual before playing a game", and one person (out of ~100) actually ...

... choices. So, this month, The Big Question is... Choosing Tools? Please answer this question by posting to your own ... ASTD Big Question for July Janet Clarey Janet Clarey, Brandon Hall Research Choosing Tools Quintus Joubert eLearning ... As compared to ten years ago when there were roughly four major authoring tools, today there are a large number of different tools and different approaches to creating content. You can use standard authoring tools, rapid development tools, LCMS, simulation development tools, HTML editors, Wikis, and many others including a vast array of media ...

... choices. So, this month, The Big Question is... Choosing Tools? Please answer this question by posting to your own ... ASTD Big Question for July Janet Clarey Janet Clarey, Brandon Hall Research Choosing Tools Quintus Joubert eLearning ... As compared to ten years ago when there were roughly four major authoring tools, today there are a large number of different tools and different approaches to creating content. You can use standard authoring tools, rapid development tools, LCMS, simulation development tools, HTML editors, Wikis, and many others including a vast array of media ...

Learning Circuit's big questions for December are: 1. What will you remember most about 2006? For me, it will probably be my first complete year of blogging. I have learned absolutely masses from both the process of blogging and from the content of my colleagues' blogs. It took me a while to develop my own blogging style - I have for years written columns in training magazines and I thought this would be the same. It isn't. In some ways, it's much more like the ... ', i.e. those not calling themselves instructional designers, using simple rapid-development tools. Hopefully at the same ...

What are the biggest challenges for you/us as head into 2007? Without a doubt, heading into 2007 learning industry practitioners need to focus on change management in their organizations. All of the tools of Web2.0 applied in Learning2.0 Ecosystems will fail if we do not SHOW the benefit to our clients/customers. This may be stretching it a bit, however I believe in many cases we are challenged with reinventing ourselves or becoming extinct. As many savvy content experts begin realizing that they don't have to "wait in the training department's cue of projects". We ...

... 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 will ... learning tool.  I loved reading this book and have recommended to all my friends.   The book can be PRE ... virtual environments are going to make a big move into the Learning world in 2007.  Efforts like SLOODLE which ...

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 ...   0 comments links to April Big Question - Content Vendor Value Permalink: April Big Question - Content Vendor Value Bookmark this page at ... Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) ...

... 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 ... recent solution for a large retailer, we provided tools that: Showed customer satisfaction numbers (that ...

Big Question" How does the eLearning design process need to change to accommodate such a wide variety of tools? The ... 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 to accommodate such a wide variety of tools? How does the tool selection process need to change? What should learning professionals do to stay up-to-speed? Do they need to learn new tools constantly? Can they stick with a few tools ...

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 ...

... spice up" your e-learning. Take a few minutes and browse the content. Clark Aldrich's blog entry for the big question ... This month the question is "Where are the Examples of eLearning?" and we are supposed to consider both good and bad examples as well as give some thoughts on why the example should get some attention. I've decided to look at several different types of "e-learning." Traditional Here is some learning sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency. It ... in the topic. I think it is a good use of e-learning tools to develop "rapid instruction." Informal ...

November's Big Question on the Learning Circuits Blog has been posted. The question this month is: Are ISD ... one of the most important questions facing us today. If you look at the shift between eLearning 1.0, 1.3 and 2.0 - and ... Make the Worst Learners? ) So, back to the question - are ISD / ADDIE / HPT relevant? My answer is a definite: Yes, but ... big market research studies may fall prey to just putting it out there and trying to sell it. We have to adapt to faster ... Models / Tools We need to learn when and how to use eLearning 1.0, eLearning 1.3, eLearning 2.0 and other types of ...

The Big Question for March on the Learning Circuits Blog is 'what is the scope of our responsibility as ... 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 ... and development opportunities. Technology obviously plays a part here - by providing employees with the necessary tools, such as social networking software, wikis, blogs, search facilities, RSS, forums, rapid development tools, etc., ...

Examples! ASTD Big Question for June This month the question is "Where are the Examples of eLearning?" and we ... Aldrichs blog entry for the big question has a great list of games and simulations that you need to check out ... learners or people who would be interested in the topic. I think it is a good use of e-learning tools to develop "rapid ... Reminder: Upcoming Webinar Questions about Second Life Who is in Charge? Meeting the Guys from Unity 3D ... Thoughts on Innovation and Technology... Some Questions and Answers Not to Cause Trouble But...

... 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 ...

... eLearning Authoring Tools : eLearning Technology Authoring Tools Several questions came up recently around Authoring Tools and I wanted to point people to some past ... ... Moodle in Corporations April Big Question - Content Vendor Value ... Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and ...