Responding to the Big Questions(s) of the month: Should workplace learning professionals be leading the charge around ... need to help equip people with the capabilities they will need in the future. Our job is to help create the environment like that IBM describes. Back to the Big Questions. (You thought I’d forgotten, didn’t you?) It’s ... ? I don’t think so. How many of us allude to the needs of the organization of the future in our replies to the big question instead of working on the needs of people who need to be trained?

... sponsor putting this together? This is good timing given the LCB Big Question is: Second Life ... 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 about ...

This month's question came from a reader the June 2008 Big Question is: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?This has been discussed a bit out ...

This month's question came from a reader the June 2008 Big Question is: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?This has been discussed a bit out ...

The Big Question on the Learning Circuits Blog for May 2008 is whether or not there are or should be learning design ... 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 instruction ... importance of motivation rather than learning styles.My conclusion for the Big Question, is that we need to get serious ... people come away from this question assuming that Digital Natives should receive the technology-ladened, ...

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 some of the ... personally), quickly moving out seems to be the only viable option.The good thing is that I work in an environment ...

... 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 ... month's Big Question. Finally, today I was on a call with Andrew Paradise from ASTD Research today as they are gearing up for ... . In another Big Question rant I have already discussed how the status-quo for formal learning is rapidly approaching ... biggest competitor. This is because Google is often the only lifeline that these good folks have when the work environment ... . How does our profession respond to these teachable moments? Trick question or sad answer: We don't. Why? Because ...

The Big Question for March on the Learning Circuits Blog is 'what is the scope of our responsibility as learning ... 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, what? It's tempting to ... question as just a topical response to the increased interest in informal learning - it's an issue that has been there as long ... . Whether this matters is of course debatable. Learning professionals can help by looking at the big picture: how ...

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 panel discussion where ... Big Question for March: Scope of Learning ResponsibilityClive Shepherd - The big question: What is the scope of our respons...Note: Both Karyn and Clive have helped crystallize aspects of the key questions and issues, but my guess is that ... questionable?Karl and I feel this is an important question for all of us to think about and as a community to begin ...

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 panel discussion where ... Big Question for March: Scope of Learning ResponsibilityClive Shepherd - The big question: What is the scope of our respons...Note: Both Karyn and Clive have helped crystallize aspects of the key questions and issues, but my guess is that ... questionable?Karl and I feel this is an important question for all of us to think about and as a community to begin ...

The latest Big Question for the Learning Circuits Blog is:For a given project, how do you determine if, when and how much an instructional designer and instructional design is needed?I think the really obvious answer to this question is ... /when/how much questions. How much should you use a developer? Well, it depends on what you're building. How much of ... ...the answer to the "when" question should be "early"...even for the initial analysis because a quality instructional ... environment. In 2001, Marc Prensky wrote a popular book "Digital Game Based Learning" where he uses a page to ...

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, while not as safe ... along this path will be slow. We'll see more online rapid e-learning authoring environments come on the market, ...

... apply what they were taught during training in their real environments.- Give me basic infomation, then give me the tools ...

... 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 every ... all of the O'Reilly books fully searchable). One of the most important questions is:What's the added value provided by ... virtual training environments (sandboxes). As an example, if I've got a conversion of an IT staff to .Net 2.0, I ...

... organizations.So, this month, The Big Question is...ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should They Do?Please answer this ... ? Should they all get out of the business 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 ... ? Frank Girolami The FPG Notepad April's Big Question Claudia Escribano LifeLongLearningLab Thinking about BIG Questions Guy W Wallace The Pursuing Performance ...

... sounds like one of the BIG QUESTIONS! at Learning CircuitsI would encourage the many learning professionals that read ... working in Nursing education creating learning environments for nurses working at Hospice of the Valley. So, its great to ... question:"What is the role of learning theories and instructional designing principles? And what is the role of ...

... 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 ... learning environment Improve content findability. Obsessive attention to enterprise federated search, cross-linking, social ... and refine their own personal learning environment?

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.comTony's answer to the February BIG QUESTION is right on the money. You gotta read this one. A lot of ... -turning environments.""The outcome is clear though....we are investing more in the place where learning happens ...

... 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 your eyes ...

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 majority ... start asking questions about "What do you expect people to do differently after this intervention?" or "What numbers are ... also including customer service initiatives, new sales procedures, etc.OK, I really haven't answered the question ...

... 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 do an ... Amazon.com(I will post a specific review very soon)3.  SecondLife:  Without a doubt open virtual environments are going to make a big move into the Learning world in 2007.  Efforts like SLOODLE which mashes up MOODLE and ...

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 will be ... THE BIG QUESTION ... was also the year of Games, Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs), and the metaverse.  After meeting Mark ... environment.  The learning posibilities are truly endless.  Projects like SLOODLE (Moodle linked with ...