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 ... styles or can we just design good instruction and know that it meets all generational needs? If you have an audience that includes natives and immigrants, how can you effectively design instruction without breaking the bank? First of ...

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 ... Questions Should We be Asking? January 2007 : Quality vs. Speed 2006 December 2006 : Past experiences. Present Challenge. Future Predictions. November 2006 : Are our models (ISD, ADDIE, HPT, etc.) relevant in the ... the eLearning Examples? May 2007 : Powerpoint: What is appropriate? When and Why? April 2007 : ILT and ...

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 ... Questions Should We be Asking? January 2007 : Quality vs. Speed 2006 December 2006 : Past experiences. Present Challenge. Future Predictions. November 2006 : Are our models (ISD, ADDIE, HPT, etc.) relevant in the ... the eLearning Examples? May 2007 : Powerpoint: What is appropriate? When and Why? April 2007 : ILT and ...

The November LCB Big Question was "Are ISD / ADDIE / HPT relevant in a world of rapid elearning, faster time-to ... , there were quite a few people who said, ISD/ADDIE/HPT - huh? That was actually quite a big surprise to me. Maybe they are ... instructional designer will be to use the ADDIE model to determine what baseline structure can be built into the formal ... irrelevant. The models listed in this month's Big Question were designed for a type of training that was relevant for the ... When I Started I'm questioning whether we really know what the next generation of ISD, ADDIE, HPT really looks ...

... goal of instructional design (and this part addresses ASTD's January Big Question ) is to change behavior or attitude ... designer. I think people believe that if they understand ADDIE then they understand Instructional Design and so they don't ... instructional designer or whether or not you even need to know instructional theories to be called an instructional designer. The argument "I develop instructional design and therefore, I am an instructional designer" is like saying, "I ... years I'll never be able to know everything about instructional design (or any topic for that matter.) Yet this person ...

... 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 ... comment about the importance of instructional design as opposed to focusing on technology. And then Dennis Coxe over at ... that point, the next question is "Can certain attributes of different media be leverage for learning?" For example, ...

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 ... instruction." Informal "e-Learning" The best example (and I am sure many of you have seen it) is the Learning 2.0 ... Virtual ... Storytelling and Instructional Design What We Can Learn From The Blue Man Group Keynoting in Vegas ... Discussion Help, I have an Instructional Design Master's Degr... Blog Field Trip: Cognitive Technologies ...

Jay Cross jumped in early with a response to this month's Big Question . The question this month is: For a given project, how do you determine if, when, and how much an instructional designer and instructional design are needed? Jay Cross response concludes with: The answer this month's Big Question is: common sense and intuition. I love mixing ... the question is common sense and intuition, this shouldn't be the answer going forward. It's clearly insufficient. How do you back it up when you ask for funding? Further if you look at Jay's examples and turn those into ...

The Big Question this month are Predictions for Learning in 2008 . Here are my predictions, but realistically they ... 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 Disappointment This is going to be ... learning solutions will continue to find adoption in scattered, specific examples. More podcasts and video casts for ... - threaded discussions weren't quite active enough and the questions weren't focused. We need a targeted discussion.

On... Instructional Designers with Degrees: Latest Surv... Instructional Designer as Consultant? The Big Question: Instructional Design as a Spectr... Online Schooling for the K-12 Set ► ... -- similar gap with online learning. Instructional designers can take the tools and create a good learning experience or not ... Instructional Designer? Take the Survey! About This Blog ... Instructional Designers The Value of Instructional Designers Getting Started in Instructional Design Gadgets, ...

... lost. For example, an Instructional Designer might be able to say with confidence that studies show that a 4:1 student ... The Learning Circuit's big question -- For a given project, how do you determine if, when and how much an instructional designer and instructional design is needed? The quick answer is "it depends." However, I think it ... other hand, is concerned with how things ought to be. So what gives Instructional Designers their worth? It has often been ... Strategy", Harvard Business Review, July-August 1987, pp. 66-75. Like a potter, an experienced Instructional Designer ...

... locating your friends and now proximity dating.    One of the big questions is who will dominate location ... interested to see the innovations trainers and instructional designers can make in the design of geo-integrated learning ... , for example, an activity that's long been associated with outdoor GPS-based adventure and hiking activities, has seen its share of geo-technology's adaptations for learning . A geo-integrated learning program could, for example ... multi-site/multi-group field trips? Taking that a step further, a teacher of civil war history might, for example ...

The Big Question this month are Predictions for Learning in 2008 . Here are my predictions, but ... 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 Disappointment This is going ... Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning ... %), mobile learning solutions will continue to find adoption in scattered, specific examples. More podcasts and video ...

... to be learned and then, using instructional strategies, research and proper instructional sequencing... design instruction that helps learners retain the information they are to learn. We design conceptual lessons with examples and non ... This month the Big Question on the Learning Circuit's blog has to do with rapid e-learning. "What are the trade ... . Design is the "secret sauce" that we instructional designers should be adding to the sea of information that ... design effective learning more quickly than in the past. In fact, what most often passes for rapid e-learning is a ...

... motivation question is certainly a big question, I want to skip over this for now. Im going to assume that since you are reading ... meaningful types of questions. Going back to my example of preparing for a conference by formulating better questions, I think ... Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning ... Better Questions for Learning Professionals : eLearning Technology ... Effective Conferences for Learning Professionals A big part of what Ive come to realize that the barrier to us ...

... motivation question is certainly a big question, I want to skip over this for now. Im going to assume that since you are reading ... meaningful types of questions. Going back to my example of preparing for a conference by formulating better questions, I think ... Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning ... Better Questions for Learning Professionals : eLearning Technology ... Effective Conferences for Learning Professionals A big part of what Ive come to realize that the barrier to us ...