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 ...

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 ... -learn list includes: More about 3D Worlds (Wandering) Capabilities of Unity 3D (Targeted) Better time management ... impact something like a Learning Management System in a Workplace or Educational setting? Interesting but most LMSs have ... "to-learn" list. Some of the items are necessary and some are "pie-in-the-sky." I tend to have two methods of working ...

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 ...

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 ... stakeholders (usually management) know what is going on in the trenches (hint, they rarely do).I use similar questions but not ... minority opinion. So, I first ask questions of the stakeholders: Why do you think this is a problem? Have you every tried ...

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 ... -the-Shelf Vendors - What Should the Do? March 2007 : Supporting New Managers? February 2007 : ...

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 ... -the-Shelf Vendors - What Should the Do? March 2007 : Supporting New Managers? February 2007 : ...

... ill-advised "teamwork" sessions when the manager gets back to the office. "Oh no - the boss has been to another management training session. I wonder if I have enough vacation days...." And I'll admit to having that reaction when I first read the question....hence my initial tactic..... Storytelling In my response to the Big Question , I told a story about my favorite manager. I was secretly hoping that someone would "get it", connect some of the dots, and ... Alarm bells go off when I hear someone say "Our company has this management training program..." Usually this ...

Connections Supporting New Managers With Informal Learning Clark Quinn Learnlets LCBlog's big question of the ... - learning & development - Mar Big Q: Supporting New Managers shehnaaz - Interlinked Learnings Learning CIrcuits Big ... New Managers Up to Speed Karyn Romeis Karyn's blog March's Big Question: What would you do to support new managers ... month's big question - a few days late. This month's big question actually was a question asked by an attendee at Jay ... needed to consider, and how to balance what approaches were taken. So, this month, The Big Question is...

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 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 ... , manage all your own assets, and upload the finished product when it's done. Experience shows that, for large projects involving teams of specialists (project managers, instructional designers, graphics people, subject experts, testers, ...

... 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 will be remembered as the year of The Learning Triad:  blogs, wikis, and RSS.  Since starting the Corporate eLearning Development blog in August '05 ( post #1 ), I've discovered so many of fabulous, passionate, Learning ...

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 ...

My response to March's Big Question: When I think about managers (new to managing or new to managing me), I think ... . Inspired by my experience with him, this is the list of questions I ask myself whenever I find myself managing ... all of the managers I've had, Rick was the best at this form of communication. Keep asking yourself these 4 questions ... work for a manager who has experience in the field where they are managing. I tend not to stay long with managers who got there through politics. If this is your situation - this would be a good opportunity to start learning from ...

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 ... Learning Management Systems (LMS) eLearning Resources Blog ...

... 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 ... Learning - points to examples such as TV, Music, Press, etc. If you are a producer of content, you are now competing with ... makes all of the O'Reilly books fully searchable). One of the most important questions is: What's the added ...

In the Learning Circuits Blog, the big question for October is "I'm interested in a career in e-learning ... into the e-learning landscape - as a manager, a consultant, a salesperson for a vendor, a designer, a developer, or a ... learning, as there are considerable differences in the approaches that each of these sectors adopts when it comes to the ... I'd also recommend joining the main e-learning associations, i.e. eLearning Guild , wherever you are in the world, as well as the eLearning Network (workplace learning) or the Association for Learning Technology (education), if ...

This month's Big Question - What Questions Should We be Asking? - Dave Lee just told us that there are 102 Questions . The original genesis of this question was a combination of my continual desire for Better Questions for Learning ... that I wanted to discuss with people at the next conference or in the next big question. See things that people really were finding as a challenge. Instead, I feel like I'm seeing a lot of philosophical, big, narly questions that I have no ... improve the quality and quantity of conversations?" and "How can I create informal learning experiences for new managers ...

... 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 ... different types of "e-learning." Traditional Here is some learning sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency. It is called the EPA Watershed Academy . It is a web site that has a number of e-learning courses which are very text focused. They are not really exciting or very interactive. Here is an example called Principles of Watershed Management ...

November's Big Question on the Learning Circuits Blog has been posted. The question this month is: Are ISD / ADDIE / HPT relevant in a world of rapid elearning, faster time-to-performance, and informal learning? To me, this is 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 particularly the shift in who creates content, you'll notice that the bulk of content creation moves from the learning function to SMEs or workers/learners. I believe that we will continue to create linear learning experiences ...

The Big Question is a new monthly feature on Learning Circuits Blog. We want everyone in the LCB community to ... - Half an Hour - Should All Learning Professionals be Blogging? Harold Jarche - The Big Question Bill Bruck ... ? Barry Sampson Learn Me Happy The Learning Circuits Blog: The Big Question for October: Should All Learning ... All Learning Professionals Be Blogging? Karl Kapp Kapp Notes The Learning Circuits Blog: The Big Question for ... - Full Circle Online Interaction Blog: The Big Question for October: Should All Learning Professionals Be ...

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 ... can use their change management expertise to help build a supportive culture. The learning professional can ...

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 ... Kapp Notes This blog discusses issues concerning learning, e-learning and the ... create a better understanding of learning design. ~ Blog Content Guide ~ Subscribe to this Blog ~ My Home Page ... attention. Ive decided to look at several different types of "e-learning." Traditional Here is some learning ...

Ray Sims has been doing great stuff over on his blog: Sims Learning Connections . I've just read his answer to this month's big question - What Would You Do to Support New Managers? - Supporting New Managers With Informal Learning - good stuff. Worth taking a look at. While I'm on it - one of the most important aspects of helping managers transition is to effectively support and coach them over time. The question is always how do they get that coaching support ... manager with regular on-going support. In this case, new managers, I would certainly target their managers with ...

Dave Lee just posted on LCB - I'm a little verklempt! - where he points out that this month's big question - March Big Question: Supporting New Managers? - didn't get as many posts as in the past few months. He wonders what's the cause ... question at a session with Harold and Jay Cross. Someone asked how informal learning might apply to new managers. I ... on these, feel free to contribute to: March Big Question: Supporting New Managers? ... mean that informal learning doesn't apply to new manager training? Or are we powerless to help make informal learning ...

ASTD ’s Learning Circuits Blog has a monthly ‘Big Question.” This month it’s: I ... time ago for Operitel and a presentation on learning technology (LMS/LCMS/Talent Management that we, Brandon Hall ... course, enroll in a degree program (ID, facilitation of online learning, curriculum development, project management, etc ... coding ( w3schools is good) Visit the Learning Circuits blog and find others’ suggestions on this question ... training (started a best practice log) became a project manager for an LMS/LCMS/Talent Management implementation; learned ...

The big question for March 2008 is - Scope of Learning Responsibility? Karl Kapp helped me pull this question ... Big Question for March: Scope of Learning Responsibility suggestions: I would suggest building solutions which include ... , knowledge management, eCommunity, coaching, mentoring, informal learning, etc.), and Promoting a culture of learning ... posts so far. First, my earlier posts Corporate Learning Long Tail and Attention Crisis and Long Tail Learning - Size and Shape lay out that I believe the space in which Corporate Learning (and realistically all learning ...

... post. The Learning Leaders Blog Response To-learn list: The Big Question To Learn Lists: The Big Qustion Karyn Romeis: The Big Question: To-learn list My To learn list The E-learning Curve Blog - To-Learn Lists indicate ... a Learning Management System in a Workplace or Educational setting? What skills, practices, behaviors do modern ... This month's question comes out of something that Catherine Lombardozzi wrote pointed me to: Jim Collins, in an essay in Learning Journeys , wrote, "A true learning person also has a "to-learn" list, and the items on that ...

... post. The Learning Leaders Blog Response To-learn list: The Big Question To Learn Lists: The Big Qustion Karyn Romeis: The Big Question: To-learn list My To learn list The E-learning Curve Blog - To-Learn Lists indicate ... a Learning Management System in a Workplace or Educational setting? What skills, practices, behaviors do modern ... This month's question comes out of something that Catherine Lombardozzi wrote pointed me to: Jim Collins, in an essay in Learning Journeys , wrote, "A true learning person also has a "to-learn" list, and the items on that ...

The latest Big Question for the Learning Circuits Blog is: For a given project, how do you determine if, when ... question is..." it depends ". There are so many variables that play into a performance problem that will change the answers to the if/when/how much questions. How much should you use a developer? Well, it depends on what you're building ... . All that said...the answer to the "when" question should be "early"...even for the initial analysis because a quality ... implications in a game based environment. In 2001, Marc Prensky wrote a popular book " Digital Game Based Learning " where ...