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 ... -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 it ... burden of knowing from the person to the object or process. Just like fast food establishments with cash registers ...

This month's ASTD Big Question on the Learning Circuit's Blog is about Social Networking and finding help and ... 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 or ... someone who might be able to answer the question. Then you had to call that person, reference the discussion with your friend and launch into an explanation of the question you wanted to have answered. That person would, possibly, answer ...

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 ... spend the next couple of weeks playing phone tag and swapping emails with a benefits person just to find out I could ...

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 ... the space of a week he immediately picks up the phone and calls that person. I have always enjoyed the sporadic ...

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, ...

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 ... asked the question, "Who reads the instruction manual before playing a game", and one person (out of ~100) actually raised ... . more). I've also learned that I do not like the dissertation process very much (it's done, so I will never be doing ...

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 ... project level and personally), quickly moving out seems to be the only viable option. The good thing is that I work ...

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 ... list. My learning list has varied through the years and it always featured a big amount of informal learning , but ... practical way. The skills and techniques I need to learn for my work, I put into my personal to-do list. My eLearning ... personal note and building on my informal learning, my capacities expand (if the informal learning works) so I just ...

... 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 ...

... virtual environments are going to make a big move into the Learning world in 2007.  Efforts like SLOODLE which mashes ... , learn, share, and create value for their personal brand.  If you haven't done this for yourself, then 2007 is the year ... 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 ... Shaffer hits the shelves very soon.  I believe it will begin to move Games into the learning world as a ...

Connections Supporting New Managers With Informal Learning Clark Quinn Learnlets LCBlog's big question of the ... 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... What ... - 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 ...

I thought that in honor of the success of the Big Question series, I would introduce my other favorite question and answer series; the question of the year from the World Question Center . This series is populated by the members of the ... ." You think we're asking big questions, try some of the Edge's past entries like What Now ? or What Do You Believe Is True Even Though You Can't Prove It ? or my personal favorite What's Your Law ? This year, the entry is What Are You ... LCB might be: Early Detection of Learning Disabilities or Difficulties ...

The Big Question on the LCB for January is: What are the trade offs between quality learning programs and rapid e-learning and how do you decide? There's a lot involved in this question and I plan to revisit it several times during the ... would have a different cost and effect on performance. So, the real challenge posed by the Big Question is knowing ... that I like to use at meetings: You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles. Props to the first person to leave a ... simpler that we know won't be as effective at improving performance. And this isn't a theoretical question - it's ...

Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 LMS Web 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Personal Learning Informal Learning ... 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 ...

... 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 ... compete with each person's ability to find information via a Google search or through access to a service like Safari ...

In the Learning Circuits Blog , Tony Karrer poses a whole series of  questions related to the role of learning and development professionals in promoting informal learning / social learning / learning 2.0 within organisations: Q: Must learning professionals be literate in these things? Well I don't know about must , but they certainly should, if they want to remain credible as sources of expertise on organisational learning. This is sadly a a long ... process risk becoming ever more peripheral to the big issues, as the emphasis on formal learning interventions ...

The big question: what did you learn about learning in 2007? René Meijer - The Echo of Teaching Clark Quinn Kapp Notes: ASTD's Big Question for December: New Learning How to leverage a Network: What I Learned in 2007 ... We've somewhat lost our fearless Blogmeister, Dave Lee, so we've not been doing the Big Questions the past few months. I'll be doing the moderating. But, we are starting again ... The Big Question for December is: What did ... . If you post on a blog, please include a link to this post. Ideally, you would also include the Big Question ...

The big question: what did you learn about learning in 2007? René Meijer - The Echo of Teaching Clark Quinn Kapp Notes: ASTD's Big Question for December: New Learning How to leverage a Network: What I Learned in 2007 ... We've somewhat lost our fearless Blogmeister, Dave Lee, so we've not been doing the Big Questions the past few months. I'll be doing the moderating. But, we are starting again ... The Big Question for December is: What did ... . If you post on a blog, please include a link to this post. Ideally, you would also include the Big Question ...

Over on LCB , The Big Question for October has been posted: Should All Learning Professionals be Blogging? This ... why YOU should. Blogs are a Great Personal Learning Tool As learning professionals, we should all be at the forefront of knowing how to learn ourselves. Writing is probably the single best way to codify personal knowledge. A blog ... you gain experience with blogs, you can start to gain experience with other Personal Learning Tools. Blogs are a ... section by saying that YOU SHOULD take up starts with greatly improving your personal learning and includes a ...

... spice up" your e-learning. Take a few minutes and browse the content. Clark Aldrich's blog entry for the big question ... this as e-learning since the person watching the video is getting instruction on how to build in the world of Second ... 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 ...

... 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 ... that point, the next question is "Can certain attributes of different media be leverage for learning?" For example, you ... "Big Question" How does the eLearning design process need to change to accommodate such a wide variety of tools?

The Big Question for January - Quality vs. Speed received some responses that caught me a bit off-guard. Several people have stated in various ways that they question the question (with language that ranges from "implicit assumption" to "dumb" to "insane"). I posted on LCB a follow-up set of questions that gets at some of the contention. But let me ... " (and even more so, the definition of a "Quality Learning Experience" in the original post). Some of the responses say that Quality is "changing a person" or "achieve a performance goal" ... I hate to say it, but these folks ...

April's big question in the Learning Circuits blog is 'ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should They Do ... training in smaller and smaller chunks and various other adverse trends. Now I wasn't going to respond to this question ... typically such a big business issue?) insufficient demand for change from employers to force it to happen at any pace. Yes, there are plenty of exceptions where organisations have been able to develop a culture in which learning is embraced ... approaches such as self-study e-learning and blended solutions, but then there have been a few of e-learning companies ...

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 for March on the Learning Circuits Blog is 'what is the scope of our responsibility as learning professionals?' I took this to be an issue of scoping, i.e. what are the expectations of our various stakeholders ... 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 ...

... this in a second... Separately, Dave Lee ( The Learning Circuits Blog: Throwing a Big Community Net ) has provided a ... Blog ), I personally learned quite a bit about reasons on both sides. It was a fantastic exercise for my own learning ... place: Should more learning professionals be blogging? (Barry Sampson) Independently, Dave Lee suggested that question ... that there's a few who should stop blogging. Of course, then it raises a couple of questions: Which learning ... Out of the original October 2006: Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging? , we've seen some pretty ...

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 ... Build Tiny Prims in Second Life . I view this as e-learning since the person watching the video is getting instruction ... 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 ...

Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 LMS Web 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Personal Learning Informal Learning ... Personal Learning Environments and personal learning environments : eLearning Technology Theres been quite a bit of discussion going on around Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) and personal learning environments. We talked about this briefly during a session with Tony ODriscoll ... blog posts on the topic: Stephen Downes - Personal Learning I can talk about webs and networks and personal ...

ASTD ’s Learning Circuits Blog has a monthly ‘Big Question.” This month it’s: I’m interested in [the field of] eLearning. What should I do first? I’m responding to this question from the perspective of a person looking to get a job in the field of e-learning vs. a person who knows little about the term. I ... coding ( w3schools is good) Visit the Learning Circuits blog and find others’ suggestions on this question ... Research full-time. A huge step for me - working at home, etc. started a personal e-learning blog, joined the ...