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, our official internal social media platform is called EMC ONE . It is for the most part product based, and the culture ... special cases can’t be handled by a script). So I posed the question on EMC ONE and in Yammer. I was hoping ...

This month's ASTD Big Question is, again, a series of questions. Apparently one BIG question is not enough for ... result in a direct work product. For example, a knowledge worker may need to learn how to write a report more ... the worker to learn to write more efficient reports but learning to do so is not a work product. The products the ... indicated, I just don't view what I have "to-do" as a work product in the same way as what I have "to-learn" and maybe that is because learning without an expected work product as an outcome is so much more fun. Are to-learn lists ...

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 ... minority opinion. So, I first ask questions of the stakeholders: Why do you think this is a problem? Have you every tried to ... stakeholders (usually management) know what is going on in the trenches (hint, they rarely do).I use similar questions but ...

... people to "know" about a product and service...i.e. Learning) I think its mostly because I just can't handle another 100 ... ...yet related. I've recieved a lot of feedback possitive and negative regarding my response to the February BIG QUESTION ... well: anthropology, psychology, technology, etc. What can we learn from the field of Marketing might make for a great next BIG QUESTION. ... While the workweek is for surfing the Learning feeds, I enjoy catching up on my DESIGN and MARKETING folders on ...

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 ... Accelerator and experienced first hand how easy it was to work with others to share assets and learning objects and to ...

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 ...

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 ... this. They have a particular product/project in mind and they want you to get that done. As Karyn said in her post, the ... pretty quickly when you start asking questions about "What do you expect people to do differently after this ... haven't answered the question yet....... I WANT to build quality training. By "quality", I mean effective. Something ...

Karl Kapp Kapp Notes Learning Circuits April Big Question: Are We There Yet Tom Crawford thcrawford Learning Circuits Big Question April 2007 ... ! Clive Shepherd Clive on Learning April's big question - backed up at the ... . interactive learning Harold Jarche Harold Jarche LCB Big Question for ... services groups inside organizations. So, this month, The Big Question is... ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - ...

Happy Holidays from Enspire Learning Things That Light Up My Life I'm a Gamer 3.0! The Big Question ... company offerings. A big explosion in the last 2 years. In the 90s there were one or two ways to do e-Learning: CDRoms ... activities + delivery of learning activities = Learning Experience Can go to a big restaurant and have lousy food ... " in their product -- add a new feature -- this is whats happened with established e-learning companies. But theyre not ... : Welcome to Web Hybrid Applications (from the e-Learning Guild) Physical Technologies vs. Social Technologies: Products ...

Application Becomes the Platform The Big Question The G Word ... e-Clippings (Learning As Art ... anthropology mobile learning e-learning things you should read stat counter ... Shirky, Andrew Keen and the Luddites » August 10, 2007 Learning Styles and Visualization I know that recently the whole idea of learning styles has come under attack. While the original article in ...

... for Learning Professionals A big part of what I've come to realize that the barrier to us moving beyond being The ... learning capabilities. We already have too much to do. We lack the right questions. While the motivation question is certainly a big question, I want to skip over this for now. I'm going to assume that since you are reading this blog post ... questions are that you face as a learning professional? At training and/or eLearning conferences where this question was ... that. Better Questions My guess is that just as most learning professionals can tell you the problems with ...

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 moving ... improve our personal learning capabilities. We already have too much to do. We lack the right questions. While the motivation question is certainly a big question, I want to skip over this for now. Im going to assume that since you are reading ... important questions are that you face as a learning professional? At training and/or eLearning conferences where ...

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 moving ... improve our personal learning capabilities. We already have too much to do. We lack the right questions. While the motivation question is certainly a big question, I want to skip over this for now. Im going to assume that since you are reading ... important questions are that you face as a learning professional? At training and/or eLearning conferences where ...

... guidance result ... The Big Question: to-learn list CCK08 and data overload calmness Ted talk: Sugata Mitra on ... One of ITMs scientific flash learning instruments At ITM we have been experimenting with Flash animations as learning tools. I just want to share one with you all, feel free to add comments or remarks. Practice in veterinary ... high technological equipment. With the success of web-based and blended learning practice has never been more important ... ) INAS (3) informal learning (13) instructional design ...

... mediated by our own individual/collective contexts. What learning is NOT is a product. It can NOT be shrink-wrapped. It ... Standards The Application Becomes the Platform The Big Question ... e-Clippings (Learning As Art ... anthropology mobile learning e-learning things you should read stat counter ... say this about 1,000 more times... Look, we probably learn differently as adults than we do as ...

... everything a blend? The argument for blended learning The Big Question: Leading the ... Clive on Learning Clive Shepherd has spent the past 25 years working with computers trying to make learning things happen electronically. Hes still trying to figure it out ... . Im not a great fan of these simple correct / incorrect question formats, but I know they work for many people. Output ... had no trouble at all in using this product and never had to resort to the help files. This is what rapid ...

... product like this coming from a developer associated with conventional self-paced e-learning. It's encouraging that they can ... the majority of potential users. It's easy to implement, requiring just a line of HTML code on a page. The big questions ... I was interested to have a play with FlockPod , a new social interaction tool from Harbinger Knowledge Products, the people who market Raptivity, the rapid e-learning tool. According to the blurb: "FlockPod is about adding social interaction to any web page to serve a dual purpose - facilitate social learning and augment the content itself! The ...

Virginia Yonkers inspired the April 2008 Big Question which is: What would you like to do better as a Learning Professional? Simple question, but I'd expect some interesting answers. How to Respond: Option 1 - Simply put ... Locally Ray Cole - This Month's "Big Question" From Jacob... Learning to be better Sameer Lele What I would like ... What Would I Like To Do Better As A Learning Professional? - From, TATA Interactive Systems thoughts on the question. my list of wishes My thoughts on the question... Peter Shea Here's my ambition Not be a production ...

Virginia Yonkers inspired the April 2008 Big Question which is: What would you like to do better as a Learning Professional? Simple question, but I'd expect some interesting answers. How to Respond: Option 1 - Simply put ... Locally Ray Cole - This Month's "Big Question" From Jacob... Learning to be better Sameer Lele What I would like ... What Would I Like To Do Better As A Learning Professional? - From, TATA Interactive Systems thoughts on the question. my list of wishes My thoughts on the question... Peter Shea Here's my ambition Not be a production ...

... and How Much? - The Learning Circuits Blog The Big Question - For a given project, how do you determine if, when and ... Designing E-Learning - University of Leicester Gilly Salmon, Professor of E-Learning & Learning Technologies at ... Note: this article came out before the big annoucement , however, it would make an excellent case study. By many ... new products were subject to review by committee. Departments became responsible and rewarded for their own profits, much ... those "big company" controls had a downside: they caused people to think about how to protect their own turf and ...

Captivate, you'll find that most of the design ideas are incorporated in the product. So, the question about what design ... just lamenting Is the Big Question Half-Full or Half-Empty? basically saying that I wasn't sure I was getting much value from the questions. Luckily I just saw Action on Informal Learning - Leads to Great Questions and then I read and ... contains some wonderful information about how to ask better questions. So, what I've been really learning is what I ... future Big Questions or as part of a group discussion in a panel or at a morning breakfast table at a conference.

This month’s Big Question from the Learning Circuit’s blog is, basically, where do you begin?  Of course, that begs the question: what do you already know? Design, ID, a tool, ? However, it appears that the question sort of assumes a preexisting master’s in ID/IT.  Which, if it’s done well, includes several different tools, lots ... one major project with project planning, prototyping, testing, and production.  Which, of course, is a dream ... you’ve figured out the best design). For production, there are lots of tools out there. Apparently Udutu ...

ASTD's Big Question this month (March) is actually two questions and since I helped Tony Karrer tweak the question a bit, I feel I must offer some type of answer (plus I aways enjoy the discussion around the Big Question.) So, here is the big question for this month: Do educational institutions and corporate learning & development departments have responsibility for supporting Long Tail Learning? Do they have responsibility for learning beyond what can be ... research questionable? I think corporate learning departments need to go through the same evolutionary process that ...

... linked all over the web) The Learning blogosphere's own Karl Kapp asks the May BIG QUESTION: Avoiding Death by Powerpoint. And there's actually a BOOK - Death by Powerpoint From Microsoft Office product Manager another MS employee ... Powerpoint turns 20 according to the Wallstreet journal. (sorry no link) That got me thinking about Learning ... Synchronous Learning Systems: PPT is still the most frequently used feature and has the highest ease of use rating. The Learning industry has also created its own little niche market of tools that magically convert Powerpoint to ...

Took a closer look at the Big Question . If I had start my career over again. The one thing I would do first is. Look at lots and lots of elearning. The good, the bad, the ugly. Then I would ask questions about each. - Did I learn ... really cool about this tutorial? - Was I bored? - How would I do this better? - What would my product look like? Then ... look at? - what do I need to learn? And I look at as much eLearning as I have time to look at that I don't develop so I can gather more ideas and models. Learning as process.

The ASTD Big Question for January is "What are your Predictions for Learning in 2008?" First, I am going to borrow from the December 2006 Big Question which I really liked. The three questions, now modified for 2008, are: What ... Allen's 2nd e-Learning annual. Write another book and create some products useful to people as they struggle to make sense ... predictions for 2008? These are not easy questions to answer but here they are: What will you remember most about 2007? I ... Presentation and Workshop Success-Teacher/Technologists Doing Great Work Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning.

A few weeks ago, I posted a summary around the November LCB Big Question "Are ISD / ADDIE / HPT relevant in a world of rapid elearning, faster time-to-performance, and informal learning?": eLearning Technology: Significant Work Needed ... speakers was Matt Glotzbach, Head of Products at Google Enterprise. He made a really interesting point that with ready access ... behavior to emerge and then provide better support. Finally, combine this with the discussions around Informal Learning that suggest the support for informal learning approaches will be emergent as well. What do you get? What's likely ...

Moodle in Corporations April Big Question - Content Vendor Value ... -Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 LMS Web 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Personal Learning Informal Learning 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 Metrics ... Authoring Tools Several questions came up recently around Authoring Tools and I wanted to point people to some ...

... interesting question: Where is the real innovation happening in e-learning? (And by innovation I mean the type that leads to products that can actually be used, as opposed to blue skies thinking.) First - Ben - if you see my post - can I suggest that you submit your question to the LCB Big Question for February as something like: What will the next generation of eLearning tools look like? That's a great question! Interestingly, I used to be involved in many more projects ... , lots of VCs, easy access to big media, lots of innovation in media, mobile content, games, green, health care, and ...

The November LCB Big Question was "Are ISD / ADDIE / HPT relevant in a world of rapid elearning, faster time-to-performance, and informal learning?" I was planning to try to write up a summary at some point (similar to last month's ... irrelevant. The models listed in this month's Big Question were designed for a type of training that was relevant for the ... crux of the question as Mark Oehlert from e-Clippings put it: If the question of whether or not your job is relevant ... general consensus that as Jay Cross put it : This is the wrong question. And as Russ Crumley put it : we've ...