The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for October is about E-Learning, specifically: What advice would you give to someone new to the field (of E-Learning). Where do you start? Particular tools you should explore? Resources you should read? Videos/screencasts you should watch? What would your To Learn List look like? I’m a current grad student in the Instructional Systems program at Florida State University . I can’t bash my program ... education (work and school) This involves needs analysis of your audience, determining the best method of delivery, ...

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 the questions are even broken down further into more sub-questions which you can read for yourself at the original ...

This month's ASTD Big Question is, again, a series of questions. Apparently one BIG question is not enough for ... "to-learn" list. Some of the items are necessary and some are "pie-in-the-sky." I tend to have two methods of working on ... with no real objective just a need to "learn more about" a particular term, item or piece of software. The other method ... . Using the targeted method means I have a specific goal in mind and I need to learn how to achieve that goal. Interestingly, I find the wandering method tends to have better retention than the target. I target learning when I have ...

The Big Question on the Learning Circuits Blog for May 2008 is whether or not there are or should be learning ... reflection, I 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 ... . I would hate to see people come away from this question assuming that Digital Natives should receive the technology ... methods. Putting issue #1 aside, the majority of professionals undoubtedly recognize that technology has impacted the ...

... 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 ... still reading your old text books on elearning methods...burn 'em.  Read this and step into the 21st century ... inside Second Life with ways for companies to foster more collaborative learning methods. Says Intel Corp.

... services groups inside organizations. So, this month, The Big Question is... ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What ... 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 found at the link at the top ... The FPG Notepad April's Big Question Claudia Escribano LifeLongLearningLab Thinking about BIG Questions Guy W Wallace The ...

... knowledge. This post can also be read as my personal answer to the Big Question for December, since the Hole in ...

... knowledge. This post can also be read as my personal answer to the Big Question for December, since the Hole in ...

Learning Circuits has posted its Big Question of the Month for January : "What are the trade offs between quality learning programs and rapid e-learning and how do you decide?" Thus, today's links will focus on that theme. . . Exploring the Definition of "Rapid e-Learning" - The eLearning Guild Does the term refer to A) fast, and perhaps cheap, development of e-Learning applications, or B) methods that increase the speed at which people learn, or C) technologies that speed up the connection between SMEs and learners, or D) services that enable organizations to add ...

Feburary's Big Question: What Questions Should We Be Asking? Does it work? I mean that on a couple of different ... Matthew Nehrling's question to discover more about your organization's TARR requirements. Is there another cool tool / method that would work better? (notice I did NOT say faster OR cheaper). Mark Oehlert and Brent Schlenker are my ... instructional design is up to scratch. So I guess my short answer is that your first question should be if you know where you're going, and if you do, you should be asking questions about the next step along the path. If you don't know where ...

Thus, was born the concept for The Big Question - a monthly question that everyone in the community would post and ... an informal e-Learning tool. 8 - Expose our members to blogging as a method of e-Learning and allow them to judge ...

... simply attack Bill. All that said, as a person who as a panel moderator, or the proctor of the Big Question, likes to ... -pieces of other learning methods badly packaged. Cross' definition of informal learning is so wide open it can ...

Lately there has been some talk about what exactly instructional designers do and what value they add to the process. Brent Schlenker in his response to the ASTD Big Question asks , Well, I think the biggest question is STILL, "Why US ... should be done...who should create it...and how should others consume it? Maybe the question is "Do we still add value to ... , Simulations work better than traditional formal learning programs? To his question I answered in the comment:The ... instructional design methods and practitioners. The hardware/brick & mortar parts of the economy don't mess around. There is ...

The November LCB Big Question was "Are ISD / ADDIE / HPT relevant in a world of rapid elearning, faster time-to ... 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 already answered that. So, again, Dave Lee and I are continuing our consistency in asking bad questions. Also as ...

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 goes a little deeper than that. Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. - Herbert Simon (Nobel Prize Winner & Carnegie Mellon professor) Simon went on to argue that ... , learners can become extremely bored with this method. In addition, it is has little or no context, thus rote memorization ...

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 ... ) Tools of e-learning - authoring tools, systems (LMS, LCMS, Live Online Learning, social media) Methods ... coding ( w3schools is good) Visit the Learning Circuits blog and find others’ suggestions on this question ... vendors with a sea of questions. tried everything subscribed to periodicals, email lists, listserv, read blogs.

Over on the Big Question, we are discussing Network Feedback which is basically how can you reach out and get help around a question. Almost the same time I posted the question, I received a question from a reader around Language ... thoughts on how you would go about finding answers to this inquiry, you can use that as your answer to the Big Question ... questions. The screencast then shows how I would go about formulating a request for help through an intermediate ... contact people I either already am connected with or are 2nd degree. Im a BIG TIME believer in the value of this. And, ...

... everything a blend? The argument for blended learning The Big Question: Leading the ... . Im not a great fan of these simple correct / incorrect question formats, but I know they work for many people. Output ... . The basic method of operation is to set up a presentation in PowerPoint and then add to it using the features ... /False, Cloze Text, Short Answer, Matching, Lickert Scale questions § Set up and deliver Surveys § Track user responses ... development with no requirement for coding § No need to build a user interface as Breeze supplies its own § Built in question ...

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 ... learning through electronic methods. (Jay Cross in 1998) Not just self-directed learning, not just page turners ... activities + delivery of learning activities = Learning Experience Can go to a big restaurant and have lousy food ... constant. Look at where you are at on the innovation curve. Questions: Learning Objects: I was always skeptical ...