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Ray Jimenez - Thursday, July 3, 2008 - CommentsGood Questions Identify eLearning 2.0 Opportunities
Revolution in Workplace Learning) one of the things I stumbled upon is what seems to be a great new question:Given that eLearning ... need to ask in order to figure out if and how eLearning 2.0 approaches apply to given performance improvement needs.In this post, I want to focus on questions that will help identify if there are opportunities for using eLearning 2.0 ... questions that come to mind that I would use to:Identify eLearning 2.0 Opportunities:Content -What content is already shared ... ? Who's going through an experience that they would want to share?Who is able and active enough to use the tools to ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, July 3, 2008 - CommentsCutting the pie
As a reader of this blog you are a witness if not an active participant in the dramatic changes that we have seen over the last few years as a result of web 2.0 technologies. Increasingly everyone is a teacher as well as a learner; nobody knows everything and everyone knows something. As George Siemens pointed out in Knowing Knowledge: "Mass media and education have been largely designed on a one-way flow model (structure imposed by hierarchy). Hierarchies, unlike ... eLearning Network (eLN). In the past, a typical eLN event (and for that matter most other conferences in Europe as ...
Clive on Learning - Friday, June 6, 2008 - CommentsLearning Gets a Second Life
CALLS IT A COURSE!!!!)We put up with it - but IT NEVER WORKED!eLearning (as many are designed) - the coma without the ... environment. The other to develop the learning activities!- There is still not a good handbook.- Still nascent.Level ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Thursday, June 5, 2008 - CommentsStrategic Learning Plans from A to Z
Strategic Learning Plans from A to ZPresenter: J. Keith Dunbar, Defense Intelligence Agency(To my bosses - I got a copy of their actual plan)17 organizations in the intelligence community.Defense Intelligence Agency - combat support.- eLearning Symposium important - 65% of workforce outside the Beltway- Military intelligence for fighters, decision-makersNo organization that wants to be great and to help our companies become great - happens because of a plan.One important ... implementation plan activities to individual's expectation. + In their case - it didn't happen. + Individual needs to see ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Thursday, June 5, 2008 - CommentsKeynote Day 1
Focus on growth and expansion.Now - 73% students touched by elearning product. Much on Own InitiationContinuous Learning ... up with this briefing, have to actively engage. Don't know where the presenter is. Gotta keep up. This is a ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - CommentsCollaboration in a Virtual World Pt. 1
Appalachian State built own program.Docs have some concerns about how to use it in eLearning. Big problem - people ... ?)Collaboration reduces learner isolation online.Small groups, have them discuss, create collaborative activities. Make them ... role.Promote reflection and transformative learning experiences. The activities need to lead to this.This is a process. Need to ... tremendous outlet to express fears / frustrations / joys of learning.Some play with Wikis as a collaborative activity ... with screen readers. - Remember to modify activities so that folks with assistive technologies can participate.- ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - CommentsCollaboration in a Virtual World Pt. 1
Appalachian State built own program.Docs have some concerns about how to use it in eLearning. Big problem - people ... ?)Collaboration reduces learner isolation online.Small groups, have them discuss, create collaborative activities. Make them ... role.Promote reflection and transformative learning experiences. The activities need to lead to this.This is a process. Need to ... tremendous outlet to express fears / frustrations / joys of learning.Some play with Wikis as a collaborative activity ... with screen readers. - Remember to modify activities so that folks with assistive technologies can participate.- ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - CommentsCollaboration in a Virtual World Pt. 1
... work - Appalachian State built own program.Docs have some concerns about how to use it in eLearning. Big problem ... activities. Make them feel more connected, therefore reduce attrition. Cycle of community and collaboration. By having ... on facilitative role.Promote reflection and transformative learning experiences. The activities need to lead to ... as a collaborative activity. Wikis are great but you have to really work on setting the guidelines before students get ... still difficult because of issues with screen readers. - Remember to modify activities so that folks with ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - CommentsCollaboration in a Virtual World Pt. 1
Have seen some work - Appalachian State built own program. Docs have some concerns about how to use it in eLearning ... activities People really don't learn well in lecture mode Research done on learning pyramid Just adding group discussion ... , create collaborative activities. Make them feel more connected, therefore reduce attrition. Cycle of community and ... experiences. The activities need to lead to this. This is a process. Need to do an orientation so what they should expect ... fears / frustrations / joys of learning. Some play with Wikis as a collaborative activity. Wikis are great but you ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - CommentsCollaboration in a Virtual World Pt. 1
Have seen some work - Appalachian State built own program. Docs have some concerns about how to use it in eLearning ... activities People really don't learn well in lecture mode Research done on learning pyramid Just adding group discussion ... , create collaborative activities. Make them feel more connected, therefore reduce attrition. Cycle of community and ... experiences. The activities need to lead to this. This is a process. Need to do an orientation so what they should expect ... fears / frustrations / joys of learning. Some play with Wikis as a collaborative activity. Wikis are great but you ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - CommentsDebating the value of debates
Regular readers of this blog will be aware that I am always on the lookout for new formats with which to convey ideas and encourage participation. Perhaps my keenest activity on this front is to experiment with the use of interviews, both within live events (face-to-face or online) and as a form of packaged content. Another idea that I had an opportunity to try out last week was the formal debate. The event was a one-day conference run by the eLearning Network on rapid e-learning. The debate ran for one hour in the afternoon and worked like this: A motion was proposed, in this case ...
Clive on Learning - Thursday, May 29, 2008 - CommentsActivity Spice
LeighAnne wrote to tell me about the software offered by her company, instructional Spice. Activity Spice is an online application that builds custom flash activities to be inserted in whatever eLearning platform you are using. Join up to get 40 free activities that you can customise and insert in your elearning. instructionalSpice [More Interactivity tools] ...
Jane Knight - Monday, May 26, 2008 - CommentsFCVW (Day 1)
... are actively looking to overcome and partner with solution providers. Also need to watch for open source solutions...long-term, this tends to be the solution that wins out.Security, Privacy, and Intellectual Property are critical - these are major issues that need to be overcome with in virtual worlds.Maj Gen Erwin Lessel (USAF) provided an excellent talk on the future of Air Force education and training. The current move is towards USAF 2 ...
Learning Design and Performance Improvement - Monday, April 28, 2008 - CommentsAstroturfing by the Elearning Society
... both about a new site called “the eLearning Society.” One was on my post about professional organizations for ... eLearning Society posted under his own name, he linked to his personal website and used an email address that isn’t ... see that the eLearning Society asks vendors to pay to be listed in their directory. The page asking for advertisers claims that “thousands of eLearning professionals” are using their site, but it looks to me like it’s just one guy who’s active. There’s only one profile listed in the “community.” There are no jobs ...
Experiencing eLearning - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - CommentsSteady Stream of Virtual Worlds
... design activities. The design activities ranged from synchronous activities to self-paced exploratory activities. The design activities included:Classroom EmulationRole PlayScavenger HuntsGuided ToursOperational ApplicationsCritical IncidentThe bottom line that Karl drew is that the basic tenants of instructional design still apply in virtual worlds. He mentions that "building an environment in a metaverse and turning the learners loose to go 'learn' without guidance, goals, or objectives will not lead to effective learning."Then, Monday morning, the latest version of Training & Simulation Journal arrived ...
Learning Design and Performance Improvement - Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - CommentsDaily Bookmarks 04/22/2008
Making the Case for Quality Resources and tools supporting continuous improvement techniques in K-16 education. Case studies from several school districts provided. tags: quality, continuousimprovement, education Create Custom Characters for Your E-Learning Scenarios - The Rapid eLearning Blog Tips on breaking apart and combining parts of clip art to create appropriate characters for e-learning, even if you aren’t artistic enough to draw them yourself. tags: e ... culture is. tags: collaboration, organizations, learning, networks, orgculture Middle School Science Mania Activities ...
Experiencing eLearning - Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - CommentsEncyclopedia, eLearning, coherence, Media, & Training
Elearning: Is it time to party? - training zone Although the general trend in usage in elearning is up, the composition of what makes up the figures is changing - less protracted periods of self-study; elearning is more real time, more ... , activities, and tasks. It mingles collaboration with reflection. Best Methods for Product-Based Training - ...
Big Dog, Little Dog - Sunday, April 20, 2008 - CommentsIs Your ELearing Engaging - Web Analytics
Presentation: Analyze This: Is your elearning truly engagingPresenter: Ryan Sparks, Care2LearnHow we can use existing software to measure engagementGoogle Analytics (free)Google tool (cost) - dependent upon firewallBasis of Web Analytics- Tracks how people arrive at a website and what they do when they arrive- Bounce rate: percentage of single page visits or visits in which the person left your site from the entrance (landing) page + In courseware - will typically apply to ... ?- Activities require a minimum amount of time being completed?- What percentage are burning though the course?Content - ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Thursday, April 17, 2008 - CommentsCollaboration in a Multi-Department Environment
... move to SkillPort and start converting ILTs to eLearning. (Grrr...computer gets lonely without power......)This one is ... questions OK.SWOT Activity (my thoughts)- Strength (Internal) + Trainers starting to communicate with each other + A ... still very siloed + Roles in new environment not well defined.- Opportunity (External) + Lots of incoming eLearning ... around? I suspect for us, if we are going to build a community of practice it will be more around our LMS and eLearning ... for the "Why"- Organizational buy-inThe activity of documenting decisions serving as a knowledge management tool ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - CommentsCollaboration in a Multi-Department Environment
... move to SkillPort and start converting ILTs to eLearning. (Grrr...computer gets lonely without power......)This one is ... questions OK.SWOT Activity (my thoughts)- Strength (Internal) + Trainers starting to communicate with each other + A ... still very siloed + Roles in new environment not well defined.- Opportunity (External) + Lots of incoming eLearning ... around? I suspect for us, if we are going to build a community of practice it will be more around our LMS and eLearning ... for the "Why"- Organizational buy-inThe activity of documenting decisions serving as a knowledge management tool ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - CommentsCollaboration in a Multi-Department Environment
... we move to SkillPort and start converting ILTs to eLearning. (Grrr...computer gets lonely without power......) This ... practices. + Developed culture where asking questions OK. SWOT Activity (my thoughts) - Strength (Internal) + Trainers ... . - Opportunity (External) + Lots of incoming eLearning conversion work + Compliance beginning to want more robust ... going to build a community of practice it will be more around our LMS and eLearning conversion. May need to be more of a ... the "Why" - Organizational buy-in The activity of documenting decisions serving as a knowledge management tool for ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - CommentsCollaboration in a Multi-Department Environment
... we move to SkillPort and start converting ILTs to eLearning. (Grrr...computer gets lonely without power......) This ... practices. + Developed culture where asking questions OK. SWOT Activity (my thoughts) - Strength (Internal) + Trainers ... . - Opportunity (External) + Lots of incoming eLearning conversion work + Compliance beginning to want more robust ... going to build a community of practice it will be more around our LMS and eLearning conversion. May need to be more of a ... the "Why" - Organizational buy-in The activity of documenting decisions serving as a knowledge management tool for ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - CommentsCollaboration in a Multi-Department Environment
... move to SkillPort and start converting ILTs to eLearning. (Grrr...computer gets lonely without power......)This one is ... questions OK.SWOT Activity (my thoughts)- Strength (Internal) + Trainers starting to communicate with each other + A ... still very siloed + Roles in new environment not well defined.- Opportunity (External) + Lots of incoming eLearning ... around? I suspect for us, if we are going to build a community of practice it will be more around our LMS and eLearning ... for the "Why"- Organizational buy-inThe activity of documenting decisions serving as a knowledge management tool ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - CommentsCollaboration in a Multi-Department Environment
... move to SkillPort and start converting ILTs to eLearning. (Grrr...computer gets lonely without power......)This one is ... questions OK.SWOT Activity (my thoughts)- Strength (Internal) + Trainers starting to communicate with each other + A ... still very siloed + Roles in new environment not well defined.- Opportunity (External) + Lots of incoming eLearning ... around? I suspect for us, if we are going to build a community of practice it will be more around our LMS and eLearning ... for the "Why"- Organizational buy-inThe activity of documenting decisions serving as a knowledge management tool ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - CommentsDaily Bookmarks 04/01/2008
Top 10 Worst Captchas | John M Willis ESM Blog tags: humor, usability These are just awful Captchas–great examples of failures for usability. Clive on Learning: PowerPoint accessibility tags: accessibility, powerpoint Discussion of accessibility challenges in PowerPoint presentations with suggested solutions for each. eLearn: In Depth Tutorials - Designing and Developing E-learning Projects: A Three-Tiered Approach tags: e-learning, instructionaldesign ... flurry of activity around Diigo over the weekend, with links to a number of posts from educators exploring the ...
Experiencing eLearning - Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - CommentsDaily Bookmarks 03/26/2008
JAWS: Navigating Web Pages tags: accessibility, webdesign Navigation keyboard commands for the JAWS screen reader Opened Practices tags: community, education, highered, learning, opensource Resources and descriptions for teaching practices using open source tools eLearn: Ten Web 2.0 Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes to Be a More Successful E-learning Professional tags: e-learning, lifelonglearning, web2.0 List from Stephen Downes of quick activities. Although the title says “e-learning professionals” many of these would be applicable to anyone interested in some quick ...
Experiencing eLearning - Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - CommentsMore on Better Conferences
I'm a big fan!), while not specifically related to eLearning, was energizing and highly entertaining.I would completely agree. Entertaining and not related to eLearning. I had my laptop out and was ready to blog about it. But I didn't ... activities.If presenters plan to include significant group breakout activities in their session, please require that they ... these trite group activities already?Whew, I barely dodged this bullet (and Chris attended that session). Thanks to ... iPhone unveiling at Macworld moment at one of these eLearning conferences. Something that makes me sit up and say ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, March 3, 2008 - CommentsASTD TechKnowledge 2008: Postmortem
The opening keynote by David Pogue (I’m a big fan!), while not specifically related to eLearning, was energizing ... % with his comment that 90% of eLearning should be thrown away. Amen, Dr. Allen. In fact, his bleak perspective on the state of eLearning today echoes my own, which provides the foundation for my blog. Tom Kuhlmann of Articulate gave a ... also met Tony Karrer of TechEmpower and the eLearning Technology blog (hey, we both say tomayto!), who facilitated a ... area, I was extremely impressed with the Unison eLearning collaborative development tool by Rapid Intake. So ...
eQuixotic - Sunday, March 2, 2008 - 6 commentsPWLE Not PLE - Knowledge Work Not Separate from Learning
Mohamed Amine Chatti (a fellow Eddie eLearning nominee) last two posts The LaaN Perspective, and Requirements of a PLE Framework are both interesting posts and worth reading.His requirements for a PLE Framework include ... separate from learning.Yes, there are times that Knowledge Workers will step away from day-to-day activities to go do developmental learning activities that may not be directly related to their day-to-day knowledge work. But that's the exception ... work activities where I acquire information, knowledge, etc. Luckily all of the requirements that Mohamed cites ...
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