... instructional design for Caspian Learning, described how in his time at Teletech@Home, he put together an induction training ... synchronous e-learning myths #2 and #3 but no #1. Last Friday I attended the eLearning Network's Thinking Synch event in ... designed to attract those who did not want to or could not work in the city, but preferred part-time employment from home. Brian designed a fast track induction, also over three weeks, but this time for four hours a day, entirely online. It contained a wide variety of components: What Brian described as 'thickly authentic activities,' conducted online but in ...

... guides were created: - one for instructional designers, one for multimedia developers **available to participants after ... session.Challenges when developing courses:better design into templatesone template doesn't always fit every coursedeveloping ... certain types of content workrigid: as flexible as it is designed to beonly for certain types of content: content needs to ... and decreases benefitscontent goes quickly into templates, but content must be designed for templatesWhy use them?product design: customer can have a clear idea of what they will get beforehandproject roles & tasks: predetermines what ...

Perhaps the most enjoyable session I attended at the eLearning Network's July showcase event was presented by Richard Middleton of Academy Internet. The title of the session was 'Fun & games - are they really necessary?', although a more accurate description would probably have been 'Fun & games - when are they necessary?' Richard argued that, in designing self-study e-learning, the amount of effort you should put into elaborate forms of interactivity (scenarios ... digital learning activities need to be. This helps the learner to fully engage with the content and be able to ...

My job involves coaching and mentoring a great many instructional designers - both within our own eLearning development ... do to reach that goal. 3. Design activities that help people practice each behaviour (the "to do's" noted in #2 ... designers to get to the essence of a training challenge and cut out all extraneous content that detracts from the main ... excellent technique called "action mapping" that I will start using to help focus eLearning on intended outcomes based on desired actions. Cathy Moore, in her very informative blog (Ideas for Lively eLearning), lays out succinctly how ...

CALLS IT A COURSE!!!!)We put up with it - but IT NEVER WORKED!eLearning (as many are designed) - the coma without the ... games. Now more game design skills rather than straight instructional design skills.Level 3 - add multiplayer element to the game design skill.Killer ap #4 - Role play and collaboration- Cease fire islandKiller Ap - #5 Mixed reality ... ). Choice to fill downtime with instruction.- Can have fun with it. Theatre of the mind (think about the old radio shows ... environment. The other to develop the learning activities!- There is still not a good handbook.- Still nascent.Level ...

... training- "I want a course"- ISD/Addie- Factory metrics- Student surveysWanted to move to learning- "Blended"- AdultFinal ... 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 ... implementation plan activities to individual's expectation. + In their case - it didn't happen. + Individual needs to see ...

... are actively looking to overcome and partner with solution providers. Also need to watch for open source ...

... both about a new site called “the eLearning Society.” One was on my post about professional organizations for instructional designers; the other was on my top ten tools list. The content of the posts themselves isn’t as ... 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 ...

... topic of interest. This year, the white paper was called "Real World Instructional Design for Virtual Learning". He ... 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.

... increase validity of date)- Get rid of own access to course- Get rid of instructional designers/developers updating ... 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 ... ?- Activities require a minimum amount of time being completed?- What percentage are burning though the course?Content - ...

... thought about it).--------------------------------------------------------------Implemented an instructional design ... committee of other instructional designers in other departments to develop the business plan.What are the outcomes of the ... 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 ...

... way, they already know the 3-second rule.So, what does this case of Safety Training Design have to do with Instructional Design - If - When - How Much?The recent post by Gary Hegenbart - Why Bother with Instructional Design? Gary tells us:For ... even live online training, almost no ID is needed. Huh? An instructional designer saying you don't need instructional design? Yep, you need course developers not instructional designers. In the past year I've spent a lot of time working on ... instructional design. And Gary later makes the point that you need a good instructor - agreed. However, they should be given ...

Learning?This really relates to the questions being discussed in this month's Big Question (Instructional Design - If? When ... instructional design - although not necessarily for the right kind of instructional designer.I'm not sure where I'm going with these thoughts, but it really struck me that confusing eLearning with Online Training is problematic. This ... as what we do to the person - and hopefully they learn.What's interesting is that eLearning has become pretty much ... responsible for our learning,where learning and work are often not separate activities,where there's just too much ...

... will increase the discussion of the relevance of ISD / ADDIE (see also ADDIE Not Relevant?).Prediction #5 => Mobile ... more about trends in eLearning and eLearning Software.Prediction #1 => eLearning 2.0 - Increasing PressureIt's safe to predict that you'll be hearing more and more about eLearning 2.0 during 2008. While large scale adoption will be slow ... us to understand eLearning 2.0 for ourselves in order to apply it within our organizations (eLearning 2.0 - An Immediate, Important Shift). This will increase adoption of Web 2.0 tools by learning professionals (More eLearning Bloggers).

... representatives from Forterra, Active Worlds, and National Guard. The second panel discussed other virtual worlds such as OLIVE, Active Worlds, and EM Nexus.Overall, the push to virtual worlds was real, but it was a controlled push because folks ...

... determine which activities spurred these moments of greatness, and then figure out how to do more of that. How Long Should an E-learning Course Be? - eLearn Magazine What is a good length for a module? Through countless hours of instructional design, field testing, and client feedback, I have found that 30 minutes is about the maximum, and less than ...

... that believe only "purposeful activities" occur through formal instruction (See Tom Werner's post on how Gagne thought ... application of that tool, and one session was structured like an ADDIE 101 session disguised under the title of ...

Interesting question posed in eLearn Magazine article: How Long Should an E-learning Course Be?Interestingly the author chooses to sidestep the question he poses and instead gives a direct answer to a different question (focusing on modules that are parts of a course):What is a good length for a module? Through countless hours of instructional design, field ... to design an eLearning Course that went along with the release of a new procurement software (e.g., order office supplies ... use for most activities, all we really needed to tell people were a few basic pieces of information and to make sure ...

... about the buzz of Web 2.0 and how it doesn't require instructional design, information architectures, assessments, etc ... not influence learning under any conditions, and Kozma was claiming that media does influence learning as an active ... technology (whether that is games, Web 2.0, or even classroom instruction). Oddly enough, this is an argument that ...

... if you need to. Another perceived disadvantage of technology-based training for the trainer/instructional designer - people can quickly analyze the strength (and weakness) of your instruction. The instructor is exposed. In the classroom ... though an educational system that has at least some computer-based instruction. Many have taken online courses. Their ... preparation. Testing the equipment, timing the delivery, checking for bugs in the tutorials, piloting the instruction ... is the same. The information is the same. The delivery is the same. The quality of the instruction is not dependent ...

As November's Big Question, Learning Circuits asks Are ISD / ADDIE / HPT relevant in a world of rapid elearning, faster time-to-performance, and informal learning?Well, I always thought ISD and ADDIE (never heard of HPT) were pretty much common sense. Pretty much any logical model for any activity consists of a bit of digging around to find out what's ... experiences to explore the various models relating to instructional design and to develop their own views on the strengths ... why rapid e-learning is rapid - there are less people involved. That's also why I like working alone on design ...