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  • Updates to Top 10 Tools Lists
    There have been 4 updated Top 10 Tools lists this week from: John Shaffer - John is an educational technologist based in Austin, Texas, USA Clark Quinn - Clark is the Executive Director of Quinnovation, an eLearning consultancy in the US. Bruce Richards - Bruce is the Research and Instructional Design Coordinator at the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. David Sugden - David works across the UK as an independent e-Learning ...
    Jane Knight - Saturday, August 23, 2008 - Comments
  • Learning 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 ... doing research. Most still trying to figure it out.- Have seen emergency responder training in 2nd life.Second Life and ... helping instructors do this.- Second life has own scripting language- Most of this is one-time development. A consultant ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Thursday, June 5, 2008 - Comments
  • Keynote Day 1
    MertenMason - Teaching, research and service.Seemed a bit passiveSo..."Learning business", research and partnership. Community-drivers and community-drivenMore research across organizational boundaries.Very subtle word changes but big meaning ... - Ask a professor- Virtual library- Consulting- Oh yeah, and world class training courses - web and classroomRearranged ... - Focus on growth and expansion.Now - 73% students touched by elearning product. Much on Own InitiationContinuous ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - Comments
  • Collaboration in a Virtual World Pt. 1
    Workshop D - Collaboration in a Virtual WorldRena M. Palloff, Ph.D., LCSW, Managing Partner, Crossroads Consulting GroupKeith Pratt, Associate Dean of Distance Learning and Instructional Technology, Northwest Arkansas Community ... work - Appalachian State built own program.Docs have some concerns about how to use it in eLearning. Big problem ... - Research assignments - seek out and present additional resources- Group work on case studies- Simulations- Blogs- Wikis ... exist, but may not talk to each other.(Thought about the Great ILS Challenge that Mark Oehlert led back at the eLearning ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - Comments
  • Web 2.0 Applications in Learning
    Last week I presented a session at ASTD TechKnowledge entitled eLearning 2.0 - Applications and Implications. It could ... eLearning - Emergence or Big System, and Future Platforms for eLearning.So while the session focused on organizational adoption ... meeting 4 10% Other methods or comments written in:Communities of PracticeFor Professional Consulting or Training ... AssociationTrainersYounger EmployeesConsultantsMembers StudentsClinical Research Associates Clearly I wrote the question with ... ¬¢ Prospero ⬢ Telligent Community Server ⬢ Tomoye ⬢ WetpaintRelated posts from several eLearning Blogs:eLearning ...
    eLearning Technology - Monday, March 3, 2008 - Comments
  • Telecommuting, eLearning, Training to Rise, & Training to Fall
    Internet. Salary and Compensation Report from The eLearning Guild - Learning Design and Performance Improvement The eLearning Guild has released the 2008 report on salary and compensation for the the industry. On the whole, The eLearning Guild does some excellent research, but my one gripe is that sometimes they drill down so much that the data is not very ... executives by Novations Group, a global consulting organization based in Boston. However. . . Learning in ...
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Thursday, January 17, 2008 - Comments
  • LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers
    ... eLearningGuild's Learning Management System research report. You can get the abstract for the report and sign-up for a webinar ... reported out of the larger eLearningGuild population and I would claim that they are likely more accurate than survey research ... not being reported only in this research. I mentioned in previously in LMS Dissatisfaction on the Rise. An LMS is a big ... FeaturesSome notes on Barriers and Feature Importance:Good news for me - problem with 3rd party consultant scores low as a barrier ... 7.33LearnCenter Learn.com 5 7.18WBT Manager Integrity eLearning 1 6.90Articulate Online Articulate 1 6.60Saba Learning Suite ...
    eLearning Technology - Thursday, September 20, 2007 - Comments
  • Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction
    Knowledge WebEx Communicatio.. Vuepoint Adobe Systems, Inc. Impatica Inc. KnowledgePlanet Brainvisa eLearning Consultants ... Articulate Adobe Systems, Inc. Altova OnDemand Software Adobe Systems, Inc. eLearning Consultants Pte.. Desire2Learn Inc ... about satisfaction levels reported by members on course authoring and rapid eLearning tool satisfaction levels ... image.Courseware Authoring Tool Satisfaction -Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction -I'm only showing tools with 15 or more ... Rapid eLearning SN.. Lectora QMIND Design Collaboration P1.. Raptivity KnowledgePresenter Brainshark ...
    eLearning Technology - Friday, February 23, 2007 - Comments
  • LCB Question for December - Past Year, Present Challenges, Predictions
    ... revolution going on in eLearning similar to 1996 when I saw that web-delivery of tools, content, etc. would grow to ... with Wikis, and more (Incredibly Cool! Vision of Future of Application and eLearning Development)I found myself no longer ... dang good reason.I found myself using Wikipedia early in research tasks on all sorts of topics.But by far the most vivid memory of 2006 comes from a comment made during a panel that I was moderating on eLearning 2.0. We had discussed Wikis ... glutton for more of this, take a look at:Does eLearning 2.0 Make a Difference?Authoring in eLearning 2.0 / ...
    eLearning Technology - Monday, December 4, 2006 - Comments
  • The Big Question for November - Future of ISD / ADDIE / HPT?
    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 ... Future of eLearning. What you have to ask yourself is:What business are you in? Are you in the business of creating ... industry as being involved in the convergence of management consulting, human performance, learning and technology. Our ... the easiest change to understand and the easiest transition.What is much more challenging is that as we look at eLearning ...
    eLearning Technology - Monday, November 6, 2006 - Comments
  • Better Questions for Learning Professionals
    ... is considerable value provided by any consultant in terms of the questions that help frame exactly what the problem/need ... ?At training and/or eLearning conferences where this question was asked of the attendees, the common kinds of responses ... the best authoring tool to use?What are other organizations doing?One conference organizer told me that eLearning session ... blends that might work?Does interactivity make a difference in terms of learning? What does the research actually show?
    eLearning Technology - Monday, July 17, 2006 - Comments
  • Is you is or is you ain't my ism?
    ... and wait to be hungry again or to receive a shock from a sadistic researcher. They don't go looking for an ipod or obsessively consult their e-mails. What strikes me as being particularly significant is the fact that, with or without ... face, eLearning or simulation, it matters little). Take the ipod example. It's mostly (but not always) a ...
    The Learning Circuits Blog - Sunday, January 29, 2006 - Comments