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  • E-Learning for Newbies
    ... interested in [the field of] eLearning. What should I do first? I’m responding to this question from the perspective of a ... , Flash programmer, game designer, research, etc. Here’s a brief listing of some of the competencies I think newbies ... a presentation on learning technology (LMS/LCMS/Talent Management that we, Brandon Hall Research, deliver in a “101″ webinar with Learn.com which should provide an overview. I also wrote  elearning 101 which provides an ... , solution Knowledge of instructional strategies (application of theories) Tools of e-learning - authoring tools, ...
    Janet Clarey - Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Comments
  • Daily Bookmarks 09/29/2008
    Theyâ¬"re obsessed by diary keeping. Learning 2.0 Strategy : eLearning Technology 7 aspects of learning 2.0 strategy ... Donald Clark Plan B: txtng (the gr8 db8) Summary of a book by a professor of linguistics that examines and debunks the complaints about text messaging reducing literacy. Good collection of misconceptions about txtng with counterarguments and research. tags: literacy, writing, technology Annoyingly, just as complaints about literacy multiply, along comes ... , then let the organizational culture and strategy follow. tags: e-learning, learning2.0, orgculture, ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Monday, September 29, 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 ... ....- What is your workforce strategy?- How are you managing people?- What is your knowledge strategy?What are we doing to ... - 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
  • Telecommute Instructional Design Jobs
    ... work virtually, which makes it easier for other employees to telecommute too. Research the online K-12 environment ... helpful. I’ve gotten jobs through both Monster and Careerbuilder, as well as the eLearning Guild’s job board. Certainly networking is still important and online job boards shouldn’t be your only strategy, but there seemed ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Sunday, May 18, 2008 - Comments
  • 100 eLearning Articles and White Papers
    ... future forces of education 33. eLearning Reviews: research on elearning Provides those interested in research on ... My collection of eLearning Articles, White Papers, Blog Posts, etc. just reached 100. Thought I'd share. No ... . 4. eLearn magazine: Feature Article Ten Web 2.0 Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes to Be a More Successful E-learning Professional By Stephen Downes, National Research Council Canada 5. 2007 Training Industry Report Summary ... CONNECT 7. eLearn: Opinions Good short article on characteristics of 2.0 collaboration 8. e-learning ...
    eLearning Technology - Monday, April 28, 2008 - Comments
  • Encyclopedia, 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 ... Downes. Research: the differences between media and technology - Rob Wright Technology is more than just the media ... teaching strategies driven by stated objectives; it drives toward desired outcomes, using a healthy mix of ...
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Sunday, April 20, 2008 - Comments
  • eLearning Guild Conference - Welcome
    Dives - talking with well known industry people about eLearning strategy. Part of registration.Gaming and Storytelling ... also looking for power. Waving Hi to Ignatia Webs!Notes:Introduction to eLearning guild as community of practice ... means YOU Wendy).How to be a contributor - contribute to Learning Solutions. Bill BrandonGuild Research - write research articles. Steve Wexler.- New research - Learning Modalities (tools and technologies). - New book - ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - Comments
  • Personal spam or great research tool?
    LinkedIn but this question-your-contacts feature piqued my curiosity. It seems to be part of a LinkedIn strategy to get more ... LinkedIn. Lisa Neal, editor of eLearning magazine, just inquired: Have you seen a movie, television show, or play or read ...
    Internet Time - Monday, April 14, 2008 - Comments
  • The eLearning Guild makes HUGE changes!
    ... start downloading. Got a presentation to management on that nagging eLearning strategy? Get over to the web site and ... The eLearning Guild is announcing tomorrow morning a HUGE Guild Membership UPGRADE!Effective today, Learning Solutions eMagazine and the complete archive of more than 237 past issues will now be available to all eLearning Guild Associate ... available to all of the Guild's 27,000+ members worldwideandAlso effective today, Guild Research 360° Reports will now be ... purchase. So far in 2007, Guild Research has published five reports on Immersive Learning Simulations (ILS), ...
  • Science, Six Sigma, Behavior, Karl Kapp, & Facebook
    The Wall Street Journal Statistically speaking, science suffers from an excess of significance. Overeager researchers ... . Kapp - eLearn Magazine Karl M. Kapp, of Bloomsburg University, is well-known for his applied work in the area of learning strategies and technologies. His latest book is titled Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning: Tools and ...
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Saturday, October 6, 2007 - Comments
  • mLearning - FREE Webinar - Great Quotes
    ... understand the basic direction of technology (getting smaller) then you see the need for eLearning practitioners to be prepared for mLearning. What's your mLearning strategy? Much of my personal experience is with corporate eLearning. But with ... August is mLearning Month! At least is was for me and Guild Research. Okay, it actually goes further back into July, and probably June. But since The eLearning Guild released the report in August, I'm stickin' with August as being all about mLearning.Before I forget, mark your calendar for Wednesday August 29th. 2 session (8:30am and 11:30am ...
  • Conflicting Trends?
    I need some clarification of what I am witnessing in the eLearning environment. Please let me know if I am completely off base here. And pardon me for my rambling...Looking through my Google Reader over the past few months, I am seeing 2 seemingly conflicting trends.Trend 1) Build performance support tools. Short how-tos / reference materials at the ... . Tools that are truly educational using the most advanced brain research and design methodologies. Tools of this nature are ... trends are not mutually exclusive. That one can build an instructional strategy that incorporates the best of the ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Monday, July 2, 2007 - Comments
  • Design (Part 3) - Where does Motivational Design fit in?
    ... focus on more "controllable" areas like objectives, tasks, common strategies, and content.Many in the learning field are ... research similarities between motivational design theories and game design theories. Garris, Ahlers, and Driskell (2002 ... , motivation, and learning: A research and practice model. Simulation & Gaming, 33(4), 441-467.*Keller, J. M.
  • Generational Learning Styles, mLearning, Rapid Development, & Web 2.0
    Generational Values in Workplace More Similar Than Not, Research Says - CLO Despite recent emphasis on generational differences in terms of motivation, value systems and learning preferences at work, a research scientist at the Center for ... learning in the digital age - learning elearning Digital literacy in young people spans a wide range. Some of us early ... Kaleidoscope Network of Excellence Mobile Learning Initiative and NZ Council of Educational Research. 5 Myths About Rapid E-Learning - Articulate The reality is that having rapid e-learning tools and a strategy to use them is important ...
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Monday, May 14, 2007 - Comments
  • Cool People I met at ELGAG
    Moore| Director of Training | Remote-learner.netTony Karrer | CEO | TechEmpowerMark Oehlert | Learning Strategy ... | Educational Technology Liaison| Hospice of the ValleyTom Crawford| VP | Masie CenterSteve Wexler | Director of Research and Emerging Technologies | The eLearning Guild Melissa Dailey| Senior Multimedia Producer| Harvard Business SchoolMichael Allen | CEO | Allen InteractionsMaggie Martinez | CEO | The Training Place, Inc.Stephen Downes | Researcher | National Research Council CanadaThank you all for your time and company!Technorati Tags: ...
    Learning Next - Sunday, April 15, 2007 - Comments
  • Cool People I met at ELGAG
    Moore| Director of Training | Remote-learner.netTony Karrer | CEO | TechEmpowerMark Oehlert | Learning Strategy ... | Educational Technology Liaison| Hospice of the ValleyTom Crawford| VP | Masie CenterSteve Wexler | Director of Research and Emerging Technologies | The eLearning Guild Melissa Dailey| Senior Multimedia Producer| Harvard Business SchoolMichael Allen | CEO | Allen InteractionsMaggie Martinez | CEO | The Training Place, Inc.Stephen Downes | Researcher | National Research Council CanadaThank you all for your time and company!Technorati Tags: ...
    Learning Next - Saturday, April 14, 2007 - Comments
  • Personal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools
    ... corporation has five staff members. They want to define an eLearning strategy that will look at (a) the business needs of their company and internal clients, (b) their performance and learning needs, (c) their learning strategies, and (d ... process.Finally, there's an important side note here. As part of your eLearning Strategy development, you should be learning how to use these tools to figure out if they should be part of your eLearning Strategy...Let me know what you think. Are ... ; Research More Effective. That post focused primarily on how Social Bookmarking tools such as del.icio.us or Yahoo ...
    eLearning Technology - Thursday, September 21, 2006 - Comments
  • Managing your RSS Feeds
    Coming back from my vacation, I realized that I needed to go through a clean up exercise again on my RSS feeds. It turned out to work pretty well for me this time around because I have been following the advice I've seen a couple of places:Controlling RSS Overload ... Animal House StyleManaging Many RSS FeedsThe Myth of Keeping UpPersonal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More EffectiveMy basic strategy is:Quarantine ... subscribe.That's it. Pretty simple, but seems to work well for me.Keywords: eLearning ...
    eLearning Technology - Wednesday, August 30, 2006 - Comments
  • Better Questions for Learning Professionals
    If you've been reading my blog, you know that I often discuss Personal Learning:Improving Personal Learning - A Continuing Challenge for Learning ProfessionalsTools and Strategies for Personal LearningMore Effective Conferences for ... ?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
  • Improving Personal Learning - A Continuing Challenge for Learning Professionals
    Learning Environments, eLearning 2.0, all of them point that personal learning (or self-directed learning or learning ... Strategies talks about this need, but focuses primarily on getting more from instruction as opposed to learning on your ... post specific advice and suggestions on this blog and have in the past (see: Tools and Strategies for Personal Learning and Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective ... : eLearning Trends, eLearning 2.0, Web 2.0, Personal ...
    eLearning Technology - Thursday, July 6, 2006 - Comments
  • Choosing Media - Push vs. Pull - Part 1 of Many
    ... impact of relatively newer developments in eLearning such as: Rapid eLearning, the Shift in eLearning from Pure Courseware towards Reference Hybrids, eLearning 2.0, Podcasts, Wikis, Content Management, etc. I would welcome feedback on ... hear people on both sides arguing based on conclusive research across hundreds, maybe even thousands of studies. If you ... focus on that last item first. I normally segment my learning strategies fairly quickly into Push vs. Pull. This comes from ... performs a search for a specific car and information ispulled up in response.In the eLearning world, we use Push to ...
    eLearning Technology - Thursday, June 15, 2006 - Comments
  • Knowledge and Learning In The News - 4/11/2006
    ... accompanied by aggressive efforts to automate transactional work. Five Questions...for Christopher Dede - eLearn Magazine ... . His areas of interest and research include virtual environments, handheld devices, and neo-millennial learning. Professor ... Retain Employees - Chief Learning Officer When it comes to retention strategies, most people think of salary ...