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 perspective of a ... to e-learning should focus on: history, trends, and direction (history, evolution, impact of technology, etc.) Here is a ... ;101″ webinar with Learn.com which should provide an overview. I also wrote  elearning 101 which provides an ... , asynchronous, blended, distributed, performance support tools, etc. Course authoring - knowledge of software (simulation, ...

Harmful to Your Health).My prediction about Games ... (Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008), I took a bit of heat, but looking at the trends - Games down! So are simulations and virtual labs. Any kind of training that requires ... - especially given some of the well known government case studies around use of Wikis.Synchronous eLearning is trending ... information about what learning delivery methods were being used and particularly if they were trending up or down. The way he ... effectively judges the trend - not necessarily the amount.So here's the graph showing all of the trending ...

Harmful to Your Health).My prediction about Games ... (Ten Predictions for eLearning 2008), I took a bit of heat, but looking at the trends - Games down! So are simulations and virtual labs. Any kind of training that requires ... - especially given some of the well known government case studies around use of Wikis.Synchronous eLearning is trending ... information about what learning delivery methods were being used and particularly if they were trending up or down. The way he ... effectively judges the trend - not necessarily the amount.So here's the graph showing all of the trending ...

Trends that (will) lead to the success of VW's include:Putting people at the center of the networkIncreasing ...

Simulation Journal arrived. The cover story was called "Gathering of Avatars: Harnessing the potential of virtual worlds". It contained three articles on virtual worlds: one was basically an introduction to virtual worlds, another was an article on how the National Guard is using a virtual world, and the last was an article by COL Howard of TRADOC. The article by COL Howard was particularly encouraging because he basically gives a swift kick to the DoD (and Government at large) to stop arguing about the downfalls (like security vulnerabilities) of virtual worlds and look at the advantages ...

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 ... an artificial, simulated environment.

I've been holed up for the past several days (and nights) reviewing over 200 proposals. I'm a little over half way through, but needed to take a mental break before embarking on more reviews tomorrow. One thing became abundantly clear as I was reading. There is still so much work that needs to be done in the model, simulation, and gaming field specifically and e-Learning field in general. In a way, I guess that should be encouraging since it provides a degree of job ... titled "Simulations and the Future of Learning" from my bookshelf in order to see how close we were getting to the ...

In addressing this month's question on the Learning Circuits Blog, I was tempted by an observation made by Stephen Downes in his review of last year's eLearn Magazine predictions: ... there are two major types of predictions: one, which identifies a current trend, and says it will continue; and the other, that identifies something novel or unexpected. It seems clear that the former predictions are easy and safe and not especially useful. The latter, while not as safe ... simulations, but progress may be hindered here by tighter budgets in some sectors. For those corporates who don't need a ...

... is eLearning 2.0? 6,890 16 152 Rapid eLearning Tools 4,337 11 35 First Time Visitor Guide 2,345 17 67 LMS Satisfaction Features and Barriers 1,988 6 40 eLearning Trends 1,820 9 24 Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools) 1,724 2 11 Personal Learning for ... 25 eLearning Trends 1,820 9 24 Personal Learning Knowledge Work Environment 1,199 3 23 ... 2.0 and eLearning 2.0 Start-Up Guides 1,368 1 22 eLearning 1.0 vs. 2.0 - Help Needed 1,206 17 ...

I attended the Federal Consortium on Virtual Worlds at the National Defense University on Friday. This was the "first annual" event put on by IRMC, and overall, it was a success. It sparked a lot of great conversations in real world. It was also broadcast in Second Life...I was looking for some of the folks I know in Second Life, but didn't see anyone I recognized. Here's a rundown of the talks:Dr. Childs (Director of IRMC) started off the consortium borrowing the concept of Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants that Marc Prensky coined. He also stressed that the wisdom of the group is ...

I've been able to spend more time digesting the resources and information on the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies (see my previous post on Top Ten Lists). This is truely an excellent resource for new and seasoned learning design and performance improvement professionals. Jane Hart provides a great resource that I find myself returning to frequently.Some of the valuable information that I've found include:Directory of Learning Tools - Range from traditional development tools to collaboration and information sharing tools. Categorized by the type of tool (i.e. blogging, ...

I just read an article in Military Training Technology about how the Joint Advanced Distributed Learning (JADL) Co-Laboratory is working on a project to "research methods for enabling interoperability, accessibility, and reusability of SCORM compliant learning content in 3-D virtual worlds". Although this article was published in the October issue, I went to the JADL website and found that the project kicked off in May 2007. Regardless, this effort promises to advance the integration of SCORM and MMOGs by researching training opportunities, the characteristics of learning content for ...

Systems, titled "The Future of Learning Content." It promised that I would "learn about the important trends that are ... eLearning today is CONTEXT.During the dot.com frenzy of a few years ago, when there were mergers of content providers and ... developing eLearning programs for companies, associations and educational institutions. There is this obsession with filling the eLearning "pipe" with static content. Hence , there is so much eLearning today that amounts to little more than ... move beyond this obsession with content in eLearning. It is time to focus on context. In other words, we must move ...

Tony Karrer has an interesting post (eLearning Technology: Thomas Davenport and Blogging - He is Wrong!) on a book he is reading. Based solely on the paragraph Tony posted, I would agree that Davenport is being inconsistent for he claims that the benefits of blogging have not been measured, but then claims that blogging has decreased productivity without providing a basis for his claims.This search for empirical data led me to do a few quick searches on Google Scholar with ... , and knowledge management. Much like the field of simulation and gaming, I suspect that there will be some studies ...

Welcome to the eleventh stop on the Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning blog book tour. For the past two weeks, the author, Dr. Karl Kapp, has been facilitating a tour of 15 different blogs (see scheduled stops) each contributing their own perspectives on the book.At first glance, some may think this is just another book praising the potentials that serious games and other technologies offer in learning situations. However, Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning incorporates a fundamental issue that is bigger than just using games in learning...namely, the issue of the retiring Boomer ...

E-Learning Trends" session by Rich Arnold from Unitech (pretty cool website too if you get a chance to check it out). I always enjoy attending the e-learning trends sessions just to see if everyone is "trending" in the same direction. Rich was a great speaker and a lot of his trends were right on target. He also noted that, in a sense, there are no e-learning trends. In fact, e-learning is a mechanism; not a panacea. E-learning crosses performance improvement, education, and training. If you are curious, his top ten trends (in no specific order, except for #1) are:1. Technology used ...

Yesterday, I received an email from Dr. Karl Kapp regarding participating in an upcoming Blog Book Tour for the book he authored - Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning. There will be 14 stops along the way and my scheduled stop will be on September 24th. This is a first for me, so I'm very excited. On Monday, September 10th, Karl will be posting links to all of the blogs that are participating in the book tour.Just a quick "pre-Book Tour" reaction to Gadgets, Games, and Gizmos for Learning, I had the privilege of receiving the book before completing my dissertation, and I was very glad ...

With much talk and hype about Second Life and the benefits that it can have for creating interactive learning environment, why might begin to wonder where the examples of using Second Life are. For an excellent use case of Second Life, I would refer readers to Dr. Karl Kapp's recent blogs over the summer about a class that he conducted entirely in Second Life (and also integrated some Web 2.0 technologies).Throughout the summer, he offered excellent tips and trials of conducting the class. For those who think that Dr. Kapp may be over-hyping a game (of for those who see games as a passing ...

It seems like with the emergence of Web 2.0 technologies, there has been a resurgence of the Media/Method debate. Just a quick recap of the debate to catch-up those unfamiliar with the debate...In the 1980's and 1990's, Richard Clark and Robert Kozma wrote a series of papers debating whether or not media influences learning. Clark posited that media does not influence learning under any conditions, and Kozma was claiming that media does influence learning as an active process (although some contest that Kozma was actually arguing a different hypothesis).I've come across three items in the ...

I came across this website while reading a post from Dr. Karl Kapp on Training Day. For the benefit of those who haven't read the Training Day Blog or who may be new to the field, here is a link to the Training Pageflakes page containing the key blogs in the field. This is a great one-stop-shop for the key blogs in the field. WARNING: Opening this page opens an invaluable resource to the field containing hours of information and thousands of links. Prepare to spend a lot of time reading!!!!!

As compared to ten years ago when there were roughly four major authoring tools, today there are a large number of different tools and different approaches to creating content. You can use standard authoring tools, rapid development tools, LCMS, simulation development tools, HTML editors, Wikis, and many others including a vast array of media creation ... eLearning design process need to change to accomodate such a wide variety of tools?How does the tool selection process ... ? Can they stick with a few tools?Will this trend continue? If so, then what does that imply for us?Cathy ...