Presentation: Deeper Instructional Design: Cognitive Science and How People Really Learn Presenter: Clark Quinn (yup ... learn - commitment, resistance, anxiety, motivation) + Most instructional design really addressing Cognitive component ... - Example - Practice - Summary Action! How do people really learn - use that to design system. - And what technology ... design environments conducive to learning. - We design learning experiences. Don't design CONTENT, design EXPERIENCES ... of the SME and Instructional Designer changes - SME is still expert. But - what can the student DO DIFFERENTLY ...

Presentation: Designing and Rolling Out Games for eLearning Outcomes Presenter: Ravi Ramakrishman (This session will ... completion - Improve retention Some fun, some hard work. The important part is the learning agenda. Serious Games - the basis. - Historically games have been frowned upon. Nothing has really changed. - Game seen as not equalling "learning ... / place according to rules linked to a well-defined learning objective. Games good for learning in certain contexts - Learn rules - Create strategies - Risk Reward Learning process playing game - Understand - Encounger a new ...

Next week is DevLearn , and as it’s run by the eLearning Guild, it’s always good.  I’ll be switching time between two pre-conference symposiums , one on games, and one on mobile.  Then I’ll be presenting on Deeper Instructional Design, doing Breakfast Bytes on (learning) games in the organization and one with Jay Cross on hot ... resurrect for the Corporate Learning Trends conference.  Run by George Siemens, Tony Karrer, and Jay Cross, it’s ... certificate program beforehand (I’ve designed what I think are some really valuable activities), as well ...

... revelation to be found. Note that I did not go into an all out bashing of the learning curriculum like I have seen so many other learning folks do. I've seen so many colleagues that could not get past the lack of ________ (objectives, instructional strategies, interaction, feedback, and the list goes on). It makes me wonder if sometimes we as learning people are so caught up finding the negative things wrong with training, that we actually learn less than the average ... Can an ex NFL player go to a game and just enjoy the game like an average fan, or do they spend the whole ...

Learning Series (34) instructional design (28) videos (26) Fun (16) University (14) e-books (14) learning skills (14) podcasts (14) educational gaming (11 ... ) Learning Tools Audacity (Audio Recording) Classtools (Flash Games) CustomSignGenerator ... suggest, show me the URL . And then... As a result of this wonderful learning conversation (comments) and ... and compare their data online (dynamic comparison tables). The irony of this whole learning adventure is that their ...

I've been hit with two separate training courses that I need to go through at the same time (while still doing my full-time job). The first is a DAU course on Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) training. Unfortunately, this is the epitomy of death by PowerPoint (4 days...over 500 slides). Uggh...There are still so many improvements that can be made in the training and education field. I guess I still need to wait for my buddy Mark Oehlert (the self-proclaimed learning technology evangelist) to leave his gaming fingerprint on the COR 222 course. The second is a ...

For IDs and non-IDs Alike. (Hint: "ID" = "Instructional Designer".) Below is a list. I asked for ... below is a good start, regardless of whether or not you're a learning professional. If you're a manager or a department head going it alone on a training project (i.e., without budget for an instructional designer), well, god ... . Effective Instructional Design: An Online Course Template A good primer if you're a new ID or a manager without an ID to ... preparing a presentation about learning environments. I was surprised not to have been able to find much on the ASTD ...