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Environments: Models and Resources (PDF) 22-page article on designing for diversity in online learning. Examines how cultural differences can affect learning and shares culturally inclusive instructional design models. Table 1 on page 6 ... , highered, diversity, communication, community, context, instructionaldesign Designing for Diversity Within Online ... there is no single “right “answer” are better for encouraging diversity. The ideas for instructional design for diversity are more theory-based than practice-based, but this has some interesting concepts. “The ...
Experiencing eLearning - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - CommentsIt's the method, not the medium
In a reply to my posting E-learning: An oxymoron?, which discussed Jakob Nielsen's rather negative views on the efficacy of e-learning, Tom Werner of Brandon-Hall brought some interesting research to my attention: The research (Sitzmann et al., 2006, a meta-analysis of 96 studies) refutes Nielsen's point. It's the instructional method, not the delivery medium, that makes the difference. When web-based instruction and classroom instruction that have similar methods (feedback, practice, etc.) are compared, there's little or no difference in outcomes. This is interesting to me, ...
Clive on Learning - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - CommentsSocial Media...outside, inside, upside down
An excellent post from Leigh Blackall at Learn Online, which includes a break down of the three well-established learning theories (which, as we know, inform our instructional design), is built around the premise that social media is a product of social constructivism yet is being (mis)adopted into behaviorist practices. He argues that social media cannot ... . And, as far as informal learning goes, I think there is still a huge need for the facilitator, the instructional designer, the curriculum designer, etc. to provide structure, support, feedback, and guidance that is part of a ...
Janet Clarey - Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - CommentsSpoon in the road
... the beginning of a long, long road (it’s a Ph.D. in Education/Instructional Design, Development, & Education). I ... education (post and comments): Instructional Design in Elearning We Need a Degree in Instructional Design Why We Need Good Instructional Design Translating Constructivism into Instructional Design: Potential and Limitations If You Believe It’s Broken - How Do You Change Our Industry/Models/etc? Significant Work Need to Help Instructional Designers ...
Janet Clarey - Friday, June 20, 2008 - CommentsIABTI Conference
My colleagues and I recently submitted a paper/presentation for the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI) Conference. This was their annual training and technology conference. We presented on some of the training programs we are working on, and we also gave a primer on trends in the learning field ...
Learning Design and Performance Improvement - Thursday, June 19, 2008 - CommentsHuman Capital Measurement, ADDIE, Nick Carr, Performance, & Education
Firms Investments in Human Capital on Stock Prices (PDF). Closing the "ADDIE" Loop - The LeanLearning Blog Contrary to the belief that the interests of instructional design and learning analytics work at cross purposes, I present the case for analysis-analytics collaboration for the benefit of the learner. Hear me out, ye learned jury of courseware sponsors and learners, before you passeth judgment ... Circling the wagons against Nick Carr - c/net What is it about Nick Carr, a very bright guy, that inspires the not-so-bright guys to bring out the knives? Criticism of his recent Atlantic piece has ranged from the predictably ungenerous to the downright bitchy ...
Big Dog, Little Dog - Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - CommentsEduPunk? Please tell me this is the start and not the end
I'm in for a very warm afterlife. I'm also opposed to the conflation of ISD with anything that has to do with learning instead of being honest about what something like ADDIE is - a production model not a design process. I've written ... West? Or that systems like LMSs are really about control and not about learning? That ISD is really based on a post-WWII ... purposes. You know I cam to the learning field from anthropology and history not from adult ed or ISD and in history ... publish a thing or two on the topic. Fab. Here is what I fear will not happen. The old, tired, damaging curriculum of ISD ...
e-Clippings (blogoehlert) - Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - CommentsInnovations in eLearning - Final Thoughts
... needed. The line between librarians and instructional designers continues to fade.My early gut instinct that the more ... time for the designer. Because we've always done it this way and it requires less thought on our part. Ultimately ... to retain that information. Now the trick is convincing clients to let us design that way.Collaboration collaboration collaboration collaboration collaborationAnd I saw good examples of how to put that into practice in the design. Again ... there were at least a couple of sessions designed around the question "How do I get the audience participating in a ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - CommentsV-Learning, The skills needed for success
... now more real (see Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit). What are the ramifications for learning?Instructional design that we know ... instructional design.Expectations about learning redefined by social media, gaming.- As professionals, we need to ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Thursday, June 5, 2008 - CommentsLearning Gets a Second Life
... 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 ... CALLS IT A COURSE!!!!)We put up with it - but IT NEVER WORKED!eLearning (as many are designed) - the coma without the ... ). Choice to fill downtime with instruction.- Can have fun with it. Theatre of the mind (think about the old radio ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Thursday, June 5, 2008 - CommentsStrategic Learning Plans from A to Z
... training- "I want a course"- ISD/Addie- Factory metrics- Student surveysWanted to move to learning- "Blended"- AdultFinal goal - Performance- Specific job and performance requirements- Change ManagementProcess1) Baseline the organization2) Workshops and offsites to determine goals and objectives3) Develop integrated team implementation plans4) Execute5) Measure and follow-upSWOT Analysis as part of baselineNeed someone with awesome cat herding skills as you baseline your organization ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Thursday, June 5, 2008 - CommentsMy Postscript to the Workshop
... instructional design and objectives but what a great opportunity lost.
In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - CommentsComment Challenge Catch-Up
... did this one today, asking for help answering a reader question in Instructional Design Training Programs. This probably ... Technology Skills for Instructional Designers 06/04/07 12 Diigo or Delicious for Beginners? 03/29/08 12 Is instructional design the right career? 06/20/07 11 Facebook as LMS? 08/16/07 11 Atmosphere for Commenting 05/17/08 11 First ... .) I loved the debate about whether instructional designers need technology skills or not. I am so happy that Cammy Bean came here and disagreed with me. First of all, it meant that I found another instructional designer and blogger who ...
Experiencing eLearning - Monday, May 19, 2008 - CommentsInstructional Design Training Programs
G. Sunanda commented on my Is Instructional Design the Right Career? post last week: I would like to know about training programmes in ID given by Indian institutes. Unfortunately, I have no idea about training for instructional designers outside the US. On Tony Karrer’s blog, there’s a nice collection online degrees, certificates, and training programs in the comments. These are all in the US, Canada, or UK. Could anyone from India or elsewhere outside the US shed some light on training available in your areas? Master’s programs, certificates, training, or whatever ...
Experiencing eLearning - Monday, May 19, 2008 - CommentsTelecommute Instructional Design Jobs
... instructional design companies that will let you work remotely to some degree or do most require you to be in office to interact ... ;instructional designer’ telecommute” returns over 18,000 hits, so there are things out there. You do have to hunt ... advice would you give to someone looking for a telecommute instructional design job? Are there resources I should have ... out there in the world. What have your experiences been finding instructional design jobs where telecommuting is an ... ;instructional” on the page with their job listings. Especially for someone looking for telecommute positions, ...
Experiencing eLearning - Sunday, May 18, 2008 - CommentsDevelopment Ratio, mLearning, Change, & Feedback
Recent Survey shows 36:1 development ratio for ILT - Bryan Chapman Front-End Analysis (Data Collection, Working with SMEs) = 13% (4.8 hours) Instructional Design (Objectives, Outlining, Content Development) = 13% (4.6 hours) Lesson Plan Development = 11% (3.8 hours) Creation of handout material = 8% (3 hours) Student Guide Development = 20% (7.2 hours) PowerPoint Development = 21% (7.6 hours) Test and Exam Creation = 8% (2.8 hours) Other Tasks = 6% (2.3 hours Mobile in 5 Paragraphs - Learnlets Mobile learning is not about courses on a phone. mLearning is where we really ...
Big Dog, Little Dog - Saturday, May 17, 2008 - CommentsBrain Dump
... managerial folks I have run into in past jobs think "Rapid eLearning Development" is about making the ENTIRE instructional design cycle fast rather than just the Development (taking the design and making it real) piece. There is no design time and little development time. The result - useless objects taking up valuable server space. ------------------------------------------------------------------Janet Clary provides some excellent advice regarding implementations that hit home this week as we completed one of our "problem projects" ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Friday, May 16, 2008 - CommentsDaily Bookmarks 05/14/2008
The Many Hats of an Instructional Designer Matching game about skills for instructional designers tags: flash, game ... can get such immediate access to the 'thinking' process that is playing out in front of them. Instructional Technology Program > Student Resources > Instructional Designer Skills An old (1995) list of skills for instructional designers, very focused on the corporate training side of the field. I wonder why there’s so little here about ... collaborating with SMEs is such a big part of instructional design that I’m surprised that’s never ...
Experiencing eLearning - Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - CommentsHow will ISD handle "Neural Buddhism"?
... a gap between the mechanistic production models of instruction that we use versus how the brain may really and truly ... drift from that model the more wrong-headed our design models appear.
e-Clippings (blogoehlert) - Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - CommentsCatching Up to Our Imagination
... instructional designer/developer (because we've been using the same tools and the same models) or the subject matter expert (who ... tools that help us bring our instructional ideas into reality without having to be Flash professionals or ...
In the Middle of the Curve - Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - CommentsThe Big Question (May 2008)
... the sub-questions to the "Big Question" include:Do you believe that we have to design, develop and deliver instruction ... design good instruction and know that it meets all generational needs?If you have an audience that includes natives and immigrants, how can you effectively design instruction without breaking the bank? For the first bullet (do we need to design, develop, and deliver instruction differently for Digital Natives), my answer is a resounding "Yes" and "No". "Yes ... The Big Question on the Learning Circuits Blog for May 2008 is whether or not there are or should be learning design ...
Learning Design and Performance Improvement - Monday, May 5, 2008 - CommentsThe Big Question (May 2008)
... the sub-questions to the "Big Question" include:Do you believe that we have to design, develop and deliver instruction ... design good instruction and know that it meets all generational needs?If you have an audience that includes natives and immigrants, how can you effectively design instruction without breaking the bank? For the first bullet (do we need to design, develop, and deliver instruction differently for Digital Natives), my answer is a resounding "Yes" and "No". "Yes ... The Big Question on the Learning Circuits Blog for May 2008 is whether or not there are or should be learning design ...
Learning Design and Performance Improvement - Monday, May 5, 2008 - CommentsThe Big Question (May 2008)
... just design good instruction and know that it meets all generational needs?If you have an audience that includes natives and immigrants, how can you effectively design instruction without breaking the bank? For the first bullet (do we need to design, develop, and deliver instruction differently for Digital Natives), my answer is a resounding "Yes" and "No ... The Big Question on the Learning Circuits Blog for May 2008 is whether or not there are or should be learning design ... of the sub-questions to the "Big Question" include: Do you believe that we have to design, develop and ...
Learning Design and Performance Improvement - Monday, May 5, 2008 - CommentsThe Big Question (May 2008)
... just design good instruction and know that it meets all generational needs?If you have an audience that includes natives and immigrants, how can you effectively design instruction without breaking the bank? For the first bullet (do we need to design, develop, and deliver instruction differently for Digital Natives), my answer is a resounding "Yes" and "No ... The Big Question on the Learning Circuits Blog for May 2008 is whether or not there are or should be learning design ... of the sub-questions to the "Big Question" include: Do you believe that we have to design, develop and ...
Learning Design and Performance Improvement - Monday, May 5, 2008 - CommentsLearning Design for Digital Natives - Missing The Goldmine
... missing the point.ÃÂ The question is not, “Do the old instructional design methodologies need to be updated” but ... and when and where they want?” This last question doesn’t have anything to do with instructional design ... instructional design around it and deliver it?ÃÂ Why am I in the way?ÃÂ I need, instead, to step back and, in many (if not ... being an instructional designer, I become an instructional facilitator (which may include being an instructional designer ... others - refining ideas, skills and thoughts - where is the traditional instructional design in that? This is, I ...
Engaged Learning - Thursday, May 1, 2008 - CommentsFCVW (Day 2)
Day 2 at the Fedaral Consortium on Virtual Worlds was a little less eventful. There were two panels (one with international speakers and one with developers). There were also a series of workshops on different interest areas surrounding VW's (i.e. Education and Training, Development, Governance/Policy/Acquisition, Security, etc ...
Learning Design and Performance Improvement - Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - CommentsBig Questions
This is the new home of the master list of Big Questions:May 2008 - Learning Design Differences for Digital Natives?April 2008 - Do Better?March 2008 - Scope of Learning Responsibility?February 2008 - Instructional Design - If? When? How much?January 2008 - Predictions for Learning in 2008?December 2007 - What Did You Learn about Learning?2007 September 2007 Where to Work?July 2007: Choosing Tools? June 2007: Where are all the eLearning Examples? May 2007: Powerpoint: What ... : Past experiences. Present Challenge. Future Predictions. November 2006: Are our models (ISD, ADDIE, HPT, etc.) relevant ...
Learning Circuits - Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 0 comments100 eLearning Articles and White Papers
Instructional design - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 43. Podcast on Social Networking in Project-Based Learning ... contributor to the systematic approach to instructional design and training. Gagne and his followers are known 69. 10 ... Depth Tutorials - Designing and Developing E-learning Projects: A Three-Tiered Approach 20. Clive on Learning: In ... ) | EDUCAUSE CONNECT 47. Instructables - The World's Biggest DIY & How To Show & Tell 48. Really Fast Storyboarding ... Steve Jobs Can Teach You About Designing E-Learning - The Rapid eLearning Blog 67. The Social Affordances of ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, April 28, 2008 - CommentsDigital Maturity & Design for Generational E-Learning
... digitally mature snotty nose boomer who thinks Aetna’s design practices are just good sound instructional design. ... of my life. ; ) More on generational learning and design… Sarah Boehle interviewed David Blair, Aetna’s learning head of curriculum design, about their study of five generational groups (Silent Generation, ages 62-77; Baby ... reactions to training. Blair noted that most training designers at Aetna are Baby Boomers (so training seemed to reflect that ... e-learning (registration required). See Blair’s tips for designing their courses with multiple generations ...
Janet Clarey - Monday, April 28, 2008 - CommentsFCVW (Day 1)
I attended the Federal Consortium on Virtual Worlds last week, and apart from several technical/sound glitches, the conference went very well. There was a large contingent of Federal agencies interested in leveraging the potentials of virtual worlds for improving training, education, collaboration, etc ...
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