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  • Information overload: Is it time for a data diet?
    Education/Training Hiring/Recruiting ... Perfect Union CW Report: Learn-Fast Guide: Software as a Service is Growing Up ... Learn-Fast Guide: Software as a Service is Growing Up ... Platform on Dell Servers. Learn more. Ever been to a virtual conference? Introducing ... defending your systems easier. Learn how at easyeasier.com Defy the laws of ...
    Tony Karrer delicious links - Thursday, August 28, 2008 - Comments
  • Mozilla Ubiquity as an On-Demand Learning Tool
    Earlier this week, Mozilla (the makers of Firefox) released Ubiquity - a small application that allows you to quickly perform web-related tasks without having to surf out to different web sites. Watch their video for a quick introduction. So, can this relate to learning? My answer would be absolutely! My main job is to help people learn (acquire knowledge and skills) and then apply what they know on the job. Sometimes this is done by providing them with the right tools ... information very quickly without having to surf around to different web sites. This is on-demand learning! If you’re ...
    eLearning Weekly - Thursday, August 28, 2008 - Comments
  • groundswell - confirming my e-Learning 2.0 ideas
    ... the learning opportunities staring you in the face. If you are left on the outside looking in then level of training ... I recently finished listening to the audiobook, groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. Of course there is nothing in it that talks about e-Learning 2.0. But that has been my point all along for the last 5 years of my career. So let me make it again so we are all clear:Social Media is changing EVERYTHING!Everything is turned upside down from ... that e-Learning 2.0 is something YOU need to be implementing. Step 1 is simply looking around your organization.
  • eLearning 2.0 -> Informal Learning -> learning 2.0 -> web 2.0
    ... experienced peers, rather than the training department, as to what they need to learn through the use of such techniques as OJT ... to the training/learning/knowledge profession? First, we cannot mix one hype (informal learning) with another hype (web ... Brent Schlenker writes, "... that 80% to 90% of learning occurs informally outside of the classroom. This should be shocking enough to force some sort of change in e-Learning design, but it hasn't ... at least not yet in any significant way." Schlenker goes on to tie elearning 2.0 to informal learning to learning 2.0 to web 2.0, which is based ...
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - Comments
  • Video and Screencast Styles for Corporate Training?
    ... screencasts that would be good for corporate training / learning?
    eLearning Technology - Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - Comments
  • Performance Support
    ... the greatest leverage in corporate learning comes from building on-going, largely self-sustaining learning processes. This process orientation focuses on the organizationâ¬"s architecture for learning, a platform a level above its training programs and regulated events. The learnscape is a foundation for learning that is self-service, spontaneous ... perform with a minimum of outside coaching or training, and to do the job as well or even better than experienced workers ... ePerformance back in 2003. These resources are rich information bases, expertise locators, learning enablers, etc.
    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - Comments
  • Is Instructional Designer the Right Title?
    Via a post I found through Workplace Learning Today, Rob Wilkins asked whether “instructional designer” is ... a better description, especially as we move to more learner control, personal learning environments, and Web 2.0 tools ... , instructor-led learning. Wilkins focuses on the “designer” part of the title in his post. He says that designer ... learning: a teacher or trainer in front of a classroom or a self-paced tutorial where learners must follow the software leads. Of course, most of what I’m doing for my job is very much formal training. Graduate courses still have ...
    Experiencing eLearning - Monday, August 25, 2008 - Comments
  • The Value of Good eLearning Developers
    ... right direction. Albeit cautiously. A few weeks ago I was having a spirited discussion with one of the training managers in ... supposed to be this magical contraption that saves us a bajillion dollars in training costs, yet building this magical ... anytime, anywhere learning isn’t sound. The biggest reason is that we have chosen to represent this new way to learn with some of the most offensively bland products imaginable for the sake of a higher ROI. Can we not see how we are ... only going to save us money if we put enough money into eLearning to create compelling learning experiences, ...
    eQuixotic - Monday, August 25, 2008 - Comments
  • "Costs Soar For National Guard Training" (CBS News)
    ... link) "Revamping the Army National Guard training program so soldiers can spend more time at home will cost at least $128 million this year, and officials say they need nearly double that amount next year to properly train and equip their forces, The Associated Press has learned." ...
    e-Clippings (blogoehlert) - Monday, August 25, 2008 - Comments
  • Learning Measurement eLearning Guild Stuff
    Learning 2.0 differs from evaluating traditional Learning 1.0 training for many reasons, one of which is that Learning ... I've been busy again thinking about the nexus between LEARNING and LEARNING MEASUREMENT. You can peruse some of my previous thoughts on learning measurement by clicking here. Here is a brand new article that I wrote for the eLearning Guild on how to evaluate Learning 2.0 stuff. Note: Learning 2.0 is defined (by the eLearning Guild) as: The idea of learning through digital connections and peer collaboration, enhanced by technologies driving Web 2.0. Users/Learners ...
    Will at Work Learning - Monday, August 25, 2008 - Comments
  • A Better Learning to Performance Model and Job Aid
    For almost a decade I've been building a model of how learning works to prompt performance. Each iteration gets ... learning professionals have AND the responsibilities that learners' managers and the workplace have in creating on-the-job results. You can use this model for two purposes: As a visual metaphor for how learning works to drive on-the-job ... , and Flanagan of Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning fame, and Tim Mooney and Rob Brinkerhoff from the new book Courageous Training (which is great by the way, I'll review it within the next month). It also draws from ...
    Will at Work Learning - Friday, August 22, 2008 - Comments
  • A Reflection of Transitions
    ... introduce ourselves.  I mentioned that I was first hired on as a Training Manager. A lot has happened in this time.  My ... around social learning / network / media initiatives with a side plate of formal training.  I am about to give a training this morning on how to hold difficult conversations, but these type of occurrences (where I do the actual training) don’t happen nearly as often.  My team does most of the training.  We still have customer-facing training that ... the formal and more on the informal. With all the talk of social learning, web2.0 and informal communication ...
    Engaged Learning - Thursday, August 21, 2008 - Comments
  • The Business Value of Web 2.0 Learning Tools
    Jay Cross cracks me up (in a good way). When he’s not sharing gorgeous travel photos (including pictures of some of the most unique food you’ll ever see), he comes up with gems related to informal learning and educational technology. One of his latest offerings is a chart that outlines a variety of Web 2.0 tools, including a brief description of their business value. This is great! I appreciate that Jay is able to succinctly articulate their business value, especially because many people still don’t take these tools seriously. Click below to view the table: Found via: ...
    eLearning Weekly - Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - Comments
  • No time for errors
    ... expertise to share, and that's Chris Brannigan of Caspian Learning. Chris is one of a rare breed of designers specialising in 3D worlds for education and training, with the advantage of a sound theoretical understanding of learning and an abundance of interesting opinions. Chris' first post, Failing to Win!, makes the point that most education and training ... the learning process is missing. It's not surprising that in so many studies, employees report on-job training as their ... , fail, reflect and try again, we are severely restricted in our ability to learn. There are many reasons for ...
    Clive on Learning - Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - Comments
  • Redefining Education for the 21st Century?
    ... web 2.0 and 3D internet technologies can be leveraged create distinct and differentiated learning modalities for our ... professional? How would they rate me in terms of engagement and transformational learning given that they live in an age of ... student of disruptive technology who has spent the past 20 years working in enterprise learning I believe we are now at a true inflection point where one of the most powerful set of transformational technologies of our time is training its ... Learning Function) that has largely deployed technology not to transform how we facilitate learning but simply ...
    Learning Matters! - Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - Comments
  • Bottom-up Learning, Design, & Learning
    Workplace Learning Today. Working Memory Training Raises IQ of Adults - Improve Your Learning and Memory A new paper ... learning to other tasks remains poor. Here, the authors present evidence for transfer from training on a demanding ... Click picture for Flickr view. Bottom-up learning - e.learning age Bottom-up learning occurs because employees want ... appropriate knowledge and skills. Is Google Making Our E-Learning Stupid? - The Rapid eLearning Blog Instructional ... Employees Learn in 2008 - The MASIE Cente Employees today are learning how to do their jobs very differently!
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - Comments
  • More Disjointed Thoughts
    ... exact same problems I did - no coaxing. I don't know how (the planning head) expects to have you train people on a system with no managerial support.I know exactly how that expectation happened - it's easy to make "training" do the hard work ... .--------------------------------------------------------------------My headset microphone died and I need to get a new mic. Thankfully, I Came, I Saw, I Learned has a couple of ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - Comments
  • A job like mine
    ... ve been doing this for what seems to be forever,” said Jay Cross, when asked how he got into the e-learning industry. As the first person to have used the term “e-learning” on the web, his reply is pretty open-ended. Nevertheless, the e-learning icon can pin-point the beginning of his career to the day in 1976 when a former colleague asked ... , McKesson, and others signed on. Cross had discovered that adults learn differently from children and became interested in ... , Cross chose to stay in San Francisco. He joined a new venture developing training for commercial bank loan officers.
    Internet Time - Saturday, August 16, 2008 - Comments
  • Do your webinars stink?
    I certainly hope not! I like to think that readers of eLearning Weekly are far superior to the average webinar practitioner. You’re the brightest of the eLearning field. We hold webinars where people are engaged while learning. Right? Right. Well, just in case you need a refresher, I’ve got a good resource for you: In a recent article in CLO Magazine, Allison Rossett, Antonia Chan and Colleen Cunningham take an honest look at webinars and reveal what works and what doesn’t. The article, What Stinks About Webinars?, presents several great examples where webinars stand ...
    eLearning Weekly - Friday, August 15, 2008 - Comments
  • Implementing eLearning Templates (eLearning Guild Online Forum)
    How Implementing E-Learning Templates Enabled Us To Produce More With Less Elsa Glassman & Peter Heald, Sandia ... just fit the format of the templateboring learning: templates can incorporate variety of different elements (flash ... presentationDecision Aids (COLT site)- ie is your content appropriate for online training or classroom training- pre-made ... standardize the whole process all at once or a full template librarykeep it simple - if the template requires training to use, it's not simple enoughexpect changes - you'll have mistakes and successes, learn from bothbe flexible - allow ...
    Discovery Through eLearning - Thursday, August 14, 2008 - Comments
  • Implementing eLearning Templates (eLearning Guild Online Forum)
    How Implementing E-Learning Templates Enabled Us To Produce More With Less Elsa Glassman & Peter Heald, Sandia ... just fit the format of the templateboring learning: templates can incorporate variety of different elements (flash ... presentationDecision Aids (COLT site)- ie is your content appropriate for online training or classroom training- pre-made ... standardize the whole process all at once or a full template librarykeep it simple - if the template requires training to use, it's not simple enoughexpect changes - you'll have mistakes and successes, learn from bothbe flexible - allow ...
    Discovery Through eLearning - Thursday, August 14, 2008 - Comments
  • Downturn detail
    ... news about how the economic downturn is affecting the corporate e-learning industry in the UK, hopefully not to scare you, but to encourage a healthy exchange of intelligence. On the face of it, e-learning is better placed than most ... : self-study e-learning is twice as quick as its classroom equivalent, and that's a money saver; e-learning in all its forms saves bucket loads of cash when it comes to travel and subsistence costs; e-learning is more flexible and ... bonus, e-learning is the green alternative, providing employers with a positive spin that they can put on any decision ...
    Clive on Learning - Thursday, August 14, 2008 - Comments
  • The Big Idea of Leadership Training
    ... dreams by asking the ones that have done it. So what does this have to do with e-Learning? Well, I know many of you are responsible for management & leadership training. Thursday is leadership day. What is your Leadership IQ? You should watch to get better ideas about how to improve your training solutions. My guess is that most people that are in a leadership role didn't actually learn how to be leaders by taking training. Sure they learn the basics of Sarbanes-Oxley and other facts but my guess is none of them are better leaders because of your training. Sorry. Ask 'em.
  • Self-service education
    Are you getting tired of self-service? I actually will not be surprised when I’m given a job aid and scalpel when I show up at the doctors office. Imagine all these people in little rooms with their scalpels being overseen by one person like the self-service checkouts at the Home Depot. In corporate training we’re talking a lot about wikis, blogs, RSS, podcasts, vodcasts, bookmarking, etc. Isn’t this just more work for the learner? * create your own content ... ” is? I don’t know about you, but I’m not making any money doing all this stuff for myself. E-learning ...
    Janet Clarey - Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - Comments
  • Gas makes a splash in 3D worlds
    ... training junior technicians on the underground layout of gas stations. This underground layout isnâ¬"t visible if you visit a local gas station⬦ it is underneath the asphalt. Previously, technician trainees at Crompco learned about the underground layout by using illustrations on a white board or other 2-dimensional learning aids in a classroom setting. Learning about a 3-D construction layout in a 2-dimensional diagram wasnâ¬"t perfect for students so sometimes they were ... the learning in a 3-D virtual environment!Enter Second life. Tim and his staff have created a virtual gas station ...
    eLearning Acupuncture - Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - Comments
  • Workplace Learning Today: A Daily (Mon-Fri) Newsletter
    ... and the politics of the learning industry and government policies. He rarely writes about corporate training, although ... research on all aspects of workplace learning, including training and development, performance support, job aids ... those of you not familiar, OLDaily - short for Online Learning Daily - is a daily newsletter, with commentary, about significant news in the online learning field. Stephen Downes produces the newsletter as a part of his work at National ... OLDaily and suggested there was a need for a corporate workplace learning-specific newsletter similar to OLDaily.
    Janet Clarey - Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - Comments
  • Critical Thinking, Course Navigation, & Design
    ... or diagramming a sentence that, once learned, can be applied in many situations. Instead, as your most-hated high school teacher often told you, you have to buckle down and learn the content of a subject--facts, concepts and trends--before ... Navigation Will Create Better Learning - The Rapid eLearning Blog No one likes wasting time and in the process being treated like a child. However, the organization commits a lot of its resources to the training and they want to make sure that people take the time to learn the information. They definitely don't want the employees skipping through information ...
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Monday, August 11, 2008 - Comments
  • Have Any Training & Development Departments Asked to be Political?
    Have any of you been asked to be political as part of your role as a learning professional? Has your training and ... about training and development departments being utilized to influence elections. What would you do if asked to develop a training initiative to modify your learners' political thinking and action? Would you do it if the training would support your preferred candidate? Would it be ethical if the training was simply designed to encourage voter turnout ... be ethical to use the training and development department if the training was truly non-partisan, not favoring ...
    Will at Work Learning - Thursday, August 7, 2008 - Comments
  • Daily Bookmarks 08/05/2008
    How long does it take to create learning? | Bryan Chapman Basic ratios for developing learning content, from 34:1 for ILT to 750:1 for simulations. (That’s 34 hours of development for 1 hour of instructor-led training.) Compiled from multiple Brandon Hall research reports. tags: instructionaldesign, projectmanagement, e-learning Content Migrations: Options, Strategies and Faux Pas Collection of articles about con