Subscribe to FeedSo what is blended learning?
For some time now I have been unhappy with my own working definition of blended learning: A blended learning solution is an intervention that seeks to optimise effectiveness and efficiency by combining a number of different learning media. By 'learning media' I mean the channels through which learners interact with content, peers and tutors. These include face-to-face communication, a wide variety of online media, print media or telephone networks. Using this definition, a typical blend might combine something face-to-face - perhaps a workshop or some on-job instruction - with ...
Clive on Learning - Thursday, July 3, 2008 - Commentse-Learning 2.0: Surveying Learner Participant TechnoProfile
Social Networking: Surveying Learner Participant TechnoProfileI have been fine-tuning a survey tool to gauge the TechnoProfile of the target learning audience in social learning, networking, collaboration and Learning 2.0 environments. I ... networking context. I also used the ideas presented by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff Growndswell, (2008). My goal is to ... the social networking environment.(2) Second step is to nurture the network of participants from one form of behavior ... : Understand participant learning behaviors (a) before exposure to and (b) while in social networking environments.I devised ...
Ray Jimenez - Thursday, July 3, 2008 - CommentsGood Questions Identify eLearning 2.0 Opportunities
I'm a big fan of questions (see Better Questions for Learning Professionals) and as I'm preparing a workshop (Revolution in Workplace Learning) one of the things I stumbled upon is what seems to be a great new question:Given that eLearning 2.0 (web 2.0, wikis, blogs, social networking, etc.) represents new ways of supporting learning and work ... as a learning professional, what are the new questions that I need to ask as part of analysis?There must be new questions that we need to ask in order to figure out if and how eLearning 2.0 approaches apply to given performance improvement ...
eLearning Technology - Thursday, July 3, 2008 - CommentsLearning Professionals Leaders
... about your network than your current knowledge.Gina Minks: Adventures in Corporate Education What Competencies do Knowledge Workers Need?How can you design with these new tools if you don't understand them? How can you apply them to your existing systematic learning system if you don't know what the heck wiki even means? So, yes, learning professionals must learn and use these tools, and then apply the tools to there existing framework ...
eLearning Technology - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - CommentsTelepresence in the flesh
... applications are going to be those organisations with a network of offices and who want to cut down on travel time and costs. I'm sure there are learning applications, but only where (1) all participants have easy access to a Telepresence suite, (2) you are not trying to bring together too many locations at once (there are only three screens), and (3) the total number of participants is less than 20. If these criteria don't restrict you, then this will beat web conferencing by a mile any day ...
Clive on Learning - Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - CommentsLead the Charge?
... century, developing your own networks in parallel with your students. You need to demonstrate continual learning, lifelong learning ⬠for your students, or you will continue to teach your students how to be successful in an age that no longer exists.Back in March - we asked about the Scope of Learning Responsibility and received a lot of response. Most (if not all) respondents felt that we have fairly broad responsibilities that go beyond formal learning opportunities ...
Learning Circuits - Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 10 comments"Beyond Blogs - It Will Be Here After the Bubble Bursts"
... some value to small, nano-size messages - I call sharing your rumblings with others.The thousands of social networking ... -Worlds, Micro-life Learning: The Big Phenomenon, (But Small) Social NetworkingFrom Social Networking to ...
Ray Jimenez - Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - CommentsVisualization - IBM's Many Eyes Rocks - A Tool for Social Network Leaders
... understand, manage and grow social networks. If we can visualize a decaying social network, we may be able to intervene and do something to nourish or help it regain vigor. If you are leading or facilitating a social network, this would be an important tool.In this SocioGram I try to correlate the network's ability to accomplish goals and the growth of the ...
Ray Jimenez - Friday, June 27, 2008 - Comments"Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Or "Are We Dumbing Our Online Learners?"
... learners skim and scan the content?2. What happens to learning in SecondLife and social networking?3. What are the impacts to the learners in our quest for rapid e-Learning, micro-learning, games and simulation?He raises some good points, but is the tool (Google) really at fault? Or does the tool magnify an existing human behavior? One thing I agree with Carr is that, I too have problems focusing on doing things or learning when I skim and jump all over the place ...
Ray Jimenez - Friday, June 27, 2008 - CommentsDaily Bookmarks 06/26/2008
... posed from the same asynchronous communication network. The perceptions are based on learning patterns which are developed ... asynchronous communication network, which of itself is implicitly culturally based. Further, high context participants in ...
Experiencing eLearning - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - CommentsCisco's Big Move to Social Networking - There Goes the Eye Medicine
Social Networking, in a rather massive way. Cisco's Collaboration Strategy: Adding Vision to Social Networking."Major components of this collaboration scenario, according to Chambers, are social networking and video â¬" in fact, he said that "visual networking is the future.â¬ý But Chambers said Cisco plans to add vision to social networking, putting structure behind Web 2.0-type tools like Twitter or Facebook (he alluded to the way "kidsâ¬ý use social networking tools here ... for scale. Technology, like that of Cisco, is an important recognition of the potential contribution of social networking ...
Ray Jimenez - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - CommentsIt's the method, not the medium
... in that they all work through computing devices and networks. As such, e-learning is neither effective nor ineffective; it's just a channel. What you put through this channel is up to you.
Clive on Learning - Thursday, June 26, 2008 - CommentsDaily Bookmarks 06/25/2008
Social networks ‘teaching tech skills’ - vnunet.com Brief summary of research on the educational benefits of sites like MySpace and Facebook for high schoolers. Students self-report learning 21st century skills, although the study doesn’t attempt to actually measure any of that learning. tags: socialnetworking, education, 21stcenturyskills, research, k-12 When asked what they learn by using social networking sites, the students listed ‘technology skills’, followed by ‘creativity’, being ‘open to new or diverse views’ and ...
Experiencing eLearning - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - CommentsCulture of Training Impact Evaluation
Let's make it a culture "that a training impact evaluation" be done for every training effort.According to Elliott Masie:"The hardcore answer is that every time we start a project for a business unit, we demand that an impact evaluation be built into the deal. Sure, we want to know if the employees learned the content ...
Ray Jimenez - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - CommentsUpcoming Online Workshops on Social Learning and e-Learning
I am delivering three Certificate online workshops with Training Magazine Events.Check it out:e-Learning Designhttp://www.trainingliveandonline.com/certjimenezelearn.htmlAdvance e-Learning Designhttp://www.trainingliveandonline.com/certjimenezadvelearn.htmlSocial Networking, Learning and Performancehttp://www.trainingliveandonline.com/certjimenez.htmlRay Jimenez, PhD www.vignettestraining.com"Helping Learners Learn Their Way"Ray Jimenez, PhD Author "3-Minute e-Learning" ...
Ray Jimenez - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - CommentsDeep Problems with Our Tools - e-Learning, Social Learning, etc.
I am often skeptical about the many types of learning tools, e.g. social networking, e-learning, LMS, rapid e-learning, even PowerPoint, etc.Matthew Crawford wrote an interesting article on "The Limits of Neuro-Talk", The New Atlantis.Crawford cites:"If he be a man engaged in any important inquiry, he must have a method, and he will be under a strong and constant temptation to make a metaphysics out of his method, that is, to suppose the universe ultimately of such a sort that his method must be appropriate and successful.-E. A. Burtt, The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science ...
Ray Jimenez - Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - CommentsData Visualization Tutorial: IBM Many Eyes
Late last week I posted that I was intrigued with a new IBM social networking application, Many Eyes. The field of data visualization is interesting, and the idea that one may share and visualize data sets via a social network appealed to me ... so I created a tutorial. Now you may share my curiosity, and visualizations (or create your own). Northstar Nerd Tutorial: Data Visualization via IBM's Many Eyes Tutorial Examples: DataSet | Visualization | Create Your Own ... and more Many Eyes Links: IBM "Many Eyes" Tool - IBM AlphaWorks Web 2.0 visualization web site Many ...
Trainers Learning from Learners, Furthering Their Skills
Mike Sachoff writes about a research at University of Minnesota that says social networking is found to be educational.Corporate trainers can learn from this approach. Listening to students, studying their "techno-profiles", and taking advantage of their skills."The study contradicted research from Pew in 2005 that said there was a "digital divide" among low-income students. That study found that Internet usage of teens from families earning $30,000 or less was limited to 73 ... said, upon learning of the students' skills in social networking and the educational value, teachers began ...
Ray Jimenez - Sunday, June 22, 2008 - CommentsSocial Networking, Performance Problems, Multitasking, & Research
Study: Social networks may subvert 'digital divide' - c/net "What we found was that students using social networking sites are actually practicing the kinds of 21st century skills we want them to develop to be successful today," Christine Greenhow, a learning technologies researcher from the school's College of Education and Human Development, said in a release Friday. Water woes, trouble, and training - Dave's Whiteboard A one-page guide to performance problem analysis, just in case the cause of the problem is not restricted to a lack of skill or knowledge. The Myth of Multitasking - ...
Big Dog, Little Dog - Friday, June 20, 2008 - CommentsFrom Social Networking to Performance Widgets
... of rapidly growing social networking properties, is internally testing a service called TownSquare that allows employees ... networking. They need to allow members to have tools to exploit the relationships and impact performance on the job.I consider ... social networking initiative in the same way as LinkedIn. While LinkedIn is looking for revenue sources, trainers must ...
Ray Jimenez - Thursday, June 19, 2008 - CommentsSPOREiors!!! Come out to palaaaayaaaay!!!!
... social network SPORELEARNING. Its fresh and new so don't be surprised if you are the first one there ;-)What I want to do is use this as the place to share ideas leading up to the release of SPORE. And then once the game is released we can have a virtual meeting and all get started in the game together. We can share learning ideas every step of the way. It will be a blast!!! The best part is that it will all lead up to us all meeting face to face in San Jose at DevLearn08 to share what we've learned with the rest of our serious games colleagues ...
Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development - Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - CommentsObjection #13: How Do You Measure ROI?
8217;s network is # Number of meetings taking place (or, more intuitively, are NOT taking place) # Number of travel arrangements made (or, again, NOT made). This is certainly not an exhaustive list. What others are you thinking of?
Engaged Learning - Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - CommentsRevolution in Workplace Learning
... in Workplace Learning Tools such as blogs, wikis, social networks, social bookmarking, and RSS readers are revolutionizing formal and informal workplace learning. GCASTD is bringing nationally-known expert Dr. Tony Karrer to Greater Cincinnati to present a fun, engaging, fast-paced workshop that will allow you to use these "eLearning 2.0" methods and tools for yourself and your organization ...
eLearning Technology - Monday, June 16, 2008 - CommentsOn being a noob
... addition to books, I joined an online social network for gardener’s and subscribed to a bunch of gardening blogs. I am amazed at how rich the experience is. I am learning more now than I did then (but I do miss Archie horribly). Rather than looking at pictures to try to determine if something is a weed, I can just upload a picture and ask. And, I’ll never get a yes/no. I’ll get stuff about pruning, bugs to watch for, whether to mulch, etc ...
Janet Clarey - Monday, June 16, 2008 - CommentsWeekly Bulletin 2008-24
Last week I added 10 new tools to the Directory of Learning Tools; I've posted about four of them here during the week, here are another three: The Test Factory - Create and manage your own online tests Added to: Quizzing and testing tools Twittercount - Communicate and track the amount of followers you have on Twitter Neetz - Create your own social network Added to: Social networking tools For the other 5, visit the Weekly Bulletin: ...
Jane Knight - Sunday, June 15, 2008 - CommentsLearning and Technology Conferences
... networking with colleagues and seeing excellent example/case studies. I don’t plan on missing any of these going forward. Now it’s your turn: I look forward to your input! (P.S. - I wrote this blog post on my phone, so please excuse the lack of links in the post and any weird formatting issues.) ...
eLearning Weekly - Saturday, June 14, 2008 - CommentsMeetup
Meetup Groups meet face-to-face to pursue hobbies, network, get support, make friends, find playgroups or even change the world!CommonCraft have just created a video for them: ...
Jane Knight - Thursday, June 12, 2008 - CommentsMicro-Elements (Things) in Social Learning - From the ASTD International Conference
... how we can launch Social Networking and Learning to 45,000 of our employees."These are comments I received during my ... version of the PowerPoint.My learnings led me to now focus on:Micro-Things in Social Learning Micro-Networks Micro ... opportunities to use Learning 2.0 and Social Networking tools. Focus on business contributions, rather than the learning ... ¬ On page 38, try to establish some benchmarks to measure and gauge network value. This helps you decide what to tweak and when to intervene. Manage Micro-Networks and Micro-Results.7. Facilitation ⬠be a network Weaver. See the ...
Ray Jimenez - Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - CommentsMassive Catch-Up Issue #1413 (Games, Virtual Worlds, banking concepts and more)
Social Networking To Generate $2.5 Trillion By 2020: Geez! That's with a freaking "T"!
e-Clippings (blogoehlert) - Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - CommentsiPhone 2.0
Most folks have probably already seen the latest unveiling of the new iPhone (cheaper and faster). For those who haven't, you can read the article here. The new iPhone promises to address the #1 concern of the previous model (namely the speed of the network...currently locked down by AT&T). In addition, Jobs also rolled out a handful of new applications for the iPhone (from improved wireless computing to music making software).Of particular note is that Jobs has a vision to compete with the market leading Blackberry in business use. While this could certainly be considered a BHAG ...
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