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AUGUST 6, 2020

In watching events of 2020 unfold I've seen many organizations make a sudden shift from face-to-face training to the virtual classroom. There's lots of talk about the technology -- security concerns, the unending challenges of the mute button, even how to create Zoom backgrounds -- but I see much less about ways of making the actual instruction better.

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MAY 14, 2020

This month's research report from The Learning Guild is Less Content, More Learner: An Overview of Learning Experience Design (LxD). Where traditional approaches to workplace learning tend to focus on building knowledge and/or skills, learning experience design is concerned with additional areas, such as shoring up learner confidence and increasing motivation to learn.

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MAY 21, 2019

There's really no blog post here. I'm not one of those people who pretend to engage in Twitter conversations while really only looking for ways to spam everyone with an old post. Worst offenders: The ones who manipulate a conversation around to an excuse to blogdrop. Urban Dictionary: Blogportunist : " Someone, who in the midst of an online conversation, shares one of their own blog posts usually in an effort to show how smart they are or let people know they’ve already had this idea or as a for

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OCTOBER 27, 2018

I'm just home from DevLearn , always a fun, exciting event. This year was especially meaningful for me as I watched one of my best friends, Tracy Parish, achieve well-deserved stardom as she won not just the annual shirt design concert but also the top prize in the 71-entry Demofest event, "Best Mobile Solution" category. I'm guessing I've known Tracy for upwards of a decade now, first online as #lrnchat participants (we're both moderators now) and later as conference buddies.

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JUNE 16, 2018

I always enjoy hearing from my friends at iSpring, who apart from being excellent humans with a great product are fun companions at minigolf. So I was delighted to get an email asking me to take a look at the newest release, iSpring9. Usually when a tool gets a refresh there are a few updates, but this new version of iSpring has advanced the product by leaps and bounds.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This month's Learning Solutions column revisits a favorite topic of mine: Working with very little budget. For years, it seems that everyone in our field has been looking for ways to produce eLearning on a shoestring. In fact, my debut as a voice in the L&D industry came with publication of my first book, eLearning Solutions on a Shoestring , back in 2005.

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MARCH 15, 2018

Classroom trainers are often recruited to create eLearning content that is nothing more than a regurgitation of classroom materials. There are lots of reasons why this happens: Managers who don’t understand that “training” involves more than just presenting content; purchasers who believe an authoring tool will allow any user to magically crank out gorgeous, interactive programs; well-meaning classroom trainers who perhaps lack a background in design or have trouble making the leap from face-to-

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MAY 11, 2018

This month's research report comes from Insync Training's Jennifer Hofmann: Blended learning can be applied in a variety of ways. This report examines some common critical success factors for incorporating blended learning into organizational training and offers recommendations for a successful move towards blending learning. Blended Learning in Practice , by Jennifer Hofmann, explores data collected in interviews with organizations in order to answer the question: How are blended learning progr

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MARCH 12, 2018

The eLearning Guild's April research report examines the benefits and barriers of using augmented reality and virtual reality in organizations and how these organizations access and utilize the data derived from the AR and VR systems. The eLearning Guild conducted a survey with its members on the topic of augmented reality and virtual reality. What’s Your Reality?

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MARCH 23, 2018

Social tools have emerged, disappeared, and evolved over time. The question is whether or not these tools are being used successfully in the modern L&D landscape. Are organizations leveraging social tools to support training and performance efforts today? Earlier this year The eLearning Guild conducted a survey with its members on the topic of social tools.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

This month in Learning Solutions I take a look at Dee Fink's Five Principles of Good Course design. A “good course” is one which meets the following five criteria: 1. Challenges learners to higher-level learning 2. Uses active forms of learning 3. Gives frequent and immediate feedback to students on the quality of their learning 4. Uses a structured sequence of different learning activities 5.

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DECEMBER 3, 2017

I'm very excited about my new role and, after more than 2 decades in government, am looking forward to exploring the mythical private sector. Watch for monthly research reports and more starting in early 2018.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

By request: Here's the " 20 Questions You Should Always Ask Before Starting Any Training Program " one-sheet. Created by Nanette Miner (aka "The Training Doctor") and shared in my book From Analysis to Evaluation.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

I've written quite a bit over the past few years about a certain disconnect we have with our learners. We tend to think about "Learning" with a capital "L", as some rather abstracted high-minded pursuit, a lifelong systematic interconnected journey of brain enrichment. (Heck, I have a doctorate in that. Don't get me started.) But the rest of the world thinks about "learning" as "solving a problem" or "getting an answer" or "figuring it out" or "looking it up".

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MARCH 1, 2016

I thought I knew a lot about my field—I’d been there a decade, after all, and was a voracious reader of trade journals and business books (back then it was EQ and the tail end of the TQM movement) and a member of a very active community of practice (CoP) for trainers. But grad school, in what I recall as often exhilarating moments, also introduced me to a whole world of academic writing I didn’t know existed.

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APRIL 15, 2016

From this month's Nuts & Bolts column : I’ve been working in virtual classrooms since 2003, back when I first met Insync Training’s Jennifer Hofmann, who pretty much invented using virtual meeting software to support instruction. My job involves a workforce with many issues: geography, availability/coverage, and work shifts. These are frequently compounded by a lack of travel funds for moving people or instructors around for face-to-face training events.

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JUNE 14, 2016

A follower who'd attended my "Tips for the Positive Deviant" webinar asked on her Facebook page how ideas around Positive Deviance (PD) might be applied specifically to L&D. I answered in this month's Nuts & Bolts column. “In every group there is a minority of people who find better solutions to the challenges at hand. … Even though they have access to exactly the same resources as the rest of the group, their uncommon practices or behaviors allow them to flourish.

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JUNE 27, 2016

I speak at many conferences and over the years have been lucky to see -- and often meet-- some remarkable presenters. I am thrilled that Training Magazine has booked Temple Grandin to keynote Training 2017. Wikipedia: ". an autistic American professor of animal science at Colorado State University , world-renowned autism spokesperson and consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior.

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JULY 19, 2016

“When you’re looking at ‘converting’ classroom training to an online format, try to actually get to the classroom event. Get clear on what really goes on there, as opposed to what you might hear in a meeting or via document review. Talk to the trainers or facilitators who run classroom events, and ask them about any tricks or special adaptations they might employ.

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AUGUST 9, 2016

This month's "Nuts & Bolts" column examines social learning as it happens naturally, organically, as people go about their day: It’s not about ‘doing social.’ It’s about supporting workers as they work by giving them the time and the right space to talk about it. It’s about listening. And it’s about using social tools to support conversations and performance already in progress. upporting workers as they work by giving them the time and the right space to talk about it.

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MARCH 6, 2017

… so this happened the night of March 4. We were looking for a way to bring our more interesting friends together so hit on this: Kent & Kelly: Birthday Twins! A party with a twist: Makers only! We’re inviting friends who create: tie-dyers, artists, writers, musicians, welders, woodworkers, those who have started businesses. People with a passion or interest they have put into practice.

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MAY 15, 2017

eLearning designers and developers spend a lot of time on assessments, particularly things like quizzes and knowledge checks and tests. It’s easy to fall into blame-the-learner mode when they don’t do well: I often hear everything from “they aren’t paying attention” and “they allow distractions like email and phones” to “no one reads anything.” But sometimes, easily fixed design issues are the culprits.

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JULY 3, 2017

Know what happens when a bunch of your friends get together and assemble the best compilation ever of thinking in the social-social media-collaborative learning-knowledge management-narrating work realms? This book. My interest in social learning and working out loud grew from my own wonderful experience as a participant in a vibrant community of practice.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

so I belong to a ukulele band, The Gang of Ukes , and am often called on to double on kazoo. While I have a bunch of metal and plastic kazoos, including the extra-loud Kazoobie Wazoogle and the trumpet (the keys move! They don't change the sound, but they move!), I thought it was time to buy a "real" one, with better tone and more control. Kazoos are folk instruments and there are still a few craftspeople around who make them from wood, from scratch.

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

Ok, I am not necessarily equating animal and human behavior. Except sort of. Tongue mostly in cheek here. Mostly. I have a corgi who’s one of the smartest dogs I ever met. Earlier this year I had a serendipitous meeting with a fellow who owns a small farm, which he uses as a dog training facility. His specialty is herding: he provides sheep and ducks and fenced spaces in which to work them, and rents the space and his counsel to area dog owners.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

Devlearn Session 614 Recap Re-ignited! Revisiting the Innovative World of Learning David Kelly, Cammy Bean, Jeannette Campos, & Jane Bozarth I've done a few Devlearn Ignite! sessions over the years. As the one in 2011 turned into my newest book, Show Your Work, I am always eager to see where these will go. And there’s no greater pleasure than getting to work with David Kelly, Cammy Bean, and Jeannette Campos.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

During yesterday's "Ukulele Learning" session my copresenter Shawn Rosler showed a chart with whole, quarter, and eighth notes and asked who had ever struggled to learn music this way. A lot of hands went up, accompanied by some headshaking and grimacing. One of the takeways I hope participants found is that music can is fun, especially when shared.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

“Ukulele Learning” session recap Devlearn 2015 Session Recap: 304 (will be repeated Thursday Oct 1 as session 518) Jane Bozarth, Shawn Rosler, Ellen Wagner Ukulele Learning: Music and the Brain Since so many colleagues of mine have taken up the ukulele recently I wanted to have a uke jam at Devlearn. We could play together and offer introductory lessons to those who wanted to learn to play.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Session Recap: “9 Critical Elements of Performance Improvement” Devlearn 2015 Session 111: Jane Bozarth & Jeannette Campos In January 2014 my husband, Kent, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The experience -- from diagnosis to surgery to complications to recovery -- served as an excellent reminder that learning does not happen in a vacuum, that “training” is rarely enough, and that learners are actors in a system with many moving parts.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

DevLearn Blogger Update: Half the fun of a conference is participating in the backchannel, so friends back home, people who chose other sessions, and colleagues everywhere can keep up with the happenings. It's also a nice way of making notes for yourself. Here’s Helen Blunden’s (@ActivateLearn) “Elements of Working Out Loud at a Conference”. Which ones will you try at #devlearn?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Devlearn Bloggers Update: The September 24 #lrnchat focused on learning from conferences. Participant @MichelleOckers took away this idea for keeping up with conference learning. It’s a template she’s shared with us as a Google doc. Looks like a great tool, and I love the final colum's reminder to share learning with others. I hope #devlearn folks find it useful.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

One of the components of our upcoming Devlearn "Ukulele Learning" sessions is some conversation around motivation and reward. A great example is happening right now in the DevLearn conference app, available to attendees. There's a swag shop with stuff like fun tshirts and sunglasses; app users can earn points toward purchases as outlined below. Notice the relative value of posting and filling out evaluations compared to just checking in or tagging something.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Coming to DevLearn 2015? I'll be there with 2 new sessions and a refreshed visit to a fun one from last year. Some has involved extensive new research. Some has involved rethinking something I may have changed my mind about. The best thing? Prepping for these sessions gives me a chance to collaborate with some of my best friends in this business, bright people who bring energy and passion and fun to creating something together. 1.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

This month's Nuts and Bolts column is the first in a series updating ideas around using social media for learning. I'm looking especially at the rise of new tools for user-generated images and video: “L&D is great at creating and delivering content. But emerging and evolving tools give us the opportunity to engage with our learners in new ways, to help move us toward making workplace learning more a process and less an event.

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JULY 21, 2015

I do love fun, original ideas. My buddy Jane Hart ( @c4lpt ) has just tagged me in the #blimage challenge. What is it? Steve Wheeler ( @timbuckteeth ) says: “You send an image or photograph to a colleague with the challenge that they have to write a learning related blog post based on it. Just make sure the images aren’t too rude. The permutations are blimmin’ endless.

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JULY 16, 2015

I'm always surprised that so many in the training/instructional design/elearning business aren't more concerned with accessibility issues. In my experience this comes more from lack of awareness than intentional disregard. Here are some musings on accessibility, usability, and universal design. Be sure to check the resources offered -- and don't miss the informative, helpful comments!

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JULY 1, 2015

This month's column takes me into new personal-revelation territory with a story of terrifying surgery, recovery, and the ways training did (and didn't) play into it. Bottom line: Performers are actors in a system. The things L&D so often focus on don't happen in isolation.

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