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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 4, 2011

Like many enterprise learning companies, we are actively brainstorming ways to incorporate collaborative Web 2.0 technologies into our training programs, but rarely do we find a client that wants to create a robust learning environment comprised of both formal and informal components. Go take a peek.

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Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange.

Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 13, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange of Information by Paul on March 14, 2011 in social learning Most of us in the adult learning industry have already found and incorporated Twitter into our everyday lives.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Im a (K)nitwit!

Learning Visions

JANUARY 16, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Im a (K)nitwit! Cold nights coupled with a growing maternal nesting instinct, have forced me to buy some yarn, pull out the needles, and learn how to knit. Its winter here in New England. Good for you!

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Currently Working On.

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Im a convert. Sidebar: This, Tony Karrer , is why schools still need to teach good writing. Likewise with writing. Yes, Im an English major who writes mostly text bullets instead of novels. So Im curious: what drove you to revisit theory? So Im curious: what drove you to revisit theory? Thankfully.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Describing What You Do: Instructional Design

Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Me: Im an instructional designer. Im sort of distracted by the naked boy who just ran by (not mine). I find the role of IT trainer works best for me, as my actual role title Systems Learning and Development Designer is a bit of a problem, particularly on forms! This was me yesterday: Playground Mom: So, what do you do?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Blogs Personality Type

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, February 12, 2009 My Blogs Personality Type Well, it isnt very glamorous or creative sounding. But I suppose this is an appropriate description of my blogs personality? Check out your own blogs writing style at Typealyzer.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Market Differences in eLearning

Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, March 23, 2009 Market Differences in eLearning Im a fan of the number 42. Amazing how a post from a year ago can still generate conversation! I was wanting to bring this up as a discussion in my blog sometime.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Essential Reading for Instructional Design?

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Im not looking for the obtuse theory books. Im already feeling a bit overwhelmed. Im about halfway through Michael Allens new book, Designing Successful E-Learning. Between you and John Im going to need to ask for a visit to Ikea for a new bookshelf too! I prefer the get-down-and-dirty variety. What would you add?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Kineo Top Tips

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Kineo Top Tips Although my blogging volume may be down, my writing volume certainly is not. Amidst client projects and presentations I think Im actually writing more than ever.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: With Community Comes Great Responsibility

Learning Visions

AUGUST 9, 2007

Thursday, August 09, 2007 With Community Comes Great Responsibility In reflecting over the benefits of the first week or so of the 31 Days to Better Blogging Challenge , the biggest thing for me has been the overall boost in community. Im a touchy-feely-people-kind-of-person. Its awesome. Christines going to set up a netvibes page.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Jott This Blog

Learning Visions

MARCH 25, 2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Jott This Blog I havent had so much time lately to blog, as this project Im working on has been quite grueling. I find my best time for thinking up excellent blog entries is late at night when Im lying in bed. That is, of course, if Im even awake after the kids have finally fallen asleep.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Instructional Design Inspiration

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Monday, November 05, 2007 Instructional Design Inspiration As I mentioned last week , Im in the midst of designing my first custom eLearning course in quite awhile. Ive gotten rusty in the practice of ID, although very adept in the research and learning part (and I can talk a pretty good game). Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Putting the Demand Back in On-Demand Learning

Learning Visions

JANUARY 21, 2008

Monday, January 21, 2008 Putting the Demand Back in On-Demand Learning I didnt come up with that headline. One of my very smart and witty clients said that in a conversation we were having the other day with a group of his internal subject matter experts. Im co-opting it and encourage all of you to do the same. I know I do.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Instructional Designers Tools

Learning Visions

JUNE 8, 2007

Friday, June 08, 2007 Instructional Designers Tools Theres been a good conversation going on over at Christy Tuckers Experiencing E-Learning blog about instructional design. Christy has been writing about how to get started in instructional design and what technology tools you might need. I dont do any programming.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Job Description

Learning Visions

MAY 31, 2007

So, what do I do if Im not doing that? Marketing: I write the fact sheets. Proposal Writing: When the sales demo goes well, I write the proposal. Proposal Writing: When the sales demo goes well, I write the proposal. How does their Learning Portal need to work? The website copy. I work on the demos.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Interviews on Instructional Design

Learning Visions

JANUARY 14, 2009

Im curious, have you had a chance to listen to yours or any of the others? Im happy with how they turned out. Hey Cammy, I heard your interview and I thought we seem to have a lot in common : 12 years in multimedia/elearning, e-learning for the corporate market, Project Management in e-learning. Where is your blog?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: 31 Days: Days 17, 18, 19, 20, & 21

Learning Visions

AUGUST 20, 2007

Nevertheless, Im trying to keep up. Day 18: Create a Sneeze Page and Propel Readers Deep Within Your Blog This task is about spreading germs. The goal of this task is to write a post that links back to some of your greatest hits, unearthing those old treasures from way back when. Im not going to bother with a full-blown survey.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Getting to Good Enough

Learning Visions

OCTOBER 29, 2008

" This adage works for me most of the time as Im designing eLearning courses. Right now, Im feeling like just getting to good would be an achievement. Right now, Im proofing a storyboard thats full of endless text bullets and boring software demos with no interactivity -- and theres really nothing I can do about it.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objectives

Learning Visions

JANUARY 25, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, January 25, 2008 Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objectives My recent post on alternatives to listing out learning objectives generated a lot of interest and a good conversation. ( 2:05 PM Clark said.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: The Big Question

Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, December 11, 2007 The Big Question This months big question from the Learning Circuits Blog: What did you learn about learning in 2007? Me: "Well, well have to write him a letter." Im primed and ready.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Half of Companies Blocking Facebook

Learning Visions

AUGUST 22, 2007

This August 21 article posted by Sharon Gaudin in Information Week reports that Half of Companies are Blocking Facebook: "Employers are increasingly blocking access to Facebook because theyre concerned about the time wasted and the information leaked when workers use social networks on company time." And Im in complete agreement.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: 31 Days: Day 25 (Go Shopping)

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, September 04, 2007 31 Days: Day 25 (Go Shopping) Day 25: Go Shopping For day 25 of the Blogging Challenge, the task at hand was to go shopping. A link to learn more about the blogs author. They have just what I need.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: 31 Days: Days 26, 27, 28

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Monday, September 17, 2007 31 Days: Days 26, 27, 28 Im cleaning house and trying to to finish up with the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Challenge. Join us at the Building a Better Blog Ning Group. For those of you who are new to my blog, the 31 Days Challenge was started by Darren Rowse of ProBlogger. Task complete.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Blogging & Boundaries in the Professional Sphere

Learning Visions

MARCH 29, 2007

Thursday, March 29, 2007 Blogging & Boundaries in the Professional Sphere Karyn Romeis recent post echoed stuff thats been rolling around in my mind about blogging, professionalism, sharing, confidentiality, roles, boundaries, etc. Why am I blogging about e-Learning, and not about my kids or gardening? By default.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Connectivism: Week 1

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

I havent signed up anywhere, I havent taken part in any of the sessions, but Im like a moth drawn to the flame: as I peer in on all the conversation beginning to happen, I cant help but join in. See Christy Tuckers musings on this topic: Does Learning Grow or is it Built? Cammy, Im glad youre doing the auditing.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Blogging is the new Graduate School

Learning Visions

MAY 30, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Blogging is the new Graduate School Im not the only one getting an informal masters degree out here. If you offer intelligent opinions or advice on a credible blog, then you are an expert.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Instructional Designers: Do You Have a Degree in ID?

Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Clive Shepherd posted today about a dinner conversation he had with Cathy Moore. Im curious what other folks experiences has been. Im so happy to see you post this up. Im struggling with this right now.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environmental World

Learning Visions

JUNE 12, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, June 12, 2007 My Personalized Personal Work Learning Environmental World Tony Karrer asked in the comments on my PLE post yesterday , Im curious if you distinguish your learning environment (tools, skills, etc.)

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: 31 Days: Days 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16

Learning Visions

AUGUST 16, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Im losing my steam, but trying to stay somewhat on target. So go ahead and "Email or IM another blogger in your niche to introduce yourself and your blog". I want to share as much as I can about projects Im working on.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Top Ten Tools for Jane Hart

Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Im not a techie -- far from it. Im an instructional designer with an emphasis on writing and schmoozing. For the most part, I like tools that are easy to use, easy to learn, look good, and create good-looking output.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Instructional Design: Whats in a name?

Learning Visions

JANUARY 19, 2009

I stumbled across this on a writers blog today: "Officially, I’m now an Instructional Designer. A fancy term for writing training material." Blog link not provided to protect the innocent]. If all we do is write training material, then perhaps yes. I write and design self-paced eLearning for the corporate market.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Second Life Backlash and Controversy

Learning Visions

AUGUST 13, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. 4) In yet another recent post on SL, Brent Schlenker writes, "If people dont have a reason to be in Second Life they will NOT go there." Dont invest any money.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Online Visual Identity

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Ive had the same profile picture up for months -- on my blog, in Facebook, MyBlogLog, and now here. So Im going to try to mix it up a bit. Im still smiling. But Im wearing a different purple shirt. The power of the personal; building a friendlier world through blogs. I do, indeed, often look like that.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: On Reflective Learning

Learning Visions

APRIL 3, 2009

Friday, April 03, 2009 On Reflective Learning I clipped this a year ago, with the intention (I suppose) of writing more on the subject in order to become more engaged with the content and thus more capable. Posted by Cammy Bean at 11:15 AM Labels: reflective learning , web 2.0 EdTechTalk Episode #5: Promoting Learning Through.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Instructional Design and Market Sector Differences

Learning Visions

JANUARY 8, 2008

Im guessing youre designing online distance learning courses. Im in the weird place of for-profit education, which really has characteristics of both market sectors. Having just a bachelors degree seems to be fine as long as you arent working directly for the universities (Im not sure about K-12 online). What do you do?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Memoirs of an "Instructional Designer"

Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

I have never taken a course in adult learning theory. My current business card says Im a "Manager of Instructional Design". I have learned everything I "know" about instructional design and teaching by doing. Since then, Ive done a bunch of freelance instructional design and script writing. Found this blog by chance.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: 31 Days to a Better Blog: Days 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8

Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, August 07, 2007 31 Days to a Better Blog: Days 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 This whole 31 Days to a Better Blog exercise is proving harder to stay on top of than I had even imagined. Well, I didnt even have an About This Blog Page.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Rapid e-Learning, Templates, & SMEs

Learning Visions

MAY 4, 2007

Even when youve got a blank page in front of you and you start writing: paragraphs, commas, periods. From a rapid e-Learning perspective -- or just e-Learning in general -- templates and tools provide a starting point. And this was the seed that led to a conversation with Clive Shepherd that led to the 30-minute masters.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Ellen Wagner: eLearning Roadtrip

Learning Visions

APRIL 8, 2009

Are you reading Ellen Wagners blog eLearning Roadtrip yet? If I were in charge (but sadly, Im not), Id put her in the Whos Who of eLearning. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? EdTechTalk Episode #5: Promoting Learning Through. Well you should be!

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Personal Hard Drive

Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2007

Mark writes, "You wanna know what a PLE is? I said a similar thing in a comment on Tony Karrers blog the other day: Isnt the main tool of the PLE our very own little brains? Then I realized Im a constant notetaker, in the pen-and-paper sense. Cammy at Learning Solutions #ls2010 Audio Interview with Will Thalheimer on Common Des.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Im a linear reader in recovery and have been actively learning how to skim books and not feel guilty about it. Lots of practical ideas and examples for turning basic teaching points into learning games -- from casual games to teach facts and concepts, to detailed simulations that teach procedures and problem solving. Do They? )

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: I Heart My Wiki

Learning Visions

JULY 6, 2007

We installed MediaWiki on our local server a couple of weeks ago and Ive been using it to record everything I can for my e-Learning strategy project. Notes from conversations with staff members go in the wiki. Now Ive left Word behind and am writing everything directly in the wiki. All of my project information is in one place.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: 31 Days: 8, 9 & 10

Learning Visions

AUGUST 10, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, August 10, 2007 31 Days: 8, 9 & 10 Day 8: Run an Advertising Audit on Your Blog. Obviously, thats not my focus so I took Micheles advice and tried to do something from Darens Get Your Blogging Groove Back series.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Online Portfolios

Learning Visions

AUGUST 2, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Thursday, August 02, 2007 Online Portfolios Jennifer Madrell shows us a great example of an online portofolio , which she calls a "svelte and sparkly version of this blog - that is a requirement and capstone project at Indiana University."

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