Kapp Notes
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
A question I am constantly asked is “How long does it take to develop…&# you can fill in the rest with Instructor-led training, elearning, simulations, etc. Several people have attempted to answer that question in 2003 I gathered data and information about the times it takes to develop instruction and then my colleague Robyn Defelice and I explored the idea in 2009.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
by Kevin Siegel. When developing eLearning with Adobe Captivate, saving unnecessary clicks is always a goal. With that in mind, I rely on keyboard and other shortcuts whenever possible to avoid clicking and dragging my mouse. Here's a little-known shortcut that can potentially save you a ton of clicks over the long haul. Take a look at the image below.
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OpenSesame
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
Mobile learning is hot. The data on the prevalence of smart mobile devices and consumers’ increasing comfort with using mobile devices is a persuasive argument. Learning and development professionals are looking for the best ways to enable learners to find information in the context that they will actually use that information. But how to create that content is not so clear.
Experiencing eLearning
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
These are my live blogged notes from the Designing e-Learning for Maximum Motivation webinar by Ethan Edwards of Allen Interactions. Any typos, mistakes, incomplete thoughts, etc. are likely mine, not the presenter’s. My side comments in italics. Quick Summary of the Motivation Rules. Say less. More challenging. Delay judgment. Content-rich feedback.
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Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
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Vikas Joshi on Interactive Learning
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
Industry gurus have long maintained that authoring tools can be either powerful or easy to use. They say: choose one. I say: I want both. Is that possible? Well yes, if the tool designers pay attention to flexibility. Consider interactivity templates. The very idea of a template connotes a cookie-cutter approach. Easy to learn, easy to use. How do the template designers maintain the ease of use and yet provide powerful features that the course designer can control?
Making Change
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
It’s easy and tempting to write activities that test whether learners know something. How can we make learners use their knowledge as well? You might be familiar with Bloom’s Taxonomy. Its current form identifies six categories of intellectual performance, from remembering to creating. To make the taxonomy easier to apply, I grabbed my Unsubtle Machete of Oversimplification and in a few whacks reduced the categories to just two: Know activities ask learners to retrieve and maybe cate
Learning Visions
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
I get a lot of emails from people asking me how to break into the ID field. They’ve been trying to get a job but haven’t found the right door to open yet. “I’ve been teaching for years and now I want a change.” “I’ve been reading up on the field and it seems really interesting.” “You did it, Cammy, so how can I?” “I’ve got a degree in ID now, but no one will hire me because I don’t have any experience.
Experiencing eLearning
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
The eLearning Learning site got a major upgrade a few weeks ago, with a new design that has more of a magazine feel and shows more images. I know many of my readers are new to the field of e-learning, or hoping to transition. eLearning Learning is a great site to get a snapshot of what people are talking about in the field without being as overwhelming as subscribing to dozens of individual blogs can be.
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Jane Hart
SEPTEMBER 25, 2011
I’ve written a few postings recently (notably Social Learning doesn’t mean what you think it does ) where I have tried to show how the fundamental changes in how businesses are operating, require a fundamental change in how the L&D function needs to view workplace learning. I suggested this means a move from a “Command and Control” approach to an “Encourage and Engage” approach to Workplace Learning.
Upside Learning
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
I’ve been away from the blog for a while; work assignments have required that I travel to North America. After some long flights and the resultant jetlag, I’m just starting to get back into the groove now. As I was looking through my feeds this morning, I noticed a post from Karl Kapp in which he mentions a presentation by the Chapman Alliance, which talks about development costs for an hour of Elearning based on a survey.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
by AJ George. Using motion paths in PowerPoint is fun, but also kind of complicated. Probably the most complicated aspect of using motion paths is continuing the motion from slide-to-slide. Does this scenario sound familiar? You want an image on your slide to move using a custom motion path. On the next slide you want the image to move from where it ended on the previous slide to a new location.
Making Change
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
It’s easy and tempting to write activities that test whether learners know something. How can we make learners use their knowledge as well? You might be familiar with Bloom’s Taxonomy. Its current form identifies six categories of intellectual performance, from remembering to creating. To make the taxonomy easier to apply, I grabbed my Unsubtle Machete of Oversimplification and in a few whacks reduced the categories to just two: Know activities ask learners to retrieve and maybe cate
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Learning Visions
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
Adobe Connect session hosted with Allen Partridge, Adobe eLearning Evangelist “The extraordinary, the radical, the amazing Cathy Moore…” How does one navigate this field and become a professional in this space? How did you arrive here, Cathy? When I started out there was no ID degree (in the early 80’s). Job was to help people in libraries who needed to learn how to use computers.
Experiencing eLearning
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
I know many bloggers have an open connection policy, and that’s great for them, but I am generally more restrictive in who I connect with on LinkedIn. I prefer to connect with people who I could actually say something intelligent about if asked for an introduction. However, over the past few months, I’ve noticed an increase in invitations from people whose names I don’t recognize.
Jane Hart
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
Follow these instructions for some fun! Follow this link: Google Gravity. Wait 2 seconds – something will happen. Play with the “bricks&# – throw them around! Write any word in the Google search bar. Press Enter. Wait and see what happens now! That’s HTML5 for you! If you want a taster – take a look at the image below – but best to watch it live!
Upside Learning
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
Mobile technology, having seeped into popular culture, is now finding widespread acceptance as a training and learning device in the workplace as well. If not already adopted, mobile learning is now certainly featuring in most strategy discussions within L&D teams in large and small enterprises. Even though some large organizations have started using mobile technology to empower their workforce, for most others the question still remains – how do we actually use it in the workplace?
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The Logical Blog by IconLogic
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
by AJ George. Related to last week's article on changing PowerPoint's default color palette , I was asked by a reader if it was possible to set up PowerPoint so that, by default, shapes were drawn without a fill color. After tinkering around with the color palettes, I can find no way to set PowerPoint so that every time you start a new presentation the shapes are already pre-set to draw without a fill color.
Challenge to Learn
SEPTEMBER 4, 2011
Since I became CEO of easygenerator I wanted to have a clear vision and mission on what we do and why we do it. This led to my blogs on our vision and mission, ‘Output learning’ and ‘bringing learning to the workplace’. At easygenerator we use these ideas to give direction to product development and our market approach. Over the past year I joined these ideas, tried to develop them further and I renamed it to ‘outcome learning’.
Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
In an earlier post , I tried to convey the advantages of social activities in formal learning from the cognitive processing perspective, but my diagram apparently didn’t work for everyone. I took another shot for a presentation I gave on mobile social at the Guild’s mLearnCon , and I thought I’d raise it here as well. I’m going through this diagram line by line, from the top.
Dashe & Thomson
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
The training industry has seen plenty of debate around whether or not organizations can and should take steps to strengthen social learning. Everyone agrees that social learning is very important and that somewhere between 70% and 80% of all learning is done socially and/or informally. Many thought leaders in the industry believe social learning is something that happens spontaneously and continuously, and that any attempt by an organization to capture, share or strengthen these critical infor
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Jane Hart
SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
This is the 5th year I have been building a Top 100 Tools for Learning list (based on the Top 10 Tools contributions of learning professionals worldwide), so I thought it would be interesting to compare my choices in the first year I ran the activity in 2007, with my choices today. 1 – In 2007 I selected Bloglines , as my RSS reader – and said it was “probably the most indispensable tool for my work&#.
Upside Learning
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
The latest report from Ambient Insight about mobile learning is out, and it comes up with some pretty surprising figures. It indicates that the worldwide market for mobile learning will probably grow from USD 3.2 billion (2010) to about USD 9.1 billion by 2015. That means a healthy CAGR of approximately 22.7%. The report analyzes trends and current expenditure across varied markets.
The Logical Blog by IconLogic
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
Rod Ward of Infosemantics has created a nifty Drag and Drop Lite question widget that lets you create awesome puzzles from within Captivate out of any picture. You can learn more about the widget here.
Kapp Notes
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
Ragnaros the Firelord is an incredibly powerful Elemental Lord and master of all fire elementals from the popular RPG Game World of Warcraft. Facing him is a difficult challenge. People who play video games are used to challenges, they need to figure out how to navigate a level, they face a “boss&# who wants to destroy their character and force them to start a level over again and they are challenged by increasingly difficulty activities in a game based environment.
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Clark Quinn
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
About ten years ago, now, Jay Cross and I met and with some other colleagues, started what we called the Meta-Learning Lab. We’ve maintained our interest in meta-learning across our involvement now with the Internet Time Alliance , and a component we identified as one of the most valuable activities you can do is reflection. We don’t mean just navel-gazing, of course, but instead we mean systematically stepping back and reviewing ongoing activity with a view towards looking for impro
Dashe & Thomson
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
Plenty has been written about why employees are slow to adopt enterprise collaboration tools. Most opinions on the matter, however, don’t provide satisfying conclusions about why collaboration tools are so slow to gain traction in large organizations. As with more traditional IT initiatives, the old “senior executive support” mantra is frequently cited as a key to successful user adoption.
Jane Hart
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
A few days ago my Internet Time Alliance colleague, Harold Jarche, shared this article, written by Deb Lavoy, with me: Social Business Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does, Neither Does Enterprise 2.0. The first few paragraphs say it all! “Social Business” is not about technology, or about “corporate culture.” It is a socio-political historical shift that is bigger, broader and much more fascinating.
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