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Learningobjectives clarify exactly what it is youre trying to teach. Ray Sims has written a great summary on Writing LearningObjectives , with citations to some good resources, including Vicki Heaths post LearningObjectives: Writing Learning Outcomes So They Matter. I see the value. How about you?
Im not looking for the obtuse theory books. Im already feeling a bit overwhelmed. Photo credit: Little by MegElizabeth Posted by Cammy Bean at 6:51 PM Labels: books , instructional design 14comments: Dr. John H. Im about halfway through Michael Allens new book, Designing Successful E-Learning. What would you add?
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!
Reuben on the value of the instructional designer: The skill that an instructional designer possesses, that writers, teachers, programmers, technical writers, and so on don’t, is the ability to systematically break down content so that it is applicable to learners and their learning styles. Thank you for all the comments and insights.
Self-direct learning experience == a standard course prepared and available on a web site. Learningobjects: standard small chunks put together and done in a rapid e-learning experience. New generation of e-Learning is more disruptive. Questions: LearningObjects: I was always skeptical of learningobjects.
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. photo by tanakawho Whats been lighting up my life this week is when I hear a Subject Matter Expert say, "Lets cut that. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?
Monday, January 21, 2008 Putting the Demand Back in On-Demand Learning I didnt come up with that headline. Im co-opting it and encourage all of you to do the same. Im writing financial industry software training course storyboard #10, in a series of 29 courses! So much on-demand training consists of boring page turners.
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Monday, December 10, 2007 Blog of the Week Ego boost alert for this Bean: Donald Taylor has cited Learning Visions as Blog of the Week 13. Im blushing. Although I do think we deserve a photo of you blushing. Sorry, Sue!
So Im going to try to mix it up a bit. Im still smiling. But Im wearing a different purple shirt. I should also show you pictures of me where Im not smiling. Hi Cammy My trouble is that there are very few photos in existence and normally they look like crap (not me!). Although Im professional, I do have many faces.
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Mass Chapter ISPI November Meeting Im speaking at the next Mass Chapter ISPI Meeting, thanks to the always energetic Jean Marrapodi. jmarrapodi) If youre in the area, come along and help me out!
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.
Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It. Instructional Designers -- Do You Have a Degree in ID? : An ongoing survey of instructional designers.
Monday, March 16, 2009Learning to Work, Working to Learn This post is my contribution to this months Work/Learning Blog Carnival hosted by the venerable Dave Ferguson. I wrote about trying to build learning into work when youre just too busy doing work. How do you learn at work? What are you looking at?
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. Photo Credit: Corner Pocket - Day 42 by Vox Efx Posted by Cammy Bean at 8:50 AM Labels: global , instructional design , market 6comments: KarROX said.
Right now Im working from home next to a sleeping baby. At work and at home. ; ) Nice to see your photos. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It.
So I created a new banner in Photoshop -- took another apple photo and added some text. Cammy--thanks for the compliment. :-) Im digging the new look and what you did with the banner. Although I was involved in the apple photo shoot as a prop dresser. My Photoshop skills are minimal, but this task I could handle. Great Job!!!
Im wondering if we should be talking about tiers of instructional design. Craft distance learning events for college credit that pull together elements of both asynchronous and synchronous learning experiences. Create online learning experiences for use in K-12 classrooms. Today Im feeling more like a hazy purple.
Photo credit: Graduation Cake Guy by CarbonNYC (David Goehring). Brent Schlenker of the eLearning Guild, commented on my post Memoirs of an Instructional Designer : Im one of the unfortunate ones with a actual honest to goodness Masters Degree in EdTech. Nothing I learned is actually applied today. And 73% of us dont.
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Sunday, May 10, 2009 Corporate Crush, Realized Have you ever had a corporate crush? Call me the new VP of Learning Design for Kineo US. Dreams do come true, and Im very happy for you, Cammy. Call me a blushing bride.
Im not looking for a job right now, so theres no urgent need. How do you show samples of e-Learning projects or solutions youve been involved with? Photo Credit: "Briefcase" by Gerson Robles from Stock.xchng Posted by Cammy Bean at 11:21 AM Labels: online portfolio 3comments: Kate Foy said. Your presence to the world?
The next project Im about to take on is going to be more of a just-in-time performance support tool. Photo credit: Hey guys, I captured the mouse! Im thinking that teaching in a scenario-based mode (e.g., Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Im not just thinking about the gadgets and the gizmos that you use or the instructional design "method" behind the process (e.g., How could you do that in an e-learning experience? Ahhh.Facebook as a learning tool!
Now Im not saying that SMEs are rats, or instructional designers are rats. Photo credits: The Last Happy Chef by Mykl Roventine Open Onion by Darwin Bell Mouse Spaghetti Tastes Better When Cooked by Jannes Pockele Posted by Cammy Bean at 11:17 AM Labels: instructional design 3comments: Michele Martin said. Even a rat. Great post!
Im still a really hands-on person. Or maybe Im just too lazy and poor. Now, Im not linking to John just because he is full of praise of me (which is nice and somewhat embarrassing, I must admit.), Im with you, Maria! An inquiry class Im taking takes me into the mind of Sherlock Holmes. Do you think it matters?
I can see how theorists might argue that reading text aloud to the learner addresses multiple "learning styles," but the real-world experience is one of frustration: you want to read ahead but you cant because the narrator reads more slowly than you do. Im with you. But I just thought that was my learning style. Youre right.
Photo credits: Exhausted by waffler Lasso by willac Guerrilla by bartleby78 Newborn baby by platinumblondelife5 Posted by Cammy Bean at 3:07 PM Labels: e-learning , instructional design , software training 11comments: Kiosco Salo Concepción said. Oh, except Im the developer and audio engineer too. My client hopes I go late.
Im a Word power-user and love all the little tricks and shortcuts. Photo credit: "One Heart" by Sanja Gjenero from stock.xchng Posted by Cammy Bean at 9:54 AM Labels: e-learning strategy , wiki 2comments: Michele Martin said. Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It.
Photo credit: Cello Inlay by asluthier Posted by Cammy Bean at 9:56 AM Labels: learning 9comments: Brent Schlenker said. Im avis fan of serendipitous learning. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? What unknowns have you crept into?
Now, maybe Im just jaded and want to get to an approved storyboard. Maybe its the fact that Im recovering from pneumonia and just dont have the energy to fight the fight. Photo credit: Microphone by hiddedevries Posted by Cammy Bean at 1:00 PM Labels: audio , instructional design 11comments: Beth Griese said. But I caved.
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 Video Games, Tire Swings and Learning My almost six-year old son LOVES video and computer games: Wii, Nintendo 64, computer, my iPod Touch. I struggle with this. Son carefully selects the right team and wins.
As Michael Allen says in Michael Allens Guide to e-Learning , "you can teach someone, but you cant learn someone" (to echo something Mark Oehlert recently ranted about ). But Imlearning. Photo Credit: Audrey Johnson from stock.xchng. I admit that this post is a bit messy.
Friday, January 25, 2008 Writing Less Objectionable LearningObjectives My recent post on alternatives to listing out learningobjectives generated a lot of interest and a good conversation. ( See My Objection to LearningObjectives.) Have you come up with some novel way to handle learningobjections?
A few people have "read" a few blogs -- written by friends with photos of children. Im not sure how this relates to danah boyds recent blog article on Viewing American class divisions through FaceBook and MySpace. Im a major geek, yet I avoid Second Life and continue to be skeptical about its use in elearning. But mostly not.
Photo Credit: Books by algiamil on stock.exchng Posted by Cammy Bean at 12:34 PM Labels: books , reading 5comments: Michele said. Great post, Cammy and Im completely with you on loving the physical feel of a good book. link] I hope that Im wrong. I doubt that I will ever want to give that up. Don 8:38 AM Davesaid.
Photo Credits: So many ducks.Ducking hell. by Gaetan Lee Cut my breath by batega Devil Duck by wonderferret Posted by Cammy Bean at 1:46 PM Labels: e-learning , games , instructional design , six sigma 13comments: Dave Ferguson said. Im glad youre on board with my ducks! Do you think I went too far with the rubber duck motif?
The guide contains the course model, week-by-week learning activities, general guidance to the course leader on how to implement and customize the course and specific guidelines on each learning activity. Educating the Net Generation - An EDUCAUSE e-Book The Net Generation has grown up with information technology.
I have a lot of issues with the whole "seat time" model (and Im thinking about sit and click style eLearning here of the self-paced variety): My seat time may be different than yours Is there supplemental material, like reading, that is optional -- or that might vary per user? How do you estimate seat time? 10:56 AM jadekaz said.
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Audio in eLearning: Cultural Differences? As Im ramping up in my new job, Im talking with my new Kineo colleagues about everything under the sun. Whats your take on using audio in eLearning?
Photo credit: Spirals On Blue by Tanakawho Posted by Cammy Bean at 10:20 AM Labels: instructional design 3comments: TRACY HAMILTON said. The more I get into this field the more I realize how big a problem (if you can call it that) it is to create the right learning for the student, but still appease the person thats ultimately paying you.
Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, January 07, 2009 When the Content is Really Boring. wait, Im getting verbose. Photo credit: Evil Clowns by Pink Moose Posted by Cammy Bean at 3:17 PM Labels: instructional design 8comments: CraigWiggins said.
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