Experiencing eLearning

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Blogging, presenting, and other forms of sharing expertise I spend a lot of time writing and speaking about scenario-based learning, instructional design, and other topics. I’m often booked several months in advance, so I generally can’t work with clients who need someone to start immediately.

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CommLab India

MAY 21, 2017

If you are planning to implement e-learning in your organization and decide to outsource its design and development work, then your first preference must be India. You can add value to your online training by choosing the right Indian eLearning partner. But, what makes an Indian eLearning partner better over the others?

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 6, 2011

Here are Upside Learning’s Top 50 eLearning Posts of 2010. Apple iPad Disappoints eLearning Industry. 10 Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design. Top 25 Rapid eLearning Blog Posts. Is HTML5 Ready for eLearning Development? 30 Top Online Resources For Instructional Designers To Keep Up With.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, February 15, 2008 Essential Reading for Instructional Design? As an instructional designer/eLearning professional, what books are the essential tools in your reference library ?

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 7, 2020

I sometimes see branching scenarios where the instructional designer has created 4 choices for each decision. If you have over 50 total decision points, for example, I would strongly consider reducing the number of options to 2. By default, we usually see multiple choice questions with 4 choices or options.

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Research Instructional Design Summary Quality 411

Convergence Training

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

We started with articles on quickly developing elearning courses and quickly creating live online learning , and then we summarized much of that with a webinar on getting training online quickly. Be sure to read her entire article, download her virtual training infographic, and buy her books to learn more. Learning Management Systems.

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Experiencing eLearning

AUGUST 13, 2019

Scenario examples for training – Learn instructional design for the workplace from Cathy Moore A collection of example scenarios from multiple sources, built in multiple tools. Cathy describes each scenario and asks questions to help you reflect about the design. Scenarios for Learning. Free for 5 scenarios to try it out.

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Upside Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2010

50 Ways To Use Wikis For A More Collaborative And Interactive Classroom. 10 Books Of Visual Ideas. Here are some book recommendations you might find intriguing. These are books that provide inspiration, examples and guidelines for visualizing concepts, information and data. The Top 50 Leadership Blogs Of 201 0.

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Experiencing eLearning

JANUARY 16, 2013

Last month, a reader named Jackie asked me a number of thoughtful questions about transitioning from teaching K-12 public school to instructional design. She graciously agreed to let me publish some of her questions and my answers here, since I thought others might be in similar positions and share these questions.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 11, 2011

These are my live blogged notes from a webinar today with Float Learning: Instructional Design for Mobile #id4mlearning. Resources: Gary Woodill’s The Mobile Learning Edge Clark Quinn, Designing mLearning Barbara Ballard, Designing the Mobile User Experience (We can tell a field is about to take off because there’s a big rash of books!)

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Kapp Notes

JANUARY 22, 2014

Unfortunately, the weather here in Pennsylvania did not cooperate with my desire to head to Las Vegas to talk about game design. Here is some information on thinking like a game designer. Improve Training: Thinking Like a Game Designer. Five Gaming Elements for Effective eLearning. A study by Ersner-Hershfield et al.

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Spark Your Interest

MARCH 26, 2020

If you want to offer something engaging, then embrace quizzing as an instructional strategy. Creating an info dump does 2 things. Firstly, it insults the learner. Secondly, it misses the opportunity to use the e-learning software to develop good learning. Instead how about using fun, interactive , and engaging learning activities?

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eLearning Weekly

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

I was very lucky to catch Mark Lassoff in between speaking at DevLearn, working on his forthcoming book from Focal Press, and producing his next training video for the company he founded, LearnToProgram.tv. Mark is an anomoly in the world of elearning these days, because he knows how to code. training company.

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Challenge to Learn

APRIL 13, 2014

This principle is an important requirement when building eLearning courses. To help you in achieving this, I’ll recommend again reading Tara Elkeles’ book: The Chief Learning Officer: Driving Value within a Changing Organization through Learning and Development. Now the question is how to do it? Get integrated into the business.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Inspired by JaneHart’s Top100 Articles of 2011 , I thought I should put down at least the top 50 thathas made me reflect and ponder in the past one year, has changed the way I dothings and shaped quite a bit of my work-life decisions. I have divided them across five categories for easy reference.

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learnWorlds

MARCH 30, 2022

Since the outbreak of the global pandemic, customer education has become a hot topic of discussion, and for a good reason. Recent research findings collected by Intellum (2019), present the importance and highlight the effectiveness of customer education on a wider spectrum. In the study, companies utilizing customer education reported: A 6.2

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Many instructional designers ( Christy Tucker , Wendy Wickham ) build their own courses using tools like Captivate. (See I primarily focus on the content, the writing, and the schmoozing with the client. (My

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Knowledge Guru

MARCH 14, 2017

We ask this because we often see companies that want to take massive amounts of content and squeeze it into a 30-minute eLearning course. Or organizations who want to squeeze a 30-minute eLearning course into a 5-minute “microlearning experience.” As an instructional designer, where do you begin?

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. At least from the instructional designers and the businesss point of view. 161) Break the Rules Allen urges instructional designers to break the rules: "Dont list objectives." I see the value.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Instructional Designers = Liberal Artists I recently posted a survey, asking instructional designers to tell us about their educational background and ID training.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 30, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. You are: Male 38% (13) Female 52% (18) Under 20 5% (2) 21-30 23% (8) 31-40 26% (9) 41-50 26% (9) 51 + 17% (6) None of this surprises me very much. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew! Take the Survey!

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 15, 2014

We have also been trying to leverage the power of emerging technologies for designing and developing cost effective and powerful performance support solutions. The study found that only 33 per cent of those involved in designing and delivering L&D said it had a lasting impact on their people or organisation. The result?

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Learning Visions

JUNE 14, 2006

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Titles include: Learning Strategy Alignment and 50 Ideas for Free e-Learning. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Take the Survey!

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Limestone Learning

JANUARY 31, 2025

Join Rachel Cooke, COO and HCM Principal Analyst at Brandon Hall Group, and Absorb LMSs Leslie Kelly, Chief Growth Officer, and Kristi Conlon, Fractional Chief Learning Officer, for a roundtable discussion on the essential steps to design and implement an award-winning upskilling program that delivers measurable results.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 12, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew! Take the Survey! Can I, um, have your attention, please?

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 9, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Friday, January 09, 2009 Instructional Objectives -- How Some of them Work Lunchtime webinosh with Will Thalheimer, PhD (president of Work-Learning Research, Inc. Next event: Fri. Well come back to that in a minute.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 16, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. For more on the power of forgetting, be sure to view Will Thalheimers The Learning Show: Dont Forget Forgetting Luckily, Ive found a great knitting book. Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Im a (K)nitwit! Good for you!

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Learning Visions

MAY 17, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. My instructional design postings will be sporadic, at best, over the next few months. Unless I decide to post about the absolute lack of instructional design manuals that come with new babies!

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Learning Visions

MAY 29, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. And if you cant make it to the Expo, join us for Beer & Bloggers/Tweeters/eLearning folks: Monday, June 1st 7/8:00ish and on at the Dubliner. The eLearning Salary Gender Gap Phew! Were booth #1926. Vernon Square.)

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 2, 2014

I was designing and teaching technical support training. Rader (co-author of the book Living Toad Free ), I decided to stay after the session and pose my dilemma to him. What he told me not only made complete sense, but also changed the way I designed training and has stayed with me for 15 years. It’s simple,” he said.

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 5, 2010

I came across this article and thought it listed some nice advantages of eLearning. The Advantages of eLearning. Even if employees had the time to attend all the courses and seminars and to read all the books and reports they should to remain up-to-date in their area of work, the cost of such learning would be prohibitive.

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Challenge to Learn

MARCH 20, 2015

The ATD published a report on Instructional design: “Instructional design now: a new age of learning and beyond” They did a survey among 1120 learning professionals. Info-graphic by ATD on report: instructional design now. Another interesting list is the challenges instructional designers face.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 2, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. This has very little to do with eLearning - although Im sure those of you with a creative mindset could think of something! Be tactful when issuing instructions or in making criticisms. You Go, Girl!

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 14, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Interviews on Instructional Design Last night, Dr. John Curry interviewed me for his Introduction to Instructional Design class. 7:50 AM Cammy Bean said. Curry said.

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Mike Taylor

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Would you like to infuse your eLearning content with energy, making it more interactive and engaging? Save a spot News & Notes The Art of Emotion Normans 3 Levels of Emotional Design The Rundown: Good design isn’t just about aestheticsits about making users feel something. Is anyone else feeling this?

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Ive corresponded a bit with a woman who is currently a teacher but wants to move into instructional design, specifically for K-12. In both modes, the lessons were designed to meet very specific academic standards.

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Learning Visions

MAY 5, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Ive been reading e-Learning and the Science of Instruction (2003) by Ruth Clark and Richard Mayer. Id say this is a must-read for learning/experience/ instructional designers, or whatever you may call yourself.

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