Learning Visions

MAY 6, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Describing What You Do: Instructional Design Youre at a playground and you start talking to the mom sitting on the bench next to you. Me: Im an instructional designer. I create eLearning.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 4, 2011

Last week I had a phone conversation with Ian Huckabee of WeeJee Media. Cammy Bean’s latest blog post provides many ideas as well as real-life examples for Using Social Media for Learning. As I write this blog, the man now has 94,894 followers on Twitter and every major news outlet in the world is scrambling for an interview.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 8, 2011

Too bad my crystal ball is in the shop for repairs, but I think we can muddle through. It has been around for all of my 15+ years as an instructional designer and training developer, and goes back much further than that. I hope you’ll share yours with us as well. OK, so this is not about the easy questions.

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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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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 8, 2011

I agree with Clive’s observations on this topic. You receive a link to the eLearning and instructions in your email to complete the work before the system goes live in two weeks. OK, this is kind of a worst case scenario, but I have actually seen this happen…on more than one occasion.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 22, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS What Can March Madness Teach Us About Blended Learning? I live and breathe Minnesota sports and love golfing, boating, skiing, traveling, and attending live music. Download the whitepaper » Blog this!

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Experiencing eLearning

MARCH 23, 2021

I have given a number of presentations on scenario-based learning over the past five years, plus a few presentations on other topics. I have also had the pleasure of being interviewed on several podcasts and video casts. Scenario-Based Learning: Why & How. Streamlining Branching Scenario Planning and Design.

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Today, I’m sharing two categories of my top posts of 2021. The first category is the top posts that I wrote and published this year, excluding updates of old posts. The second category includes the top posts by overall views, regardless of when I actually published them. Evergreen blog posts. Top 5 posts overall.

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Association eLearning

JANUARY 20, 2015

I found something interesting while cleaning off an old shelf recently. I planned on reading it one last time and then donating it. Instead, I kept the book. If you reinforce the same key information with examples, it provides context and lets your members see why the content is important. Here’s a summary.

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Kapp Notes

APRIL 21, 2012

The first week of the blog book tour has ended and it has been a fantastic week with informative blog posts, information and opinions about gamification and even a bit of controversy. Week One Recap. She felt that in an industry where knowledge is valued that withholding knowledge to shape behavior or action was wrong.

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eLearningArt

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

I think a good place is by asking 49 of the world’s leading eLearning experts the top 3 trends they predict for 2017. So that’s just what I did. Expert commentary reveals insights: In addition to their 3 votes, each expert included commentary on why they picked the trends. What does the future of eLearning hold?

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Experiencing eLearning

DECEMBER 6, 2022

I’ve had the opportunity to be interviewed on some wonderful podcasts over the last few years. I have also recorded several conversations about instructional design careers, freelancing, and other topics. I had a great conversation with Betty Dannewitz on her If You Ask Betty podcast.

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Association eLearning

MARCH 29, 2017

Why People Like Visuals. And seeing them will make more sense than if I try to explain purely with words! Find a text heavy screen or course and challenge yourself to visually re-design it without altering the content. I did this for one of the sessions I attended at the Learning 2016 conference. Visual Appeal.

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eLearning Architect

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Creating an experience I was recently listening to a podcast about user experience. Rather than looking at interior design as static objects - the room, furniture, colour of the walls and carpet - she was looking at interior design as an experience. But it is the commitment to watching a movie that I don’t like.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 3, 2016

I recently gave a presentation to the Online Network of Independent Learning Professionals about blogging to build your business. This is specifically about what I have learned about blogging to build your reputation as a learning consultant over my 9+ years of blogging. Mistakes I Made. Blogging Platforms.

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Experiencing eLearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As I read online, I bookmark resources I find interesting and useful. I share these links periodically here on my blog. This post includes links on story design, visual design and usability, tools, and templates. Story design. Rance Green summarizes the structure for instructional story design.

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Experiencing eLearning

MAY 8, 2012

Ruth Clark posted at ASTD an article titled “ Why Games Don’t Teach.” Before I continue, I want to say that I enjoyed her book, eLearning and the Science of Instruction , and I have found some of the research there valuable. I respect her past contributions to the field.

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Upside Learning

JANUARY 8, 2013

We have compiled the 50 best eLearning posts of 2012 from our blog. And for us, it’s a time to relook at the posts that trended on twitter and other social channels, and were loved by our readers. The Mobile Learning Ecosystem I – 10 Important Questions. Instructional Design Basics: Designing A Timeline.

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CourseArc

AUGUST 30, 2022

Designers in CourseArc weave together multifaceted learning experiences that get to the heart of comprehension. Our favorite authoring tools keep designers organized and efficient as they expand their rich content library. As a person that loves to find efficiency gains in any process, I love the collaborative feature!

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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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LearnDash

AUGUST 10, 2021

Reviews from course creators: One of our most common pre-sales questions is: Do I have to be a professional developer to use LearnDash? That’s why we love getting reviews from course creators of all levels, because it really goes to show that we’ve succeeded in building a plugin that is favored by beginners and professionals alike. “I

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Association eLearning

APRIL 30, 2014

Certainly, corporations may opt to provide their own highly specialized training, but why can’t associations become the go-to resource for educating the broad workforce, letting corporations focus on their business. Instructional models. This process is time-consuming, but designed to create an effective learning experience.

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Ashley Chiasson

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

If you haven’t read my Instructional Designer Origin Story , I’ll give you the brief rundown of how I got into Instructional Design: Graduated from university and was applying for graduate programs in Speech Language Pathology. Didn’t know Instructional Design was a thing.

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Knowledge Guru

JUNE 12, 2013

If the sign-ups for our learning game design workshops and Primer on Play workshops are any indicator, learning and development professionals are clamoring for solid guidance on how to get started in learning game design or “game-based learning.” These people will NOT make good game designers.

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The Learning Dispatch

DECEMBER 6, 2018

And here I want to add to your list. Dr. Kevin Gumienny is our senior learning architect and leads Microassist’s instructional design team. Kevin Gumienny is our senior learning architect and leads Microassist’s instructional design team. Why do I need to do that? Videos designed to train.

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Upside Learning

JUNE 4, 2009

If you’ve not yet visited this website, I strongly recommend you do. Instructions for participating in the survey read: “Please provide the names of your 10 favourite tools for creating learning for others , for your own professional practice or personal productivity PLUS a sentence or two why you like each one.”.

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Web Courseworks

JULY 13, 2017

My favorite aspect of working as an instructional designer is the creative work. I love writing branching scenarios, preparing presentations for conferences and webinars, and editing images for clients’ courses. I also enjoy testing out new software to see how I can best leverage it as a creative outlet.

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mLearning Revolution

OCTOBER 8, 2013

I just finished reading an excellent book written by Dan Saffer titled Microinteractions: Designing with Details. Dan writes that: “the difference between a product we love and a product we just tolerate are often the microinteractions we have with it.” The New Articulate Studio ’13.

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Dashe & Thomson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Tony Karrer is taking a break from the Learning Circuits blog big question of the month (#LCBQ). In Tony’s place, the LC Blog will invite thought leaders and industry experts to post and manage their own LCBQs on a weekly basis, starting next month. ” It’s a good question, and I am happy to share my thoughts.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 11, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Effective design using PPT as a tool. But will talk about how to make instruction more engaging, interactive and interesting. But will talk about how to make instruction more engaging, interactive and interesting.

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eLearning Brothers

DECEMBER 20, 2016

At some point, we should probably create a blog post that ranks our top 10 posts that have “Top 10″ in the title, but for now, you’ll have to settle for our top 25 eLearning blog posts for 2016. 10 eLearning Game Ideas for Instructional Designers. 10 Top Graphic Design Tips for Beginners.

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Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 11, 2010

A few books I like are Thriving Through Change by Elaine Biech, Managing Transitions by William Bridges, and ADKAR: A Model for Change in Business, Government and Our Community by Jeffrey M. For advice on planning an eLearning pilot, check out a previous post on this blog: Collecting Data from an eLearning Pilot. Sounds obvious, right?

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learnWorlds

MARCH 30, 2022

I want this! Before Adam started working at Slack, he worked as a Content Developer, Instructional Designer, Community & Customer Education Director for Optimizely, Checkr, Kasasa and Enspire Learning. Services: Curriculum/instructional design. Create a beautiful online school without any technical skills.

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mLearning Revolution

JULY 25, 2012

I love Mobile and everything that it represents. I like the physicality of touch, the idea that nothing gets in the way of me and my content, no keyboard, no mouse, no stylus, no usb ports for a microphone or webcam to connect to, nothing but touch. I enjoy the simplicity of mobile. The Mobile Effect. Amazing right?

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 25, 2010

I was asked about approaches for eLearning for Sales People. Of course, it’s such a big topic that I decided to cheat and quickly point the person to eLearning Learning and particular to eLearning Sales , eLearning Sales Metrics , Sales eLearning Case Studies , and Sales Performance Support. By Shelley A. Illustrate a concept.

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LearnDash

MARCH 3, 2013

Personally, I always encourage my fellow e-learning pros to share their knowledge, and more often than not, I am met with reluctance. Listen, I get this, why would you know something that someone else doesn’t? Why would someone else take your word for it over someone else? People love to learn.

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The Learning Dispatch

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

And here I want to add to your list. Why do I need to do that? Why enable people who have disabilities relating to hearing, vision, mobility, or cognition to access the training that your organization provides? Why Do Training Programs Need Accessible Elearning? But How Do I Know My Elearning Is Accessible?

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