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. These are my current faves.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 16, 2008

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Im a (K)nitwit! Dan Roddy recently shared a link to a great article on tips for writing in a more conversational tone. Photo credit: Learn to Knit by abbynormy Posted by Cammy Bean at 12:50 PM Labels: instructional design , knitting , writing 3comments: Janet Clarey said. Good for you! Very cool.

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eLearningArt

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Those future trends include Spontaneous Learning Systems (SLS), Intelligent Mentoring Systems (IMS), and highly personalized learning services. The Internet is overflowing with instructional content and information presentation. You can read more about Clive on his blog. Finally, too much crappy information in content marketing.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 7, 2008

I primarily focus on the content, the writing, and the schmoozing with the client. (My Some of these discussions about tools is similar to the arguments that the main stream media has made about blogs and wikis. But Im not sure I can get people to hold their answers back. 1:32 AM Tom Kuhlmann said. Good post and comments.

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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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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. Write all the design documents, project plans, change orders, etc. The website copy.

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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. Now that Ive been actually doing some writing, Im having to put it all to work. Ideally, Im trying to figure out how to make this a bit interactive.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 11/28/2010 The most updated and informative e-Learning community on Twitter On Twitter exists a resourceful community of e-Learning professionals. Hi Paulo, thank you for the information that you share!

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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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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

My ID education has been completely on the job and informal. Im curious what other folks experiences has been. Im so happy to see you post this up. Im struggling with this right now. Im not on to trying to source another college or university to try out. Ryan 11:11 AM TRACY HAMILTON said. 12:20 PM she said. ".bide

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2007

The more one you participate in blogs, discussions groups and other social networking tools, the more information there is about you in the world for anyone to access. If you assume that everything you are doing, including what you write in email and IM, is fully public, you tend to protect yourself. If no, why not?

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Learning Visions

MAY 30, 2007

Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Blogging is the new Graduate School Im not the only one getting an informal masters degree out here. In a guest post on the Brazen Careerist, Ryan Healy writes, "maybe blogging is the new graduate school." This is why more young people should blog. but a little. Knowledge is viral.

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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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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 20, 2007

But I find them painfully boring to read and to write. Ray Sims has written a great summary on Writing Learning Objectives , with citations to some good resources, including Vicki Heaths post Learning Objectives: Writing Learning Outcomes So They Matter. I see the value. Thanks for the post, Cammy. 1:46 PM Cammy Bean said.

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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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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

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. And please, dont leave my blog alone. My ID blog matches my own MBTI test (INTJ).

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Learning Visions

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 The Big Question This months big question from the Learning Circuits Blog: What did you learn about learning in 2007? I learned that connecting with the blogging community has helped me get more passionate about my work as an instructional designer. Me: "Well, well have to write him a letter."

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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. Maybe Im not an instructional designer at all.

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Learning Visions

JUNE 12, 2007

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.) Most of what Im doing outside of work these days involves the care and feeding of two small people, ages 2 and 4.

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Learning Visions

AUGUST 16, 2007

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". Day 13: Search for an Affiliate Program My blog is not about making money. Ive got good awareness of what many other e-Learning bloggers are writing about.

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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. Currently Im playing the role of a learning consultant, taking care of solutions and operations for learning services. Hope to continue blogging and learning from you!! Jay Cross is at Internet Time Blog.

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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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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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Learning Visions

JULY 25, 2007

Other benefits of working with two monitors: 1) Have a source document open on one screen and be writing a proposal/storyboard/script on the other. 2) Watch an online Adobe Connect presentation in one screen and blog about it in the other. So the search feature -- I get that and Im sold. Very useful feature. Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JULY 26, 2007

Im not a techie -- far from it. Im an instructional designer with an emphasis on writing and schmoozing. Google Alerts A nice adjunct to Google Reader; Im always discovering something new via my "instructional design" alert. Im #34 on the list. Gmail Gmail love. Thanks, Karyn -- shes got it. Take the Survey!

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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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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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Learning Visions

AUGUST 13, 2007

And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. Steven Groves in the comments writes: What the Gartner report went on to say that you left out was a recommendation to continue on in a SL effort anyway, albeit with eyes open and cautiously, keeping a lookout for all the problems they cited. Dont invest any money.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 21, 2009

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. Thanks for sharing :) I have spread the news further here: [link] Through my new swoosh delicious blog (whatever!).

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Learning Visions

JUNE 28, 2007

Marshall McLuhan) -- Im not trying to be a smarty-pants here, but I looked this up and Gary was close: "We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. calculators -- can write on a whiteboard with your finger. As he writes the equations, the whiteboard solves them. We march backwards into the future." Take the Survey!

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 21, 2008

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! Blog Book Tour: Learning in 3D #lrn3d Allison Rossett: ELearning Isn’t What You Think It. So much on-demand training consists of boring page turners. I know I do.

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Learning Visions

APRIL 26, 2007

My current business card says Im a "Manager of Instructional Design". Since then, Ive done a bunch of freelance instructional design and script writing. And now Im here -- "Manager of Instructional Design." But at this point, Im here to stay. My point is this: I dont think Im that unusual. And yet here I am.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 21, 2008

Mostly software training, with bits of process and product information thrown in for good measure. This post has been removed by a blog administrator. Oh, except Im the developer and audio engineer too. And Im "lucky" enough to have access to the software. Im wondering if theres anything better out there.

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Learning Visions

MARCH 23, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009 Market Differences in eLearning Im a fan of the number 42. Here IDs sometimes work as technical writers and TW sometimes write courses to optimize the cost. I was wanting to bring this up as a discussion in my blog sometime. Do watch out, Im very keen to know what people would say. Take the Survey!

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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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Learning Visions

AUGUST 7, 2007

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. Day 7: Plan a Weeks Worth of Blog Posts. Im not trying to make money off this blog.

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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? Its a storage place for all that information. Then I realized Im a constant notetaker, in the pen-and-paper sense. Its called your head."

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