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Just because you are creating Rapid E-Learning, that doesn’t mean it needs to be boring e-learing. Follow these tips to increase the “applicability” of your rapid e-learning to the learner’s job. Specifically point out how the learning will impact the learner’s job (if you don’t know this, don’t create the instruction.) Show the learner the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →As the blog community continues to grow… more and more interesting people are joining the conversation every day and adding interesting perspectives. Two people who have recently joined will make it especially interesting First a welcome to Tony O’Driscoll who leads Performance Architecture Analysis and Design for IBM Sales Learning. He already has a great […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is a reminder for you ASTD Members. February’s Featured T+D Webcast: Rapid Learning Join ASTD tomorrow at 2:00 PM ET for this month’s featured T+D Webcast, which examines how the need to deliver training materials faster is altering design and delivery of training programs. Karl Kapp, a faculty member at Bloomsburg University, and Allison […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Lately there has been some talk about what exactly instructional designers do and what value they add to the process. Brent Schlenker in his response to the ASTD Big Question asks, Well, I think the biggest question is STILL, “Why US?”. Why do we (“learning professionals”) continue to think we have the answers that are […]
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Leave a Comment (12) →One thing Second Life, Online games, and high quality streaming video need to be successful is a broadband connection. Fortunately, it seems that broadband access is becoming less and less of an issue: U.S. residential broadband penetration is expected to exceed 50 percent in 2007–and the U.K. isn’t far behind. By the end of 2007, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Here is the big announcement: Kaplan, Inc., one of the world’s leading providers of educational services, has signed an agreement to acquire EduNeering Holdings, Inc., a top provider of knowledge management solutions that assure regulatory compliance and improve business performance. EduNeering designs and deploys knowledge management solutions for organizations in the pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare, […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Gushers are clearly aimed at kids, adults don’t eat these things. Yet, here is an ad for the kids to get 4 cell phones. The marketers certainly understand that kids love gadgets. __ Recommended Games and GadgetsRecommended BooksContent Guide
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Leave a Comment (2) →Rarely are e-learning courses evaluated at the reaction level (level 1). The level that provides face validity to the content and measures customer satisfaction. I have created a short list of questions related to level 1 e-learning evaluations but would really like some input on other questions that might be appropriate at the end of […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →The future of higher education is online. Unfortunately, many faculty and administrators can’t see the tidal wave of online learning that is approaching but it is approaching. The cost of higher education is untenable in its current form. Just like manufacturing was 20 years ago, same with financial institutions, insurance…those industries were changed forever by […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →One of the most important elements of good instructional design is creating good questions, even if you are doing rapid e-learning. One rapid e-learning package that I have been introduced to recently is Flashform by a company called Rapid Intake. They have a package that allows the designer to quickly create instruction and to add […]
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