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Working on a number of projects (including the newest book) but am also creating a mini-course with my good friends at Kaplan EduNeering. I’ve written a number of whitepapers and done a number of projects with their Chief Learning Officer and now she and I have teamed up with the folks from the 8:45 Club […]
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Leave a Comment (4) →Are students the only ones who ever learn in the classroom? Most teachers will say that they didn’t really know the material until they teach it. Therefore, instructors, trainers and teachers should encourage a “Teaching to Learn” atmosphere in their virtual or face-to-face classrooms. This method asks learners to teach what they are learning to […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Ever wonder how long it takes to design and develop one hour of e-Learning? Lots of people have wondered and there are a few resources on the topic: Here is a good one by Bryan ChapmanHow long does it take to create learning? Here are survey results from The eLearning GuildThe e-learning Development Time Ratio […]
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Leave a Comment (9) →What are the Results of Good ID While informal learning is all the rage and provides a number of benefits like speed and peer-to-peer interaction and exchanges of information, good, sound instructional systems design is still necessary. A systematic approach provides good sound instruction and promotes learning and knowledge acquisition. As designers of instruction via […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →In 1961, when President John F. Kennedy announced the goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade, it was a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG). No country had ever put a man on the moon but a mere eight years later the goal was accomplished. The country geared up […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Today I am presenting to a group at Johns Hopkins concerning nursing education and technology. Here is a link to a page that contains the handout. And here are the slides for the presentation. NursingInnovations in Learning Technology and What it Means to Nursing Education View more OpenOffice presentations from kkapp. __ Catalog of Recommended […]
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Leave a Comment (5) →One of the best methods of teaching learners how to solve a problem is through the use of case studies and branching stories. A goal of a problem solving e-learning module is to present a problem to the learner that closely approximates an actual situation the learner will encounter on the job. Include the following […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →One article that I wrote seems to get more attention than any other, it is called How Long Does it Take? Estimation Methods for Developing E-Learning and while the formulas and ideas in the article are up-to-date (written in 2003), one section really needs to be updated. That is the section on Industry Standards. I […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →What does it take to be wise? It has to be more than knowledge, it has to be more than just experience, it is more than just training, but all those things are required as a foundation for wisdom. Then you need to add insight, creativity, looking at things through the right lense and a […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Recently I’ve been working with a couple of organizations that have related but not exactly the same problem. At one organization, the training of a new employee takes so long that managers and supervisors are becoming frustrated at the slowness of the rate of preparation. It is almost 6-8 weeks of nothing but training. At […]
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