I teach a class called “Managing Multimedia Projects” in that class students are given an RFP for an e-learning based proposal and they have to develop a solution. This semester the idea came from an alumni, Chris Chappell who has created a site called MyBestDay.net. Four student teams are presenting this semester and are focused […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →Cliff showed some examples of the work his company does to help clients meet their performance needs. Cliff gave examples of how his company designed a postcard telling the learners about a learning event that was going to happen, then they sent out an email and then they sent out a “movie trailer” to link […]
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Leave a Comment (3) →David Cerreta and Chris Deluca from LeanForward presented their thoughts and experiences with the needs of clients and client expectations. They discussed the needs of younger learners (18-23) in terms of how they expect to learn online. They highlighted a number of projects they have created. They talked how a client hired technology only company […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Rachel Vazquez and Pete Mitchell (alum) presented on how they used video in e-learning and how they had to convert video to an e-learning format. They also discussed how they are delivering training via video iPods. Captured content via Centra, sent playback to vendor to transcribe and converted it into a minute script in aCNN-type […]
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Leave a Comment (1) →Alum Scott Fisher and Shawn Rosler talked about how they are using Captivate to create user training on a software system used for electronic medical records. The training they create are e-learning modules that emulate the software system but they use those modules in class to make the training easier and more effective for the […]
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Leave a Comment (2) →David talked about Innovative Technology vs. Real World restrictions. Dave focuses more on the technology side of the business than the instructional design aspects. He talked about what types of technologies people have on their computers. Most people see Flash 8 players materials and think they are awesome but in many corporate environments (especially largers […]
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Leave a Comment (4) →Next, Kate Wartchow from Performance Development Group presented Five Steps to Blended Bliss. She started with a discussion of what are the challenges designers faced when working with blended e-learning. Audienc members mentioned that learning is sometimes though of as either a “workshop” or e-learning module. Clients don’t understand that learning is a process that […]
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Leave a Comment (4) →During the next three days, we are having our Corporate Advisory Council (CAC) meeting at Bloomsburg University. It is a unique opportunity for corporate professionals in the learning and e-learning field to mix and mingle with pre-professionals in the field, Master’s students who are studying to become instructional designers. We are going to blogcast this […]
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Leave a Comment (10) →There are many times in many industries when acronyms are used as if they were “real” words and everyone assumes everyone else knows what they mean. Soon, no one even remembers what the acronym stands for. This posting is to define the term ADDIE. ADDIE is an acronym for the process of designing and developing […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →We had a beautiful audio track for the online module but only a handful of the learners in the field had speakers…so, basically no one could hear the audio. –Training Director of Large Fortune 500 Company Unfortunately this situation, and hundreds like it occur every day because the “Analysis” step of the ADDIE model is […]
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