Wendy’s blog notes from a presentation by Clark Quinn is a great follow-up to my recent post about Donald Clark’s comment regarding “clip arting” courses to death. Among the points I’d highlight here are: We can’t “create” learning- We can design environments conducive to learning. Can’t dump a bunch of knowledge on people and expectContinueContinue reading “Deeper Instructional Design”
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Learning Communities List : eLearning Technology
Tony Karrer has posted a list of learning communities. A few on LinkedIn and Ning; a couple email lists. These look like pretty good places to start if you’re looking for this kind of stuff. I’m already following most of these but there’s at least one that I’m headed to check out. Although it’s tiedContinueContinue reading “Learning Communities List : eLearning Technology”
Rapid tools: more bubble machine than bubble
“Clip art it to death”. When I read that line is Donald Clark’s post I thought he must be seeing the same types of things that I’ve been seeing a lot of in my organization lately. Another phrase I’m reminded of when it comes to clip art, animations and other distracting items is “Just becauseContinueContinue reading “Rapid tools: more bubble machine than bubble”
Microsoft Word Help at www.ShaunaKelly.com
Microsoft Word Help at http://www.ShaunaKelly.com
Making the Election Video: Behind the Scenes | Common Craft – Explanations In Plain English
My bet is that people think since these videos are “simple” that take only a short time to create. This post is a great illustration to the point that it takes LONGER to create short, simple, elegant, stories that tell a great story very well. It takes a lot of thought and work. If you’veContinueContinue reading “Making the Election Video: Behind the Scenes | Common Craft – Explanations In Plain English”
Flowgram
I saw this awhile back and came across it again via Karl This looks like a very useful, effective way to present content from a varierty of different sources and include an audio narration. This is one more for the To Do list. Flowgram | More Web 2.0 for Writing.
T+D Blog: Lifelong Learning Accounts
T+D Blog: Lifelong Learning Accounts. What a great idea!
Learnlets » eLearning 2.0
I believe training anybody on any particular tool (even the seemingly ubiquitous Microsoft Office suite), is the wrong way to go. Talk to them about the skill (writing, creating presentations, etc), and then give some assignments across a couple of different tools. This gives you transferrable skills, which will equip you to communicate and collaborateContinueContinue reading “Learnlets » eLearning 2.0”
Developing Online Training and Presentation Materials | Sun Learning eXchange
Developing Online Training and Presentation Materials | Sun Learning eXchange. Sun has lots of “2.0-ish” information including this video site. This particular video is a nice one about PowerPoint to video using Camtasia. The rest of the site has good info and examples of wikis, blogs, etc in a corporate setting.
Facilitating Online Communities: Leigh’s Facilitation Skills
Facilitating Online Communities: Leigh’s Facilitation Skills. I’m participating in Leigh Blackall’s Online Facilitation course and this is a post from a fellow participant that points to 10 good facilitation skills. It’s a great list to reference if you facilitate any online activities. Thanks for the link Sylvia!
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