Category Archives: learning

WeirdGuy has a good post about learning and fun. Check out the “10 Benefits of the Fun Factor” section. Sort of meshes wit Gagne’s Nine events?

Building the plane WHILE you’re flying it. This might be the ultimate example of Rapid Instructional design. What a great idea! http://thiagi.com/pfp/IE4H/october2007.html#TrainingDesign

I was just looking over the ELearning Guild’s “Handbook of e-Learning Strategy” and saw these nice e-Learning related graphics. I think these are nicely representations of the process  designed . Kudos to the designer of these.

Our LMS vendor has suggested that this (BIRT) may be one possible solution for our reporting needs. Hmmm..not so sure what to make of that. Do you know anything about this? [podtech content=http://media1.podtech.net/media/2007/09/PID_012699/Podtech_birt_exchange_reporting_commun.flv&postURL=http://www.podtech.net/home/4264/eclipse-birt-exchange-collecting-tacit-knowledge-for-the-user-community&totalTime=461000&breadcrumb=bb4e9b1ad21f450da7165dae0569d901]

Nice slideshare.net presentation about WordPress.com …and this nice one about how to embed slideshare.net content

Super, quick & easy blog posting. Seems like blogging with training wheels sort of – but that is not always a bad thing. Mine is here http://tmiket.tumblr.com/ I can think of some good uses for this. For newbies, parents, etc. How about you?

[via Soul Soup ] This is a good reference to see if there are other tools that you could be using to collaborate better. How are you using these tools that are listed? Are there any that are new to you?

Based on Brandon Hall research the most common requirements when selecting an authoring toll are: 1.    Novice friendly, yet still has underlying extensibility for complex interaction types. 2.    No plug-in required (with the exception of Flash output). 3.    Adherence to SCORM specification and AICC standards. (The real need is full interoperability with many LMS solutions.)ContinueContinue reading “Another Top 10…Most wanted online course features”

Although this article is touted for NEW trainers & teachers I think we can take a moment to review this to check in and make sure we’re doing many of these things regardless of how long we’ve been a trainer or teacher. Creating Passionate Users: Ten Tips for New Trainers/Teachers Powered by ScribeFire.

Nice article from Digital Inspiration discussing options for putting presentations online with advantages of each http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/08/upload-powerpoint-presentations-ppt.htmlPowered by ScribeFire.