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Introduction (Selling Sleep Disorder Relief)
Project-based learning example with a webquest for sales training. Created by Joe Deegan, permission OK so can be modified/reused by others
Clive on Learning: It's not enough to be a professional, you also have to act like one
Good points on acting like real professionals, not just "order takers" when developing training/learning
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You wouldn't hire an interior designer only to inform.them that you've already chosen all the colour schemes and furnishings; you wouldn't engage an accountant and then explain to them the way you wanted them to process your figures; you wouldn't employ a fitness trainer and then tell them what to include in your workout; you wouldn't buy a dog and then insist on doing all the barking.
So why, then, do we continue to encounter situations in which line managers tell the guys from l&d exactly what they want in terms of learning interventions, with the expectation that the they'll simply take those instructions and run.
BeyondE Learning
Free e-book in three parts: "Beyond E-Training," "Beyond the Classroom," and "Beyond Learning." Includes case studies and examples of how organizations are doing more with e-learning than traditional classroom training.
Will at Work Learning: New Research Report on Using Culturally, Linguistically, and Situationally Relevant Scenarios
Research on how to support learning with scenarios that are relevant to the specific situation. Even though this is explicitly about workplace training, the major recommendations could be adapted for instructional design in education contexts too.
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Utilize decision-making scenarios. Consider using them not just in a minor role—for example at the end of a section—but integrated into the main narrative of your learning design.
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Determine the most important points you want to get across AND the most important situations in which these points are critical. Then, provide extra repetitions spaced over time on these key points and situations.
In the Middle of the Curve: Wendy W - Knowledge Gardener
Tony Karrer suggested we might be known as "management consultants" in the future, but I like Wendy's "Knowledge Gardener" much better
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Thinking about the tools I'm building and the programs I'm developing - that seems more akin to the way I want my job to evolve. As a "knowledge gardener."
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So I've decided that my next 5 years will be spent as a "knowledge gardener." Helping people get the information they need. Encouraging people within my organization to talk to each other and share what they know. Facilitating learning when they need and want it (preferrably in much smaller chunks than they are getting now).
My Top 25 blogs for 2008 | The E-learning Curve at Edublogs
Michael Hanley has collected his list of top 25 blogs, related to e-learning, learning, training, and education. I'm on the list, and I recognize most of the names here, but there are some blogs that are new to me.
CCK08: How to Profit off of Open Source, Or at least pay the Bills « Bradleyshoebottom’s Weblog
Building on ideas from Stephen Downes on different models for sustainable open source work, this provides specific examples of how open source could benefit a complex industry like telecommunications and benefit that corporate environment.
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Now how do you make this open source and still pay the bills. One way would be to make the training content truly open like MIT. To recover costs, the manufacture or the training provider could charge for certification exam, access to mentors, discussion groups, and access the training equipment. So if certification credentials are import to the customer, then this model works.
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or example, I have already explained how the customer can build dynamic content around their features, but a customer could also using Wiki-like features, go in and upload their system schematics, photos, maps, or IP addresses and then have the content repository publish a unique document for the requestor. The automotive industry is already moving in this direction creating unique user manuals for each customer based on the features selected at the time of purchase.
Instructional Technology Program > Student Resources > Instructional Designer Skills
An old (1995) list of skills for instructional designers, very focused on the corporate training side of the field. I wonder why there's so little here about working with others; communication skills are kind of tacked on the end of the list as an afterthought. Communicating and collaborating with SMEs is such a big part of instructional design that I'm surprised that's never mentioned here.
Will at Work Learning: FREE Research Report on Feedback
21 points from research on feedback summarized, plus a downloadable free report with all the details. Feedback is generally good for learners and should tell them the right answers, plus maybe why it's right. Lots of insight about what kinds of feedback to use or how to use feedback depending on the results you're aiming for.
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- Immediate feedback prevents subsequent confusion and limits the likelihood for continued inappropriate retrieval practice.
- Delayed feedback creates a beneficial spacing effect.
- When in doubt about the timing of feedback, you can (a) give immediate feedback and then a subsequent delayed retrieval opportunity, (b) delay feedback slightly, and/or (c) just be sure to give some kind of feedback.
- Feedback should usually be provided before learners get another chance to retrieve incorrectly again.
Dave’s Whiteboard » Blog Archive » When you need incompetence fast
Summary of a model for creating incompetence--i.e., what NOT to do
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- Don’t let people know how well they’re performing.
- Give people misleading information about how well they’re performing.
- Hide from people what’s expected of them.
- Give people little or no guidance about how to perform well.
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Eide Neurolearning Blog: Video Game Training Narrows Spatial Gender Gap
- As a group, men tend to do better than women on visual spatial tasks. This research shows that 10 hours of training with a video game helped narrow the "spatial gender gap in spatial attention and mental rotation." - christyinsdesign on 2007-10-08
Online Training for Online Faculty
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"A checklist of the best strategies for designing and delivering online courses to train online faculty." Some of the tips are for the facilitator who will be doing the course (model what you want faculty to do), but some are design. I think we're mostly meeting the design strategies in our training now, although we could do more multiple modality training.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-08-08
Kapp Notes: Comparing 2D and 3D Synchronous Learning
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Karl Kapp has created a video demonstrating differences in approach to training in 2D and 3D environments. He starts with an example of what would be some pretty good 2D synchronous training, then shows what else can be done in a 3D environment like Second Life.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-07-21
TrainingBlogs
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Portal created in Pageflakes with an extensive collection of e-learning, training, and education blogs.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-07-13
IWorlds Simulations
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A different take on simulations--this is a physical location with a Star Trek TNG style bridge. It uses immersive problem based learning to teach teamwork and leadership. This looks like it would be a lot of fun.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-03-05
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