Friday, August 29, 2008

Learning is not the opposite of teaching.

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That's it. The whole post. Can't remember who said it and Google doesn't say, so my apologies to the originator: "Learning ...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

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Kevin Brown, with the Office of the Worker Adviser, Central Client Services Unit, sat in on my "E-Learning on a Shoestring" sessio...
Sunday, August 10, 2008

Denver

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Am here for the Leadership Challenge forum (to reseach the new training package I'm writing as part of the LC series)and went out for a ...
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Friday, August 01, 2008

Way more than one born every minute

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This just in from a training colleague with a municipal government in a Midwestern state, and no I am not making this up, because, well, I d...
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Sunday, July 13, 2008

PowerPoint to Flash converter

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...so while I am a long-term user and big fan of PresentationPro's PowerConverter product, in the interest of democracy and all things ...
Monday, June 09, 2008

...And the Learners Start to Drive...

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With many innovations, the end users ultimately take the wheel. One of my pet interests is classroom trainer fears of e-learning, and I'...
Monday, June 02, 2008

When to Use Video

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Karl Kapp, Susan Boyd and I are in Philadelphia this week providing the ID Institute for the Society for Technical Communication Summit. I...
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

"Heat"

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Greetings from Sint Maarten, where I've spent the past couple of days in the sun reading (appropriately, as this is the island of high t...
Tuesday, April 01, 2008

New ID book ships next week!

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My new big red (very red) book ships next week, chock-full of tools, templates, checklists, worksheets, guidelines, tips, rants (well, only ...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Musings about level 1 evaluation....

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While I'm not much of a fan of Level I evaluation, I do think it can shed insight into the effectiveness of our programs if we ask the r...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

PowerPoint lesson of the day...

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Yesterday I watched someone wrestle to remove a background from a photo, using expensive software with a long learning curve, with lots of t...
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Sunday, March 16, 2008

Are you a technical communicator-type?

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Are you a technical communicator? Lots of "application training"? User manuals? "Help" data? I'm running the Instruc...
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Sunday, March 09, 2008

Using Game-Show Games to Replace Quizzes

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Cathy Moore has been having a discussion about "shoestring" approaches, and among her suggestions are using, 1. photos of real pe...
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

What does "LMS" mean to you?

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Will Thalhimer has a recent post in which he discusses "LMS" as the "Learning Means Sitting" mentality, while Mark Oehl...
Monday, February 25, 2008

Great E-Learning Tip 1: Develop a good treatment

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Want to make e-learning " better than bullet points "? Start by finding a way out of the static-content box and into an engaging t...
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Saturday, February 23, 2008

For my "E-learning Solutions on a Shoestring" readers

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I have been accused of neglect! Mea culpa! Readers of my "E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring" can check the bozarthzone for u...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008

FREE! Online course: "ID for the SME"

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I've been toying with the idea of developing an asynchronous "ID basics" course, and here Clive Shepherd has gone and created ...
Sunday, February 17, 2008

Virtual Worlds and Grammar Girl

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The Illinois online conference was chock-full of interesting sessions and much fun, including "cocktail hours" in Second Life (on ...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

A Blog by Any Other Name

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I just did my "Collaboration on a Shoestring" session for the Illinois Online Conference, where we talked about using Web 2.0 tech...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

A Proposal for Banning.... Pencils

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I heard Anders Gronstedt speak at Training 2008. After a great presentation on Web 2.0 technologies, including a nice visit to Second Life, ...
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