AS MORE marketers use social media such as Twitter and Facebook in their professional and personal lives, the lines between the official company line and private comment are becoming increasingly blurred. In the past few days a spat between a senior executive at IBM and a journalist was played out very publicly on Twitter. IBM’s…
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e-Learning Terminology
I’m currently working with some groups of learners, all new to e-Learning in the organisational context – one of the challenges is getting their heads around all the terminology – so – we look for quality glossaries of terms online as reference points.I found this one the other day – and thought I’d just have…
Read MoreDeveloping e-Learning Content
Christie Schneider – The Learning Group – Lead instructional designerBarry Gordon – Savv-e – Lead Instructional designer These guys started then a cute little banter – really challenged some of the previous presentations….challenging that e-Learning is not really about content – how they handle the clients and strategies to develop content! Christie: Designing e-Learning that…
Read Moreemail Overload
How many emails – not counting spam – do you receive a day? Even taking a couple of days off creates havoc in my inbox!!! I found this article the other day in the Harvard Business School Working Knowledge newsletter and thought there was some great ideas & tips that we could all practice…I wonder…
Read Moree-Learning Design made simple
From the new Training Pacakges @ Work website – teachers, trainers and stakeholders in the Australian vocational education and training system can now benefit from the latest tips on developing and delivering e-learning programs. The website offers simple guidelines for developing e-learning courses, and includes case studies of successful e-learning programs and a detailed guide…
Read MoreScenario-based Questions
What’s the best way to measure learning with scenario-based questions? From Questionmark Scenario-based questions present learners with realistic situations and ask them to make decisions appropriate for those situations. These questions, sometimes called simulation-like questions, are much more effective than traditional knowledge-based questions because they prepare learners to remember what to do. Scenario-based questions can…
Read MoreUsability in e-Learning
From the latest edition of Learning Circuits – ASTDs online e-zine is a valuable article on usability. FOr anyone developing their own products – this is an essential part of the process BEFORE you launch it on a large scale! For practitioners buying products off-the-shelf – this is equally essential to the success of the…
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The information on 4 Generations in the Workplace has been one of the most regularly visited entries on the LTUG blog. To further enhance our practice, here are some articles on Generation X that may be of interest: Tips for Managing Gen-Xers: http://www.workforce.com/archive/artcile/22/05/28.php Short list of ways to interact with and motivate 20-somethings. Learning: Generation…
Read MoreTMR Research report on collaboration products
Here’s a detailed research report on virtual classroom and collaboration systems from TMR (Training Media Review) – features a detailed WebEx product review too! http://www.tmreview.com/researchreports/pdf/WebEx.pdf
Read MoreGoogle it!
A new addition from Google: http://scholar.google.com/scholar/about.htmlIf you haven’t already discovered this part of Google, then explore it and direct your students there – besides, they Google everything already, don’t they?!!!
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