Category Archives: education

Systems approach of designing instruction

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I’ve posted before about the Dick & Carey method of instructional design – while I was taking a class based on the Dick & Carey method. This method of instructional design is very popular because it represents a systems method … Continue reading

Another view on the Informal vs. Formal learning

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I really like the posts on the blog Corporate eLearning Strategies & Development. This post gets right to the point of what Corporate Learning departments really need to focus on – enabling the performance of our audiences. From the post: … Continue reading

ASTD Big Question: What will workplace learning be like in 10 years?

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This month’s Big Question from ASTD is “what will workplace learning be like in 10 years?”. If you go to their post, there are already some really interesting thoughts and comments about this topic. Byron said “The best prophet of … Continue reading

Unpacking the Informal Learning definition

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This is a quick post coming from comments on my last post about Informal Learning. Just to recap, I used this this definition as a starting point for trying to define Informal learning: a type of education or training program … Continue reading

What is Informal Learning

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This question “what IS informal learning?” came up in a meeting the other day. The answer that was given was interesting – but it focused on educational technology. Today’s post will attempt to define informal, and in another post I’ll … Continue reading

PLE construction, instructors, & converting Instructor led learning to eLearning

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In my last post I talked about the learning environments (LEs) we as developers create for students, and the Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) students create to situate themselves so that they can master the course objectives. In this post I … Continue reading

Learning Circuits Blog Big Question: What are your Challenges, Plans and Predictions for 2009

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ASTD’s Learning Cirtuits Blog Big Question for January is What are your Challenges, Plans and Predictions for 2009? Since I haven’t done my New Year’s post yet, I’ll just talk to this question. Challenges I’ll talk about the challenges from … Continue reading

New term for me: Tesla

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From this BoingBoing post, which was written by Clay Shirky, introduced me to a new term. Tesla, or “time elapsed since labs attended” refers to testing software applications. Clay gives this definition for tesla: a measure of how long it’s … Continue reading

Big Question: What did you learn in 2008

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This month’s Big Question from ASTD’s Learning Circuits blog is What did you learn about learning in 2008? I started grad school in the Fall of 2007. So this year I took the following courses: Introduction to Instructional Systems Trends … Continue reading

Blogging as Reflective Practice

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I’ve been mulling this post over for a few days now. But after reading some of Harold Jarche’s posts, I have decided now is not the time to be scared to speak up. 🙂 I know everyone does not understand … Continue reading