Category Archives: education
Fun with Dick & Carey in the real world
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Tagged community, dick and carey model, grad school, instructional design
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This semester I am taking a class called “Introduction to Instructional Design”. We are stepping through Dick, Carey & Carey’s textbook The Systematic Design of Instruction. The book examines the Dick and Carey model of instruction in detail. Here’s a … Continue reading
Learning Circuit Blog’s Big Question for November: Network Feedback |
The Learning Circuit Blog’s Big Question for November is all about Network Feedback, specifically if you need input from people, where’s the best place to ask? Tony asked for specific experiences on how to find the information you need, when … Continue reading
Learning Circuits Blog Big Question: E-Learning |
The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for October is about E-Learning, specifically: What advice would you give to someone new to the field (of E-Learning). Where do you start? Particular tools you should explore? Resources you should read? Videos/screencasts you … Continue reading
Don’t Do this: Require books that are out of print |
Don’t require your students to purchase books for your class that were last printed over 20 years ago, and are currently out of print. Make the chapters of those books available as pdf’s.
What’s a “To Learn” List |
This month’s Big Question over on the Learning Circuits Blog is about To-Learn lists. Here are the specific questions: If you have a to-learn list and are willing to share, and willing to share how you work with that list, … Continue reading
Don’t Do This: Name files incorrectly |
I have another entry in the “Don’t Do This” category. Don’t make the students work harder than necessary to access what they need for assignments. For instance, if you know forgetting to name a document .doc will confuse the download … Continue reading
Don’t Do This: Be unavailable when assignments are due |
I’m going to start a new category called “Don’t Do This”. Since I am a 100% distance student in my graduate program, I’m experiencing all sorts of frustration around the way classes are built and managed. This category will start … Continue reading
Can Second Life be used as a reliable Corporate Training Tool? |
Today, I set up a demonstration of Second Life for some of my senior management. I signed up for a conference on how to use Second Life for business, and went through some hoops with our IT department to get … Continue reading
PLEs and the new industrial revolution |
This blog post discusses PLEs (Personal Learning Environments) and how they are needed based on how this new industrial revolution we are in is changing education. The author discusses a 7-country study on ICT Learning (ICTs stand for Information and … Continue reading
What Competencies do Knowledge Workers Need?
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Tagged competencies, instructional technology, knowledge workers
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I am editing this post, because this month’s Biq Questions are: Should workplace learning professionals be leading the charge around these new work literacies? Shouldn’t they be starting with themselves and helping to develop it throughout the organizations? And then … Continue reading