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Answering the Question: How Do We Keep Up

Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by .

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This Month’s ASTD Big Question is simple and complex–”How do we keep up?” Being in the field of instructional technology and teaching it to others–my students, consulting clients and others–it can be a real struggle to make sure I am on the cutting edge of what is happening. I employ five methods to try to [...]

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Why Open Content is Not Yet Adopted in the Workplace

Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by .

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ASTD’s Big Question for March is How do we leverage open content in workplace learning? The concept seems straightforward–a no brainer, take content that is used by many different organizations, and share it with others so that the overall cost is extremely low or free. Many organizations are involved with such initiatives. One of the [...]

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2009 Top Posts and Topics: Kapp Notes

Posted on 04. Dec, 2009 by .

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The ASTD Big question this month is an annual question: What did you learn about learning in 2009?So one of the tasks I will do to answer this question is to see what posts were the Best of 2009 from several different sources. First from eLearning Learning, Here are my top posts. Online Games for [...]

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Selling Social Media for Learning: ASTD Big Question

Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by .

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This month’s ASTD Learning Circuit’s Blog Big Question is “How do I communicate the value of social media as a learning tool to my organization?”Here are several ways to help sell Social Media in an organization. Address a Business NeedThe most important element in communicating the value of Social Media is to solve a pressing [...]

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2009 Predictions, Remembrance and Challenges

Posted on 06. Jan, 2009 by .

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ASTD’s Big Question for January is, again, a series of questions. What are your biggest challenges for this upcoming year? What are your major plans for the year? What predictions do you have for the year? First a little reflection. This year has been a busy year I’ve worked on: Analyzing Mobile Learning Opportunities within [...]

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ASTD’s Big Question for December 2008: New Learning

Posted on 26. Dec, 2008 by .

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The ASTD Big question this month is What did you learn about learning in 2008? I learn so much all the time from students, clients and colleagues, it is hard to narrow it down to just two or three things, but I’ll try. Here are a few of the lessons I have learned. Mostly about [...]

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The Right Place to Find Help: ASTD’s Big Question

Posted on 12. Nov, 2008 by .

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This month’s ASTD Big Question on the Learning Circuit’s Blog is about Social Networking and finding help and expertise if you have a question or a concern for which you need input and/or advice. The basic question is “If you need input from people, where’s the best place to ask?” But, then the question breaks [...]

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Help, I have an Instructional Design Master’s Degree and I Can’t Create E-Learning

Posted on 03. Oct, 2008 by .

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This month’s ASTD Big Question relates to a person who graduated from a theory-only program in Instructional Design and was not provided with the experience of actually creating instruction using any of the latest tools. So the question is: What advice would you give to someone who has no experience with e-learning development tools? Where [...]

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List to Learn, Learn to List

Posted on 08. Sep, 2008 by .

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This month’s ASTD Big Question is, again, a series of questions. Apparently one BIG question is not enough for the learning and development community. We aim to exceed expectations. If you have a to-learn list and are willing to share, and willing to share how you work with that list, that would likely be helpful [...]

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Do we really need to design differently for the so called "Digital Natives"?

Posted on 01. May, 2008 by .

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This month, I worked with Tony Karrer to help create the ASTD Big Question (which always seems to be multiple questions under one big theme.) The main question is Learning design differences for Digital Natives? Of course I have strong opinions on the topic due to the fact that I’ve written about it many times [...]

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