Because repetition is a key ingredient of learning, I've just spent the last 30-60 minutes reviewing Clive Shepherd's The 60-Minute Masters, a brief primer on creating good eLearning, rapidly.
I urge you to do the same.
Showing posts with label 30-minute masters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 30-minute masters. Show all posts
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
5 Myths About Rapid E-Learning
An excellent post on the Articulate blog by Tom Kuhlmann: 5 Myths About Rapid E-Learning.
Nice synthesis of many of the conversations that have been floating around about the role of SMEs and all these great content creation tools that empower non-programmers to create e-Learning, including this one here which had a good comment thread.
Clive's 30-Minute Masters Wiki got a nice plug -- "Create a way to help your SME learn more about building effective e-learning courses. " Clive's wiki is really evolving nicely. It's great to see all of the input and collaboration from folks like Cathy Moore, Clark Quinn and Dan Roddy.
Nice synthesis of many of the conversations that have been floating around about the role of SMEs and all these great content creation tools that empower non-programmers to create e-Learning, including this one here which had a good comment thread.
Clive's 30-Minute Masters Wiki got a nice plug -- "Create a way to help your SME learn more about building effective e-learning courses. " Clive's wiki is really evolving nicely. It's great to see all of the input and collaboration from folks like Cathy Moore, Clark Quinn and Dan Roddy.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Beginning Instructional Designer's Toolkit
I want to incorporate a reading list for the next level of the 30-minute masters (taking a crash course in Instructional Design). This would be for those who want to take their own learning to the next level. A list of important books, key terminology, basic theory.
Because it's true -- you can impress your clients and peers by working "cognitive load" into a sentence. And, more importantly, you can improve your design when you understand the theory.
(I'm not a big theory person. I'm much more into practical application. This is probably why I have never gone for that master's degree...)
These are terms that I have learned (some relatively recently) and thought, why didn't I know this ten years ago if it's so important? I'm not saying that these theories are right or wrong -- but they get tossed about and referred to with great relish by some in the industry. And I have learned a lot by looking into each of them.
This is just a starting point and doesn't provide links. Perhaps we just include this in the wiki and the informal learners can go off and do their own research (because we learn best by doing, right?).
Please add your own essentials.
My list begins as such:
Important Theories and Terms:
Gagne's 9 Events
Kirkpatrick Levels
ADDIE
Cognitive Load Theory
ARCS (John Keller)
Books:
Ruth Clark: e-Learning and the Science of Instruction
Malcom S. Knowles, et al: The Adult Learner
Other Good Resources:
Clark Quinn The Seven Step Program for e-Learning Improvement (PDF whitepaper)
Will Thalheimer Learning Show: Don't Forget Forgetting
Will Thalheimer Learning Research Quiz
Because it's true -- you can impress your clients and peers by working "cognitive load" into a sentence. And, more importantly, you can improve your design when you understand the theory.
(I'm not a big theory person. I'm much more into practical application. This is probably why I have never gone for that master's degree...)
These are terms that I have learned (some relatively recently) and thought, why didn't I know this ten years ago if it's so important? I'm not saying that these theories are right or wrong -- but they get tossed about and referred to with great relish by some in the industry. And I have learned a lot by looking into each of them.
This is just a starting point and doesn't provide links. Perhaps we just include this in the wiki and the informal learners can go off and do their own research (because we learn best by doing, right?).
Please add your own essentials.
My list begins as such:
Important Theories and Terms:
Gagne's 9 Events
Kirkpatrick Levels
ADDIE
Cognitive Load Theory
ARCS (John Keller)
Books:
Ruth Clark: e-Learning and the Science of Instruction
Malcom S. Knowles, et al: The Adult Learner
Other Good Resources:
Clark Quinn The Seven Step Program for e-Learning Improvement (PDF whitepaper)
Will Thalheimer Learning Show: Don't Forget Forgetting
Will Thalheimer Learning Research Quiz
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