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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Training Forum, October 20, 2010
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Training Forum, October 20, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Wikis, Wikis, Wikis
Great resources from Tony Karrer about using Wikis in learning. It's something I've been talking about all week so glad I came across this blog post!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Continuing Education | Training Moves With the Times | Chemical Processing
Continuing Education Training Moves With the Times Chemical Processing
Intersting article on the trend toward blended learning enviornments that use short targeted online sessions to augment traditional classroom training.
Intersting article on the trend toward blended learning enviornments that use short targeted online sessions to augment traditional classroom training.
Intersting tech tool discoverd on BW Tech Meeting
As an instructional designer who used to be an instructional technologist I still yearn to hear about the latest and greatest tech toys. As a mom of two kids with a full time job I find it hard to keep up. Finally Todd Marks of Mindgrub has moved his BW Tech Meetings to an online format and is archiving it. I just finished listening to the July 29th meeting.
Coolest item: the Flipboard for the ipad!http://www.flipboard.com/
It allows you to create a personalized magazine from all the different social medial that is important to you. You can have facebook, linked in, twitter and RSS feeds. What a great way to pull all this technology together.
Now how can we apply this to workplace learning. Just imagine your employees being able to create a magazine that contained only the information that was important to them. How much more targeted would their learning be. Can't wait to see how this plays out in the market.
Another interesting topic was how Hollywood perceives technology in their movies. How will the predications play out from shows like Star Trek, Back to the Future, The Jetsons. I found this discussion entertaining and interesting.
Great job Todd!
Coolest item: the Flipboard for the ipad!http://www.flipboard.com/
It allows you to create a personalized magazine from all the different social medial that is important to you. You can have facebook, linked in, twitter and RSS feeds. What a great way to pull all this technology together.
Now how can we apply this to workplace learning. Just imagine your employees being able to create a magazine that contained only the information that was important to them. How much more targeted would their learning be. Can't wait to see how this plays out in the market.
Another interesting topic was how Hollywood perceives technology in their movies. How will the predications play out from shows like Star Trek, Back to the Future, The Jetsons. I found this discussion entertaining and interesting.
Great job Todd!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Orientations for SMEs
At ASHA we have a great relationship with our online conference vendor iCohere. It has been enlightening to work with a talented group of professionals who listen to your concerns and respond in ways that you didn't even imagine. Robyn and Jim at icohere put together a wonderful orientation for our presenters/SME's which covers what to expect during their recording sessions. The program provides information in a short, concise manner, allows presenters to become familiar with the icohere staff (all the work is done remotely so this personalizes it a bit) and clearly states goals and procedures.
Great job Robyn and Jim!
http://icohere-presentations.com/presentations/HowTo2010/RecordingYourASHAPresentation/player.html
Great job Robyn and Jim!
http://icohere-presentations.com/presentations/HowTo2010/RecordingYourASHAPresentation/player.html
Friday, June 11, 2010
Joint effort pays off!
In 2007 I had an idea. Why don't we include a short snipet of our programs on their product description page in the ASHA online store.
Three years later after working with the marketing and the web teams, we finally have about 8 products with short 2-3 minute samples.
Here's what we did:
1) I reviewed each program and picked out 2-3 minutes worth of the most relevant and representative portions of the program (showing video clips, interactive exercises, graphics, animations, etc.)
2) We hired our regular video vendor, Vision Creative, to capture the clips, add music, use a standard template that we created and provide us with the finished clips
3) Our web team than added to Utube and marketing added the link to the store page
We're still working through some technical issues but currently they are up even if they aren't perfect. The clips have a dual purpose as well. They are put onto a DVD in a running loop so that marketing can show them at conventions and conferences in the ASHA store.
One email blast has already been sent to members with a link to the clip and it generated more sales than ever before!
Here's an example:
http://www.asha.org/eweb/OLSDynamicPage.aspx?Webcode=olsdetails&title=Instrumental+Examination+of+Adults+With+Dysphagia%3a+Anatomy+and+Physiology+Series
Three years later after working with the marketing and the web teams, we finally have about 8 products with short 2-3 minute samples.
Here's what we did:
1) I reviewed each program and picked out 2-3 minutes worth of the most relevant and representative portions of the program (showing video clips, interactive exercises, graphics, animations, etc.)
2) We hired our regular video vendor, Vision Creative, to capture the clips, add music, use a standard template that we created and provide us with the finished clips
3) Our web team than added to Utube and marketing added the link to the store page
We're still working through some technical issues but currently they are up even if they aren't perfect. The clips have a dual purpose as well. They are put onto a DVD in a running loop so that marketing can show them at conventions and conferences in the ASHA store.
One email blast has already been sent to members with a link to the clip and it generated more sales than ever before!
Here's an example:
http://www.asha.org/eweb/OLSDynamicPage.aspx?Webcode=olsdetails&title=Instrumental+Examination+of+Adults+With+Dysphagia%3a+Anatomy+and+Physiology+Series
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Communities of Practice Webcast
We are currently hosting our online conferences with a wonderful vendor whose platform is just perfect for social learning enviornments and networking or what most of us call Communities of Practice. This link goes to a recent webcast about the topic.
Communities of Practice (CoP): Case Studies in Program and Technical AssistanceAn Executive Panel Discussion and Community of Practice (CoP)
DemonstrationMay 25, 2010
A Complimentary Educational Webcast from iCohere
Communities of Practice (CoP): Case Studies in Program and Technical AssistanceAn Executive Panel Discussion and Community of Practice (CoP)
DemonstrationMay 25, 2010
A Complimentary Educational Webcast from iCohere
Sunday, May 23, 2010
New web programs rolling out for sale!
Work on four self-study web workshops has beeen going on for about a year. A few weeks ago two of the four went "live" in our online store (www.asha.org/shop).
The Anatomy and Physiology web workshops involved the creation of 3D animations with a great vendor, Vision Creative. The animations enhanced the learning experience for participants along with some learning checks to make sure they understood what they were learning. Working with our subject matter expert, a 3D animator and our normal team made this an exciting project!
The Anatomy and Physiology web workshops involved the creation of 3D animations with a great vendor, Vision Creative. The animations enhanced the learning experience for participants along with some learning checks to make sure they understood what they were learning. Working with our subject matter expert, a 3D animator and our normal team made this an exciting project!
Friday, March 26, 2010
Most successful online conference in ASHA history!
Our online conference for SLP's was a huge success due to the joint efforts of my wonderful collegues and our partnership with icohere.
Overall participant satisfaction with the conference was 4.71 on a 5-point scale—extraordinary!
Looking forward to keeping the momentum going by learning more about great elearning!
The New Generation of e-Learning Delivery webinar next week should provide more insight into our future conferences.
http://www.trainingindustry.com/webinars/3-30-10webinar.aspx
Have a great day!
Overall participant satisfaction with the conference was 4.71 on a 5-point scale—extraordinary!
Looking forward to keeping the momentum going by learning more about great elearning!
The New Generation of e-Learning Delivery webinar next week should provide more insight into our future conferences.
http://www.trainingindustry.com/webinars/3-30-10webinar.aspx
Have a great day!
Friday, February 26, 2010
A Year Worth of Work
On Monday, March 1 a year worth of work comes to fruition. It started with a brainstorming session and has turned into the biggest live online event in ASHA history! I am fortunate to work with a wonderful team of writers, technologists, project managers, graphic artists, content consultants, subject matter experts and vendors. This was a large joint effort.
I'll post updates during the conference so you know how it goes!
I'll post updates during the conference so you know how it goes!
Friday, January 22, 2010
Thoughts on Predications for elearning in 2010
Yesterday I listened to Dr. Tony Karrer talk about his top ten predications for elearning in 2010 for a SIG online meeting for the Washington DC chapter of ASTD. Tony also has his predications on his blog at http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2010/01/top-10-elearning-predictions-for-2010.html
Two of his predications really stood out to me based on my experiences this past year.
I can't tell you how many times I've tried to describe a delivery method (i.e. technology) for an elearning program and said the word "convergenece." It just seems like I begin explaining a feature and realize you can accomplish this in so many different formats. Scenario based learning with interactive feedback can be accomplished online, live or self-study, and on a DVD as well. And you can get that learning experience on your computer, on your set top DVD player and even on your cell phone. It's all merging together. And I agree with Tony it's just going to keep happening.
Social learning is hard to describe to those outside the learning role causing a need to explain it and be very specific in the potential uses you see for your organization. It's not so hard to sell the idea that Social networking is here to stay or that it is a viable avenue to explore. But if you don't specify exactly how you want to use it for learning than you loose the the non-learning professional you are trying to sell the idea to. So I agree with Tony's predication that Social Learning grows but is more specfic.
Thanks for the great seminar Tony!
Two of his predications really stood out to me based on my experiences this past year.
I can't tell you how many times I've tried to describe a delivery method (i.e. technology) for an elearning program and said the word "convergenece." It just seems like I begin explaining a feature and realize you can accomplish this in so many different formats. Scenario based learning with interactive feedback can be accomplished online, live or self-study, and on a DVD as well. And you can get that learning experience on your computer, on your set top DVD player and even on your cell phone. It's all merging together. And I agree with Tony it's just going to keep happening.
Social learning is hard to describe to those outside the learning role causing a need to explain it and be very specific in the potential uses you see for your organization. It's not so hard to sell the idea that Social networking is here to stay or that it is a viable avenue to explore. But if you don't specify exactly how you want to use it for learning than you loose the the non-learning professional you are trying to sell the idea to. So I agree with Tony's predication that Social Learning grows but is more specfic.
Thanks for the great seminar Tony!
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