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
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Challenging 2009!
It is the time year when year end accomplishments are on our mind. This was a challenging year of heavy workloads, watching pennies and closely monitoring sales at ASHA. Being part of the recession in an association environment has been a interesting endeavor. We antcipated a defeciet budget and planned on making it using our reserves. But we actually are almost to the break even level and the last ten days of the year are actually usually very high in terms of sales. So we could actually end the year in the black! Strategies involved watching every penny you spend even on things post-its and pencils. If it could wait till 2010 then wait. If you think you could do it yourself and not use a vendor then try it. This worked for almost everything this year and it paid off!
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