Discovery Through eLearning

How similar is Siri to a Logic Named Joe?

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:36:00 +0000

If you know what a "Logic Named Joe" is, then there are many words that now describe you. None of which I'm going to view, because they will label me as well. However, it's the title of a 1955 OTR episode of X Minus One.

"Old-Time Radio (OTR) and the Golden Age of Radiorefer to a period of radio_programming in the United States lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until television's replacement of radio as the primary home entertainment medium in the 1950s. During this period, when radio was dominant and filled with a variety of formats and genres, people regularly tuned in to their favorite radio programs. In fact, according to a 1947 C. E. Hooper survey, 82 out of 100 Americans were found to be radio listeners." (Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old-time_radio)

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I'm a bit of an OTR fan and have listened to countless hours of Suspense, The Weird Circle, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, The Third Man, Archie Andrews, Fiber McGee and Molly, The Great Guildersleeve, Jack Benny, Phil Harris, The Black Museum and many more. One of the things I love about these shows is not only how entertaining they were, but the history that is included within them is astounding. Many of these shows were recorded during WW1 and WW2 and through the Depression. So to hear the commercials that were broadcast decades ago and the social commentary often puts today's life into perspective.

Getting to my post's topic though, one of my favourite shows is X Minus One. It was a spin off (so is my understanding) of the show Dimension X and had many science fiction story lines. It's fascinating to hear some of the things they were dreaming of 50-60 years ago and what we truly have now in our daily lives.

The episode I was re-listening to last night was "A Logic Named Joe". This story originally was published March 1946 in an issue of Astounding Science Fiction (according to Wikipedia). It was then redone in July 1950 on Dimension X and recreated again on X Minus One December 1955. Basically it is a story about a computer (termed in the story a Logic) and a repair man that names it Joe. Joe develops some AI and with the repair man's tweaking and accessing of information world wide, Joe starts to disseminate results on demand throughout the world and freely. Hmmmm sounding familiar.

Some of the concerns in the episode is that Joe is sharing information on how to make concoctions so as to remove inebriation and more impressively how pull of perfect crimes (robberies, murders based on hair colour) without getting caught.

I don't have an iPhone (yet), but I have had my friend show me Siri a few times and all the stuff it can do is pretty impressive. Of course the web has always done that....ask it a question and you'll find the answer. However with Siri and one being able to ask the question out loud and it respond back, it seemed just too much like this story A Logic Named Joe. More importantly to remember; the story first came out 65 years ago.

Now I won't spoil how the show wraps up. You can listen to it off of iTunes. I did however ask my friend today to ask Siri "How do I kill my wife?" (a line from the show) and I was pretty thankful that since my husband just got an iPhone, that's Siri's answer was...."I don't know what mean."

My 2012 Challenge to the eLearning Community

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:38:00 +0000

One of the things that I love and enjoy the most about the "elearning community" is that we seem to thrive on sharing and learning from one another. I truly want to strive to do this more in the coming year. I've started most years off with that intention, but the demands of work often get in the way.

That's why I was excited to see a question posed yesterday in the Articulate E-Learning Heroes forum that I could answer. That feeling that you get when you can teach someone one something else is exciting and joyful. What's more, when you do it with only the intention to HELP others then the feeling is tenfold.

I'd love to challenge everyone this year to teach or help someone, in our elearning community, with their questions and problems that they may be having. You'd be amazed how great you'll feel, how much we'll learn together and how much stronger our connected network will become.

REPOSTING - Articulate Interaction - How to Navigate an Articulate Based Course

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:20:00 +0000

This is a reposting of a previous post. Someone requested the files because the links were not working.

Here are 3 variations for "How to Navigate", for those users that choose to look at it, how to navigate an Articulate course. There is lots of discussion about the need for this and I am on the side that I would hope most users can figure this out on their own. However, I have yet been able to create and launch a course without it in some form or another. When I do I get complaints from someone that they didn't know what to do to get started.

At the least, when these are insterted as tab activies it is then there for those that need/want to work through "how to navigate" and those that don't need it can by-pass it. It keeps the whole course less cluttered on the front end as well.

Simple 1 slide version (okay for simple and easy navigation points that are need to be pointed out)
Hotspot version - simple (used more often because user can click just the items they need information on)
Labelled image - complex (least favourite, trouble with this version is that the user has to watch each and every item that is labelled and there are a lot)

Links can be found on the Articulate Community site: here.

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I've been working for months and months to get an LMS up and running for my organization (do a search for LMS on my blog and you'll see the overall journey) now the real fun begins. I now have so many people coming to me asking for this course to be created and that one. Seems as if everyone has something that has to be taught by the end of the year to all staff because the Ministry of Health says so. Regardless of that fact the LMS is now slowly being populated with courses and not just classroom based.

One of my concerns though is not everyone in our organization is familiar with taking an online course. Many would be able to just sit down at a computer and know immediately how to navigate though a course. Some who have never taken an online course would still be technically savvy enough to work their way through on their own. But, then there are all the others who are less technically inclined and perhaps even a little afraid of trying this "new" method of learning.

These are the staff that I need to consider when creating a course and need to include a "how to navigate" lesson or tutorial. I'm using Articulate to create courses for our learners. During the pilot of the LMS one of the courses created had many slides at the beginning (that could be skipped) that explained all the components that the learner would see or could see while taking the course. Once the pilot was over I discovered that this was probably not the best method for delivering the tutorial piece. Letting them skip over it was good, but it still muddled the over all look of the course. So what I have done now instead was to create the same interaction, but have included it instead as a help tab that can be accessed at any point during the course.

I've included a short Screenr video below that lets you see the interaction as it runs within a course. I have tried to make it "neutral" so it could be inserted into any course and that anyone could use it in their courses outside of our organization.

It's all about REUSE! So, if you'd like to use the interaction yourself please feel free to download and use it in your own courses.

#devlearn Implementing SCORM in serious games - Kris Rockwell

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:50:00 +0000

From Evernote:

#devlearn Implementing SCORM in serious games - Kris Rockwell

Http://www.oracle.com/goto/oll

Http://apex.oracle.com

Defining serious games.

Games can be cost effective and engaging.
They can be customized to the user experience.
Wide ranges of interactions can be allllied
As you move along the challenges can become greater and greater based on the learners progressing abilities
Games can capture a great deal of metrics

Game metrics example

Call of duty: Black Ops Metrics (infograpnic). If they can collect this kind of data in a game, imagine being able to analysize who is performing how well, who is working together and how and they do it successfully
Starcraft/Starcraft II metrics: Korea esport, people are sitting and playing these games in front of hundreds. Look for the video. Champion players have and average 200-300 clicks per minute while playing. Not only that, but every click is a decision as well. That is a lot of data that can be captured
Other examples Civialization as a teaching tool. Metrics a little harder to get

Case study

Needed simple gem using decision tree and quizzes
Flash based
Components needed to be tracked
Multiple choice style questions using cmi.core.score.raw
Capture freefrom elements cmi.suspend.data
Completion of the game cmi.suspend.data cmi.core.lesson_status
Overall time in game. cmi.core.total_time

What went right

Data was tracked into LMS
Implementatn easy
Data model elements were easily adapted to the required functionality

Improvements

Journal enteries not truly "tracked". Entered, but not truly comparable.
Game play was limited
If it was an off the shelf game with no open API then it can be exemely difficult to integrate
No tracking of a player throughout the game. Not the choices made along the way.

CMI 5

next generation of data tracking specs that will come out in the near future
Intended to replace AICC and SCORM
Core set of pre-defined data tracking elements
Ability for the content to define what data is to be collected

Designboarding: Leveraging good treatment for your content - Jane Bozarth, Kevin Thorn

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:34:00 +0000

From Evernote:

Designboarding: Leveraging good treatment for your content - Jane Bozarth, Kevin Thorn

Www.diigo.com/user/jbo27712/thorn. Links to all the slides and examples within this session.

What do you do when you have no budget, few resources and you are aof one. (or at least small)

How bad can elearning be?

Clipart that has nothing to do to with the topic
Too many words
Narrator reading every word on the screen
Text place that reads like a book
Courses that take hours and hours to get through

REMEMBER Classroom training can be just as bad

Think about transforming learning. Not converting learning.

A. Pintura Art Detective. Example of learning with context.

You don't need an army of artists and developers. Think more and only about the learner's experience. Think of something better to do with the content. Bullet points can be turned into a situation. The info on the text can be introduce with links, pop up, images, etc.

Use more links (images, icons, popups) that allow the users to explore the content as they wish to. Some can be push, but much can be their choice to explore as much or as little as they may need. Or the more they explore they more they will be able to apply the information, better answer/solve a solution.

Look to Kevin Thorn's Turf Wars

http://elearning-examples.s3.amazonaws.com/MissionTurfgrass/player.html

Context
Engaging
Challenge
Narrative
Characters

Where can you find narratives?

Listen to the stories that SME's are coming in with

Ask for the top 5 questions

Ask how users handle it

Look where mistakes did go wrong

Look to real world news stories

Listen for keywords that the SMEs are using

Beware of your audience though. Don't go too cute if your audience is not appropriate for the audience. Make sure your narrative works with the group.

Examples of engagement using the scenario of election procure changes

Allow them to make mistakes
Follow the process through
Headlines from failures
Managing a situation vs not

Take a chance by asking a end user what experience they may want to go through.

We must look outside our "worlds" for inspiration. Sharing our stories often inspire others.

Map out the experience. If you are designing for yourself how would you like it delivered.

Take images out and focus on the story or treatment. Get approval on the content and then put the images in. Elearning development tools last.

#devlearn - The Future of Learning is Context - Steve Rosenbaum (keynote notes taken)

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:31:00 +0000

Within the room 90% of attendees were checking email before coffee. We are not unique in our profession. A year ago it was about 35%.

Curation is a good news bad news thing.

The Cloud is everywhere and all we do will be linked into the cloud. And it is presented as good.

However, often the are storm clouds too. Essentially all information is now in the cloud and available, but sometimes our job is truly to get less information. Or at lest key information.

30% of people get up and check email in the night. Not good, there's to much informiton and we need to learn to mange it. Our org want us to come up with the right information the right time.

We create 5 exabytes of information every 2 days. In 2003 that was created in the entire year.

Imagine....how old you feel instead of getting a meal you ordered, everything on the menu.

We are on our way to 10 million tweets

120 days of content is uploaded every 3 hours. It would take you 8 years to read one day of content.

Facebook has 140 billion photos. 70 billion to be added this year.

This is why we can keep up with it all. This explosion has happened quickly in the last year or so.

The job that will increase is a curator of all this information. Making sure our communities are getting the information they need.

July 2010 the Internet went from a more organized corporate entity (loosely said) to anyone can publish any piece of content.

Is this just a US thing?

Not at all. The US is ranked 6th in creating and adding content to the web.

China,
India,
Nigeria,
Russia,
Iran,
USA

We need to being to get rid of SEARCH.

Data is suppose to be accurate. But try searching your name on Google. You will find many images, but many that are not you or even not similar to "you" in any manner. Ie a dog named Steve.

What is curation

We are able to organize things in away that algorithms often can not.

Example: 3 foods that go together that are all sweet, but labeled quite differently ad not just "food"

Men and women and machines taking information and collecting it into groups of information.

When someone asks you "did you see something?" then we need to another thanks for sharing that. We become and need to be curators for one another.

Publishers repeople that find information gather and share/broadcast with others.

Example

"Taste of Home" magazine is completely user generated content.
TEDx anyone can take the TED logo and use it to create local TED gatherings and sharing of into.
Patagonia
You!!! We are also a part of this large set of publishing.

We need thoughtful filters though. This is where humans replace the algorithms that gather information together. We are putting the most relevant information together into groups.

powerful tools

Think of choosing your clothes each day. You think about what your day involves and choose appropriately. Many us tweet and reshape everyday.

Each of us have unqiue interests , these become part of our indenting.

Perhaps we check in somewhere, but not everywhere. We check in at the places that matter most likely because we want to share the experience and chat with other about sharing the same experience. Example a movie showing.

Gather organize and collect the things that are of interest to you.

Try a curation tool

Pearl trees
Scoop.it
Paper.li
Storyify

Experiment with these tools. Use them. Try them. Keep the one you like and collect with.

Best practices

Define quality for your readers. Only share and post the things that matter or fit into your "voice and tone"
Make context matter. Say something people will remember. Take the time to update headlines. Point out why should it matter to the reader.
Well-curated will tell a story. This will give it all more value.
Keep a theme and point of view. People will come to you for your specific point of view on the topic, story.

The web is becoming a human network and no one specific organization.

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#devlearn - Agile project management for Elearning development - Don Bolen (notes taken)

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:48:00 +0000

Http://tinyurl.com/bolenagilepm
(blog and slides)

Presented by Don Bolen

We manage for:
Cost
Time
Structure that can be repeated

Key. Do what works on your environment.

PMBOK - project management body of knowledge guide

WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH PROJECTS
People
Stuff happens and plans change (IT projects 1 in 5 successful. 37% are troubled)
Agilemanefesto.org
It seems counter productive to projects

....org/principles
Partnerships
Customers

Iron triangle limits our choices on how we deal with issues in projects
Scope - what you are going to get done
Cost
Schedule
(but quality is missing)
Titanite the movie was a failed project... With this model. It was off schedule and over costed. But it was successful in box office and won awards.

Traditional projects - filled with gantt charts. And even if things happen you often have to stick to what ever plan was laid out.

Agile
filled with iteration
Adaptation
Proactively manage change
Why use agile
Less defects and improved quality
More value
Often faster to market
Quicker ability to find the bad projects
LEAN
Agile Development - "version one" poster

HOW DOES THIS WORK?
Uses stories to gather customer needs
Backlog is created (the stuff you are going to do to create your product)
Tool

AS A .......presenter
I WANT ......the projector to work
SO THAT ....... people don't leave

As a learner
I want to increase my knowledge if new material
So that I don't feel my day was a waste of time

Think about doing this for each of your stakeholders or have them doe the "stories" themselves.

Which is better?
Fork and knife or chopsticks
It will depend on the task and the culture
Know that not everything is not going to work for every org. You fit it to your needs

SCRUM
Tool, methodology, framework - Forces focus on highest value in shortest time

2-4 weeks (software development)
Small teams 5 to 9 people
Decided a small portion of project

"The SCRUM guide" available online

There is a scrum master that gets rid of obstacles and makes sure rules are followed. Also, protects the team from distractions. Set meetings with specific timelines. Timeboxed

sprint plans
Defines the goals
Time estimates
Select stories for the sprint
Times for daily scrum are set
DONE is determined
Backlogs of stories may be prioritized

This must be an organization wide culture

#devlearn How experimental, social, and on-demand learning trends impact your design

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:46:00 +0000

Reuben Tozman and Aaron Silvers

Notes taken during session.

Experiential learning.

on-demand learning

Social learning

A grok - comprehend and understand

Inquire

Design

Assumptions

All objects are identifiable
The cloud is a single system, connecting what we all know
We want to and will share information

Quality of learning

Knowing that one can improve
Joy and surprised is involved
Want to connect with others

Not only creating a separate experience but often just changing or augmenting the current experience.

What is one experience you wre invovled I that changed you, influence you, and makes you do different today.

What does a successful learning experience look like

Motivation
You do something differently
More comfortable
Ability to do a new task
Awareness (ambient as well)
Joyful feeling
Sharing about the learning and the experience (thoughts and emotions)

This list is not something that is easily measurable.

Think about the last Elearning project you had. And what performance outcomes were attached to it.

Learning in demand

Learners don't know what they don't know
Some blend needs to be in there
There are increased catalogs
Some is delneded on the quality of it

No objectives. Only your objectives as a learner

It doesn't necessary need to be "pretty". Maybe we should focus on context not what it looks like.

Giving a standard and then being able to let the user interact and explore or tweak.

Social learning

Social learning has been around forever

Just getting a toll to do it will not make people start using it

Sometimes talking the word social out and collaborative in sometimes takes the fear put of it. (right or wrong)

Social learning design

You might want to point the learner to a menu of things that they can look up, or people they can talk to.

Design considerations

Thing beyond the one instance or situation. Think about ways that the information can be used later on in pieces.
Pieces of content withing a course can be indexed separately and found when needed. Let The learner Get acces beyond the "path" you have designed it for them.
Let the web understand your content. Don't be stuck into your LMS. (when your LMS dies or you want to move passed it you will be stuck).

Sent from my iPad

#devlearn - Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku (keynote notes)

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:50:00 +0000

Michio Kaku

Woody Allen - eternity is a really longtime, especially towards the end.

Education hasn't changed much in 2000 years. 1:1 mentoring, classrooms.

Moore's law - computer power doubles every 18 months. The little chip in birthday cards have more power than the Allied Forces of 1945. Cellphones have more than NASA had sending human people to the moon.

This change takes us into the future. In 2020 computer chips will cost a penny. The future of the computer then is to eventually disappear. Example. Electricity is everywhere and no where. We don't even think about it because it is everywhere. The same will happen with computers. The Cloud is an extension of the Moore's law curve. The Internet too is becoming very much everywhere and no where.
Glasses will be something we all wear as a portable computer screen. Translating languages. Recognizing the world around us and giving us information. If not glasses, then on to contact lenses. Blink if the eye and you'll be online. Politicians will see telepromters on their lens. Actors could see their lines. Jet pilots could see everything that is around them. Cameras on all sides of a plane and they will "see though objects".

In other words....augmented reality. Everything becomes annotated. Think of The Terminator. Everything we see and touch will have notes, information, extra pictures, notes from other people.

In the future their will be a continum between all devices. Watches, cellphones, tablets. Even paper will become intelligent....flexible screens.

Imagine wallpaper that you just touch to change it. Wallpaper imbedded with chips. Walls will also have screens built right into them. (edocs answering medical questions, elaywers answering legal questions). Wall screens covering each surface. We will go to wall screens to find friends, see who else is "looking at their screens". We will watch movies on our wall screens, but we will be able to put our faces into the movie and onto actors within. Cyber pets that will run from one wall screen to another.

Internet was initially "male" created to dominate and take over the Soviet Union. Now it is "female" all about connections and reaching out to others.

We are building up to true 3d holo deck situations. Full emersion into our studying and work environments.

Seemless interaction everywhere you go. Hardware will be cheap, software to do all this interaction will be the expensive commodity.

3D tv without glasses. Lenticular lens. More than one images is projected to left and right eyes to give 3D effect.

Cars of the future will drive themselves for us. Using GPS, radar and chips. These already exist. We can take this travel time and turn into learning. This will be available opinion 8 years.

Surgery, cancer diagnosis, MRI, will never be touched by this technology.....wrong. It will. Experts knowledge will be put knot software. Artificial intelligence. Tv cameras and chips small enough to swallow in pill form. For coloscopies (example).

Can already get these down to the size of molecules. These tiny ones will target and kill cancer cells. Cancer diagnosis from a toilet. Toilets will be able to detect certain proteins that will alert you to the first signs of cancer cells. Miniature MRI machines. Size of a briefcase, but they will be able to get them down to a cellphone size.

30 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE

Paralyzed man with chip implanted into brain. He can move cursors and interact with any computer software. Another person will be able to interact with a robot, creating and
Avatar experience.

$50000 today okay to sequence genes right now. In 30 years it will be $100. This will enable us to see if we have predispositions to various diseases. We will also use this to create organs, lines, bones (we can do this now with ears, noses, blood, bladders, wind pipe, in 1 year a liver).

50 YEARS
Growing entire organs. Learning. Will be everywhere. Discovery Channel video - 2057
Clothing will have chips in them and monitor our health. If you fall or injure yourself the clothing will be able to notify for medical help.

Human body shops to fix any medical issue we have. New hearts, valves, hips.
Surgeons will manipulate 3d images of our bodies. Virtual surgery will be done while robots do the actual cutting.

Our children are wired and they will love thirst changes. We may be fearful, but think back to how people of the past may have thought about electricity. At one point we point everyone may be electrocuted. Fear is a part if each modern change. We love electricity. We love phones. We will love all this change eventually as well.

Example. Facebook has spread democracy around the world. This is all bigger than just education
But, the human in the loop will always be needed. The computers are not

#devlearn - How to create a successful mobile learning strategy - Clark Quinn (notes taken pm)

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:05:00 +0000

"what partner's do we need?"

Fundamental (the people you need, IT, stakeholders) (security)
Strategic (the people that are there to help because they make sense, vendors, politics)

For me:

Those that create buyin within an organization
Security personal
IT
Senior team
Policy makers
Hr - for equity
Legal team
Diversity and inclusivity
Vendors
End users (participatory designers)
Support teams (anticipating problems that you can't)
Corporate communication

"issues you need policies to address"

Devices you will and wont support
Platforms you support
Viruses
Support provided
Time when it can can't be supported
Service costs, data access
Purchasing of devices hardware, Reimbursement policies
Ettiquette
Global issues, language, services, images
Info access
Intillectual
Personal info
Compliance
Info security, authication
Digital rights management
Accessibility
Branding, consistency
Discovery when using interal and personal devices

W3C - has a working group for accessibility and mobile learning. Both are similar in how they work for the user.

RESOURCES

money
Time
People, designers, developers,
Content, words, audio, images,
Software, compression software, tracking, LMS
Production
Devices
Tracking services, software, reimbursement, time
Translators
Testers evaluation, testing, tweaking,
Trainers
Support, users, creators, they all need tools
Project management (timelines might be different, Devices change, development times)
Mobile enabled management
Continual skilling of the team

SUPORTS NEEDED

- the performers

- the devices (how do i get it, it broke, software not working,) make it look like stuff they already know.

- the team.

GOVERANCE

templates
Standardized - quicker to migrate from area to area
Product life cycle - off the market as well as archiving requirements
Training cycles earlier than later
Metrics, evaluation standards
Yearly updating
Regional updating
Unionized vs non
Corp and biz sign off
Solution governance
Blends
Schedule alignment
Go/no go

WHAT DO WE MEASURE

Bandwidth limits
Time saving (learning, developing, designing)
Accessing the tool
Measure the experience, do they go back once because it's good, or bad
Is there a difference between one device and other
Mobile environment itself, is it meeting the needs. Are people accessing because it is easy or are they jumping to the paper version
Is the user getting the info they want. How much do they need?
Measuring the deployment of the device
Unique users
Are they using it vs changing performance
If they are creating their own job aids (something's not working well)
Impact of training should go up
Completion rates - yes and ... some mobile is only for on the fly training

Anything you do develop,....

Ou should have a measure to say YES LET'S KEEP IT, NOT QUITE WORKING TWEAK IT, KILL THE PROJECT.

The percentage where you go or stay with projects should changes as you go along as well to the point you either keep or kill.

BARRIERS

From Elearning Guild report. (biggest to least)

Integrating with enterprise tools
Security
Lack of standard
Content for other devices does not translate
Cost
Bandwidth
Management resists
Screens to small

Culture eats strategy for breakfast. You need a culture that is experimental, innovative,and want to try and grow.

HBR article. March 2008 by Garvin, Edmunsin, & Gino

Custom content delivered to be specific to where you are and what you are doing. This will be where we will and should be going. Example Yelp restaurant discovery app. (augmenting reality + learning).

Mobile in the workplace should not only be about training. It should be about:

Some mobile solutions might be more about connecting you to the people you need to speak to to work in complex problems and solutions. Formal solutions. Performance support.

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#DevLearn - How to create a mobile learning strategy - Clark Quinn (notes from am session)

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:07:00 +0000

Continual innovations is the way that organizations are going to be able to change and move forward.

Mobile is only one part of moving forward.

There aren't lots of strategies out there to do this, but it is being discovered and there are elements that need to be encompassed.

Internet time alliance. - great resource for social learning.

Look to "mobile learning: landscape and trends" - Elearning Guild

MOBILE BACKGROUND

Palm pilot was one of the first real successful device - pseudo recognized hand writing

4 core apps , memo, calendars, tasks, address book
It synced
Designinglearning.com - zen of palm
Accessed many times a day but on for short periods of time
Laptop may not be mobile because it doesn't quite fit in a pocket or purse, needs long life battery use, you don't use it for long periods of time.
Laptop doesn't do something unique to the location you are using it in.

Differentabf mobile tools have different affordances. The devices needed sometimes dependsbb mL

on the co text in which it is being used.

We use devices. For getting content, computing, capturing, communicating.

Companies maybe be blocking social networks, but staff are finding work abounds with their own devices.

Methods of disseminating info:

Learning performance support context

SMS

Voice

Audio

Video

Doc

Interactive

Content specific - we might know where and when you are, so we can push out the need info to you for the situation you are in racers

Knowledge dump and test does not get people learning.

Putting them in the situation where they have to practice what uou want the to learn is a better format.

Mlearning

Biggest improvement from use (most to least)

Increase learner access and availability
Accomodate learner needs
Increased speed of content delivery
Improver learner performance
Reduce costs

72% of the workforce is a mobile worker. (those that don't sit at a desk or on a line "all day"). These are the people that can benefit from mobile learning.

Innovation comes from people working together and work comes from conversations g

We want our performers to have the tools they need when and where they are.

STRATEGY

"What is a strategy?"

Who are we going to involve

Define steps

Milestones

Means to get to targets

Who is involved

Resources including proper skills needed

Measurement

Vision of what you want to accomplish

You may need to be ready to be to change it at anytime

Feedback loop for reassessment

Plans for action and reaction

Methods, tools, content to move forward on steps

Objectives

Tactics

Messaging needs to be in place to get buyin

"what is different for mobile strategy"

What is users comfort level

More flexible, it's a new world

Company's culture and adoption to mobile learning

Mobile should be something that improves performance learning or skill set.

GOALS augumenting org strategy unit goals
TACTICS Augmenting formal performance support context sensitive
RESOURCES Devices, tools, infrastructure, designers, developers
SKILLING Tools, designers. Developers, managers
MESSAGING Advantages, issues
PARTNERS IT, Hr, vendors, ?

METRICS Access, unique contribution

Make IT your friends they work hard to keep they network safe, but they do need to move with the times

WHAT'S THE PROCESS

Where do they desire to go?

Staff and mgmt

Analysis

Surveys

Plans

Marketing - describing advantages

Measuring

Needs, problem analysis
Surveying and data collection (what do people already have, tools. What are their experiences and preferences with using them). Is anyone doing any currenty with them. What tasks are they already doing on them? What effiecienciens do we want to improve. Are there costs we can cut back on going with this.
Business case
Metrics
Sr sponsorship
User involvement (plan, pilot, evaluating)
Goals
Plan
Train trainers
Pilot
Evaluate
Train
Execute
Evaluate

Remember to be fluid to make changes if needed

"what info do you need to gather"

Infrastucture support for one building many countries
Knowledge level of users, competencies
Who has what already
Motivation level
Is corporate culture equal enough to push through the entire plan
How many languages do you need to broadcast in (4, 10, 25)
Pictures appropriate for everyone every country
Tools that they have comfortable with
What platform will be used
Metric requirements
People profile (skill, education level)
Organizational strategy
Special tech requirements
What's going on else where
Legacy training (impact)
Cost, business case - but for later
Legal concerns
Gap between where you are and want to be

"What components should the strategy specify?"

Policies to guide people
Other existing plans
Timeline, schedule
Stakeholders, partners
Evaluations
We want a plan that is adaptable for anything. But then is flexible too
Governance - scrutiny, have everyone on board, self oversight, continually overseeing what you are doing and make sure you are hitting your overall goal,
Resources include do we even know how to doe what we want to do.

Sent from my iPad

How Many Passwords Are Too Many?

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:32:00 +0000

In all honesty I have no answer to that question. However, I'm was really disturbed and thoroughly annoyed today to find out that a particular "fantastic" initiative that would improve customer service 100% was not followed through upon because it would require users and staff to remember another password.

Seriously?!? How many times and for how long can this be an excuse to follow through with innovation? There are numerous ways that single sign on or Open ID can be implemented. If it something very personal then I would indeed want a fancy alpha-numeric password. Like many I would assume that if it was a complicated password I would most likely record it into a secure location. There are also a ridiculous number of applications for doing this for every device imaginable. Oh and don't forget the handy note pad beside the phone. How many people have all their passwords written down there.

In an ever growing world of applications (and I use that term very very loosely - cars even have passwords sometimes) with usernames and passwords how can we ever decide and assume that there is a MAGIC limit to the number we need our customers and/or staff to have.

I'm open and curious to any and all thoughts that you might have on this.

Dan Pink: Drive

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:55:00 +0000

Drive: The Science of Motivation and its Connection to High Performance
Notes taken during live keynote.

<a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=5c97d8a87c" >Dan Pink Live!</a>

"The Truth About Social Learning" - presented by Jane Bozarth

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:19:00 +0000

Speaker: Jane Bozarth, Ph.D., eLearning Director of the State of North Carolina
Some of my webinar notes from today's session.

Helping us all to gain better understanding what is indeed Social Learning.

Hash to look for - #SocLrnTruth
Links and References - www.delicious.com/jbo27712/SocLrnTruth
http://bozarthzone.blogspot.com/

What is Learning?

We learn from others, we often don't know when we are learning. We notice it more when it is not there.

Most decided we need to start social learning. We are already doing this daily. The moment you are talking with someone else and are discussing any topic you are learning.

-Case studies,
-games
-role plays
-asking an expert
-book clubs
-group work
-etc.

Social MEDIA tools HELP US TO LEARN on a large scale. The media is only the tool. The tool has nothing to do with the social aspect.

As the training people it is our job to help people connect. Find out what the similarities are between them. What are they working on? Are there things they can work together on? Group them together. Mentors and mentees.

No need to teach them more, connect them so they can teach one another.

Any of the tools out there can be used to support these types of functions.
It is about supporting them rather than interfering them through the learning process.

From webinar particpant - Marie Sanguinetti - Companies that control it too much have lots of learning under the radar. It goes underground.

Community

There are communities all around us. We can help to set them up and utilize them. Do no make them feel like they are mandatory or like committees. They need to be nurtured within the community - not managed.

Typically don't have names.
Are about a certain practice or item of interest.
Are not classes.
Do not have agendas.

Fun
If it isn't fun, people will not do it. You can't convince them they are having fun either.

Participation
Pay attention to what grabs people...what it is that keeps them participating.

Measuring
Some organizations are able to ROI on their social learning. (IBM, Ace Hardware, Caterpiller, Ford Sync). Time savings, cost savings, etc.

You must engage in your community if you want help from your community.

Value can be found from:
The immediate interaction and quick response to questions and discussions.
Potential value comes from new skills, tools, perspectives.
Applied values comes from new innovation, new connections, new approaches.
Realized values come from personal and organizational performance improvement.
Reframed value comes changes in strategies and expectations.

What can you do?
Pay attention to what is happening in your organization.
Ask for Stories
Look for where the gaps and mistakes are happening.
Capture those moments of learning (share videos, share screenshots, etc)

The cost of not supporting social learning?

NOT THE TRUTH
Social learning = social meda
Social learning requires tools and social media
Social learning is new
It can be sold by a vendor
Depends on generations to adopt

#lrnchat - Top 10 Tweets for the AM Session.

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:54:00 +0000

As always, tweets were judged on costume, design, and choreography. And usually there are more then 10.

@5StarDeveloper: Q1) Woodchucks are more difficult to trap than I thought, plums make good bait. #lrnchat
@KoreenOlbrish: Q1. I learned that you cant force a dance party, but sometimes they sneak up on you - never happens to me :( #lrnchat
@LnDDave Q1) I learned that 'eye candy' isn't enough; you still need substance. Thanks #GreenLantern! #lrnchat
@bschlenker Q2) Referencing Q1) I had to teach my kids the difference between a leech and a tadpole. I think they're scared for life :) #lrnchat
@brandColby Now accepting pre-orders! RT @JaneBozarth: @brandColby lol. "Who Moved My Cat?" Thatll be $19.99 please. #lrnChat
@brandColby Q3) I found out that a great way to get noticed online is to tell a story about cats. #lrnChat
@ZaraLynnKing #lrnchat i learned that i shouldn't have went blueberry picking in the woods by myself cause Bears are bad this yr...opps
@LnDDave #lrnchat i learned that i shouldn't have went blueberry picking in the woods by myself cause Bears are bad this yr...opps
@DaveHildebrandt: Q4) How to clone myself. < um, AWESOME! although I'd want to tweak a few things... #lrnchat
@DavidDLaCroix Q5 Throw tennis balls for labradors and labrador mixes. No thumbs, they need you! #lrnchat
@JaneBozarth Q5) I ran into a social media 'expert' and ran away screaming. I suggest you do the same. #lrnchat
@JaneBozarth: FYI The hashtags currently being offered by @LndDave for $19 are knockoffs of my official, authentic hashtags. #AcceptNoSubstitutes #lrnchat

It's that time of year....upgrading and improving my courses

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:40:00 +0000

It's that time of year when once again the kids are back in school, the evenings are getting cooler, the leaves are just starting to change colour, and I'm stuck looking at our Core Curriculum courses.

I've learned a lot from so many great elearning people and resources over the past year that when I look at my courses from last year I cry. They could be sooooo much better, but when you're a department of one with limited time, money and resources you often get stuck with something that gets you by, but not the something you're truly happy to put out to the masses.

My first struggle for this year's revamp is WHMIS. The mere word makes one cry. Last year's attempt to put this online for 2700 staff, all with many different roles was successful in that they completed it. It was unsuccessful from my point of view in that it was very very boring. Read, click, read, click, quiz. This year I wanted to try (at least minimally) to make this and a few other courses better. Still with a very limited amount of time. Facing 6 courses and about 4 weeks to fix them up...the odds are not in my favour.

I did get a really good start on taking the language of the courses and scaling it back dramatically. The number of words per screen were okay, but still way too wordy. The level of the language was also to high for some within our organization. Paring this back and simplifying the wording should at a minimum get the courses down 5-10 minutes each in time. (I refuse to tell you how long some are....next year's task).

After the language improvements the next part I want to tackle is the engagement the courses include. I'm having trouble coming up with global scenarios that apply to all types and levels of staff. Perhaps I'll brainstorm something next year. What I have started to do is at least change some of the placement of quiz questions. Instead of being lumped at the end they are embedded into the material. My goal is to create "mini" scenarios that can be answered regarding various pieces of information instead of one overall scenario for the course to be centered around.

I'll share one example here. It's still not exactly the level I'd like to get this course to, but it's a start and it's better than last year.

Last year I shared my use of the Carousel Engage activity to explain various WHMIS (my activity) symbols. This year I decided I didn't just want people to just read through all the material that this interaction held, I wanted to take it a little farther and turn it into more of a "scavenger hunt". Using the interaction can they answer questions about the various symbols or hazardous materials?

I've added 2 screenrs below to show how I created this. You can also find detailed explaination on how do to this from Dave Moxon's Articulate eLearning Blog - "How to embed engage 09 within quizmaker 09"

Embedding an engage carousel interaction into an #quizmaker quiz. #Articulate (part 1)
Embedding an engage interaction into quizmaker - part 2. #Articluate (thx @articulatedave http://bit.ly/vAudW)

Here's to hoping the feedback this year from participants is that they like this new format to the material.

Beyond Social Media - webinar by Tara Hunt

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:50:00 +0000

All though I don't use Twitter for marketing, many of these tips could be used or implemented in some form towards training.

Presented by Tara Hunt, @missrogue
Http://www.horsepigcow.com
Http://www.buyoshphere.com

Smart ways to use social media throughout your business
1. Reward customers for sharing
2. Help customers make better decisions
3. Get customers involved in making better products.
4. Customer centric partnerships
5. Amazing customer service

1. Rewarding customers

Star wood - foursquare gives extra point s for checking in and notifies desk you are there
Chilis - gives discounts and free appetizer to 3 or more
Discounts if you are the mayor of a location
Some tools allow you to see who is tweeting in any specific area. You can then look to see what type of customers are in the area, what do they like and want and tailor what you can supply to their needs.

2. Some stores allow you to check in, scan items around the store and coupons are sent to your device. Others are connecting though social media to find some products and/or send you to where you can find similar ones you are looking for.

Foodspotting allows you to rake pictures of food within restaurant and allow you too see the food in conjunction to what is on the menu.

3. Crowd sourcing to help make better products.

Examples - fluvogs. People submit shoe designs. Customers build and improve upon them, the best become real products.

Netflix prize - a community of members that did a "you like this movie then you might like this one too"
ModCloth - offer customers to be the virtual fashion buyers for the company. It also allowed these new "buyers". The option to buy the products early.

4. Customer centric partnerships

RunKeeper Store - out doing Nike
Found various health tools that many of their customers liked and worked with other tools to come together with one product for the customers to use.

5. Amazing customer service

Example - AirBnB's
Rent out your house when traveling.
2 million bookings without incident (but 1 bad one happened recently). But they created a hold trust centre, tighter measures now in who rents, added insurance. Got feed back from customers immediately and added in the trust center based on their feedback.

STEAL THESE IDEAS

Partner with other stores. Create a a scavenger hunt - example Montreal Tourism
(tool- gowalla, scvngr [challenges, treks, rewards])
Create a Foursquare brand page
Http://aboutfoursquare.com/foursquare.com

Examples - lululemon's foursquare page
Create a photobooth/instagram
Set up a spot where they can take a picture of them selves and send it out. On a certain display. Around a particular product.
Give free wifi
Give it out free, but encourage checking in. Gives you the option to interact with the customer afterwards to ask how their experiences was.
QR codes
QR code easter egg hunt. Directs person to somewhere (URL often)

Is Scoop.it worth it?

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:27:00 +0000

I got my hands on a Scoop.it beta account and set up a few topics to be "curated" (as they word it). I have a few questions though.

It appears to me that it is a little more robust in it's information from Paper.li, in that it pulls information sources from more than just Twitter. It, in fact, allows you to pull from Google News, Blogs, Videos, Twitter, RSS Feeds, Youtube, Digg.

It also not only pulls from all these sources, but it also allows you as the curator to choose which of the items, it finds, to publish. So in this respect more info is posted to your Scoop than your Paper, however there is more work involved for the curator. Paper.li posts automatically and distributes via Twitter for you.

The fact that it uses the word CURATE on the dashboard of the manager of any particular Scoop I think is what gets to me. Sure I'm curating relevant items for the day, however there does not appear to be any historical view for the topic. So I'm confused by content curation. I for some reason thought that curating meant collecting, sharing, and archiving. I appear to be wrong.

I found this useful article "What is Content Curation? And how it’s useful to you and your network", by Michael Gass, that doesn't mention archiving at all, so I suppose it is not a part of curating. Maybe I'm just wishfully thinking that by collecting and distributing that I am also tracking for later use. Oh well.

I'd be happy to hear your thoughts on this topic.Do you want and need another resource to look at for content curation?

UPDATE....So I have just myself followed several topics in Scoop.it. I then added the feed for the over all pages I follow to my Google Reader. I also now am using Zite more often too read all these feeds. So in fact, I suppose having another feed for info is fine. One more place that collects the stuff I want to know about....great, bring it on. I don't need sleep...I read.

How to Create Slides that Don't Suck

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:59:00 +0000

Notes from Sonic Foundry's webinar - Aug. 2, 2011

Webinar link to rewatch -
How to Create Slides that Don't Suck

<p>&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=e553b5247b" &amp;amp;gt;How to Create Slides that Don't Suck&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;</p>

Seeking an Encompassing Term for the Benefits of Using Social Media

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:21:00 +0000

I'm looking for the term, or a term, that explains to someone who just doesn't get exactly what using social media can provide to a person or a group of people.

As Clive Shepherd mentioned earlier today on his posting "Social learning is not the same as social media," social learning has been around as long as there have been humans. The introduction of social media has only provided yet another means to learn together. Social media also provides us with the ability "to collaborate on tasks, to promote goods and services, to entertain each other, to exchange information and so on." - Clive Shepherd.

So if social learning doesn't cover it all what term does? Perhaps "Social Media Experiencing"?

Top 10 Tweets from #lrnchat - July 7, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:17:00 +0000

Let's face it; I can never pick just ten.

These entries have won the coveted "Top 10 Tweets" award based on originality, costume and choreography.

Photo by opensourceway.com
Created by Colleen Simon for opensource.com
CC: BY-SA

Early Session
Q0) Introductions
@Robin_Bridson: Do you play one on TV? RT @JaneBozarth: Note: I am NOT a social media expert. #lrnchat

@aaronesilvers: #lrnchat oh, btw, I’m Aaron Silvers. I like to rock the party

Q1) Social media has changed how people learn forever. What else has it changed forever?

@trinarimmer: Q1) Great quote I saw the other day, “I love my computer because that’s where all my friends live.” That sums it up for me. #lrnchat

@edCetraTraining: Q1) introduction of Acronyms… birth of a new language. English? Grammar? Syntax?? #lrnchat

@ddogaudium: Q1) It has forever changed the power balance between those who hold information and those to whom it is disseminated #lrnchat

Q2) How do you learn differently now, because of social media, than you did before social media?

@StephanieDaul: Q2) I feel like I have more control over my learning – I decide what, where and when I learn #lrnchat

@LnDDave: Q1) My ability to know almost anything at any time. I carry the world in my pocket now. #lrnchat

@ChelleRobertson: My learning is in continuous beta version, meaning its ALWAYS improving and never static. #lrnchat

Q3) What are some ways you learn through social media that aren’t collaborative, with other people per-se?

@AndreaMay1: Q3) The conversation is “recorded” with SoMe. I can go back and explore on my time line rather than anyone else’s #lrnchat

@NolanHabegger: Q3) Quiet observation (“lurking”) and watching others collaborate – sometimes you learn more by NOT asking questions #lrnchat

@ChristyATucker: Q3) I do a fair amount of lurking (ie “legitimate peripheral participation”) #lrnchat

Q4) How are social media and social learning different? Is it important to explain the difference to people?

@espnguyen: Q4) Social Media = the tools. Social Learning = Leveraging the tools to do the learning. #lrnchat

@Tracy_Parish: Q4)Watch kids do something & then follow 1 another doing same thing. Social learning-no media involved, just mud. #lrnchat

@kelly_smith01: Q4) Social learning does not have a schedule, appear in a catalog, or have a lesson plan. It happens. Anytime anywhere. #lrnchat

eLearning Should be a Walk in the Park - or a story about my lunch hour.

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:38:00 +0000

Imagine you're taking a walk down a path in a park. It's hot and sunny, but there is a nice breeze blowing. You're alone just enjoying the day. As you walk the path you notice in front of you that is is turning to the left, but you can't see what is around the corner. You continue on wondering what you will find if you keep going.

As you round the bend you can see that there is a stream running along the path. You look down and see a Mamma duck and her 3 teenage girls. You think to yourself:

I've never seen ducks this old still with their mom
how old are they?
when will they leave?
why haven't I seen this before?

You walk further wondering if you will see the same snapping turtle you saw a few weeks ago. Sure enough he is out of the water on the bank. You wonder:

how old is he?
how long will he stay out?
how big is he?
will my picture be able to convey how big he is?

Continuing along you pass people walking dogs, playing with kids, out running enjoying the weather and you think to yourself....

Why can't elearning be like this?
Why aren't courses more self exploratory?
Why can't I discover my own answers?
Why can't I come up with my own questions about the material?
Why can't it be this fun?

Matter of perception must be considered. What is a giant flower to you may be only 1 cm big to me, but it's still a flower. Fun elearning to you might not be to me, but it may still be required for us each to learn.

How do you try to appeal to the many that might have to take the course you are required to create?

How do you make it more about discovering? How do you let the learner make their own decisions? Would it not make sense that if they can do these simple things they would have greater interest in the material.

Let them explore. Give them a path to follow, but they them wonder what else is out there. Let them wander off the path and explore on there own.

Make it fun.

For a great collection of resources that can be used to explore on your own and come up with ways to let your learners explore; take a look at what's come out from the Backchannel of #mLearnCon.

A big thank you to David Kelly (@LnDDave) for his tireless dedication to collecting the resources for all in his blog "Misadventures in Learning".

Interesting Tweets from #mLearnCon 2011- Day 2

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:12:00 +0000

Here's a recap of some interesting and useful tweets from mLearnCon today.

learningplan: @judyb @J_Haag Here's the ADL Mobile Learning (mLearning) Guide in iTunes - http://t.co/DYCDrOu #mlearning #mlearncon
UpsideLearning: What Is Mobile Learning? http://t.co/z9N6Sba #mLearning#mLearnCon
@upsidelearning: 22 Books For Beginner #Instructional #Designers http://t.co/PQyCzab #eLearning #mLearnCon
MegSecatore: Phil Cowcill: Net generation does not see the technology. No real big "wow" to them. #mlearncon
lidapink: So far it's, "Think outside the course." RT @KristinTho: @lidapink what has been ur biggest takeaway from #mlearncon?
@UpsideLearning: Learning in the Future – Exploring Five Themes http://t.co/FzJvQrJ #eLearning #mLearnCon
nickfloro: @kennethpiner @janhavipadture All major mobile platforms iOS, Android, HP, even blackberry support HTML5 in browsers. #mlearncon
epictalk: Did you know... there are more mobile devices in the UK than people (as revealed by researcher at #mLearnCon).
kennethpiner: @JanhaviPadture says HTML5 won't be recommended til 2012 but emerging and 10 years likely for full adoption #mlearncon
@StephanieDaul: To be a good designer you need to be a learner #mLearnCon
UpsideLearning: Design component is the most important part of a game#MLearnCon
@J_Haag: Native apps vs. Web apps is not a debate. It’s a engineering + design decision and should be based on a solid set of requirements#mlearncon
smartinx: Good enterprise learning design (mobile and other) requires planning and strategy. Seat of the pants=recipe for disaster. #mLearnCon
@eLearningGuild: How To Make The Right Call With Mobile Learning by Timothy Hildreth : Learning Solutions Magazine http://bit.ly/lVbDDW(expand) #mlearncon
lidapink: #mlearncon - http://tinyurl.com/689yuzp (expand) The best visual that I've seen to frame mobile learning with device, learner, and social.
@ArtisanELrng: Using Lectora to Create iPad-Compatible Content – Results of Our Testing http://bit.ly/lIXIxL (expand) #lectora #ipad #mlearncon
AbhijeetValke: Mobile Learning: A Quick SWOT Analysis http://t.co/xVvV9k3 #mlearning #Mobile #Learning #Solutions #mLearnCon
AbhijeetValke: The Advent Of #Mobile #Learning Technology http://t.co/VYY8aVPCheck out this SlideShare Presentation #mLearnCon
@J_Haag: The web is also an app platform! W3C has standards that addresses developing mobile web apps. Monitor this: http://t.co/5uBFn0Q#mlearncon
eLearningGuild: For the many iPad users/attendees at #mLearnCon: Apps in Education: 50 really useful iPad 2 tips and tricks http://bit.ly/m1mrEL (expand)
briandusablon: The Learning Layer book on learning analytics. Check it out.#mlearncon
TrishFinfer: Getting conflicting opinions at #mLearnCon - Design for 1 or 2 specific devices or design for the lowest comm denom to run on as many poss?
@rodgammon: 6 types mobile edugames: Knowledge based, Skills based, cognitive fitness, Role-playing, Language learning, Location #mLearnCon507
eLearningGuild: How To Make The Right Call With Mobile Learning by Timothy Hildreth : Learning Solutions Magazine http://bit.ly/lVbDDW (expand) #mlearncon
renshine: #mlearncon Never forget that rolling out mlearning or mperformance support is not just about the technology, never forget the people
aishadtaylor: #mlearncon Rockwell says: play testing of games is crucial.@gamesczar @hybridkris
StephanieDaul: Keep the rules simple so everyone feels like the can play@hybridKris #MLearnCon
randah: Mobile learning has entered the "value creation" phase of its PLC. Market already demands adv features - #mlearncon - Ambient Insights
Fernway18: #mlearncon learning is part copying. See one, do one, teach one like in med school

And a few amusing tweets that made me smile.

CoreyBleich: My head is buzzing with great ideas like a bee hive of grey matter.#mlearncon
UpsideLearning: Learners are always two clicks away from Angry Birds. Standard for what " engaging" learning needs to be.#mLearnCon
tamarasal: #mlearncon I can spell SCORM...
xrivatsan: Gonna kick our #mLearnCon masterclass "One App to Rule Them All" in high gear now! Catch us there!
robertloakes: If there are no training objectives, can you call it #mlearning?#mlearncon

Interesting Tweets from mLearnCon 2011- Day 1

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:17:00 +0000

If you can't be at mLearnCon 2011 then the next best thing is to follow the twitter stream that is coming out from the participants. Here's a bit of a condensed list of some of the great tweets that were shared yesterday (day 1).

Quinnovator: "HTML5 is the new black" @visualrinse #mlearncon (dinner convo)
cammybean: Airline pilots switch to ipads http://t.co/qnvHmpP #mlearncon
neillasher: Highlights in Moshpit today 4: Teeny Tiny Games on your mobile device with @gamesczar, the lady behind the game of cards #mlearncon
@Quinnovator: Latest Learnlet: Jeremiah Owyang#mLearnCon keynote mind map: http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=212
@MegSecatore: Mobile doesn't fragment our classrooms; it makes learning ubiquitous. #mlearncon @jowyang #mlearning
@MegSecatore: What mobile adds to social learning: Sharing and context. #mlearncon @quinnovator
@philharriman_ek: A big theme at #mlearncon 2011 -- mlearning is no longer just around the corner, it is here.
criticallearner: For L+D, if your standard course of design is to design a course, you are probably off course (of course) #lrnchat #idideas #mlearncon
@bjschone: "If you aren't solving a problem, how do you know mLearning is the answer? Identify a problem first." @LanceDublin #mlearncon
@judyb: New mobile version ADL Mlearning Guide available free -http://adlmobile.wikispaces.com/Guide #mlearncon
@aaronesilvers: #mlearncon Game of Phones challenges with@hybridkris and @gamesczar @ mLearnCon http://t.co/YfR9O2o” > Looks like fun!
@learningplan: A User-Centered Approach To Web Design For Mobile Devices (via @smashingmag) http://t.co/aQX2ZyX #mlearning #mlearncon
@smartinx: Make your QR codes interesting. http://t.co/26hnlj8 #mLearnCon
@StephanieDaul: Lowest common denominator development does not enage higher users #MLearnCon
@StephanieDaul: Developers need to be consumers of mobile learning so they understand the experience #MLearnCon #mobmin
@epictalk: Wow! QR codes have been used in Japan since 1994 says Lentz at #mLearnCon #MLearnCon
ImmersiveLearn: Omnigraffle is another great mobile prototyping tool #mLearnCon
ImmersiveLearn: Keynote is a perfect iPad app prototyping tool to represent fidelity and functionality. #mLearnCon
@J_Haag: jQuery Mobile Beta 1 Released today!http://tinyurl.com/jQMbeta (expand) #mlearning #mlearncon
@lidapink: Mobile devices are experts in a bottle. #mLearnCon
StephanieDaul: Corporate learner learn so they can do their job better and be better comp, not because they want to learn #MLearnCon
StephanieDaul: Mobile learning is about the learner having the device with them at all times #MLearnCon
@rankinw just referenced @constances WoW learning engagement study from 2009. Learning happens when creators contribute. #gls7 #mLearnCon
kellaprice: Uh-oh. What's the fix? RT @jclarey Japan 10 yrs ahead of US on how mobile is used #mlearncon
kellaprice: Time spent on #facebook may surprise u! RT @billbrandon Mobile app use passes Web access http://t.co/dFBOdGU #mlearncon
SteveEngineer: Create your own augmented reality applications - Wikitude.me#mlearncon
@nickfloro: Creating Polls for Mobile or Desktops with PollEverywhere.com using Web, Twitter or Text Responses #mlearnconhttp://post.ly/2Fwsu
@Vanderlisa: Great resource! Adlmobile.wikispaces.com#mLearnCon @judyb #mlearning
@MegSecatore: A primer for mobile learning? Here's an app for that from Float Mobile. http://bit.ly/jD4yYU (expand) #mlearncon
@StephanieDaul: It's not about rapid development it's about rapid reuse. #MLearnCon
@lidapink: Think outside the course. #mLearnCon @judyb
@StephanieDaul: Not only have mobile devices change how we do things but also what we expect #MLearnCon
@Quinnovator trio of recommendations for social media books.#mlearncon http://t.co/5XzVyEK
· @jowyang: Slides: How to Develop a Learning Strategy for Mobile and Social (Keynote) http://t.co/3KUs22P #mlearncon
@aYSC_SEHC: #mlearncon people look at their mobile devices every 12 minutes on avg.
@aYSC_SEHC: M-learning doesn't eliminate e-learning but is part of an overall learning strategy #mlearncon
@StephanieDaul: Think about the cost of an iPad in turns of the cost of printing materials #MLearnCon
@MegSecatore: What is the value added of SM? You are no longer just the answers you have in your head. You can pull from your network as well.#mlearncon
@arossett: #mlearncon lovely metaphor. Use mobile for shish kabob not steak. Add informative peppers and onion too.
@Quinnovator #mlearncon Value to exposing ideas publically allows for thinking, processing, response, repeat
@StephanieDaul: Think about how the physical layout of the classroom to create a social environment #MLearnCon
@MegSecatore: User -generated content is Findable, Editable, Tagable, Feedbable .. and one more...#mlearncon via @bschlenker
@robertloakes: At the Moshpit, Neil Lasher says that native apps are on their way out. The OS will become the new "app". #mlearncon
MegSecatore: Web 3.0: System-generated content. Think Amazon
@aaronesilvers: Talking tablets in the mLearn Future Zone#mlearncon http://lockerz.com/s/112834297recommends.@quinnovator #mlearncon
@nickfloro: Great mobile templates for iPad and iPhone to wireframe your designs, apps and ideas via @teehanlax #mlearncon http://post.ly/2Fx65
@KornerstoneGuy: My questions: iPad a consumptive device & not a creative device? 80% of my students chose laptop v tabllet for their 1:1 device#mlearncon
aishadtaylor: #mlearncon apparently there's a qrcode that will make the phone call a number. Qrstuff.com
turkofages: #mlearncon HTML 5 seems to be on the forefront to pushing content to multiple device platforms simultaneously.
@billcush #mlearning anyone? CHART OF THE DAY: People Are Spending More Time In Mobile Apps Than On The Web http://ow.ly/5mZPM
turkofages: #mLearnCon "Going to bed at night is awkward with a laptop...but not with your mobile device" ...expanding learning timeframe.
jimpfarrell: the 70 20 10 rule as defined by Eric Shepherd http://bit.ly/jOen03/#mlearncon
@lidapink: How is your audience using their phones (mobilegraphics)? Use this info as you develop mlearning. @jowyang #mLearnCon

A few amusing tweets that came out yesterday.

StephanieDaul: @briandusablon @moehlert would I use my mouse to hit that next button or can I just hit it with my hand #MLearnCon
moehlert: @stephaniedaul #mlearncon (only half-joking) Is that really hard to believe when we still have to decide where to put Next button?
@Fernway18: #mlearncon I just got #rickrolled and it was great! Thanks #writetechnology
ryanaller: I just got my hands on another drink ticket!! Get 2 drinks for 10 jumping jacks in front of Future Zone. COUNT THEM OUT LOUD! #mLearnCon
@smartinx: Sense of irony that Wiley has a 180-page book on the style an etiquette of 140-char tweets #mLearnCon
TrishFinfer: Looks like 'low hanging fruit' is a catchphrase at #mLearnCon - have heard it used in each of my sessions today.
@CanadianPacMan: Love the new term for mobile: leverage Disruptive technology #mlearncon
LisaShannon: Content is King...Even More So on Mobile. Love this session title!#mlearncon
mlearncon: Next person to stop by @eLearningGuild booth #106 & say "I want to create visual stories that Resonate" gets the book for free #mlearncon

Tile Letters in Stone

noreply@blogger.com (Tracy Parish) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:57:00 +0000

It was brought to the attention through the E-Learning Heroes form that the original tile letters posted yesterday may not be exactly the right thing to be using in your course.

So here is an additional version that perhaps will still meet your needs, but not violate any copyrights when being used.