The convenience of having an actual living, breathing 5th grader in my home during the popular weekly game show may not be all that convenient. As a family we enjoy watching the show and pretending we are the participants and my step-daughter plays the role of the student. Sometimes she's right … [Read more...]
What eLearning development model?
For past two years I've been trying to put some kind of eLearning development model into place. Over those same two years my efforts have been thwarted because of the enormously fast-paced environment we live the majority of our days awake. Not that we don't like processes, we are an extremely … [Read more...]
An Object is First a Shape: Lines, Dots, and Dashes
In eLearning we are always challenged with communicating a message to the masses. Where one message may read well for one user, that same message is vague to another. Images, symbols, and graphics can communicate your message more effectively by simply using a combination of dots, dashes, and … [Read more...]
ReLearn
How often do you re-learn something? Meaning, how often do you venture into something you may have a vast amount of knowledge and/or experience, but you do something totally against what you know? I just returned from a weekend in Hot Springs, AR. It is a place known for beautiful landscape, … [Read more...]
The BIG Question – Learn to eLearn
This month's ASTD Learn Circuits The Big Question refers to a recent post graduate of an Instructional Design program. This student is seeking advice on how to build or author their first elearning and what tools to use. So, the BIG question is: How do I learn to elearn? As a developer of … [Read more...]
As a man thinketh
James Allen was a 19th Century philosopher who wrote a small book titled, "As a Man Thinketh." It is one of those little books that has hundreds of references to logical thinking and basic fundamental principles. They came in several sizes but I got the one that is about 2" by 2" and is a perfect … [Read more...]