Man 1: Whatcha got? Man 2: A box Man 1: Where'd ya get it? Man 2: I don't know Man 1: You don't know? Man 2: No. Just always had it. Man 1: What's in it? Man 2: I don't know. Man 1: You don't know? Man 2: Nope. Man 1: You have a box you don't know where you got and you don't know what's in … [Read more...]
To Pre-Test or not to Pre-Test
There are two schools of thought on this. Adding a Pre Test to gain entry to an on-line course and/or a workshop or not. As well there are as many middle-school thoughts in between. In my experience, here are the top two: Pre Test is to measure a learner's current knowledge of the subject prior … [Read more...]
What’s in a job title?
Janet Clarey wrote a piece about "Learning Professionals" in her blog recently, and as coincidental as it may seem I have had this post title saved in a draft for some time as the same question has been lurking around my noggin for some time. I've been called a lot of things in my life and some of … [Read more...]
Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
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...]