Archive for September, 2008
Over at Weblogg-ed, Will Richardson looks at the differences he’s noticed between reading online and reading on paper. This section especially jumped out at me:
… For some reason, probably because I was a former English teacher, I reflect on this whole reading is changing discussion a lot. Probably 75% of what I read I read online. The other 25% is almost all books. I read all of my news from papers, magazines, etc. online, all of my correspondence, all of the blogs that I follow. And, as I’ve written before, my reading habits have changed a great deal. It has become an effort for me to work with longer texts, to do sustained reading and thinking, to stick with complex narratives. …
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Janet Clarey: Thoughts on the effectiveness of immersive simulations and on-demand learning.
iLibrarian: College students are increasingly interested in classes that offer online lecture capture. While the overwhelming favorite reason being to make up classes, a healthy number of them said that it improved their knowledge retention and overall scores.
eLearning Slam: In contrast to the previous item, here are several ways in which audio tracks for elearning can make it worse and less accessible.
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The people who work for your organization know things that are important to the smooth working of your organization. That’s why they’re working there in the first place.
If you’ve found yourself here, you’re probably concerned with getting what they know, what you want them to be able to share with their colleagues, written and stored for easier access throughout the enterprise. Knowledge, as they say, is one of the few commodities that increases when shared.
Of course, you’ve also got to make sure that their time is spent wisely. Some organizations decide that accepting subject matter expert-generated training content in a Microsoft Word document is therefore the easiest thing to do. While the learning curve seems attractively low, there are hidden costs to the easy road.
What’s your to-learn list? That’s the question at Learning Circuits this month, where bloggers are asked to come up with their own lists to share. But first, a story:
A monk asked Zhao Zhou to teach him.
Zhao Zhou asked, “Have you eaten your meal?”
The monk replied, “Yes, I have.”
“Then go wash your bowl,” said Zhao Zhou.
At that moment, the monk was enlightened.
I first read that story in a book where the way it was told, the monk was asking specifically to be taught something about self cultivation. That’s more or less Zen for self improvement.
Tony Karrer: Training method trends in elearning — classroom education and learning management are in, wikis and communities of practice seem to be out.
Janet Clarey: The value of multimedia in elearning.
Harold Jarche: Employees want learning, managers want performance; can’t we all just get along?
Bryan Chapman: Free resources! Who doesn’t like that?
eLearning Guild Research: Your input is requested, as Steve Wexler considers developing an index of the best industries for elearning.
Robin Good: Visual communication tools you can use.
Live Laugh Learn Lead: You may have missed some of these New York Times articles about brain function when they were published last month, but better late than never.
