IntroductionTable of PostsGuilty! We all are. The seduction of buying software instantly is a disease we acquired as part of the technology era. Resist the temptation, especially if you have not done some thinking about your content and your business…
Author: Ray Jimenez, PhD
DIYEL # 4 – Adopt a tech kid from your local community college. He knows more than your IT person.
IntroductionTable of Posts Seriously, the typical IT person in your company is not the guy you run to for eLearning advice, especially if you don’t know squat. You must think of your self-preservation. Think of your job security. And if…
DIYEL #3 First kidnap, highjack, beg, borrow, steal, cannibalize, and scavenge. Only then ask for a budget.
IntroductionTable of Posts“Do-It-Yourselfer” should be a job function in business with a job description and a position on the org chart. If you have the DNA of a corporate employee, it is a common and expected behavior to ask for…
DIYEL #2 ADDIE is like an expired medicine; it looks good but no longer works.
IntroductionTable of Posts Sometimes, we cheat ourselves. One day we open the medicine cabinet looking for a pill. We grab the bottle. The expiration date has passed but we take the medicine anyway because we are in pain. We hope…
Introduction
Table of Posts There is a rebirth of craftspeople in eLearning – they are the new eLearning Do-It-Yourselfers. They are designers, developers, subject matter experts, project leaders, champions and other participants in technology-assisted forms of learning. The rebirth of craft…
DIYEL Table of Posts
DIYEL #1 Get a new pair of glasses from Costco, not Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills DIYEL #2 ADDIE is like an expired medicine; it looks good but no longer works DIYEL #3 First kidnap, highjack, beg, borrow, steal, cannibalize,…
DIYEL #1 Get a new pair of glasses from Costco, not Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.
IntroductionTable of PostsHow does a family of five earning a minimum wage survive? They make do with what they have. They shop in thrift stores or at Costco, but never on Rodeo Drive. They have the bargain hunter’s instinct: hold…
How to instantly grab e-learners attention!
To instantly grab e-Learners, remember embedding content into stories. Embedding Steps Relate Interpret Apply _________________________________ Which statement grabs you instantly? Life is full of trials and tribulations or I started work at 3:00 am and finished at 11:00 pm, exhausted.…
Expirement on Twitter
Social Learning and Impacts
Testing the new SCREENR from Articulate
What I learned from #LRNCHAT yesterday – Twitter as a spark plug
Twitter is a spark plug for learning. I am a student of Twitter. I love Twitter since it epitomizes the succinct and instant learning I have been evangelizing (3-Minute eLearning) for about 10 years now. In 2007 I wrote about…
How to avoid eLearning paralysis and get moving with your projects
Many eLearning projects have false starts and failed attempts. One reason is paralysis. What can you do about it? And how do you get moving with your projects. eLearning abundance is a hay stack The abundance of eLearning solutions is…
The Master SME: How to become one? How to work with it?
If you are in a shipwreck and are stranded in a desolate island with an SME (Subject Matter Expert), what would be your conversation like? Ask yourselves, “What do we do?” Both of your concerns become how to get off…
Cut to 30% eLearning Development Costs
Let us do the rough math. Assuming a typical one hour eLearning costs $35,000. This is how Do-it-Yourselfers think and do.• Focus efforts on must learn, probably around 20% of the content.• Apply authoring tools on the 20%.• Develop images…