Jakob Nielsen: E-Learning: An Oxymoron? Story Telling, Narrative and Web Reading, and Social Learning Jakob Nielsen Alert Box, June 9, 2008, compares Writing Style for Print vs. Web. ————————————————————- Application Points: Participants in social learning are ALL engaged but differ…
Author: Ray Jimenez, PhD
e-Learning 2.0: Surveying Learner Participant TechnoProfile
Social Networking: Surveying Learner Participant TechnoProfile I have been fine-tuning a survey tool to gauge the TechnoProfile of the target learning audience in social learning, networking, collaboration and Learning 2.0 environments. I call it “Learner TechnoProfile.” The survey design is…
“Beyond Blogs – It Will Be Here After the Bubble Bursts”
Stephen Baker of Business Week says in a video, “We will be using blogs and other tools, even after the blog bubble bursts, if there is one.” I remember the upside of the last .COM bust. A lot of the…
Visualization – IBM’s Many Eyes Rocks – A Tool for Social Network Leaders
There is a lot of progress in web 2.0 tools and widgets in the area of visualization of data, interaction or process. Searchme.com and C Dragon are good examples. The idea is that the more people can visualize data, the…
“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Or “Are We Dumbing Our Online Learners?”
“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Or my related question is, “are we dumbing our online learners?” Nick Carr This is a MUST reading if you are into e-Learning, web-based training or any technology- assisted work. I had to PRINT the…
Culture of Training Impact Evaluation
Let’s make it a culture “that a training impact evaluation” be done for every training effort. According to Elliott Masie: “The hardcore answer is that every time we start a project for a business unit, we demand that an impact…
Information Overload, Interruptions in Flow – Reduce Productivity
In “3-Minute e-Learning” I focused on the need to present to learners content that is critical to their performance. This is necessary because of the frequent interruptions and preferences of learners to randomly move around whenever they are in online…
Raymond Always Teaches Me Something New — Nuclear Fusion Project
Raymond, 17, my son, always teaches me something new. He just self-published with Lulu.com his book on Amateur Nuclear Fusion. You can download a free PDF copy – allow more download time, it’s 80 Meg. Raymond teaches me: > Tenacity…
Upcoming Online Workshops on Social Learning and e-Learning
I am delivering three Certificate online workshops with Training Magazine Events. Check it out: e-Learning Design http://www.trainingliveandonline.com/certjimenezelearn.html Advance e-Learning Design http://www.trainingliveandonline.com/certjimenezadvelearn.html Social Networking, Learning and Performance http://www.trainingliveandonline.com/certjimenez.html Ray Jimenez, PhD www.vignettestraining.com “Helping Learners Learn Their Way”
Deep Problems with Our Tools – e-Learning, Social Learning, etc.
I am often skeptical about the many types of learning tools, e.g. social networking, e-learning, LMS, rapid e-learning, even PowerPoint, etc. Matthew Crawford wrote an interesting article on “The Limits of Neuro-Talk”, The New Atlantis. Crawford cites: “If he be…
“Humans are suckers for scale” – The Art of Simplexity
In the June 23, issue of Time Magazine, page 61, the article on “The Art of Simplexity” states: “A houseplant, with its microhydraulics and fine-tuned metabolism, may be more complex than a manufacturing plant.” “Humans are suckers for scale. Shock…
Over-rated – The Myth of Multitasking
Christine Rosen writes on The Myth of Multitasking, The New Atlantis, on the different studies debunking the idea that we learn best by multi-tasking. “Discussing his research on National Public Radio recently, Poldrack warned, “We have to be aware that…
Trainers Learning from Learners, Furthering Their Skills
Mike Sachoff writes about a research at University of Minnesota that says social networking is found to be educational. Corporate trainers can learn from this approach. Listening to students, studying their “technoprofiles”, and taking advantage of their skills. “The study…
From Social Networking to Performance Widgets
Gary VanAntwerp called my attention to this New York Times article At Social Site, Only the Businesslike Need Apply. The article caught my interest because it calls the attention to what LinkedIn plans to do to increase usage or interaction…
The Kaizen Way – One Small Step Can Change Your Life
I just read The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer, PhD. It talks about making change happen in small steps. Maurer has done a lot of research in the area of behavioral changes, and he said this is how to deal…