I just came in from Midhurst, West Sussex (old country), London. The place reminded me that humans have not changed through generations. People want to control things and their environment. While in flight, I finished reading Psychologist and Harvard Professor…
Author: Ray Jimenez, PhD
Leadership Summit – Phoenix, thoughts
I am in flight from Burbank to Phoenix. I am testing my Treo 700 by sending an email through it. While doing this, I am struggling in thought and emotions. “Hmmm… I must let go my wanting to post long…
e-Learning technologies help in training ROI measurement
Why don’t we have an innovation using e-Learning, rapid e-Learning, Web 2.0 technologies and other technologies to measure training ROI? Over the past few months I have been involved in a small study on: “How to help learners apply what…
Marrying Rapid e-Learning and Informal Learning
It is an interesting conversation to marry formal and informal learning and rapid e-learning. I agree with Patrick Dunn that rapid e-learning is largely misused. I think there are at least two ways to look at rapid e-learning: first, as…
Guide-on-the-Side Meetings on LMSs and Learning Platforms: Training 2007 Conference
Guide-on-the-Side Meetings: Provocative Questions for our Discussions Provocative Questions on the Future of LMS and Learning Platforms and how they impact you and your organizations. ___________________________________________ The materials below are lifted quotes from Josh Bersin, Elliott Masie, Tony Karrer, Jay…
“Making the invisible visible” – Old idea, new skin – social networking
Why are many of us in businesses surprised that social networking is so popular? I recall a presentation made by Bill Russell from Raytheon last November 2006 at Elliott Masie’s Learning Conference. His presentation on Social Networking Analysis (SNA) created…
Compelling Characters in Scenario-Based e-Learning (SBL) Makes e-Learning Relevant, Real-Life
Characters carry the learning messages in SBLs (Scenario-Based e-Learning). Characters in SBL stories serve these purposes: 1. Make the story more relevant and meaningful. 2. Allow us to empathize with the pain and pleasure of the characters. 3. Make us…
Sex & Violence in e-Learning: Creating Engaging Scenario-Based e-Learning
A Harvard professor once told me that one of the jobs of trainers and consultants “is to enrage, engage or throw warm and hot feelings to our audiences. The trouble is that a spit on the face is also a…
Insights on Business Drivers of Social Networking
Back to square one – my true love: people and groups. I am now in a learning technology-based business, though I am a frustrated “Organization Development” consultant (my PhD). However, I am back to where I started 25 years ago,…
What is your rapid e-Learning mindset or religion?
I am new to blogs. Another learning. Sometimes I hear my own voice more often than those people whose opinions I respect and want to hear, and those I must listen to. So this blog is to reach out, share…
Social Learning: How e-Learning Developers can Benefit from the Boom in Social Computing and Social Machines
A recent issue of the Newsweek Magazine (April 3, 2006) featured an article on the second internet boom, referring to the new ways people are living in this knowledge-interactive age, enjoying the growth of opportunities of personal computing, mobility, connectivity,…
Sometimes I wish Tony Soprano is working for me – The Politics: Culture change and implementation in e-Learning
Have you noticed that e-Learning is not free from the politics of project implementation in organizations, whether we observe and admit it or not? Sometimes, I get so frustrated with internal politics that I wish Tony Soprano were working for…
If your Content is 1,000 pages, how do you discover the 10% key performance content?
Most training converted into e-Learning is based on linear, teacher-trainer delivery methods. Of course, just converting into e-Learning is a bad approach. Why? Because nobody wants to study a linear lesson online. The biggest value of e-learning is helping the…
Survey on The Index of e-Learning® / A Tool to Audit Your e-Learning Programs
Participate in the survey and then see the full article with the compiled responses: We would appreciate your help in completing the Survey on the Index of e-Learning®. The Index of e-Learning® is a list of ten (10) reference standards…
Managing SMEs for Rapid e-Learning
Topics this issue: Based on a study on Rapid e-Learning published by the e-Learning Guild, one cause of delays in e-learning development is the difficulty in working with subject matter experts (SMEs). I have interviewed and worked with hundreds of…