SynthesisUsing metaphors in eLearning makes learners more receptive to ideas and information that are otherwise complex to figure out. These metaphors in presentation mode or self-contemplative mode make learners easily grasp needed knowledge and immediately adapt concepts thereby prompting a…
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Engaging Technical eLearning – Tips on Design and Delivery
[Please add your comments below] Engineer’s and Technical Writer’s View Oftentimes, my development team works to help clients convert technical training into eLearning. An example is the Oracle HRIS and hardware training. The initial challenge is, “How do we make…
Instant Learning: How it works and how to make it happen?
Synthesis: The brain has the ability to replicate or imagine real life experiences. This allows us to share instant learning experiences in our eLearning programs. The Instant Experience Loop occurs at the moment learners share and connect stories with the…
“Brain Freeze: Does your eLearning System Cause Learning Paralysis?”
Synthesis: The advent of technology options can be exciting. However, the influx of information to an individual’s brain may prove to be debilitating to one’s decision making process or may result to learning paralysis for learners. Considering the limitations of…
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. The…
TEDx Caltech Insights Jan. 14, 2011
Highlights from my day at TEDxCaltech.com. Follow #TEDXCALTECH in Twitter.com It was a wow, belly blowing, mind-bending, brain cell twitching, eye-popping and heartfelt joy and amazing insight. Must see – This is a must see and listen event. The imagery…
My Encounter with the Galactic Minds: Feynman TEDX Caltech and Stephen Hawkings
This week is very exciting for me. I will be attending Caltech’s TEDx event on January 14, 2011 “Feynman’s Vision: The Next 50 Years”. I am also attending a Caltech lecture by Stephen Hawking. TEDx CALTECH This will be a…
New Territories and Innovations in Learning Solutions
Happy New Year! May 2011 bring you and your loved ones peace, good health and more wealth. Thank you for all your support in 2010. My 2010 was a year of discovery and innovation. My team had an abundance of…
How to Embed Learning Goals in Stories
Gist: convert learning goals into stories by allowing the characters to show and tell the desired outcomes. I just read Roger Schank’s article in eLearn Magazine on Learning through Storytelling, Not Documents. A couple of points struck me: People love…
No-Lecture Webinars – Extreme, Hyper Interaction
When I ran the Webinar on NO-LECTURE WEBINARS participants moaned due to the speed of interaction, largely hyper keyboard pounding. Many were amazed that a webinar is possible without lecture or at least near zero lecture. My insights, tricks I…
BP Gulf Oil Spills – a case of “be a manager, go to jail”
The news suggest that there has been early signs of the oil spill disaster. Oil rig contractors have detected earlier problems but failed to take the needed steps to avert the catastrophe. Many years ago in my one of my…
Lessons from Ning and free Web 2.0 services – eLearning R&D engines
There has been abundance in Web 2.0 tools including social networking for example Ning.com. Unfortunately, Ning has decided to close down its free service and requires account holders to move to paid subscription. Ning’s decision shows the volatility of funding…
Games in 48 Hours – Insights from Sid Meier
Thanks to mLearn Staff. I had fun watching Sid Meier, considered “Father of computer game” in this documentary (23 minutes). My takeaways: Engaging to developers; Multiple mindsets; good to push what one can do in 48 hours. I love the…
How to Link Social Learning to Work and Performance
How to Link Social Learning to Work and Performance View more presentations from 3MinuteWorlds. Ray Jimenez, PhDJoin us at 3MinuteWorlds Micro-Learning Community http://3minuteworld.trainingpayback.comhttp://www.vignettestraining.com/http://www.simplifyelearning.com/ “Helping Learners Learn Their Way”
My Crowded Social Network
It is not in the number of connections. It is the fewvaluable connections that matter. In fact avoid the crowd,seek out the few. Ray Jimenez, PhDJoin us at 3MinuteWorlds Micro-Learning Community http://3minuteworld.trainingpayback.comhttp://www.vignettestraining.com/http://www.my3mg.com “Helping Learners Learn Their Way”