Instructional Design Portfolio Resources
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
My Reading 01/20/2009
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Breakthrough eLearning: Time = Money: The Driver for Rapid eLearning
- shorter product life cycles,very quick and frequent business process changes, time-mandated compliance in a number of areas
- tools
- people
- processes
- Development cycles can be compressed significantly when you have the right people on the job, with the right skills, with streamlined processes that allow decisions to be made quickly and sign-offs to occur infrequently
- I also think it is important not to rely too heavily on SMEs to produce eLearning content
- Remember also that eLearning does not have to be a course. Sometimes a timely job aid or electronic performance support system (EPSS) can be produced much more quickly, and will be much more effective
- The field needs more leaders who know how to orchestrate tools, people and processes to meet organizational training needs at the speed of business.
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Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Sometimes, we are engaged in computer-based education, but as a matter or fact, the organizations may not be able to provide technologically rich and facilitating environment. Take my company for an example. We have not decided what kind LMS to use, and employees have not been comfortable with learning online. Therefore, my manager and I decided to present the training program with CD-Rom format. This article teaches us how to make autorun CD-Rom. It is very easy and practical.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
My Reading 01/11/2009
Since I have been working for my company for half an year, I have realized the way they work and the result that they expect. I was graduated last May, and hoped to applied what I had learned in real situation, but this approach did not work out in my company. ADDIE is an ideal model for instructional design, and this is also something that I would like to try out in my job. However, it terms of execution, I feel it is so difficult for my coming project.
My manager gave me a copy of Georgia Commercial Driver's License Manual, and I guess what they want is just to systematically have the content presented online; moreover, they would like to see something very interesting and interactive. She has not given me much direction to do it. The manual has 136 pages, and is supposed to be done in the short time. At this moment, I am thinking how I could have the task done rapidly. Therefore, I did some search for Rapid-Elearning and got some ideas and tips. Not to mention how I will design this instruction, this opportunity helps me really get into the concept of rapid elearning and why it happnes in business. I think I got a great lesson from the search. It seems that we get the shortcut for instructional design; it is not as time-consuming as something I have learned. This term was not new for me, and I am glad that I have a chance to really take it into action.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
My manager gave me a copy of Georgia Commercial Driver's License Manual, and I guess what they want is just to systematically have the content presented online; moreover, they would like to see something very interesting and interactive. She has not given me much direction to do it. The manual has 136 pages, and is supposed to be done in the short time. At this moment, I am thinking how I could have the task done rapidly. Therefore, I did some search for Rapid-Elearning and got some ideas and tips. Not to mention how I will design this instruction, this opportunity helps me really get into the concept of rapid elearning and why it happnes in business. I think I got a great lesson from the search. It seems that we get the shortcut for instructional design; it is not as time-consuming as something I have learned. This term was not new for me, and I am glad that I have a chance to really take it into action.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
My Reading 01/07/2009
In the Middle of the Curve: Archive of Moodle Posts
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
My company is proceeding to implement Moodle for several training courses. I searched for information about Moodle and realized that Moodle has been popular because it is a free open courseware and it is easy to set up.
As far as I have observed in my company, Moodle is truly the ideal learning management system for us because it saves the cost and helps facilitate the corporate's Elearning. However, I do not agree that my company just throws off this new project without any plans or considerations. First, I have not seen that my colleagues or trainees are eager to establish the interaction and collaboration in their learning. Second, I have not seen that the learning materials are well prepared to put online. Third, I have not seen that the instructors can fully accept this kind of learning style. For the first point, as mentioned above, one of the biggest features of Moodle is that it fosters online collaborations and the interactive activities, such as using forum, chatroom, journal and Wiki. If our trainers have been satisfied with current static delivery and not realized the importance of interaction, using Moodle does still not improve the progress in Elearning. I propose that it is vital to foster them the new ideas of effective learning and teaching. Both trainers and trainees need to be aware of the fact that integration and application of technology and the Internet to their courses does not give them trouble, but offers simple and safe solutions to deliver the materials. For the second point, actually the training materials are not well organized, no matter hard skills or soft skills. Most instructor-led courses are delivered with static manual and orally descriptive experiences. Sometimes, they may have interactive activities, but they are just feasible in face-to-face courses. To successfully implement Moodle, the trainers are supposed to re-design questions and lessons, establish the database of past exam papers and activities for students. For the last point, in the traditional learning environment, instructors just need to prepare for the class in advance; as the class finishes, all of the learning activities are done. Nevertheless, in online learning, instructors' support, response and feedback are very important, because learners are allowed to post their questions, ideas and journals online and they need to be reviewed by the instructors. Therefore, we have to consider that do those instructors want to make more efforts in trainees' learning. Are they willing to provide more information and develop more activities for the trainees after class? This is quite a new challenge for the instructors.
I look forward to seeing the achievement in my company.As far as I have observed in my company, Moodle is truly the ideal learning management system for us because it saves the cost and helps facilitate the corporate's Elearning. However, I do not agree that my company just throws off this new project without any plans or considerations. First, I have not seen that my colleagues or trainees are eager to establish the interaction and collaboration in their learning. Second, I have not seen that the learning materials are well prepared to put online. Third, I have not seen that the instructors can fully accept this kind of learning style. For the first point, as mentioned above, one of the biggest features of Moodle is that it fosters online collaborations and the interactive activities, such as using forum, chatroom, journal and Wiki. If our trainers have been satisfied with current static delivery and not realized the importance of interaction, using Moodle does still not improve the progress in Elearning. I propose that it is vital to foster them the new ideas of effective learning and teaching. Both trainers and trainees need to be aware of the fact that integration and application of technology and the Internet to their courses does not give them trouble, but offers simple and safe solutions to deliver the materials. For the second point, actually the training materials are not well organized, no matter hard skills or soft skills. Most instructor-led courses are delivered with static manual and orally descriptive experiences. Sometimes, they may have interactive activities, but they are just feasible in face-to-face courses. To successfully implement Moodle, the trainers are supposed to re-design questions and lessons, establish the database of past exam papers and activities for students. For the last point, in the traditional learning environment, instructors just need to prepare for the class in advance; as the class finishes, all of the learning activities are done. Nevertheless, in online learning, instructors' support, response and feedback are very important, because learners are allowed to post their questions, ideas and journals online and they need to be reviewed by the instructors. Therefore, we have to consider that do those instructors want to make more efforts in trainees' learning. Are they willing to provide more information and develop more activities for the trainees after class? This is quite a new challenge for the instructors.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Travel in Vancouver ( Dec 23, 2008 - Dec 28, 2008 )
今年是我工作的第一年，沒有了學生時代的寒暑假，但是我還是下定決心跟公司請假去溫哥華拜訪昭穎。雖然只有短短的六天，可是我有了些個人的感受和體會。
暫且不提我去了哪些地方，主要也是因為氣候非常糟糕，我們實在無法參觀太多地方，所以我並沒有體會到溫哥華美麗的城市風光。下了飛機之後，發現自己經歷了九個小時的飛行和轉機，已經來到另外一個國家了；想到很快就可以見到好朋友昭穎，覺得非常開心。走到接機的大廳，可以看到接機的人快勝過搭飛機的人，頓時感到濃濃的聖誕佳節團圓的氣氛。再仔細一看，幾乎都是亞洲人面孔，中文、韓文、日文、廣東話交雜，當然還是少不了英文囉!只聽見大家不斷寒暄問好，甚至拿起相機拍照，這樣的畫面簡直就像是來到台灣的中正國際機場。終於等到昭穎了，我們一起搭公車先回她家，一路上我們的嘴巴從來沒有停下來，因為實在太多可以聊了。我發現，乘客也多半亞洲人，大多年紀都很輕。接下來了連續幾天，也都一直是這樣，這裡真是一個名副其實的「移民之都」，或說是「移民者的天堂」。聽昭穎說，加拿大楓葉卡非常好申請，如果是在這裡唸博士，畢業立即變成公民。這裡的亞洲人多半是全家移民，小孩在這裡唸高中或是大學，講得一口流利英文，可想而知，他們的家庭環境一定很不錯，父母才有能力做全家移民的決定。這六天下來，我沒有太多機會跟當地人接觸，因為我都一直和昭穎在一起，直到有兩天晚上，我有機會和昭穎一起在餐廳打工的同事聊天，才發現這些人來到這片土地上的想法。從他們的談吐裡，我感覺到因為這是一個容易移民以及進出的國家，所以有人為了想要多賺錢而來，有人則是不知道為何而來只因為家人做這樣移民的決定，似乎是為了想移民而移民，沒有奮鬥打拼的精神。這樣子的觀察讓我覺得這些人很膚淺，當然不可以以偏概全，但是我相信這也是代表多數人對於來到這片土地上真正的目的。我不禁想起有人用「浮萍」形容流浪者，我認為這些移民者的思想和行為也正像是「浮萍」一樣，隨著大環境漂泊，永遠不知道歸根於何處，也不知道要流往何方；雖然綠葉永遠露在水面上，但是水底下面的根是多麼淺啊!
這趟旅行讓我對「移民」有了深處的感慨。早期的移民文化是移民者出於冒險犯難、為了求生存的精神，而決心到另一個未知的國度，用雙手開闢自己的家園；而現今的移民大多是因為有錢，攜家帶眷來到一個非常進步的國家，導致其第二代不知道為何自己生長在這裡，甚至為了取得公民資格，進進出出兩國非常多次，這到底意義何在?
話說回來，雖然幾乎每個觀光景點都是關閉的，天氣又不佳，戶外參觀也受影響，但是看到昭穎以及她的新男朋友，我對這趟旅行還是滿開心的，所以分享幾張白雪覆蓋的溫哥華照片給大家
。
暫且不提我去了哪些地方，主要也是因為氣候非常糟糕，我們實在無法參觀太多地方，所以我並沒有體會到溫哥華美麗的城市風光。下了飛機之後，發現自己經歷了九個小時的飛行和轉機，已經來到另外一個國家了；想到很快就可以見到好朋友昭穎，覺得非常開心。走到接機的大廳，可以看到接機的人快勝過搭飛機的人，頓時感到濃濃的聖誕佳節團圓的氣氛。再仔細一看，幾乎都是亞洲人面孔，中文、韓文、日文、廣東話交雜，當然還是少不了英文囉!只聽見大家不斷寒暄問好，甚至拿起相機拍照，這樣的畫面簡直就像是來到台灣的中正國際機場。終於等到昭穎了，我們一起搭公車先回她家，一路上我們的嘴巴從來沒有停下來，因為實在太多可以聊了。我發現，乘客也多半亞洲人，大多年紀都很輕。接下來了連續幾天，也都一直是這樣，這裡真是一個名副其實的「移民之都」，或說是「移民者的天堂」。聽昭穎說，加拿大楓葉卡非常好申請，如果是在這裡唸博士，畢業立即變成公民。這裡的亞洲人多半是全家移民，小孩在這裡唸高中或是大學，講得一口流利英文，可想而知，他們的家庭環境一定很不錯，父母才有能力做全家移民的決定。這六天下來，我沒有太多機會跟當地人接觸，因為我都一直和昭穎在一起，直到有兩天晚上，我有機會和昭穎一起在餐廳打工的同事聊天，才發現這些人來到這片土地上的想法。從他們的談吐裡，我感覺到因為這是一個容易移民以及進出的國家，所以有人為了想要多賺錢而來，有人則是不知道為何而來只因為家人做這樣移民的決定，似乎是為了想移民而移民，沒有奮鬥打拼的精神。這樣子的觀察讓我覺得這些人很膚淺，當然不可以以偏概全，但是我相信這也是代表多數人對於來到這片土地上真正的目的。我不禁想起有人用「浮萍」形容流浪者，我認為這些移民者的思想和行為也正像是「浮萍」一樣，隨著大環境漂泊，永遠不知道歸根於何處，也不知道要流往何方；雖然綠葉永遠露在水面上，但是水底下面的根是多麼淺啊!
這趟旅行讓我對「移民」有了深處的感慨。早期的移民文化是移民者出於冒險犯難、為了求生存的精神，而決心到另一個未知的國度，用雙手開闢自己的家園；而現今的移民大多是因為有錢，攜家帶眷來到一個非常進步的國家，導致其第二代不知道為何自己生長在這裡，甚至為了取得公民資格，進進出出兩國非常多次，這到底意義何在?
話說回來，雖然幾乎每個觀光景點都是關閉的，天氣又不佳，戶外參觀也受影響，但是看到昭穎以及她的新男朋友，我對這趟旅行還是滿開心的，所以分享幾張白雪覆蓋的溫哥華照片給大家
。
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