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289 - Are Trainers The Right e-Learning Designers?; Wireless Broadband: Content Creation on the Road; From Summer Weekly Readers to On-Line Summers
August 12, 2004
TRENDS by Elliott Masie - August 12, 2004
#289 - Updates on Learning, eLearning and Training
47,814 Readers - The MASIE Center - www.masie.com Free Digital Book: 701 e-Learning Tips www.masie.com/701tips/
1. Are Trainers The Right e-Learning Designers?
2. Wireless Broadband: Content Creation on the Road
3. From Summer Weekly Readers to On-Line Summers
4. e-Learning Briefing in Baltimore in September
1. Are Trainers The Right e-Learning Designers? One of the trends that we have been tracking has been the partial re-deployment of classroom trainers in the e-Learning era:
* A significant number of full-time classroom trainers are being asked to take on e-Learning development or design functions.
In some cases, this works out wonderfully. The trainer may bring deep subject matter expertise and/or a crisp sense of the learning from the learner's perspective. However, sometimes the match between classroom training competencies and instructional design competencies is not there.
There also seem to be a wide range of investment in re-training the trainers (from no investment to full instructional design classes).
I would like to do a quick poll of TRENDS readers to see their take on this practice. Send me a note to emasie@masie.com with your thoughts and experiences about deploying classroom trainers as e-Learning designers/developers. We will post a summary of findings in a future TRENDS.
2. Wireless Broadband - Content Creation on the Road: This is the first TRENDS that I am writing on my laptop via wireless Broadband. Sitting at the breakfast table at the Watergate Hotel (where I am staying for a conference), I have a new EVDO card from Qualcomm and 3G service from Verizon. The connection is "hot and fast". Rather than the slightly faster than dial up connection that I had been using previously, this is actually faster than the ethernet DSL connection in my hotel room. For the first time, I decided to not use the wired route and instead go wireless.
I tested it in the cab from Dulles and viewed a video intensive e-Learning module and it worked fine. I conducted a test web conferencing session, complete with video, from the hotel lobby and once again it worked.
As this and other next generation public broadband wireless services are rolled out, it will increase the access of our mobile workforce to e-Learning. The ability of a sales representative to access learning and knowledge content from anywhere is a great example of a provocative application of this technology. If you want more info, here is a link:
http://www.3gtoday.com/
3. From Summer Weekly Readers to On-Line Summers: When I was in grade school, one of the treats during July and August was receiving a Summer Weekly Reader newspaper in the mail every Monday. As a 7 year old, this was the only mail I ever received and it kept my brain active with reading
and short exercies over the summer vacation. Ok, I admit it, I was a
nerd.
The concept has been taken into the digital age by a wide range of innovative teachers. Students are receiving e-mails from their teachers at key times during the summer, with links to e-Learning modules, on-line games and other activities. A nice way to create learning continuity during those warm months.
4. e-Learning Briefing in Baltimore in September: There are a few spaces available in our 1 Day e-Learning Briefing to be held in Baltimore on September 2, 2004. Details and info at http://www.masie.com
Upcoming MASIE Center Events:
* Rapid e-Learning Development
* e-Learning Skills Lab
* e-Learning Briefing
Schedule and Info: http://www.masie.com
#289 - Updates on Learning, eLearning and Training
47,814 Readers - The MASIE Center - www.masie.com Free Digital Book: 701 e-Learning Tips www.masie.com/701tips/
1. Are Trainers The Right e-Learning Designers?
2. Wireless Broadband: Content Creation on the Road
3. From Summer Weekly Readers to On-Line Summers
4. e-Learning Briefing in Baltimore in September
1. Are Trainers The Right e-Learning Designers? One of the trends that we have been tracking has been the partial re-deployment of classroom trainers in the e-Learning era:
* A significant number of full-time classroom trainers are being asked to take on e-Learning development or design functions.
In some cases, this works out wonderfully. The trainer may bring deep subject matter expertise and/or a crisp sense of the learning from the learner's perspective. However, sometimes the match between classroom training competencies and instructional design competencies is not there.
There also seem to be a wide range of investment in re-training the trainers (from no investment to full instructional design classes).
I would like to do a quick poll of TRENDS readers to see their take on this practice. Send me a note to emasie@masie.com with your thoughts and experiences about deploying classroom trainers as e-Learning designers/developers. We will post a summary of findings in a future TRENDS.
2. Wireless Broadband - Content Creation on the Road: This is the first TRENDS that I am writing on my laptop via wireless Broadband. Sitting at the breakfast table at the Watergate Hotel (where I am staying for a conference), I have a new EVDO card from Qualcomm and 3G service from Verizon. The connection is "hot and fast". Rather than the slightly faster than dial up connection that I had been using previously, this is actually faster than the ethernet DSL connection in my hotel room. For the first time, I decided to not use the wired route and instead go wireless.
I tested it in the cab from Dulles and viewed a video intensive e-Learning module and it worked fine. I conducted a test web conferencing session, complete with video, from the hotel lobby and once again it worked.
As this and other next generation public broadband wireless services are rolled out, it will increase the access of our mobile workforce to e-Learning. The ability of a sales representative to access learning and knowledge content from anywhere is a great example of a provocative application of this technology. If you want more info, here is a link:
http://www.3gtoday.com/
3. From Summer Weekly Readers to On-Line Summers: When I was in grade school, one of the treats during July and August was receiving a Summer Weekly Reader newspaper in the mail every Monday. As a 7 year old, this was the only mail I ever received and it kept my brain active with reading
and short exercies over the summer vacation. Ok, I admit it, I was a
nerd.
The concept has been taken into the digital age by a wide range of innovative teachers. Students are receiving e-mails from their teachers at key times during the summer, with links to e-Learning modules, on-line games and other activities. A nice way to create learning continuity during those warm months.
4. e-Learning Briefing in Baltimore in September: There are a few spaces available in our 1 Day e-Learning Briefing to be held in Baltimore on September 2, 2004. Details and info at http://www.masie.com
Upcoming MASIE Center Events:
* Rapid e-Learning Development
* e-Learning Skills Lab
* e-Learning Briefing
Schedule and Info: http://www.masie.com
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