Justin Beller Blog - Latest Comments

Re: Review: Learning 2.0 for Associations

Jeff Cobb — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:42:28 -0000

Justin - Thanks for highlighting the report. It's funny, back when I wrote it (pre-Kindle), "eBook" had a fairly different meaning. I think I will call it something else with the next edition! - Jeff

Re: 5 Ways to Jump Into Rapid E-learning

Justin Beller — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:34:10 -0000

Thank you for your insightful comment, Jon. I think you pretty much summed up what I intended to say. Quality instruction does not come without proper planning. That planning is strong instructional design. In instructional design, one way transfer knowledge and skills is to make the learning as concrete or as real as possible. Though scenarios (which I made sure to include in my links), you make the learning experience relatable thus ensuring retention.

A "speedy" development process is great, but attention to detail when it comes to the quality of instruction can never be ignored.

Re: 5 Ways to Jump Into Rapid E-learning

jon — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:41:11 -0000

Hi Justin - I do agree with you that 'developing e-learning is a craft and you can't rush the creation of a quality learning experience at the expense of the learner's needs.' Well said!

The additional point is that few people create elearning as a critical part of a business need and measure it as such. Our 'less with less' webinar ( http://bit.ly/ZNixl) through Training Industry tried to get people to get back to thinking about business planning and strategy - of which actionable metrics are a core part.

Back to 'rapid' (or rabid?), I wrote the first RoboDemo course (and most of those folks from eHelp are now part of the Articulate team), so I cut my teeth on these tools (graduating from Dreamweaver, Flash, and Director). Most people interpret 'rapid' inappropriately, assuming a 2:1 or 5:1 development ratio. While it can be done, it usually does not end up as quality work. When you start talking about 100 or 200:1 development ratios, people are in disbelief. Obviously, these numbers include storyboarding, scripting, assessment, collaborative feedback, audio, etc.

Having people install these tools and start cranking out 'show me' demos is as bad as importing a bunch of ppts into a talking head show. Especially without validation of alignment to the business.

Great site, and great links there - Tom does a fantastic job and I'm a subscriber to his insights.

All the best,
jon

Re: Is It Possible to Learn from Self-Paced Courseware?

Eddie Gear — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:51:44 -0000

Hi there Justin,

A very interesting post. Based on my experience I've taken up a lot of self-pased courses and found around 80% of them very useful, however they involve a lot of homework and reference material to make sure that your course is worth the while.

Cheers,
Eddie Gear