Extreme Learning - Recently Updated Pageshttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/pageSearch/updatedRecently Updated Pages on http://extremelearning.wetpaint.comen-usinfo@wetpaint.comWed, 16 May 2007 09:04:12 CDTWed, 16 May 2007 09:04:12 CDTwetpaint.com60Extreme Learninghttp://image.wetpaint.com/image/2/JjLkWiZGNu8gUsnHRu60Gg7692http://extremelearning.wetpaint.comLinks and Resourceshttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Links+and+Resourceskirkhttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Links+and+ResourcesWed, 16 May 2007 09:04:12 CDThttp://xlab.masie.com/

Timer link for classroom

Shift Happens

"Wisdom of the Crowds" by James Surowiecki - click here
Watch Elliott interview James at Learning 2006

"We is Smarter Than Me" by Tom Malone - click here

"The Hidden Power of Social Networks - Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations"
Rob Cross, University of Virginia - click here

Ambrosine.com - Click here for a great Game Authoring Resources.

CNN Pipeline - www.cnn.com/pipeline

Judy Brown's Mobile Learning List - click here

Top Ten Tips for Corporate Gaming - click here

Squidoo.com - click here
- a free and fun way to create a handbuilt catalog of the best stuff online and find what you're looking for.

What you need to Blog - click here

mLearnepedia.com - click here

Wikimatrix - info and comparisons on wiki tools - click here

Others???

Did you like the Karl Fisch PowerPoint? Then check out the The Machine is Us/ing Us.

]]>Barry Shieldshttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Barry+Shieldslarahttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Barry+ShieldsMon, 14 May 2007 11:00:37 CDT
For those I didn't talk to, I'm a Program Manager/Instructional Designer with Cisco. I truly believe much more in knowledge management (refered to this week as performance support). Tacit knowledge (i.e. wisdom of the crowds) and explicit knowledge (i.e. formally writen content) is truly what is most important. Why waste time away from job productivity in ILT or e-learning if our human memories are going to erase that anyway? Elliot's french fries example in his Podcast for Learning is the best example. Remember what Elliot said about the optics of learning as well. Knowledge or procedural information at the point of need is key. Then, experience and exposure over time is what truly builds long term competence.

Anyway, I have an M.S. in Instructional Systems from Florida State University. It was a great place to get started in this field. That said, check out the University of Georgia and what thier Instructional Technology program offers. Believe me....they offer a great program.

Be safe and send me/this board all your awesome design ideas so we can leverage the "wissdom of the crowd.

]]>Case Studieshttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Case+StudiesAnonymoushttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Case+StudiesThu, 10 May 2007 16:23:17 CDT
The various concerns in favor of anonymity is that would elicit honest answers not self-filtered for politcal acceptance or self-promotion.

The concern for source attribution were tied to recognition/rewards and feedback. Since 1 in 40 people are likely to write in a wiki/blog/other environment, our issue was to provide motivation to achieve a higher contribution rate. One idea is that public recognition of particularly significant and helpful contributions might inspire others to make their own contributions. In addition, if a contribution showed that the writer misunderstood a concept or misapplied a process, this is an opportunity to provide constructive feedback to steer him/her back on the right track. The negative feeling about source attribution is that the potential contributors might feel pressured to provide less blunt, less honest information. There may be a fear of consequences for providing some input.

Our group therefore decided that a combination of the two is best. The source attribution & recognition plan would provide motivation, while contributors who choces to be anonymous could provide information they might not otherwise. Donald Duck was a strong voice during this discussion.

]]>Steps for making a podcasthttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Steps+for+making+a+podcastJagsterhttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Steps+for+making+a+podcastThu, 10 May 2007 16:17:04 CDT One Alternative: Steps for making an audio podcast:

CREATE THE AUDIO FILE

  1. Go to www.JKAudio.com and purchase a phone tap Quick Tap for $60
  2. Using your corded phone, remove the cord to the handset. Attach the phone tap to your handset, your base, and to the computer's microphone input.
  3. Download and install software such as Audacity (free).
  4. Make a phone call and ask permission to record and publish the conversation.
  5. Open Audacity and push RECORD (Test steps 5 through 7 before making 'real' recording)
  6. Begin the conversation.
  7. In Audacity, press STOP.
  8. In Audacity, click FILE and EXPORT. Export the file as a .wav and save on your computer.
  9. NOTE: You can use the .wav file at this point without making it a podcast.

CREATE THE PODCAST

  1. Go to www.hipcast.com or a similar service and subscribe for $5 a month.
  2. In Hipcast, login to your account. If this is your first time at Hipcast, click the BLOG tab and ADD BLOG to add your blog to the list.
  3. Choose UPLOAD AUDIO and browse to find your audio file. Upload it to hipcast.
  4. Then choose UPLOAD FILE and complete the fields, selecting your blog. Choose your blog site. You've now published the podcast to your blog.

PUT THE PODCAST ON YOUR HTML-BASED SITE

  1. WIthin your blog, choose VIEW and SOURCE.
  2. Search for the podcast code.
  3. Copy the podcast code.
  4. Open your HTML site and paste the code in the right location.
  5. NOTE: This will only work with sites that work with iframes.

]]>Donald Duckhttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Donald+DuckAnonymoushttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Donald+DuckThu, 10 May 2007 13:58:33 CDT
There is also Launchpad McQuack.

]]>More blogging toolshttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/More+blogging+toolsflunky02038http://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/More+blogging+toolsmore blogging toolsThu, 10 May 2007 11:48:31 CDThttp://www.tumblr.com

Vox http://www.vox.com

]]>ISD Collaboration - Test Pagehttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/ISD+Collaboration+-+Test+PageAnonymoushttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/ISD+Collaboration+-+Test+PageThu, 10 May 2007 11:13:41 CDT PA130 HLD
Please review the attached HLD and provide me your feedback by 08:00am CST on May 31.


This is a 50 hour learning event - a 10 hour virtual session followed by a 40 hour classroom session. The audience is first level project engineers who may, or may not, have attended PA100.

Please review the HLD to ensure sound ISD principles and AL practices are implemented to maximize the engagement of all learners.

Feel free to contact me if you have questions:
User1@aol.com
817-555-1000

Thank you,
User 1

Topic Description Methodology Materials
Blah Blah Blah









]]>Laura Staregohttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Laura+StaregoAnonymoushttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Laura+StaregoThu, 10 May 2007 11:06:31 CDTI have over 13 years of experience in curriculum design and development, from analysis through evaluation. I have designed courseware for a wide variety of clients in both the Federal and commercial sectors. Lately, I've focused on designing Flash-Based courses. These highly interactive and engaging courses appeal greatly to my clients. I'd like to explore ways to raise the bar by introducing additional technologies as part of a solution. The technologies I'd like to learn more about include the use of podcasts, vodcasts, wikis, blogs, and more to enhance standard web-based courses.


]]>Judy Loftinhttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Judy+LoftinAnonymoushttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Judy+LoftinThu, 10 May 2007 11:05:21 CDT
]]>Participant Pageshttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Participant+PagesAnonymoushttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Participant+PagesThu, 10 May 2007 10:26:41 CDT
Debbie wins the prize for longest travel to attend this session.

]]>Linda Baxterhttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Linda+BaxterAnonymoushttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Linda+BaxterThu, 10 May 2007 10:21:33 CDT Sr. eLearning Consultant
WebEx Consulting Services
Hello fellow Extreme Lab participants! It was a pleasure to have the chance to meet and learn with all of you. For those I haven't met, I'm an eLearning consultant for WebEx. I help organizations build online learning programs. Some of this includes WebEx tools, some also includes other tools available in the market. My interest in attending this event is that I can then bring the latest and greatest to my customers to help them think about Extreme learning in their worlds.

I am curious how you will all go back to your day-to-day lives and implement extreme learning. Either from a content perspective to a delivery of choice. Keep me posted!

]]>Emily Chunghttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Emily+Chungemchunghttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Emily+ChungThu, 10 May 2007 09:52:24 CDTBefore joining Cisco, I worked for Element K as a Manager of IDs and Content Managers, focused on creating elearning products for Cisco's technical sales force.
I've been in training and software development for 14 years and went to CMU for Technical Writing :) My current role as the ID lead for the VT program includes applying some level of consistency in content development and delivery. Also, we are currently investigating ways to enhance our members ability to collaborate and learn from each other.

I moved to San Jose about 2 years ago but I'm originally from Clifton Park, NY which is about 15 minutes from Saratoga Springs :)

My current interests:

*Gaming for Learning - gaming that can be used by large audiences...over 100 attendees.
*PodCasts and Video PodCasts - we currently do this now but would like to know any pitfalls and challenges around producing these and getting people to use them.
*Mobile Learning - we are very mobile now but always interested in new advancements.
*Collaboration Techniques
*Google-focused Learning - every hear of a company called Altus and their vSearch product? We use vSearch extensively now. Again, always interested in new advancements in search, spidering, content mining.

Those are my top 5.

I am currently reading:
The 4-hour Work Week - by Tim Ferris (Learning how to separate the "critical few from the trivial many")
Informal Learning - by Jay Cross (the Unconferences and the Conversations chapters right now.)
Suspension - cute fictional read about a guy who writes assessment distractors for SATs.

I am currently listening to:
Camera Obscura
The Shins (phantom limb and sea legs)
Gomez



]]>Nik Alstonhttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Nik+AlstonAnonymoushttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Nik+Alstonadded imageWed, 09 May 2007 12:36:24 CDT Technical Architect with Symantec based out of Franklin, MA.
Specifically working in the Sales and Partner Enablement team, providing product training to sales people. Responsible for training roadmap, sales and technical accreditation programs and tools/technologies used.
I'm interested in ways to increase the reach of the training we provide beyond the LMS, in creating real Just In Time training and in getting a shorter time to content than our traditional online learning model. I'm very familiar with so called social networking systems and am an avid listener / viewer to probably 40 or so podcasts and many blogs and I think these would be ideal medium to start with and am looking for ideas to kick start something. I would consider myself beginner or maybe intermediate learner on the topics that the lab will cover.

]]>John Bellhttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/John+Belllarahttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/John+BellWed, 09 May 2007 09:01:07 CDT Sorry so late in responding... My name is John Bell, and I have been with Cisco since 1998. I was responsible for organizing and encouraging most of the Cisco presence in the Extreme session this week; we are excited to be participating. My roles at Cisco have placed me around e-learning and learning infrastructure during most of my time here.
I am part of an operational team at Cisco serving our field sales organization, and my current focus leans towards learning infrastructure; LMS, LCMS, collaboration tools, learning portals, content hosting and services, and the like.
My interest is as an operational strategist for one of Cisco's learning portals, known as Sales University. During the next fiscal year we will focus on analysis and roadmap evolution in the area of "Informal Learning" (as described by Jay Cross), which would include a number of the items on the Extreme Agenda, particularly those dealing with communities and collaboration, in my case most notably...
*Wikis for Learning **
*Simulation-Based Learning
*PodCasts and Video PodCasts
*Mobile Learning
*Performance Support and Embedded Learning
*Collaboration Techniques **
*Device-based Learning
*Continuous Presence and Coaching **
*Google-focused Learning
*Peer-based On-Boarding and Development **
One of my primary goals with our Informal Learning project is to begin evolving our capabilities in Sales University to exploit this whole concept of "user-driven value" that goes along with many of these collaborative tools and approaches. No longer is it completely about how many features and functions your solution might offer; in this new world, it seems that much of a solution's value can be derived by usage and participation, and we want to assure that we are well positioned to capitalize on that phenomenon, and maximize learning outcomes for our learners.
FYI, Cisco is taking a very strong stance in support of many of the web 2.0 capabilities that are now evolving; wiki's, blogs, RSS, virtual worlds, etc. All tying in as a component of our 'human network' focus.
This presents a very nice synergy to where Cisco is heading as a company.
Looking forward to a great week! Oh, and by the way, I am probably an intermediate on most of these topics.

]]>Janis Tournillonhttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Janis+Tournillonlarahttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Janis+TournillonMon, 07 May 2007 14:58:46 CDT I have been in the training field for more years than I care to admit.
For the last 10, I have worked as an Instructional Designer at Maritz.
The first five years I designed training for external clients, and the last five I have worked with our internal sales development. I have implemented Onboarding for newly hired sales people, designed self-study courses on all the solutions we sell, and helped with a performance planning system. I created a story-telling video/audio to capture the intellectual capital of some of our senior SMEs so our sales people can download to their iPods.
While I've dabbled in various technologies, I want more exposure and hands on practice. I'm very interested in gaming and simulations. And I want more ways to put the iPods to use.

]]>Bret Apthorpehttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Bret+Apthorpelarahttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Bret+ApthorpeRenameMon, 07 May 2007 09:11:17 CDT
]]>Shane Kellerhttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Shane+Kellerlarahttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Shane+KellerRenameMon, 07 May 2007 08:26:55 CDTMy name is Shane Keller and I work for a company called GCF Global Learning.

  • We offer free, internet based, beginning computer courses and other learning opportunities world-wide. Right now we are in the middle of producing an online adult based literacy project called “Everyday Life”. “Everyday Life” uses interactive, situation-based lessons to teach functional literacy skills. I am the interactive content designer for the Everyday Life project.
  • Prior to coming to GCF Global Learning I worked in the video game/edutainment industry for over 10 years.
  • I attended the extreme learning conference in Orlando last year.

]]>Christine Reyeshttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Christine+Reyeslarahttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Christine+ReyesRenameMon, 07 May 2007 08:22:43 CDT I am an independent training and development consultant, providing instructional design and facilitation services for corporations in various industries. My focus in the past has been in face-to-face learning but am branching out to technology supported learning as well. Thus, I consider my experience level in this area to be beginner but business needs dictate that I become more knowledgeable about new learning methodologies.

]]>Anne Bilkahttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Anne+Bilkalarahttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Anne+BilkaRenameMon, 07 May 2007 08:13:33 CDT My background is primarily in Employee Communication and Project Management. I have Bachelor of Journalism degree in Advertising and a MBA. In April of 2007, I started a brand new role at Maritz - and that is a Training Manager role. My focus will be to train several different audiences (Sales People, RFP Responders, and Operations Staff) on the various aspects of our solutions and product lines. Traditionally, there has been a communication gap between the Product Development group and the sales team. In my new role, I need to close that gap quickly.
I need to get the Sales Team up to speed on all of our products so that they can better articulate our value and point of view so that they can "sell more stuff." What I am hoping to get out of Extreme Learning is a few ideas on how to break through all of the company/industry noise. I would love to come away with some new tools that will fit in my strategy of clear, concise and real-time training and information.

]]>Denise Silveirahttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Denise+Silveiralarahttp://extremelearning.wetpaint.com/page/Denise+SilveiraRenameMon, 07 May 2007 08:05:45 CDT I work at NWA as an Instructional Designer in their eLearning Department. I have over 10 years experience designing and developing eLearning, mostly as a contractor or freelance. I'm here to help bring in fresh ideas to the department. We have recently consolidated and we/I want to move beyond the sacred cows.

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