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Here is our latest press release..........
New Learning and Performance Glossary Located in the SyberWorks Media Center
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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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Yahoo had an article about banning iPods in Schools because of cheating, Schools banning iPods to beat cheaters by REBECCA BOONE, Associated Press Writer
I have had a few posts on high tech cheating....
12/5/2006-A Follow Up On High Tech Cheating..
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"There are brilliant ideas, expressed everyday in public discussions and events, all over the world. Don't miss them. FORA.tv delivers discourse, discussions and debates on the world's most interesting political, social and cultural issues, and enables viewers to join the conversation. It provides deep, unfiltered content, tools for self-expression and a place for the interactive community to gather online.
FORA.tv is presenting or producing content from the world's leading public forums. The esteemed organizations that are working with us to build the FORA.tv vision include C-SPAN, the World Affairs Councils of Northern California, Dallas, Oregon, Philadelphia and Connecticut, the Commonwealth Club, Books, Inc., the Hoover Institution, Cody's Books, the Museum of the African Diaspora, the Asia Society, the New School, the Truman National Security Project, the New America Foundation, Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C., Tattered Cover in Denver, the Heritage Foundation, the Magnes Museum, the Cato Institute, Link TV, Chatham House in London, Cambridge University, the Transatlantic Institute in Brussels, Egmont: the Royal Institute for International Relations, Book Passage, the Long Now Foundation, Americans for Informed Democracy and the Global Philanthropy Forum, among many others.
FORA.tv will provide engaging on demand viewing experiences for the media active world citizen."
Looks interesting..........
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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series
SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Series
SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System
Jim Kissane's Workforce Development Blog (which, by the way is a great blog), had a good post on the top 60 soft skills which companies look for in employees. Some of them probably could be taught or enhanced through online training, but some could not, you be the judge....
1. Math.
2. Safety.
3. Courtesy.
4. Honesty.
5. Grammar.
6. Reliability.
7. Flexibility.
8. Team skills.
9. Eye contact.
10. Cooperation.
11. Adaptability.
12. Follow rules.
13. Self-directed.
14 Good attitude.
15. Writing skills.
16. Driver’s license.
17. Dependability.
18. Advanced math.
19. Self-supervising.
20. Good references.
21. Being drug free.
22. Good attendance.
23. Personal energy.
24. Work experience.
25. Ability to measure.
26. Personal integrity.
27. Good work history.
28. Positive work ethic.
29. Interpersonal skills.
30. Motivational skills.
31. Valuing education.
32. Personal chemistry.
33. Willingness to learn.
34. Common sense.
35. Critical thinking skills.
36. Knowledge of fractions.
37. Reporting to work on time.
38. Use of rulers and calculators.
39. Good personal appearance.
40. Wanting to do a good job.
41. Basic spelling and grammar.
42. Reading and comprehension.
43. Ability to follow regulations.
44. Willingness to be accountable.
45. Ability to fill out a job application.
46. Ability to make production quotas.
47. Basic manufacturing skills training.Softskills_2
48. Awareness of how business works.
49. Staying on the job until it is finished.
50. Ability to read and follow instructions.
51. Willingness to work second and third shifts.
52. Caring about seeing the company succeed.
53. Understanding what the world is all about.
54. Ability to listen and document what you have heard.
55. Commitment to continued training and learning.
56. Willingness to take instruction and responsibility.
57. Ability to relate to coworkers in a close environment.
58. Not expecting to become a supervisor in the first six months.
59. Willingness to be a good worker and go beyond the traditional eight-hour day.
60. Communication skills with public, fellow employees, supervisors, and customers.
Original Post: The Hard Truth about Soft Skills
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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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With all the discussion going on in the e-Learning analyst community about web 2.0 and the potential for learner generated content just because they want to or , i.e. its a natural, but not "forced" process of their learning........ I recently saw a post on Boston.com blog about a report put out by Hitwise that makes you really stand back and think long and hard about the e-Learning Pundits desire correlate the trend of user developed content to learner developed content......
Post Title: We're Mostly Voyers....
"With all the chatter about Web 2.0 and social media, you'd think everyone was creating things. Not so. Bill Tancer, an analyst with HitWise says only 0.16 percent of visits to YouTube are by users uploading video for others to watch. And only 0.20 percent of visits to Flickr are to upload new photos. This is even smaller than the 1 percent rule which says that for every 100 people online, one will create content, 10 will "interact" with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the other 89 will just view it. But with so many people on the Internet, even slim percentages yield a lot of content.
Related:
The 1% Rule"
I am not saying that I know the answer here or that it can not or should not work. Going on the above, if most people are "voyers" how does that not translate to e-Learning, even with interactive funky cool simulations developed in multimedia.
I have said on this blog that what many e-Learning Pundits are talking about is different from what is really going on, and the challenges faced by a corporate training department . i.e. people going through a training course offered by their corporation. They are doing it for some desired outcome, a certification, advancement, proficency on a skill.
I am sure this sounds cynical, and maybe out of fashion with the e-Learning Pundits, but it seems to me that learners will more than likely develop their own content because they are required to out of necessity, i.e., as a requirement to pass the course, or the process of trying to understand something, so they master a skill that puts them in line for a promotion. They may use a threaded discussion answer a question, or create some multimedia rubric in an effort to solve a problem, but not because its "natural" or "they desire to do it" .
Now, I am not trying to get all of the e-Learning Analysts up in arms, but just think, if you follow the logic from the post above, it would only be really 1% of your learners who may be predisposed to do this kind of Web 2.0 thing, so why would you then develop a certification type course completely on these techniques...
Again, I am not sure what the answer is here, but it does make you really think about some of the discourse and logic being used under the guise of Web 2.0 applied to e-Learning.....
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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series
SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Series
SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System
Here is our latest press release and LMS e-Learning Implementation Series podcast:
Press Release:
Podcast:
Episode 7: Interview with Karen Lepley
Karen Lepley, Senior Training Specialist in Student Financial Aid at Texas A&M University discusses their use of the SyberWorks Hosted LMS Solution to deliver employee training.
SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Series: Episode #7 Transcript
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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series
SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Series
SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System
Many things in life are a negotiation, not just in e-Learning as the article talks about below....
The “E” - Empowering Learners: Myths and Realities in Learner-Orientated eLearning Quality
by Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers, University of Duisburg-Essen
Summary
"The article describes the concept of learner-orientated quality development. Learner quality concepts are introduced as the reference point for negotiation processes between the stakeholders in a quality development process. The idea is that learner-orientated quality development is a necessity rather than an option if quality development is aimed at having an impact on the learning process. Quality development always has to be a connection of processes and procedures with values and normative decisions. Every facilitator, guiding a group of learners, needs a normative decision concept, such as a didactical theory, to have a sound basis for his or her activities. Quality development, which is relevant for educational processes, can therefore be described as the sum of all activities and efforts carried out in order to improve the learning process."
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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series
SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Series
SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System
In a previous post on 2/14/2007, I reported that Wikipedia Banned By Middleboro College's History Department as Primary Source Used in Papers and Scholarly Works... It seems like more schools are jumping on the band wagon.
In an article from the Daily Orange, the Independent Student Newspaper of Syracuse University states that Tufts University, the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Pennsylvania have all adopted similar policies. At Syracuse University, they are leaving it up to the professor. The article is below and you may need to register on their site to get it (Its free).
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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series
SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Series
SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System
Toward a Science of Distributed Learning
by Stephen M. Fiore (Editor), Eduardo Salas, Eduardo Salas (Editor)
Distance Learning Guide
by Thomas Gould, Tami Sloane Thrasher
Complete Guide to Online High Schools:
Distance Learning Options for Teens and Adults
by Thomas Nixon
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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series
SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Series
SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System
Jane Hart's Blog [formerly Knight] has featured some great widgets lately, so here are a few:
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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series
SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Series
SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System
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