The Boggs e-Learning Chronicle

e-Learning Lingo Podcast #18 Strategic Resource Analysis

The next episode of the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series is up!   This week's words are  "Strategic Resource Analysis".

On the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series, there are three ways to comment on each episode. You may post a message to the blog; leave a web-based voice mail by clicking the button in the upper right-hand corner; or call in and leave a message about each show.  You may find each weekly episode and its accompanying transcript on the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series page located in the media center of the SyberWorks web site.

Press Release:

The e-Learning Lingo Podcast #18: "Strategic Resource Analysis"

Blog:

e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series Blog

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Dave Boggs
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e-Learning Assessment Strategies

Enhancing E-Learning Assessment and Evaluation Strategies

by Thomas C. Reeves Professor, Department of Instructional Technology, The University of Georgia and William D. Aggen CEO and President, LearnWright, LLC

Abstract:

"Three major changes are needed before e-learning realizes it fullest potential. First, we must expand our basic mental model of what e-learning is. Second, we must improve the quality of assessment within our e-learning products. Third, we must get serious about investing in rigorous evaluation of e-learning initiatives. This paper describes 1) a new outcomes-based mental model of e-learning, 2) innovative e-learning assessment strategies developed to meet training needs in regulated industries, and 3) a rationale for how enhanced assessment strategies can lead to better e-learning evaluation."

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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Does Senior Management Overestimate the Value of Smart People?

Found a good article up on Jim Kissane's Workforce Development Blog written back in July 2002 by Malcolm Gladwell of New Yorker Magazine called "The Talent Myth Are smart people overrated?"

Excerpt: ".........The management of Enron, in other words, did exactly what the consultants at McKinsey said that companies ought to do in order to succeed in the modern economy. It hired and rewarded the very best and the very brightest—and it is now in bankruptcy.  The reasons for
its collapse are complex, needless to say. But what if Enron failed not in spite of its talent mind-set but because of it? What if smart people are overrated?."

Oh, by the way, just recorded some great podcast with Jim Kissane for the SyberWorks  e-Learning Podcast Series and will be releasing them in the months to come.

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
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Problems With Grading Online Examines...........

Online marking of exams 'faulty'

I talked with some staffers who have taught various online courses  for a local university and they seem to think that the problem with online grading originates with the institution.

They said that there is just not a lot of training available for online instructors on how to use the universities  system and how grading should be executed.  They  also said that online facilitators, the folks who in many cases do the grading when there are large sections of students, are not well trained or paid.  They also said that the universities grading policies were very not very clear and did not take into consideration the nuances of online education and the system the university was using. So it seems that the problems stated in the article may not be isolated to the UK.

Please note:

(The SyberWorks LMS is not positioned for the academic or university market, and do we compete in this area so the course management system they are refering to is NOT THE SYBERWORKS LMS.)

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
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Wall Street Journal Article: How To Fill The Talent Gap...

The weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal had their quarterly special section called Business Insight.  Its done in collaboration with MIT Sloan Management Review.  There was are article in there called "How To Fill The Talent Gap" by Douglas Ready and Jay Conger. 

They talk a (5) phenomenas coming together to create a perfect storm in talent management.  They are:

1. EMERGING MARKETS

2. NARROW THINKING
3. DEMOGRAPHICS AND ECONOMICS
4. THE EXPECTATIONS GAP
5. BLIND SPOTS

They then present (5) solutions

1. MAKE YOUR TALENT PLAN MATCH YOUR BUSINESS PLAN

2. TALENT MANAGEMENT IS EVERYONE'S JOB

3. GLOBAL EXCELLENCE NEEDS LOCAL EFFECTIVENESS

4. SUPPORT MATTERS

5. MEASURE WHAT MATTERS

Looks like alot of what have seen talked about in other places all over the net.

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast #17 Brain-based Learning

The next episode of the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series is up!   This week's words are  "Brain-based Learning".

On the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series, there are three ways to comment on each episode. You may post a message to the blog; leave a web-based voicemail by clicking the button in the upper right-hand corner; or call in and leave a message about each show.  You may find each weekly episode and its accompanying transcript on the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series page located in the media center of the SyberWorks web site.

Press Release:

The e-Learning Lingo Podcast #17: "Brain-based Learning"

Blog:

e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series Blog

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
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SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast #13 Lean-ISD, Part (1)

Here is our latest press release and e-Learning Series podcast:

Press Release:

SyberWorks e-Learning Podcasts: Episode #13 Lean-ISD, Part (1)

Podcast:

Episode 13: Lean-ISD, Part 1

Guy Wallace, a Certified Performance Technologist and President of EPPIC, Inc. (an Instructional Design and Performance Improvement consulting firm in North Carolina)on the topic of Lean-ISD.

SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Transcript #13  Learn-ISD, Part (1)

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Sneak Preview of the SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast #13 on Lean-ISD

Here's a sneak preview to episode #13 of  the  SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series.  Have a listen....

Audio Preview

Time: 49 Seconds

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
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Where the rubber hits the road when desiring to stay on top of new technologies used in the classroom...

While we normally do not cover the academic e-learning arena, I found this interesting because  the intro seems to accurately portrayal of the life  of an academic using the latest technology to teach...

Wikis and Podcasts and Blogs! Oh, My!, What Is a Faculty Member Supposed to Do?

by Patricia McGee and Veronica Diaz

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Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
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e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System

e-Learning Lingo Podcast #16 Hierarchal Analysis

The next episode of the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series is up!   This week's words are  "Hierarchal Analysis".

On the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series, there are three ways to comment on each episode. You may post a message to the blog; leave a web-based voicemail by clicking the button in the upper right-hand corner; or call in and leave a message about each show.  You may find each weekly episode and its accompanying transcript on the e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series page located in the media center of the SyberWorks web site.

Press Release:

The e-Learning Lingo Podcast #16: "Flash"

Blog:

e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series Blog

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elearning podcasts	Competency Management

Dave Boggs
SyberWorks, Inc.
SyberWorks e-Learning Podcast Series
SyberWorks LMS e-Learning Implementation Podcast Series
e-Learning Lingo Podcast Series
SyberWorks Training Center Learning Management System