DG Jerz: Blurbs: Writing Previews of Web Pages
DG Jerz: Blurbs: Writing Previews of Web Pages "On the web, a blurb is a line or short paragraph (20-50 words) that evaluates (or at least summarizes) what the reader will find at the other end of a link. A good blurb should inform, not tease. Usability testing will help you determine the best way to lay out your blurbs, but this document will help you write the content."writing Add tag Permalink | Thursday, April 17, 2003
FlashSim: Tips For Developing Effective Simulations
FlashSim: Tips For Developing Effective Simulations"Our mantra regarding performance-based training is that it is ultimately about performance improvement, not about building simulations. In that vein, we present a brief list of tips, in no particular order, we have learned in our experience building simulations and simulation-based training..."
simulation Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, April 16, 2003
CIO: Knowledge Preservation
CIO: Knowledge Preservation"[C]ontinuity management program is designed to capture and cultivate operational knowledge before an employee leaves the company. In a nutshell, employees complete questionnaires, describing what they do and how they do it. They update the fields regularly. The outcome is knowledge profiles that can be passed along to successive workers..."
Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Marketing Profs: Bite-Sized Chunks: Getting Customers To Try Before They Buy
Marketing Profs: Bite-Sized Chunks: Getting Customers To Try Before They Buy"For some products, it
Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Australian IT: E-learning helps bulletproof drivers
Australian IT: E-learning helps bulletproof driversThis overwhelming representation of young drivers started local council co-ordinators thinking about new ways to reach kids as they learn to drive, particularly to increase knowledge of risk factors associated with speeding, drink or drug driving, fatigue, seatbelts as well as peer pressure... The user picks a scenario, then has to react appropriately to random occurrences that determine the driver's ability to arrive at the destination."
Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, April 15, 2003
DM Review: Knowledge Management: The Art of Enhancing Productivity and Innovation with the Human Res
DM Review: Knowledge Management: The Art of Enhancing Productivity and Innovation with the Human Resources in Your Organization" The knowledge-enhancement process is further augmented by the utilization of online analytical processing (OLAP) which facilitates an interactive analytic methodology where decision-makers can identify elements of failure or success corresponding to business processes (sales, CRM, supply chain, marketing or production). The business intelligence (BI) implementation is then extended by data mining which provides perhaps the most significant knowledge enhancer by enabling decision-makers to perform "what-if" simulations and identify reliable relationships among business variables. The final result is a better informed decision-maker who uses the corresponding information along with experiences in the marketplace to formulate strategies."
knowledge management, innovation Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, April 15, 2003
HBS Working Knowledge: Pay-for-Performance Doesn
HBS Working Knowledge: Pay-for-Performance DoesnAdd tag Permalink | Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Gerry McGovern: Why organizations think of web content like they think of invoices
Gerry McGovern: Why organizations think of web content like they think of invoices"The fundamental difference between print content and web content is that web content has the potential to be much more action-oriented. Talk to most managers and they see content as a task that takes them away from their 'real' work. Once written, most content gets left on the shelf.
The modern manager needs to see content as part of their real work. It is no longer the record of work done. The Web is important and content is where the action is."
web content Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Learning Circuits: Enterprise E-Learning
Learning Circuits: Enterprise E-Learning"Much of the training provided by Deloitte Consulting
Add tag Permalink | Monday, April 14, 2003
WIRED: High Score Education
WIRED: High Score Education"The phenomenon of the videogame as an agent of mental training is largely unstudied; more often, games are denigrated for being violent or they're just plain ignored. They shouldn't be. Young gamers today aren't training to be gun-toting carjackers. They're learning how to learn..."
Add tag Permalink | Monday, April 14, 2003
CETIS: RELOAD releases beta of open source Metadata editor
CETIS: RELOAD releases beta of open source Metadata editor"One issue that keeps popping up in debates about learning objects is the metadata question; how are educators supposed to make an interoperable description of a learning object that will allow it to be found by others? The Reload elarning tool development project decided to attack that problem before any others, with the first results already appearing."
metadata Add tag Permalink | Monday, April 14, 2003
TheFeature: Teaching in the Wireless Cloud
TheFeature: Teaching in the Wireless Cloud"Instead students can sit where they like, depending on the instructor's flexibility. A class can change quickly from a lecture to a small group discussion or lab format, while retaining the full powers of computer-mediated communication. Instructors project notes on a wall, talking through a sequence of points, then break the class up to pursue team projects or discussions. In my experience, learners quickly arrange themselves in ways conducive to their comfortable conversation and writing, rather than following the dictates of pre-arranged furniture..."
Add tag Permalink | Friday, April 11, 2003
Gerry McGovern: Usability is good management
Gerry McGovern: Usability is good management"Some people think usability is a new discipline. It's not. It's as old as management. It comes from the walking and talking school of management. It's about testing the theory with the customer. It's about observing the customer to see what can be improved, what new products can be developed."
usability Add tag Permalink | Friday, April 11, 2003
Syllabus: Where Did All the Books Go?
Syllabus: Where Did All the Books Go?"Leaders of the digital library movement are aiming to digitize books and serials, as well as ensure information is preserved, easily accessed, and assembled into topical collections across domains. Working collaboratively, libraries and colleges are forming federations and groups to pioneer the use of electronic information technologies and extending collections and services, transforming the way libraries handle their patrons, content providers, and each other."
Add tag Permalink | Friday, April 11, 2003
KM World: Can you measure return on knowledge?
KM World: Can you measure return on knowledge?"What you have to figure out is what is driving the economic engine of your company and determine how this technology can improve those numbers. When we say what are the drivers of value, we define value as share price. How can a KM system or any other technology contribute to the price of a company
knowledge management Add tag Permalink | Thursday, April 10, 2003
NY Times: Travel Fears Cause Some to Commute Online
NY Times: Travel Fears Cause Some to Commute Online"As fears of terrorism, the mysterious respiratory disease known as SARS and consequences of the Iraq war have mounted over the last several weeks, many businesses are reducing travel in favor of virtual meetings, and more employees are learning how to telecommute."
Add tag Permalink | Thursday, April 10, 2003
Boxes and Arrows: Creating a Controlled Vocabulary
Boxes and Arrows: Creating a Controlled Vocabulary"In this article we are looking at a process for creating any kind of controlled vocabulary. While our ultimate goal in this series is to explain facets, the details of facet analysis will be described in a future article. At this point, we are still exploring fundamental concepts and techniques."
Add tag Permalink | Thursday, April 10, 2003
Wired: The Wi-Fi Revolution
Wired: The Wi-Fi Revolution"What makes the new standard so alluring? Wi-Fi is cheap, powerful, and, most important, it works. A box the size of a paperback, and costing no more than dinner for two, magically distributes broadband Internet to an area the size of a football field. A card no larger than a matchbook receives it. The next laptop you buy will probably have Wi-Fi built in. Wires may soon be for power alone."
Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, April 09, 2003
Learning Circuits: Writing for Global E-Learners
Learning Circuits: Writing for Global E-Learners"Whether you're developing distance learning for a multinational company or communicating with global learners via email, you must ensure that your writing is inclusive. Here are tips for making your e-learning universal..."
writing Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, April 09, 2003
Strategy+Business: Treating the Troubled Corporation
Strategy+Business: Treating the Troubled Corporation"Still, for small and large corporations the answer is the same. Organizations thrive when the right people
Add tag Permalink | Wednesday, April 09, 2003
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Add tag Permalink | Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Unbound Spiral: Site List - Social Networking
Unbound Spiral: Site List - Social Networking"My continuing review of social networking tools and software has lead me to many sites each with slightly different functionality twists. This collection listed today is in no particular order merely a summary to explore. My key interest is in the functionalities and how they are impacting on consumer experiences and benefits."
Add tag Permalink | Monday, March 24, 2003
Nature: E-mail reveals real leaders
Nature: E-mail reveals real leaders"The researchers have developed a way to use e-mail exchanges to build a map of the structure of an organization. The map shows the teams in which people actually work, as opposed to those they are assigned to."
Add tag Permalink | Monday, March 24, 2003
Journal of Digital Information: Use and Abuse of Reusable Learning Objects
Journal of Digital Information: Use and Abuse of Reusable Learning Objects"Content developers have traditionally conceived content from the point of its use. Since use is context and instruction specific, content intended for one particular use is generally invalid for other purposes. The reusable LO - organized content for pedagogical purposes - is a new way of thinking about content creation and its instructional use... Genuine reusability and optimum functionality of a LO can be achieved only when the LO attains a high level of abstraction. Abstraction provides the LO independence from use and strong performative ability, enabling it to join other LOs for instructional intentions."
instructional design Add tag Permalink | Monday, March 24, 2003
KM World: Knowledge on the run: Sales reps, suppliers and customers need mobile access to KM
KM World: Knowledge on the run: Sales reps, suppliers and customers need mobile access to KM"And it's not only the salespeople and the field service reps who need mobile access to a company
knowledge management Add tag Permalink | Friday, March 21, 2003