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I think the interview Dr. Orey did with Brian Eldridge about SCORM was pretty interesting. I don’t claim to understand much in regards to programing or how an LMS is set up. The ideas surrounding taxonomy and discoverability were very interesting to me. It seems like everywhere I’ve worked that has a shared server, has issues with how information is stored on it. No one ever agrees on the organization of folders and documents and it is always hard to find what you are looking for. I’ve even been asked to help “clean up” one of these systems. I noticed Brian said if its done “logically” you should be able to find stuff. Or something to that effect. But no one ever seems to agree on the logic. I’d be really interested to learn about the professional taxonomical systems and how they are set up. I also remember reading once in a Sci-Fi novel about people who worked in the indexing department. It was considered a privilege. These people would put in connections to any obscure thing they could think of in the backs of books. And this was considered a good thing. I guess in a future where information of all kinds is valued for its own sake, I could see how this might be “fun”.
Wow, Tin Can API, where to start? I don’t think the initial video did a very good job of explaining what it was all about. Maybe they just wanted to get you to ask more questions. The video with the two British gents was more informative but raised a new batch of questions. The first one being – they never explained how a Training share app is going to eliminate meetings? Initially, I love it and I hate it. I love the idea that a supervisor can send recommended readings and such to subordinates in such a simple no fuss manner. Even an HR department might use this to distribute some memos and communications. I hate the implication that it can solve all training issues for a company anywhere ever. Just by assigning points and awarding badges isn’t going to eliminate the work load or make bad training interesting. I recently did a little research into www.lesson.ly a similarly cookie cutter approach to training. You buy the framework on which to build the lessons but you have to supply the content. Then they do the tracking for you. I think they might give ID a bad name. They’ve done a good job of creating a need people didn’t know they had.
SCORM and Tincan Reflection
Tips & Tricks for Recording Audio
I really appreciated Tom Kulmann's quick article about audio recording for e learning. We addressed this a little in one of our earlier classes. We were encouraged to become familiar with an audio editing software but I fear not everyone took the lesson as seriously. I find it very distracting to hear mouth sounds and breaths when I'm listening to audio. I always edit these things out of my own recordings. It takes some time but the result is so much more professional! Tom demonstrated that just by purchasing a slightly better microphone some of the editing pain can be eliminated. I think the time saved may be worth the money spent in the long run. The three microphones he demo'd for us were dramatically different. It was amazing. I will definitely be looking into upgrading my set up soon.
Gagne Style -
Desk Crit 1
March 17, 2016
Hey gang,
Great job on your presentation tonight. I saw a lot of interesting and informative things about your project. There were a number of things I really liked about your project. It had very good, well stated instructional goals. The look and feel was light and bright with lots of space on the slides so the users wouldn’t have too much cognitive load there. Your icons were whimsical and fun. I also thought the "Popular Solutions" section was a great idea and very useful. Things that I thought were lacking at this point were just that the instruction seemed a bit short. This is probably due to the fact that you haven’t put in the voice over yet. I look forward to the full experience once that has been completed to see how much it is improved.
Great job to all!
Mega Powers -
Desk Crit 1
March 17, 2016
Hi All,
I loved learning about your project tonight. After our own experiences in Edit 6500, it seems very noble for you to be teaching other teachers to make and evaluate videos. Your lesson seems very comprehensive. I went through what you have so far with my eye open for specific things. I got a perfect score on the quiz! My only criticisms are things you are probably planning to correct or will likely notice and correct. I saw the quiz question on the Rule of thirds but didn’t find the content – likely it just hasn’t been created yet. Then when I wanted to go back and review the Best Practices section, it wouldn’t let me even after I reloaded the page. Other than those two things, it functioned well and looked really good. I hope your audience finds it useful and effective!
Well done,
Writing Assessments to Validate the Impact of Learning, Part 2
I think this document the E Learning Guild has put together on writing good assessments is useful as a reference document in that you might keep it handy to refer to as you’re working. I doubt anyone will actually memorize all of the points mentioned although as you work with it, it will become second nature for many who write assessments on a regular basis. I remember my freshman Physics professor telling us that we should never memorize something we could look up. Of course that didn’t mean we didn’t need to know the formulas on the test! I feel like there are a lot of points in the “best practices” that should be common sense. However, I’ve also experienced how hard it can be to do well.
To a certain extent I disagree with the vilification of “all of the above” and none of the above”. I don’t think they should be over used. But if the student is smart enough to recognize all answers as correct then, good job. Otherwise, they’ve only eliminated two of 4 or 5 choices and still must determine the correct one. Are we out to assess learning or torture students? Not every question needs to be so difficult as to produce sweat on the brow. Especially if there is more than one question covering each objective.
Gagne Style -
Desk Crit 2
April 13, 2016
Gagne Style, Xinnix Helpdesk Module
Desk Crit 2 by Nora Cloonan
April 14, 2016
You have definitely produced a very good and useful piece of e learning. It is pretty hard to find places to even make suggestions for improvement. The look and feel of the module is open and inviting. Its warm and friendly. The lack of clutter gives it a very ease of use that is hard to achieve with anything having to do with help desk applications.
I tried not to read the other review so as not to bias myself but I did take a peak at a couple. To start, it sounds as if your vocal talent may not be a native English speaker. In and of itself, not a bad thing, but her pronunciation of some words is a little off. You will definitely need a transcript, not just for 508 compliance but to make sure folks can follow what she is saying 100%. There were a couple places where a few pop-up bullet points would have helped to clarify and drive home what she was conveying as well.
Next, I’m sure you’ve realized the text is way too small in some areas. I’m not sure this is entirely under your control. I was particularly concerned about the end where it walks the learner through the steps to share a calendar. I’m using a 24” monitor.
Then, I found it somewhat confusing that there was a menu to choose where to start but it never took me back there. It wasn’t until I relaunched and went back on my own that I realized all the content was covered automatically. That sort of makes the menu superfluous, doesn’t it? Maybe it should be presented as a “you can skip the logging in portion if you want”?
Finally, the audio has some awkward spacing in places. There are places where she pauses – probably for breath – that play weird. These can be edited out. Then on the “submitting a ticket screen” the audio for “the IT department will reach out” jumps in too quickly and almost over plays the previous track.
Again, these are all super nit-picky items. You have a great module and I know Xinnix will be proud of it.
Mega Powers -
Desk Crit 2
April 13, 2016
Mega Powers, Implementing Effective Video Projects at Galloway
Desk Crit 2 by Nora Cloonan
April 14, 2016
The amount of material you have crammed into this module is truly staggering. It was great to get to view the videos this time through along with all the other interactions that have been added since I last saw it. All of the customizations that you’ve done with the player and the menu make it very unique and give it a look and feel unlike any other e-learning I’ve experienced.
There were two places I got stuck. On the “Roles within a Group slide it didn’t take me automatically to the assessment or back to the menu so that I could choose the assessment. Then at question 10 nothing happened when I clicked next, I just sat there. And the resources slides don’t seem to want to load for me. Everything else has worked fine.
I love the intro slide with the instructions. It looks like you’ve increased the font size just a bit and that is better. It is a slight bit off-putting to go through the entire thing with no audio at all. I don’t’ know if that is just that you haven’t added it yet? Besides the fact that for 508 compliance you will probably need something – its just a little eerie. But seriously, if that is the only thing I can comment on at this point, yay you! Good job.