Samples, Examples, Articles and Thoughts

Here is all the information that is getting a little too old for the home page of my web site but is too good to delete. I hope you find this information useful.

 

 

 

 

White Papers and Articles

• Embrace Informal Learning: Understanding the tools of informal learning and their impact on organizations.
• Making the Most of Virtual Classrooms & Self-Paced Presentations: Guidelines for Rapid eLearning.
• Speed Is King: Rapid Creation & Deployment of Enterprise E-Learning Solutions
• Campus Technology Magazine about Bloomsburg's Instructional Technology Program. Look for the sub-heading "The Incubator."
• Four part series on Selecting an E-Learning Solution. There are several articles on the page
• Conquering the RFP: Whitepaper by Matt Adlai-Gail
• Blended Learning for Compliance Training Success discusses how a blended approach to e-learning can be effective for teach compliance topics.

ROI (Return on E-Learning Investements)

• Link to several E-Learning ROI Calculators
• Whitepaper on Performanced Based ROI
• Whitepaper on How to Conduct a Performance-Based ROI
• Short paper on the Advantages of E-Learning (time savings, retention, speed of work)

Winning E-Learning Proposals

• Sample RFP
• Checklist for writing an e-learning proposal
• Conquering the RFP: Whitepaper by Matt Adlai-Gail, the Chief Innovation Officer of EduNeering
• RFP Requirements Matrix. This short paper provides an example of a Requirements Matrix and describes how to put one together.

Selecting an E-Learning Solution

• E-learning readiness assessment
• Four part series on Selecting an E-Learning Solution. There are several articles on the page
• Series of templates to help with the LMS/LCMS selection process submitted by Sherry Engel from the learning strategies team at Sovereign.

Developing E-Learning

• Here is an article describing how long it takes to develop e-learning.
• How Long Does E-Learning Development Take?, the article is about halfway down the page(maybe a little farther.) It contains a chart of level of difficulty and number of hours ).
• Learning at Byte Speed available at Learning Circuits (ASTD's ezine)
• Are Your Ready For E-Learning? available at Learning Circuits
• Read Karl's book review of Clark Aldrich's work Learning By Doing

• Read Karl's book review of Jane Bozarth's book E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring

• Example and Template for creating a Software Procedure Scenario
• Model showing different instructional content and methods for teaching that content
• Here is a job aid called Writing Thought Provoking Questions

Stand Up Instruction (yes, it still exists and still works)

• Here is an evaluation form for observing an instructor in the classroom.

For more information on any of these topics, contact me at kkapp@bloomu.edu

 

 

 

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