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On July 25th the Austin ASTD Instructional Design SIG members heard a presentation by Dr. James Caras, President of Sapling Systems on "Characteristics of e-learning 2.0." Sapling Systems has developed their own sophisticated Flash-based authoring tools for math and science courses. You can learn more here at the company web site.
He coined his own term for e-learning 2.0 by calling it "we-learning" which has the following desirable characteristics:
- simple authoring tools that incorporate symbols and activities that are as good as, and hopefully better, than existing teaching methods
- engaging interactivity with rich media
- convergence - available on all OS and mobile devices
- promotes sharing and collaboration to develop new content and peer review of learning efforts
- transparency to promote trust
- measurement of learning new knowledge; tracking progress gains
- promotes effective and efficient learning
- mentors struggling learners by incorporating intelligent feedback, tutoring, and adaptive testing.
Back in June 2002, which feels a lot longer than four years ago, I recorded a panel of the smartest instructional design professionals of Austin: Debby Kalk, Liz Strand, Mary Haskett, and Joel Hobbs. Each of them either founded or was a senior employee in one of Austin's multimedia businesses during the 90's. That evening they shared their accumulated business smarts about being a contract or independent instructional designer. Topics included practical concerns such as what factors to consider in bidding a project and how to get paid promptly by corporate clients. The conversation was lively, fun, and enlightening. It was 'a been there, done that' conversation full of tips for success that are still useful today.
To listen to the whole presentation in the correct sequence, follow the file name numbers.You could also jump around because each segment was sort of topical.
There were only about 15 of us there that evening at the Far West Library Branch for this ASTD Instructional Design Special Interest Group meeting, but I know many more will enjoy this recording so I offer all seven segments here for your enjoyment. For current ASTD news and ID SIG calendar schedules, go to the Austin ASTD web site.
