Van Kasper Spiro | 30-10-2014 | | (0) reacties

#Devlearn Session report: Trends leading to the end of the LMS

This was my own session. I had a great attendance and I enjoyed giving it. I discussed trends that I see in eLearning that will rock our world. The disappearance of the LMS will just be one of the consequences. The way we create content, the content itself, the way we deliver it, the way we organize it, all […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 30-10-2014 | | (0) reacties

#DevLearn session report: Learning and performance ecosystems

A presentation by Marc Rosenberg and Steve Foreman on ecosystems. It gives a nice overview of the components and it is a prelude to a Whitepaper by the guild that is due in November. Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 29-10-2014 | | (0) reacties

#DevLearn 2014 Keynote: Science Literacy and the future of work. Neil deGrasse Tyson

The opening Keynote. Devlearn theme is exploring the new learning universe. Neill deGrasse Tyson is a scientist and he gave a great keynote. His message is quite simple we need people who can solve problems and innovate. Our educational system (he was speaking mostly on the USA) is not focussed on that at all. It […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 29-10-2014 | | (0) reacties

#Devlearn 2014 Knowledge management morning buzz session

An interesting discussion about knowledge management. Key outcome as an organization you can’t manage knowledge but you can facilitate this. Even a bit stronger without facilitating: curation, offering a structure like a taxonomy, having a tool as central place it will not work. Here are my notes. Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 07-10-2014 | | (0) reacties

DevLearn 2014: The dead of the corporate LMS and WYSIWYG authoring?

I will present two sessions at DevLearn. This blog give a short introduction to both. The dead of the LMS and the dead of WYSIWYG authoring Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 01-07-2014 | | (0) reacties

A How to Guide on the Principles of the #elearningmanifesto: # 5 Provide realistic practice

  This is Principle 5 of the manifesto: “We will provide learners sufficient levels of realistic practice; for example, simulations, scenario-based decision making, case-based evaluations, and authentic exercises.” My response to this is, of course we do this. The underlying reason is simple. We should place the learner and the work context central to the learning, instead […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 01-07-2014 | | (0) reacties

A How to Guide on the Principles of the #elearningmanifesto: # 5 Provide realistic practice

  This is Principle 5 of the manifesto: “We will provide learners sufficient levels of realistic practice; for example, simulations, scenario-based decision making, case-based evaluations, and authentic exercises.” My response to this is, of course we do this. The underlying reason is simple. We should place the learner and the work context central to the learning, instead […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 27-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

#mLearncon recap: mLearning is growing up

My Recap of Mlearncon 2014 on mobile learning. An overview of all the trends and a list with all the posts on the sessions I attended. Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 26-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

#mLearncon closing panel: Exploring technologies, strategies and possibilities

The closing panel discussion with Chad Udell, Clark Quinn, David Kelly and Imogene Casebourne. Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 26-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

#mLearncon Mark Schuster: Spaced Learning & mobile

For memory retention it is necessary to spread out learning over time, it will enhance retention. This presentation covered the principles of the forgetting curve and how AT&T puts this into practice. Good presentation. Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 26-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

#Mlearncon Sarah K. Arkins: Mobile development: Elements and principles

A session on (mobile) interface design. Another crash course for me, she covered all key elements and principles. Good session. Key messages: only use what is really necessary and it is al about the tiny choices! Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 26-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

#mLearncon Gary Woodill: How to apply design thinking to mobile learning

Not the best session of the day I’m afraid. I’m not sure I got the essence of design thinking. What I did get that it is an agile iterative way of problem solving. By exploring the problem space you get a better understanding of the problem, which can lead to better working solutions. The biggest […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 26-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

#mlearncon Tim Wright. using empirical research to get MLearning right

This session turned out to be a crash course on instructional design, based on what has proven to be working. Eight great guidelines. More details on his website: http://www.timwright.guru Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 25-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

#mLearncon session ebup3 and XAPI combined

This was a session on the potential combination of epub3 (an Ebook standard) and XAPI, this way adding the activity capabilities of XAPI to EPUB3 publications. It still in development, but will come available in 2015. Both presenters have a standard background, which made this session a bit technical. Interesting stuff tough. The question is, […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 25-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

#Mlearncon session David Wentorth A framework for mobile learning

A session where he reports on where the industry is on mobile maturity. He is from Brandon Hall and they have a model to measure the maturity of the mobile strategies of companies. Interesting model, they have six categories and each category has 4 stages. I was not able to capture the entire model, but […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 25-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

#Mlearncon Keynote: Karen McGrane: Wysiwyg is dead!

A really great keynote. Based on the description of the Keynote I assumed that she would speak on responsive design and stuff like that. But no, she addressed the real issue. We need a new paradigm for authoring! This is really what we as a vendor of an authoring tool are struggling with. The cool […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 25-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

#mLearncon Featured session: David Kelly. Featured session. Wearable devices and the future of mobile learning

Great session by David Kelly. Wearable devices are much more than google glass. Bracelets, watches, smart clothes, sensors in your body all fit the definition. David gave a lot of examples on applications of wearable devices in our live and for learning. Right now the technology is still in his infancy, but it will develop […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 24-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

#mLearncon Joe Ganci, Which tools to use for desktop and mobile development

Joe talked about a ton of authoring tools in this presentation. Too much to list here, go to the conference download for the complete overview (http://mlearncon.com/handouts). I will just go over some of the things he told us. Joe also has his column on tools: http://Www.learningsolutionmagazine.com/authors/4/joe-Ganci for more info. Joe states that authoring tools are […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 24-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

#mLearncon session report: Robert Christie, content as an API

Interesting session. Instead of publishing your content as a package (that contains the information like SCORM) you can leave it at the source and use an API to show it in any application. I do believe that this will be the future. It gives more flexibility, is on demand, you can create device specific apps […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 24-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

#Mlearncon keynote Larry Irving: education doesn’t need innovation, it needs disruption

The opening keynote by Larry Irving started out a bit dull for me. He took us along all the impressive numbers of the growth of the web and mobile. What I liked most is his conviction that everybody has a right on education and that Mobile learning will make this possible. He gave examples on […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 17-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

Mlearn conference preview: #MLearncon scores 2.375 on the ‘Spiro index’!

  An early post on MLearncon in San Diego, the eLearning Guild conference on Mobile learning. I know it is still a week before it starts but I will be leaving for the USA already this Thursday. First a few days New York and then San Diego and Mlearncon. I will probably not have any […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 12-06-2014 | | (0) reacties

A week in Ukraine; What is it like at the moment?

Last week I spent a week with our development team in Ukraine and many people ask me what the situation is over there. So I decided to share my last week experience with you. I arrived at the main airport from Kiev and it was just a normal situation. No extra police or military in […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 26-05-2014 | | (0) reacties

A How to Guide on the Principles of the #elearningmanifesto: Target Improved Performance

 “We will help our learners achieve performance excellence; enabling them to have improved abilities, skills, confidence, and readiness to perform.” This principle  closely relates to principle number 3 which  states  we need to tie learning to individual performance  and organizational goals. In professional organizations, the goal of learning is performance improvement, which means a change […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 07-05-2014 | | (0) reacties

#astd2014 Conference recap and trends

Here is my recap of the Washington DC ASTD ICE 2014 conference. This was my second ICE conference (I attended Dallas last year) it was huge and it was interesting. Most of the sessions were very good (just a few disappointed me). I did find it different from last year. I’m always looking for trends and found […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 07-05-2014 | | (0) reacties

#ASTD2014 keynote: Kevinn Caroll: Play

An inspiring keynote that is hard to catch in a blog or a mind map. He is an inspirational speaker so you should see him. He gave a great presentation, sharing the story of his life. Growing up as kid of two addict parents, saved and raised by his grandparents. Learned his life lessons at […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 07-05-2014 | | (0) reacties

#ASTD2014 session report: Engaging generation Y in the global workplace

In this session two guys from Trelleborg (a Swedish multinational) presented the results of a survey they did in their company. The goal was to find out how to hire and retain generation Y employees. I captured this presentation in a mind map, but I was a bit disappointed, I expected more, not many great […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 07-05-2014 | | (0) reacties

#ASTD2014 session report: Designing sustainable behavior change

Great session. The principle is so simple. With learning, our goal is to change behavior. Habits drive 80% of our behavior. So if you want to change behavior you have to change habits. You change habits in small steps (baby steps)by repeating three things over and over again: the cue (the trigger), the routine (the behavior you […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 06-05-2014 | | (0) reacties

#ASTD2014 Session report: Little Bigs

Great session by Lisa Bodell. She is CEO of Futurethink and author of the book ‘Kill the company’. Another great presentation on innovation and change. Very practical tips along with her main message: Change your approach. See mind map for all the details. Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 06-05-2014 | | (0) reacties

#ASTD2014 session report: Stan McChrystal

The second keynote. This means that all of us were together — 9.000 people is a lot! This conference is really huge. But on to the keynote.  Stan McChrystal is a former 4 star general. He gave a great presentation. He applies the lessons he learned in the army to his current role as a […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 06-05-2014 | | (0) reacties

#ASTD2014 Session report: 5 advantages of SAM over ADDIE

A session by Michael Allen on SAM. If you read this blog regularly you know I’m a fan of Michael and of agile development. (see my series of post on the topic).Michael only covered three of the 5 advantages during the session, because he had to first explain the basic principles of SAM. But he is […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 06-05-2014 | | (0) reacties

#ASTD2014 session report: Charles Jennings 70-20-10

Great session by Charles Jennings. He covered the principles of 70:20:10 and a bunch of information on how to apply it. He shared a paper “Strategy to action” with a lot of this information that you can download at 702010forum.com/freepaper. I tried to catch the whole session in this mind map. There was a lot, […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 05-05-2014 | | (0) reacties

#ASTD2014 Keynote report: Arianna Huffington: Thrive

The first keynote of the conference by Arianna Huffington. No success stories about the Huffington post, but a presentation on Well-being, Wisdom and Wonder. Arianna had a burnout caused by sleep-deprivation and non-stop working. This made her wonder if this was the way she wanted to live her life and the answer is no. Her […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 05-05-2014 | | (0) reacties

#ASTD2014: Session report: User experience design for learning

Julie Dirksen is some kind of eLearning hero. I have read a lot about her (and from her) but never attended a presentation by her. She is one of the instigators of the serious elearning manifesto. She didn’t disappoint me. She is one of the people that has to leave out a lot of stuff, […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 04-05-2014 | | (0) reacties

#ASTD2014: session report: Big Data for learning and performance support

A bit strange to fly 4.000 miles to Washington to hear someone speak who lives 30 minutes away from my home. But I liked this presentation. A bit much on what big data is and where it comes from, but he really challenge you to apply it now. His L&D list (see mind map) of […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 04-05-2014 | | (0) reacties

#Astd2014 session report: Four ways to use curation in learning

I will blog from the ASTD ICE 2014 conference over the next few days. I will write about separate sessions. My first session was about curation. I do believe that curation will be one of the future skills of any elearning professional. I have put my notes in the mind map below. What I got […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 13-04-2014 | | (0) reacties

A How to Guide on the Principles of the #elearningmanifesto: 3. Tie Learning to Performance Goals

“We will couple the skills we are developing to the goals of organizations, individuals, or both.” This principle is an important requirement when building eLearning courses.  If learning doesn’t support  the goals of the organization, what is its value  from a business perspective? Now the question is how to do it? Get integrated into the […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 07-04-2014 | | (0) reacties

A How to Guide on the Principles of the #elearningmanifesto: # 2 Do Not Assume that eLearning is the Answer

This is the second post in the series of 22, that will form a how to guide to the principles of the eLearning manifesto. This is about Principle #2: “Do not assume eLearning is the Answer”. The principle sounds simple; however I think it needs additional groundwork to be able to give an appropriate answer. […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 02-04-2014 | | (0) reacties

Why I love mindmapping in MindNode

I love to mind map It is such an easy way to organize your ideas, but I use it for much more. If I take notes in a meeting, a conversation, a discussion, a presentation, a conference session, I will do that in the form of a mind map. Tony Buzan claims to have invented them. But I’m afraid that his program […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 30-03-2014 | | (0) reacties

The how to guide on the principles of the #elearningmanifesto: 1 Do Not Assume that Learning is the Solution

This first principle might be the easiest and most difficult of all 22 principles. Before planning or developing any training or learning solution, you must first ask yourself – what is the issue and what do we have to fix? If learning or training is able to fix the issue then that’s the right solution, but it […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 28-03-2014 | | (0) reacties

Learning objectives and how to create them

When you want to create a really bad learning experience, this is the way to do it: Don’t think about your learners Dump a body of information in a course as if it was a PowerPoint Add a few images (has to look good) Add a few questions (for scoring) Upload it into your LMS […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 27-03-2014 | | (0) reacties

Help me build a how-to-guide for the #elearningmanifesto principles

Four of our renounced thought leaders (Michael Allen, Julie Dirksen, Clark Quinn and Will Thalheimer) launched the serious eLearning manifesto at March 13. They believe that we should do a better job with eLearning and that we should create learning experiences that are effective, that improve performance and that live up to the expectations we all […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 23-03-2014 | | (0) reacties

#LSCon review: 70:20:10, agile, mobile, serious, performance and ecosystems vs “my clients want 1990 eLearning”

My recap of the whole conference is summarized in the title. I attended great presentations on 70:20:10, agile development, mobile (TinCan), serious elearning, performance support and learning ecosystems, but the gap with the audience was huge. When we were just talking before the start of a session, someone said: “I get all this and I want […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 23-03-2014 | | (0) reacties

LSCon Day 3 recap: Free resources, performance support, Quinn and Cathy Davidson

I have attended a number of sessions at day 3 of LSCon, here are my session reports. Free elearning tools and resources I attended the morning buzz session of Tracy Parish. She presented (and collected) free elearning resources. Images, tools et cetera. I will not give you an overview. She has an website where everything is listed […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 21-03-2014 | | (0) reacties

My recap of day 2 at #LSCon Big data, tools and the learning eco system

I was not able to attend a lot of the sessions I wanted because I had a lot of one-on-one appointments today.  I have caught a few sessions for you: Big data demystified The first session was today’s keynote, by Douglass Merrill. He is the author of “Getting organized in the Google era”. He didn’t do […] Lees verder

Van Kasper Spiro | 20-03-2014 | | (0) reacties

#LSCon day 1, Leapfrogging serious lean agile innovation performance ecosystems for 90%

Leapfrogging serious lean agile innovation performance ecosystems for 90% You may wonder what the title of this post is about, well it is my recap of LSCon day 1. I took one word from the title of all the sessions I attended and this is the result. It makes up an interesting sentence and it […] Lees verder