Jane Bozarth
Director of Research, The Learning Guild
Jane Bozarth, the director of research for the Learning Guild, is a veteran classroom trainer who transitioned to eLearning in the late 1990s and has never looked back. In her previous job as leader of the State of North Carolina’s award-winning eLearning program, Jane specialized in finding low-cost ways of providing online training solutions. She is the author of several books, including eLearning Solutions on a Shoestring, Social Media for Trainers, and Show Your Work: The Payoffs and How-To’s of Working Out Loud. Jane holds a doctorate in training and development and was awarded the Guild Master Award in 2013 for her accomplishments and contributions to the eLearning community.
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Nuts and Bolts: Social Media for Learning
What’s the difference between social media and social learning? How are you using each of them in your organization? This month’s article addresses these questions and provides an overview of The eLearning Guild’s new Report, Social Media for Learning.
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Social Media for Learning
In this report, Jane Bozarth, Ed.D., analyzes eLearning Guild research on the latest trends in adoption and usage of social media for learning. Weaving connections between data and individual interviews, Jane also discusses organizational challenges and concerns about social media, and offers suggestions to overcome them.
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Nuts and Bolts: The 10-Minute Instructional Design Degree
There are heated debates about whether every instructional designer should have formal training, and about the pros and cons of academic instructional design programs. But in the meantime, you have to get the work done. Here are eight basic points that every instructional designer should commit to memory.
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Nuts and Bolts: What’s Your Story?
In Learning Solutions Magazine, a number of authors have suggested using stories to support learning. Sometimes managers object to the idea of using stories as being too touchy-feely. Here’s a new way to look at the process, and some words to replace “story.”
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Nuts and Bolts: Do Your Learning Objectives Match Strategies and Outcomes?
Have you heard of Bloom’s Taxonomy, the system for getting your learning objectives to specify measureable outcomes? Here’s a quick summary and a great job aid for instructional designers.
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Nuts and Bolts: “Let The Learners Hold The Spoon”
Most designers know that eLearning must engage the learner through activity. This does not mean simply having them choose the “Next” button, and it does not necessarily require offering an interactive simulation. The answer can be very simple, as Jane shows in her column.
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Nuts and Bolts: From Classroom to Online, Think “Transform” not “Transfer”
Moving an existing classroom course to online delivery is the way many eLearning initiatives get started. It is also, unfortunately, the way that many initiatives get off to a bad start, or even fail. Jane provides great tips for successful transformation of learning – you can apply them to your first effort, or to any conversion project.
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Nuts and Bolts: Building a Personal Learning Network (PLN)
Trainers and instructional designers have professional development needs too! Social media tools can be as powerful for solving your information and skill needs as they are for your learners’ needs. Here is the way to develop your own Personal Learning Network. It’s simple, and it’s free!
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Nuts and Bolts: Working With Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
One of the most important things instructional designers do is interview subject matter experts (SMEs). It is also one of the most difficult things to do well. Jane offers insight from her experience to help you improve your results.
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Nuts and Bolts: SURPRISE!
Every instructional designer knows that it’s important to engage the learner. With certain types of content, this is easier said than done, and sometimes our own design standards work against us. Jane shows you how to avoid boring your learners stiff.