Elearning! Magazine: Building Smarter Companies via Learning & Workplace Technologies.
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2013 Sessions Master Classes 9:45 AM – 4:30 PM Marriott: San Diego Room #W602 Master Class: E-learning Fundamentals Speaker: Josh Cavalier, Lodestone This full-day workshop is targeted for individuals who are just getting started with e-learning. The presenter will breakdown the entire development process using real world examples and run through exercises to reinforce the concepts. Learn how to scope out a project, choose a proper level of interactivity, select media, and decide on an authoring tool. Find out the secrets to maintaining control of your e-learning projects. Cavalier brings extensive e-learning development experience, technology implementation and vision. He founded Lodestone in December 1999, is in charge of Lodestone's e-learning consulting services, and leads the overall direction and operations across the United States. Prior to Lodestone Digital, Cavalier was one of the key resources leading the effort for streamlining Handshaw's e-learning development process and transition from CD-ROM delivery to the Web. Cavalier also co-authored the book, Dreamweaver MX Magic and is a frequent speaker at e-learning conferences. He holds a bachelor's in fne arts from Rochester Institute of Technology. 9:45 AM – 12:45 PM Marriott: Newport Beach Room #W603 Master Class: Mobilizing Learning in Action Speakers: John Moxley, Cricket Communications, and Jason Haag, Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative, Department of Defense What happens when you combine the Department of Defense with Cricket Communications, a wireless carrier? Answer: Solid research and hands-on experience from the world of mobile learning. In this workshop, ADL's research will be combined with a practical case study. Executives should attend to learn about: mobile learning basics; best practices; planning and development options; tools; and, design considerations John wraps up with his step-by-step approach to launching Mobile CU at Cricket Communications, including recent enhancements. From games to performance support, John has effectively launched Cricket into the world of mobile learning. 9:45 AM – 12:45 PM Jeffrey Berk is responsible for managing the internal and customer facing operations of the business and formulating strategic solutions. He led the Benchmarking Group at Andersen prior to joining KnowledgeAdvisors, and he brings a deep level of expertise in measurement and benchmarking. Jeffrey is a certifed public accountant, holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and is an adjunct professor at Loyola University of Chicago. 1:45 PM – 4:30 PM Marriott: Rancho Las Palmas Room #W607 Master Class: Gamifcation at Work Speaker: Robert Gadd, President, OnPoint Digital Gamifcation has moved beyond buzzword status and is quickly gaining traction across online and mobile worlds alike, as L&D; teams look for ways to introduce game mechanics into their curriculums to drive engagement. This workshop begins with an overview of game-enabled learning environments and the various market conditions, solution providers and resulting behaviors that are driving enterprises to add game dynamics and mechanics into their learning programs. Attendees will learn how simple game mechanics like point systems, achievement levels, leader boards, badges and trophies, and tangible reward systems help drive learner participation. The workshop will demonstrate how to distinguish between assignment-oriented formal learning interactions and informal learning interventions and the best methods from each discipline to drive engagement, improve knowledge retention and accelerate operational readiness. Finally, the Master Class will present several use cases for successfully planning, introducing and managing game profiles in support of formal and informal learning interactions by online and on-the-go enterprise workers alike. Participants will even be able to take part in gameenabled learning exercises with fellow workshop attendees to experience gamification in a classroom setting. Marriott: Rancho Las Palmas Room #W604 Master Class: Learning & Development Measurement Essentials Speaker: John Mattox, Director of Research, KnowledgeAdvisors This master class will provide an overview of the basic elements for doing both practical and repeatable learning measurement with resource limits and for doing the more exhaustive learning measurement when there is a strategic, visible or costly program. Factors such as smart sheets versus smile sheet, executive reporting, balanced performance indicators, change management and communicating results will be discussed and exercises will facilitate the understanding of key points. Session is recorded and will be broadcast at ELCE Virtual on 10.03.13 ELCESHOW.COM | ELCE 2013 17