Comments on: Diagnosis: instructional controliosis

By: Online course or web page - which is better?

Online course or web page - which is better? — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:03:36 +0000

[...] want to control learners. This isn’t a good reason, in my opinion, but I realize that it’s a consideration in many [...]

By: Cathy Moore

Cathy Moore — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:39:17 +0000

Just when you think you’re safe from banjo players…

…you find out that one writes a blog you read. Hi, Ryan!

By: Ryan Herr

Ryan Herr — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:46:14 +0000

This is pretty crazy. I’m pretty active on the Banjo Hangout and I love this blog (I’m an eLearning Developer who would like to make a career shift into doing both developing and Instructional Design.) I had no idea that the Cathy Moore who does instructional design and the Cathy Moore who plays european songs on clawhammer banjo is one and the same.

By: Cathy Moore

Cathy Moore — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:54:42 +0000

I need to amend my previous comment. The banjo video works if you give it about 20 seconds to load. Otherwise, it looks like a blank screen. Jing must have a nice loading doohickey on its servers that didn’t transfer to my server.

By: Cathy Moore

Cathy Moore — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:48:57 +0000

Gene, thanks for the alert about the banjo video. I’ve moved it to my own server, and it’s working now.

By: Gene Stone

Gene Stone — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:43:41 +0000

Cathy–

I couldn’t view the banjo video. Do you know if it’s working? When I press the big white Play arrow, the black video screen disappears and nothing happens.

Thanks for checking.

By: Cathy Moore

Cathy Moore — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:27:28 +0000

Gwen, thanks for your comment. That course sounds like a classic. It can be a real challenge to persuade SMEs that we really need to keep very little info in our brains–what we really need is to know what information we need and where to find it.

By: Gwen

Gwen — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:51:56 +0000

There is an elearning course at my company that ends with a test that must be passed at 100% before passwords are given out. Unfortunately, the course is a yawner with 100% text and audio narration and far too much technical info the learner will never need or use in their work. Also, you cannot speed through the course in any way. Total instructional controliosis. Furthermore, the test questions are like this:

What is the email address you must send email to if you encounter a problem with the system?

Answer: inform732140joe@systems23411notthecompanyurl.com

Could you remember this email addy after 30-40 minutes of a yawner elearning experience? Well, if you do NOT remember it, you fail and must repeat and pass the course before the IT person who created the course will approve a password for you. Needless to write, a cheatsheet floats freely throughout the office and no one seems to ever fail the course.

By: Making Change » Is a course really the answer?

Making Change » Is a course really the answer? — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:51:49 +0000

[...] Diagnosis: instructional controliosis [...]

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:48:31 +0000

Hi thanks for your comments, it is an uinduction course and they have to know all this stuff before they can get access to the network. There is a test they have to do, perhaps I should alter it so they have to get 100% before they can have the password.

Thanks

Michelle