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Dave Boggs
Member since 14th October 2005
Occupation: CEO of SyberWorks About the Author: Dave Boggs is the founder and CEO of SyberWorks, Inc (www.syberworks.com). He has been involved with computer-based and web-based training for more than twelve years. Before founding SyberWorks, Dave was the VP of Sales and Business Development for Relational Courseware. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Union College in Schenectady, NY, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. The Boggs e-Learning Chronicle Dave Boggs also writes the Boggs e-Learning Chronicle, which reports on trends, provides observations, and information about e-learning and web-based training.
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20th October 2008
In many ways, good instructional design is just common sense, combined with decades of observation about what works and what doesn’t when teaching adult learners. Here are 10 basic tips to sharpen your own training programs:
1. Know your audience. Un...
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18th September 2008
When a company purchases and implements a learning management system (LMS), they often need an interface to connect it to other systems used by the organization such as SAP, PeopleSoft, and others. Interfaces from one system to another are created so dat...
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06th September 2008
The answer is ‘no’. It is not possible for any vendor to offer a turnkey 21 CFR “Part 11 compliant system.” Any vendor who makes such a claim is incorrect. Part 11 requires that both procedural controls (i.e. notification, training, SOPs, administ...
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29th July 2008
Classes, courses, and groups may be used in many different ways to organize, manage, and track your training depending upon the internal organization and design of your Learning Management System (LMS). In some systems, creating an online class may be sep...
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29th July 2008
In our last article, we looked at using graphics in e-Learning. Now, we’ll examine another important tool for creating successful course interactions – Adobe Flash™. Flash is a vector-based animation and interactivity program that allows you to crea...
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29th July 2008
At SyberWorks, we are often asked, “What is the difference between Courses, Learning Events, Competencies, and Job Roles?” It’s a great question!
A Course is basically testable and scoreable learning content that can be delivered to students eit...
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29th July 2008
I think we would all agree that e-Learning courses benefit from graphics, even if the topic you are presenting is dry. Nobody likes to read large amounts of text on-screen. Using graphics to break up text gives the eye something to rest on before continui...
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21st July 2008
This final article in the series will examine the ‘Fill in the Blank with Math’ learning activity and provide some variations, so that you can see how this activity may be used in different learning scenarios. As with the prior examples, we will provi...
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21st July 2008
In our first article, we looked at developing a ‘circle answer conditional’ learning activity and discussed some variations relating to various types of scenarios. In that example, the learning activity is “conditional” because the user has a choi...
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21st July 2008
In our first article, we looked at developing a ‘circle answer conditional’ learning activity and discussed some variations relating to various types of scenarios. In this example, the learning activity is “conditional” because the user has a choi...
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21st July 2008
Flash is a powerful tool that can be used to develop many different types of learning activities, within the context on an online training course. In this series, we will look at the use and construction of four basic learning activities to get you starte...
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21st July 2008
Now that the buzz surrounding podcasting has subsided some, what is the place of podcasting in today’s learning arsenal? It’s a very good question. By now, most learning professionals have heard of podcasts in one way or another. They may have learned...
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18th July 2008
What are competencies? What is competency management?
Competencies are personal capabilities that are demonstrated through measurable knowledge, skills, abilities, and personal attributes, which can contribute to enhanced employee performance and, ult...
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17th July 2008
What is a hierarchy? Why use one?
Many businesses use different departments, organizations, locations, or other structures to distribute and organize their personnel. And when fitting their users into a learning management system, they’ll want to us...
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14th July 2008
I would bet that if you ask most people today about the threat of Polio, many would tell you that the disease was knocked out decades ago because of a standard vaccination regimen now required for children. Yet, there was an outbreak of Polio in Minnesota...
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