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	<title>Justin Beller</title>
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	<description>Performance Improvement Specialist and Instructional Designer</description>
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		<title>Instructional Design Is Not Dying, but Rapid E-Learning Tools Aren&#8217;t Helping</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent “Tweet” on my Twitter account of a blog post I found generated a lot of traffic and discussion around whether or not the field of instructional design is suffering due to the popularity of rapid e-learning applications like Adobe Captivate or Articulate’s Engage and Presenter. It’s not that rapid e-learning tools are entirely [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.justinbeller.com/2009/10/5-ways-to-jump-into-rapid-e-learning/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 5 Ways to Jump Into Rapid E-learning'>5 Ways to Jump Into Rapid E-learning</a> <small>Looking back at the first course I took this year,...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.justinbeller.com/2010/06/like-drinking-from-a-fire-hose-so-is-cognitive-overload-in-learning/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Like Drinking From a Fire Hose, So Is Cognitive Overload in Learning'>Like Drinking From a Fire Hose, So Is Cognitive Overload in Learning</a> <small>At some point in our adult lives we have all...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.justinbeller.com/2010/07/training-and-development-in-an-economic-recession/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Training and Development in an Economic Recession'>Training and Development in an Economic Recession</a> <small>We’re not out of the woods yet. The economic outlook...</small></li>
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		<title>Training and Development in an Economic Recession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’re not out of the woods yet. The economic outlook for the foreseeable future in our country shows businesses will continue to cut costs and make tough choices in order to survive and stay competitive. While the belt tightening continues so too will the temptation to cut training budgets or eliminate them all together. More [...]


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		<title>Like Drinking From a Fire Hose, So Is Cognitive Overload in Learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At some point in our adult lives we have all sat through boring training or felt overwhelmed by the amount of information being thrown at us. When we feel this way, is usually due to cognitive overload. Cognitive overload occurs when our working memory has reached capacity. Being bombarded by information is the equivalent to [...]


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		<title>Interventions to Improve Workplace Performance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An intervention in an organization is an all-encompassing term. It can refer to many things such as a change, program or event to improve overall performance in people and the organization as a whole. It is important to remember that an intervention is not worth doing unless you have the evidence calling for one and [...]


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		<title>Syndication of Posts from PinPoint Performance Solutions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the foreseeable future I will be syndicating posts from my blog at PinPoint Performance Solutions. This will supplement posts I had been publishing for the WELPS certificate I was pursuing from BSU. Since I will not be taking additional courses for quite some time, I would still like to maintain this blog. I hope [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.justinbeller.com/2010/03/drawbacks-to-online-education/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Drawbacks to Online Education'>Drawbacks to Online Education</a> <small>When I decided to dedicate this blog to my experience...</small></li>
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		<title>A Close to IPT 511</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, IPT 511 came to a close. For the foreseeable future, I probably won’t be participating in any WELPS courses through BSU and reporting on my discoveries. How I intend to make up for those blog posts will be addressed in a future post, but for now I’d like to report on [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.justinbeller.com/2010/03/social-presence-in-synchronous-e-learning/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Social Presence in Synchronous E-Learning'>Social Presence in Synchronous E-Learning</a> <small>For Week 2 of IPT 511, we explored four main...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.justinbeller.com/2010/02/learning-styles-in-synchronous-e-learning/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Learning Styles in Synchronous E-Learning'>Learning Styles in Synchronous E-Learning</a> <small>We’ve completed the first full week of IPT 511 where...</small></li>
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		<title>Drawbacks to Online Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I decided to dedicate this blog to my experience in the IPT WELPS Certificate program, I committed myself to being open and honest in the events that occurred and what I learned about the subject matter for each course. I knew this wasn’t going to be easy attempting to take a graduate level course [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.justinbeller.com/2010/02/up-next-ipt-511-synchronous-e-learning-in-the-workplace/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Up Next, IPT 511 &ndash; Synchronous E-Learning in the Workplace'>Up Next, IPT 511 &ndash; Synchronous E-Learning in the Workplace</a> <small>It’s been many months since I have updated this blog...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.justinbeller.com/2010/03/social-presence-in-synchronous-e-learning/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Social Presence in Synchronous E-Learning'>Social Presence in Synchronous E-Learning</a> <small>For Week 2 of IPT 511, we explored four main...</small></li>
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		<title>Social Presence in Synchronous E-Learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For Week 2 of IPT 511, we explored four main features of synchronous e-learning: Communication Modes Rehearsal/Response Options Instructor Pacing Social Presence The class was split up into groups and each was assigned a feature to explore and research.&#160; Our goal was to find what research is out there and published on these features and [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.justinbeller.com/2010/02/up-next-ipt-511-synchronous-e-learning-in-the-workplace/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Up Next, IPT 511 &ndash; Synchronous E-Learning in the Workplace'>Up Next, IPT 511 &ndash; Synchronous E-Learning in the Workplace</a> <small>It’s been many months since I have updated this blog...</small></li>
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		<title>Learning Styles in Synchronous E-Learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’ve completed the first full week of IPT 511 where we primarily focused on the first two chapters of our text, The New Virtual Classroom, in our class discussion forum.  According to the authors Clark and Kwinn, results from media comparison research are rather consistent and the potential for someone to learn is more or [...]


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		<title>Up Next, IPT 511 &#8211; Synchronous E-Learning in the Workplace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been many months since I have updated this blog that covers my journey to complete the requirements for the IPT WELPS Certificate. Due to course scheduling, I wasn’t able to register for a course during the Fall ‘09 semester because, well… there wasn’t one scheduled that I wanted to take.&#160; In fact, had I [...]


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