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In this segment, Cammy Bean discusses how we can combine technology to have a smooth e-learning process. The video is a portion of her presentation at TechKnowledge, "Evolving the E: Designing Better Learning Blends With Technology in the Mix," filmed January 14, 2016, in Las Vegas.

Evolving the E: Designing Better Learning Blends With Technology in the Mix (Part 6): Making Smarter Blends Cammy Bean

Cammy Bean accidentally became an instructional designer in 1996 and has since collaborated with hundreds of organizations to design and deliver training programs. She’s worked at small startups, mid-sized training companies, boutique e-learning shops, and as a freelance instructional designer. An English and German studies major in college, Cammy found an affinity for writing and making complex ideas and concepts clear to an audience.In 2009, she helped start up US operations for Kineo, a global provider of learning solutions. Originally Kineo’s VP of learning design, Cammy is currently a senior solutions consultant. In this role she leads the North American sales team, supports clients through the initial discovery process, and manages custom client accounts to help organizations meet their strategic business objectives through better learning solutions. So yeah, not only is Cammy an accidental instructional designer, she’s now also an accidental salesperson.An acclaimed public speaker, Cammy gets fired up about instructional design, avoiding the trap of clicky-clicky bling-bling, and ways to use technology to support lasting behavioral change. You can connect with her on social media in all the usual places—there aren’t many other Cammy Beans around.Cammy is into hiking, kayaking, trail running, swimming, the occasion[1]al triathlon, cooking, eating, reading, and photography. She’s also been a potter, a licensed massage therapist, a quilter, and more. Cammy lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Jon, and their three teenagers, Nate, Eliza, and Kiki. The Beans all agree that their favorite family member is their dog, Mona

Cammy Bean

Updated ATD publication offers insights and advice to new and experienced instructional designers and trainers on how to become intentional with their ID practice and careers.

Accidental Instructional Designers Become Intentional Instructional Designers

The Accidental Instructional Designer, 2nd edition

The Accidental Instructional Designer explores nearly every aspect of the learning design process for those getting started or even for the experienced practitioner in need of new ideas. In this Q&A, the author, e-learning veteran Cammy Bean shares w

Building a Robust Career Through Instructional Design

Conferences are always an exciting opportunity to connect with peers, discuss challenges, spark ideas, and discover what trends resonate with other professionals in our field. This year’s TechKnowledge conference (TK23) did not disappoint in that reg

TK23 Takeaways From Learning Technology Experts

E-learning expert Cammy Bean shares some of the things attendees can expect to see at Core 4 Conference.

See You at Core 4

Lisa DelCol describes how she used her project management skills to make earning her CPLP a little easier.

Using Project Management Skills Can Ease the Path to CPLP

June 2014 - TD Magazine

The first and foremost rule for better e-learning is better writing.

Six Tips for Writing Better E-Learning Scripts

Last winter, I was on a cub scout camping trip with my son.  Me and a bunch of dads.  The inevitable “what do you do for a living conversation” came up over pancakes.  I hadn’t gotten too far into the “I design corporate training programs that people take online” description before one of the dads started hissing at me.  Literally.  He formed his fingers into a cross and said, “You’re the CBT Lady!”Visions of a hair-netted lunch lady serving up sloppy joes.  Is that what I am?He went on to describe the true horrors he had suffered while forced to complete hour after endless hour of boring, locked down elearning programs:   “They make us sit through this long audio and you can’t click next until it’s over and then you get to the end of the quiz and you have to take all twenty questions over again because you got one question wrong!”I attempted to defend myself and our profession.  “We try to do it better than that! That’s not what we’re about!” I protested.  My words fell on deaf ears.  This man had suffered and would hear nothing more.Weeks later he introduced me to his wife and I got the exact same treatment. She works in the pharmaceutical industry and had similar tales of woe and suffering at the hands of elearning. “Honey, she’s the CBT Lady!”The point is, this is what a lot of people think of this profession and the work that elearning designers and developers put out there in the name of training.  Is this what you want your name on? Is this how you want to be known?So before you go out and spend another minute planning your next learning initiative, go out and find out just how what you’re already doing is being perceived.Do you know how the people in your organization currently view your formal learning offerings? Is classroom training seen as punishment for poor performance or a careless slip of the tongue? Or is it a breezy day or two out of the office with free lunch?  What about elearning? Is it a task to be endured while otherwise multitasking?Conduct surveys or get an informal feet-on-the-street view of what’s really happening.  You may want to walk around and check out the kitchens or break rooms. Are the answers to the latest compliance elearning assessment posted on the fridge for all to share?  The message here is that this elearning is just a box to tick rather than an activity with any actual value—or any connection to improving any one’s performance.Ask people what they think.  If they’re really being honest, you might get responses that will take your breath away:  “You’re the CBT Lady!”While you’re on this fact finding mission, find out what people really value in a learning experience and find out if your organization is providing that. If not, how?Ask people how they like to learn on their own time.  Ask people what you could offer them to help them do their jobs better.Find ways to provide support and tools that give people what they need and when they need it.  Can you embed performance support tools and job aids into the work flow? Can you use social business tools to connect people directly to the experts in your organization or provide a platform for asking questions and sharing knowledge, information and best practices?Look at your data and see what you can uncover.  I heard a story of an organization that developed an award winning elearning program with game-like features and goal-based scenarios.  They got lots of hits and uptake from their European and Asian audiences—an unexpected outcome—while the intended American audience stayed away in droves.  Why was that? And then why was this organization now designing a very similar program for their American audience? Do we ever learn?I’m raising questions here and not providing a lot of solutions, I realize. But the point is to live the questions first.  Find out what people really think of all of the effort you and your team create.  Then ask the question, “is that the kind of work you want to stand by?” Stop being the CBT Lady, I beg you.  And then let’s all go out and find better ways together.

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