The picture to the left was taken about 2 years ago while I was playing with a Jazz quintet at a local winery in Portland, Oregon. Why is it here? Well, the other day, I started thinking about how many musicians I see working in the computer field. It’s rather amazing, they seem to be [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Many companies are starting to move to distance learning courses as a way to increase the knowledge and skills of their distributed workforce. The most common reasons cited are: convenience, cost, and time. Although many articles discuss what to do and not do in regard to migrating classroom content to the Web, little emphasis is [...]
Wow! The end of April 2008 is turning out to be an exciting month for me! A few days ago, I had the opportunity to write a short article on delivering training and seminars online for E-learning Magazine. Today, I received the ASTD-Cascadia Chapter’s newsletter and discovered I’m the “Volunteer of the Month”. What an [...]
I’ve spent several years training on technical subjects and designing technical content. On some of the projects, I’ve performed the role of Instructional Designer and asked the questions. On other projects, I’ve been the Subject Matter Expert (SME). Here are a few random thoughts on the “Proper care and feeding of a SME.” Enjoy!
I was recently asked to troubleshoot an audio/video presentation on a friend’s web site. The goal was to help him identify why visitors to his site were receiving error messages when they attempted to watch the presentation. Before I explain how his problem was solved, let me give you some background on the video. The [...]
I’ve done hundreds of online seminars/training sessions over the last year and thought I would write a post on a few of the things I’ve learned. I’ve put them together in a top ten list (no particular order). #1: Mute attendees when they enter your online session. There is nothing more annoying to a participant [...]
The Art of Non-Verbal Communication: The Pilot versus the Flight Attendant
Posted: April 20, 2008 in podcastingA few weeks ago, I was looking for a guest to interview for an upcoming podcast show. I was fortunate enough to locate Michael Grinder who is an international speaker, lecturer, author, and facilitator. For those of you looking to gain insight into the world of non-verbal communication, I encourage you to listen to our [...]
I was recently talking to a friend of mine regarding how to increase the readership of my blog. He said, “It just takes time…” Well, in the interest of increasing traffic to this blog, I’ve decided to do a little research to further this process along. First, it’s important to get a baseline measurement of [...]
As some of you know, I am currently participating in a pilot study group that is preparing for the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) credential from ASTD. We meet every Saturday to discuss the finer aspects of learning and human performance. The other day, we were discussing the concept of andragogy versus pedagogy. [...]
Social Learning Champion vs. Network/Security Administrator
Posted: April 2, 2008 in RSS, web 2.0, web 2.0 securityOn the BlogCascadia website, there is an article written by Kevin Jones. The article summarizes a session held by Tony Karrer at TechKnowledge 2008. The article documents things that can get in the way of social learning implementations. Firewalls, IP, Privacy, Security, Control of information by management, Strict control over policies – Accuracy, Liability / [...]
