This past week I attended the ASTD Cascadia Chapter’s Regional Conference in Salem, Oregon. If you didn’t make it, you should have! With two great keynote speakers (Brad Barton and Dr. Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan) and numerous breakout sessions, opportunities were plentiful to expand your comfort zone. I thought I would share a quick summary of [...]
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Do Cows Really Drink Milk and Other Musings from Brad Barton and Thiagi Thiagarajan
Posted: October 24, 2010 in elearning, instructional design, training2
Learning and Development Project Management
Posted: September 10, 2010 in instructional design, project management, trainingAre you someone that works in the learning and development industry? If so, I would appreciate your comments and insights into the following questions. 1. How do you feel learning and development projects differ from traditional projects? 2. What tools(s) do you use to manage your learning and development projects? 3. What would you say [...]
Measuring Success: Who Needs Business Results Anyway?
Posted: September 8, 2010 in elearning, instructional design, trainingIn their 9/3/2010 report “Getting Started in e-Learning: Measuring Success,” the eLearning Guild provides the following key findings: Only 2% of respondents said they don’t bother to measure the success of their efforts. Of those who measure using Kirkpatrick’s four levels: Most tracked students completion of a course More than 1/2 tracked learner satisfaction Most [...]
Using Pictures Effectively in Presentations
Posted: March 29, 2009 in instructional design, trainingAt least 2-3 times a week I am approached to “clean-up” a PowerPoint presentation. Most come loaded with text and a clip art cartoon. This afternoon, I came across an excellent document that I will be sharing with others at work. Enjoy!
As an Instructional Designer/Trainer, I’m always looking for ways to help others learn new concepts both in and out of the classroom. In this post, I’ll focus on how you might use Twitter in your classroom to increase interaction and make learning fun! Setup a Twitter Account: To get started, setup your own Twitter account [...]
I recently attended an online presentation that covered several aspects of online learning. It was presented by a very well known presenter. Although the information was very useful, I had trouble getting past the visuals that were being used. To put it into perspective, it looked like the slides were put together in about 5 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Many years ago, I signed up for a class at a local training company (which will remain nameless) to learn more about computers and networking. The trainer walked in and proceeded to tell us about himself. He had been training for over 20 years, had worked in the networking industry as a consultant during the [...]
