Month: June 2011
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Competency Assessment Resources
I have a number of training groups studying assessment units at present and I forgot that I had produced a number of assessment related videos over the last 12 months. I have added a new one to the library on assessment tools. Check out the others below as well. You can access all of these…
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Great Presentations
I hope to be putting forward a series of Training Tips 56 videos soon on various aspects of making effective presentations. I have a few ideas but still interested in what you would like to see. Here is a good article which may get you thinking. It may also help you. The video below is…
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Learning for what?
What should we be teaching to young people that will equip them for the future? Much of the training I carry out is for a specific purpose, with a specific outcome in mind. Is that useful in a world that is rapidly and constantly changing? The question for everyone is are we gearing people up…
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What does it cost to create elearning?
How much will it cost? The most asked question in elearning and probably for any type of learning. Good question, very difficult to answer. Recent tenders I have been involved in have indicated to me that it varys greatly and really comes down to understanding what you want and how much the contractor wants to…
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Free websites – for real!
You don’t see a deal like this very often. I just wanted to say up front that I am not be paying anything for saying this and as I already have a number of websites I will probably not be pursuing this free website deal. MYOB and Google have a deal that provides you with…
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How to write training blogs
I have been teaching participants how to write blogs over the last few weeks as a part of elearning and coincidently a Linkedin group that I belong to has had a number of posts on what training blogs are out there and what should I write. Two things come from this. One, why not try…
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Remembering what to say in your next presentation
How do you remember what to say in a presentation? It is a difficult question really and most likely the best results will come from different techniques for different people. Here is a good article covering this topic but it is not really how I would do it. It is important to clarify here that…
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Big File Transfer
As a trainer and particularly as I design and develop training programs, videos and elearning resources I often have to transfer large files to clients. This once meant travelling to their location and hand delivering the resources or mailing CD’s or DVD’s to them. Over the last few years there have been some very handy…