Month: November 2011
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Learning faster – good thing?
Please read the article below. Basically what it covers is that the US Air force has cut training time in half by applying electrical current to the brain of the training participants while training. One question this invokes is who came up with this idea? Lets electrocute the participants and see what happens? Strangely enough…
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Online learning popularity
Please read the article linked to below. I was one of the 3 million users who were attracted to this program. Time is my problem at the moment and as much as I would like to do some professional development, work comes first. This is what happens when you get elearning right. Great teachers, excellent…
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I want one of these…but I am not sure why?
Check this out. Due for release next year. Will it make you more productive? Will it just waste your time? Will it be a useful training tool? Let me know what you think? Full story located here.
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What could you do with a huge training budget?
Read this post from the Wall Street Journal and then try to guess what the budget is for this elearning solution to the Australian Navy. Let me know what you think. What could you do with this type of ….training budget?
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Can you keep up with your audience?
Watch the video below. It raises quite a few interesting questions. That person will be in one of your training sessions in the future, or not. 1. Can you train and entertain this person? 2. Did you notice the modern version of palm cards? 3. Would you like to try to teach him at school?…
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Writing Training Programs
A lot of people ask me how do you get into writing training programs for other organisations. I don’t actually have a good answer to that questions. One day someone asked if I could do it and I said yes and I have been doing it ever since. I think that I do a pretty…
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Problem Solving
I am always looking for different ways of teaching problem solving and resources that will assist that process. Here is a great resource. Try it out yourself and let me know how you go. This is quite hard so get ready.
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Change for good
If your a trainer or a teacher you are a change agent. You want to do a good job then learn as much as you can about change and how to best manage it. For some tips on how to change hearts, minds and actions read the pdf (it is a powerpoint set). Thanks…
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Training, learning and having a go
There is a great deal written about the positive aspects of failure. At this time of the year many trainers and teachers are heading into assessments and exams. Some participants will pass and some will fail. I don’t know any teacher/trainer who likes to fail people but it will occur and it can be communicated…
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Nothing to do with training or maybe it has….
I find this video and the technology fascinating. Some people are playing with this technology and they are going to change our lives. What’s happening in education and training? What will change our lives there?