Allison Rossett

MAY 17, 2012

Welcome two guest bloggers, Ken and Darby Hubbell, father and daughter. . First, from Ken– It is my humble opinion (and rather biased, I will admit) that my 8th grade daughter, Darby, is a prime example of what it means to be a 21st Century student. She is well on her way to a lifetime journey of learning, limited only by having enough time to obtain all the information and skills she desires.

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Allison Rossett

MAY 17, 2012

Tweet. Welcome two guest bloggers, Ken and Darby Hubbell, father and daughter. . First, from Ken– It is my humble opinion (and rather biased, I will admit) that my 8th grade daughter, Darby, is a prime example of what it means to be a 21st Century student. She is well on her way to a lifetime journey of learning, limited only by having enough time to obtain all the information and skills she desires.

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Allison Rossett

MAY 31, 2012

When I was a young professor of instructional design and technology at San Diego State University , students often sought advice on how to make decisions about outcomes and strategies. At that time, back in the late 70s, mostly they were concerned about instructional design for face-to-face classes. Even when working on classroom programs, they were flummoxed by the scores of decisions they had to make.

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Allison Rossett

MAY 31, 2012

Tweet When I was a young professor of instructional design and technology at San Diego State University , students often sought advice on how to make decisions about outcomes and strategies. At that time, back in the late 70s, mostly they were concerned about instructional design for face-to-face classes. Even when working on classroom programs, they were flummoxed by the scores of decisions they had to make.

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Allison Rossett

APRIL 2, 2012

Tweet Often, current and former graduate students ask for advice about how to be successful when they interview for instructional design positions. Yes, I have my opinions, but I wanted you to hear from someone I admire. Let’s welcome guest blogger, Alice Cutter, who has been interviewing MANY IDs for positions in her firm. And these are not the first ID positions she has attempted to fill.

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Allison Rossett

JULY 7, 2012

Suzanne Aurilio is my guest blogger. She and our SDSU colleagues have enjoyed some solid successes in bringing faculty to rely on and appreciate technology. Here is her story. I’ve been working with university faculty on teaching, learning and technology for almost ten years. During much of that time, I led a well-funded program in which we incentivized faculty to experiment with technologies to improve teaching and learning.

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Allison Rossett

JULY 7, 2012

Suzanne Aurilio is my guest blogger. She and our SDSU colleagues have enjoyed some solid successes in bringing faculty to rely on and appreciate technology. Here is her story. I’ve been working with university faculty on teaching, learning and technology for almost ten years. During much of that time, I led a well-funded program in which we incentivized faculty to experiment with technologies to improve teaching and learning.

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Allison Rossett

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In September I attended the eLearning Guild’s new conference, Performance Support Symposium. Ontuitive’s Bob Mosher kicked it off with a mighty bang, offering the jaw-dropping suggestion that we cast off training in favor of performance support. Like Bob, I am hooked on performance support. In the 80s, I wrote a book about job aids. More recently, I wrote another, this one called Handbook for Job Aids and Performance Support.

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Allison Rossett

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Tweet Today, the buzz is about informal learning. You hear it at conferences, on blogs, even on twitter. Are your programs informal? Are they as informal as you want them to be? Are you moving forward to bring informal learning to your organization? We have different questions for you. Are you certain that you know what informal learning is, how it differs from the formal?

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Allison Rossett

JULY 12, 2012

Here is what a world without objectives might sound like– “I don’t know. What do you think? Last year we covered ice breakers. How about a session on humor this year?” “Well, I’m not entirely certain what scenario-based elearning would do for us, but I know our competitors are doing it.” “I want to build a great program for the reps, but not sure what to do.

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Allison Rossett

JULY 12, 2012

Here is what a world without objectives might sound like– “I don’t know. What do you think? Last year we covered ice breakers. How about a session on humor this year?” “Well, I’m not entirely certain what scenario-based elearning would do for us, but I know they are going to like it.” “We got a really good speaker.

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Allison Rossett

JUNE 19, 2012

Technology is not the answer. Not automatically. But many executives thought it would be so, that it was a matter of selection and investment. Now, many look back on prior enthusiasms for technology-based learning with tales to tell of dashed hopes. With hindsight, they know that nothing is automatic, not even mobile learning, and that success does not come easily.

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Allison Rossett

JUNE 19, 2012

Technology is not the answer. Not automatically. But many executives thought it would be so, that it was a matter of selection and investment. Now, many look back on prior enthusiasms for technology-based learning with tales to tell of dashed hopes. With hindsight, they know that nothing is automatic, not even mobile learning, and that success does not come easily.

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Allison Rossett

APRIL 4, 2012

Guest blogger, Dave Basarab , introduces learning bursts. What is a learning burst? How do they work? Dave explains below. Suzanne Murphy, the head of leadership development programs for emerging leaders at IBM was at a crossroads. In the next few years, approximately 4,000 emerging leaders were going to begin their development track to place them into business management positions.

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Allison Rossett

APRIL 4, 2012

Tweet Guest blogger, Dave Basarab , introduces learning bursts. What is a learning burst? How do they work? Dave explains below. Suzanne Murphy, the head of leadership development programs for emerging leaders at IBM was at a crossroads. In the next few years, approximately 4,000 emerging leaders were going to begin their development track to place them into business management positions.

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Allison Rossett

MARCH 12, 2012

Tweet The California State University (CSU), the largest state university system in the United States, has at long last settled on an online learning strategy for its 23 campuses. With more than three decades as a professor in the CSU, now retired, I decided to take a look. The goal. “The goal is to increase capacity at California State, where massive budget cuts have coincided with a rising demand for higher ed degrees,” wrote Steve Kolowich in a review of the plan.

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Allison Rossett

AUGUST 2, 2012

I do love them. I love apps because of what I can do on the go. Apps on my mobile devices enable practice, a quick lesson, a conversation with a coach or team, or a reminder about how it is that I might think about something. Here is the story of how apps helped Aaron Ifland, a doctoral student, who attends two universities 118 miles apart, and teaches at a third.

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Allison Rossett

AUGUST 2, 2012

I do love them. I love apps because of what I can do on the go. Apps on my mobile devices enable practice, a quick lesson, a conversation with a coach or team, or a reminder about how it is that I might think about something. Here is the story of how apps helped Aaron Ifland, a doctoral student, who attends two universities 118 miles apart, and teaches at a third.

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Allison Rossett

MARCH 6, 2012

Tweet Guest blogger Jim Marshall could tell this wasn’t going to be your typical training class– not with that segue to a coffee break. Here’s what Jim wrote about his experience observing a class with 22 sworn peace officers from municipal, state and federal agencies. The topic for the class: managing an active shooter. The class began with the history of active shooters— starting with Charles Whitman’s 1966 Texas clock tower massacre and extending to Monday’s Ohio

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Allison Rossett

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Jolie Kennedy is my guest blogger. I think you will enjoy her take on her learning experiences. Jolene writes: Summer 1989: Queens College, City University of New York. Madonna’s Like a Prayer blares on my headphones. It’s my first semester and I’m low man on the totem pole. I get classes no one wants… statistics and ethics. Ugh. College sucks! Stats class is a bust.

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Allison Rossett

MAY 10, 2012

I admit it. I love when people seek my opinion. That happened a lot in Denver, at ASTD 2012. I am entering the field. What do I do to make a success of it? Let’s pretend that somebody asked me to deliver a commencement speech in response to that question, preferably on a lush, ivy covered campus, near amiable watering holes. Thank you for inviting me to share this wonderful occasion with the workforce learning graduates of 2012… Let me begin by congratulating you on your career choice.

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Allison Rossett

MAY 10, 2012

Tweet I admit it. I love when people seek my opinion. That happened a lot in Denver, at ASTD 2012. I am entering the field. What do I do to make a success of it? Let’s pretend that somebody asked me to deliver a commencement speech in response to that question, preferably on a lush, ivy covered campus, near amiable watering holes. Thank you for inviting me to share this wonderful occasion with the workforce learning graduates of 2012… Let me begin by congratulating you on your career choic

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Allison Rossett

MAY 8, 2012

Meet Jeff Loube. My guest blogger is Jeff Loube. Jeff describes himself as a practitioner who has completed analysis and design projects such as basic, multi-engine and rotary wing pilot training, maintenance training systems, and maintenance training simulator design, prototyping and development. Jeff is managing editor of MS&T (Military Simulation and Training) magazine, [link].

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Allison Rossett

MAY 8, 2012

Tweet Meet Jeff Loube. My guest blogger is Jeff Loube. Jeff describes himself as a practitioner who has completed analysis and design projects such as basic, multi-engine and rotary wing pilot training, maintenance training systems, and maintenance training simulator design, prototyping and development. Jeff is managing editor of MS&T (Military Simulation and Training) magazine, [link].

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Allison Rossett

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Tweet Coaching continues to be popular. Last week I visited a software company. They are putting coaches in place to help their sales people become productive swiftly. A few weeks before that it was a retail company. They know that store managers must, must, must serve as coaches for their people. Coaching fosters relationships, feedback, emotions, conversations, collaboration, answers, growth,and bonding between veterans, experts, and novices.

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Allison Rossett

MARCH 19, 2012

Tweet Meet guest blogger, Marci Paino. Here is the story of her search for a new position. On the trail to a new position. This is the tale of a job hunt that I began in November, 2011. A few hours were spent updating and tweaking a resume. Even more time was spent searching for the ideal job openings and filling out the specialized online applications.

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Allison Rossett

JANUARY 28, 2012

Tweet Sue and I don’t agree about technology and its potential to improve Christmas. Sue: Did you read about Amazon’s patent for an early warning gifting system? If Aunt Hilda gives you a book or device that isn’t on your wish list, Amazon will electronically convert that errant gift into something you have indicated that you prefer– or into a cash certificate.

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Allison Rossett

JANUARY 23, 2012

Tweet This morning, on a blog, I ran into the idea that abundant information is one of the drivers of educational reform. Agreed. Harold Jarche is right about that. He then suggests that this abundance, in the hands of children, will turn into open education, effective learning. I wonder about that. For some, sure. For most, not so much. Here is what Frank Nguyen said about it– “The argument that we should let children design their own learning because information is abundant is anal

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Allison Rossett

JANUARY 19, 2012

Tweet This is an article about how leader development is changing. The focus is on moving beyond leader development events to lessons, support, guidance and community available in the context of work, which is where leaders serve. Here is the piece, co-authored with Deb Pettry, published in Talent Management: [link].

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Allison Rossett

JANUARY 19, 2012

Tweet Published in T&D, this article reports on a study conducted by Allison Rossett and Jim Marshall. Our focus– when people are doing e-learning, what are they doing? What forms does this approach to training take? Our findings surprised. You hear about mobile everything, immersive learning, informal strategies and performance support. But that’s not what workplace learning people reported that they are up to.

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Allison Rossett

JANUARY 10, 2012

Tweet Allison blogs on about how enthusiasm about technology just isn’t sufficient. We need analysis, data, and execution. Full post at Human Capital Exchange: https://hcexchange.conference-board.org/blog/post.cfm?post=35.

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Allison Rossett

JANUARY 10, 2012

Tweet What stinks about webinars? An article from Chief Learning Officer magazine. This article reports the experiences and lessons of Colleen Cunningham and Antonia Chan, two webinar addicts, now recovering. View full article: [link].

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Allison Rossett

JANUARY 10, 2012

Tweet The new edition of Allison’s classic book, First Things Fast: First Things Fast: A Handbook for Performance Analysis , 2 nd edition. San Francisco: Pfeiffer/Wiley.

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Allison Rossett

JANUARY 10, 2012

Tweet Allison Rossett and Lisa Schafer’s book: Job Aids and Performance Support: Moving Knowledge in the Classroom to Knowledge Everywhere. [link].

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Allison Rossett

JANUARY 10, 2012

Tweet Photo by Frank Rogozienski Photography. The Long View: Feature from Training and Development Magazine. Full article: TD_Feb08_Rossett_LEGEND.

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Allison Rossett

JANUARY 10, 2012

Tweet. If performance support and learning are wonderful, why aren’t they everywhere? [link].

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Allison Rossett

MARCH 11, 2012

Tweet Video: Profiles in Leadership: Making Evidence-based Decisions. Click thumbnail to view video.

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