Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 30, 2011

Train Your Client On Training by Paul on January 31, 2011 in Instructional Design , Training Development In the enterprise learning industry, when you sit down with a client to discuss an opportunity, oftentimes the client has a good idea what they want. However, just as often this makes an instructional designer’s job more difficult.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Military | Social Learning Blog - May 19, 2011 [.] Here are some things that stood out right away: Style: The format is simple – there’s little or no animation in order to keep focus on the storyline – but the use of graphic novel illustration shows an understanding of the audience. other good eLearning resolutions are out there?

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 14, 2011

My answer is almost always SME availability; we simply cannot do our jobs without them. Consider using a SME Readiness Assessment to gauge SME readiness and availability to do their job. Clients will often ask what I see as the biggest risk or roadblock to end-user readiness. Here are some ideas for taking care of your SMEs.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 14, 2011

My answer is almost always SME availability; we simply cannot do our jobs without them. Consider using a SME Readiness Assessment to gauge SME readiness and availability to do their job. Clients will often ask what I see as the biggest risk or roadblock to end-user readiness. Here are some ideas for taking care of your SMEs.

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Dashe & Thomson

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Military | Social Learning Blog - May 19, 2011 [.] Here are some things that stood out right away: Style: The format is simple – there’s little or no animation in order to keep focus on the storyline – but the use of graphic novel illustration shows an understanding of the audience. other good eLearning resolutions are out there?

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Module Social Networks Blended Learning Security 100

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 11, 2011

We thought we could train them to do their jobs. This position is well-articulated in this post by Jay Cross at his Informal Learning Blog. Cross writes: Once upon a time, people were paid to follow instructions. Now, work is more like improv theater. Workers have to solve problems on the fly. They must perform on the spot. Good content.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 27, 2010

According to an article released by mlive.com , more than a quarter of new jobs created this past year were temporary jobs. Many consulting firms in our industry become too niche and lose out on work they can easily provide but do a poor job of marketing. Business confidence is still extremely low. All Rights Reserved.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 25, 2011

This collaborative approach reinforces more of the 70% in the 70/20/10 formula — 70% of what we learn is on the job and through our experiences. My job was not to tell; my job was stimulate thinking, encourage exploration, make associations, and help guide my learners. March 17, 2011 at 12:14 am # I am adult learner educator.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 21, 2011

Web-based learning portals are the ultimate brain food — extending brain power by positioning learning and How-To reference material close to the job, 24/7. As instructional designers, we can help create environments that grow better Exobrains. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS?

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 11, 2011

by Jolene on March 11, 2011 in Gaming Theory , Instructional Design , Training Development , eLearning Over the last year or so, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to incorporate games into eLearning instructional design projects. Rob Mueller May 11, 2011 at 6:35 pm # Great post on using games as a training device. All Rights Reserved.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Avoid this problem by keeping your queries gentle, and remember – people not only need praise, but they deserve it for a job well-done. But if you make these check-ins “all stick and no carrot,” you will increasingly find that your attempts at communication are met with suspicion, or worse – silence. Don’t skimp. All Rights Reserved.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Avoid this problem by keeping your queries gentle, and remember – people not only need praise, but they deserve it for a job well-done. But if you make these check-ins “all stick and no carrot,” you will increasingly find that your attempts at communication are met with suspicion, or worse – silence. Don’t skimp. All Rights Reserved.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Before you commit to delivering a project based on these ratios (or buying services from someone based on them), it is useful to keep a few things in mind about eLearning Development Ratios: 1. Subject Matter Matter s – These surveys do a good job of accounting for varying levels of course complexity. Thank you so much.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Before you commit to delivering a project based on these ratios (or buying services from someone based on them), it is useful to keep a few things in mind about eLearning Development Ratios: 1. Subject Matter Matter s – These surveys do a good job of accounting for varying levels of course complexity. Thank you so much.

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Ratio Social Networks Blended Learning Off-shore 133

CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Based on workplace skills data collected from approximately 4 million workplace assessment examinees over a five-year period, the report, “The Condition of Work Readiness in the United States,” finds that skills gaps are most evident for individuals considering jobs requiring low or high levels of education.

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Learning Visions

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

My live blogged notes from Rick Raymer’s (@trickylearning) session at DevLearn November 2, 2011 in Las Vegas. Create time sensitive objectives Rick says “Your job as a designer is to make your learners feel clever and smart.” I arrived a bit late…my apologies! Rewards need to evoke emotion.

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eLearning Brothers

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

eLearning Brothers: We’ve been in this industry since the 90’s (some of us before that), and we know it’s sometimes hard to explain your job to your family. By the way, we’d love to hear how you explain your elearning job to friends and family. We’ve provided a useful script below. We drew heavily from the following resources.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 11, 2011

I’ve helped design and build many electronic performance support systems (or mega-instructional job aids as expertly described by Cathy Moore ), and have recently started exploring ways to incorporate social learning tools … but nothing like this. What blows my mind when I see Inkling? All Rights Reserved. Visit us at dashe.com

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Since 2011, staffing has remained generally steady. That ratio is highly variable. Before 2008, the ratio of learning staff to overall staff in large organizations could be close to 0.5 In smaller organizations that ratio could have been as high as 3 percent. In late 2012, those ratios were somewhat lower.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Just as water will always find its own level by the path of least resistance, individual learners, working in collaboration and unhampered by the precepts of authority, tend to do an excellent job of finding and sharing what they need to know efficiently and effectively, even if they don’t necessarily know what they are looking for to begin with.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 2, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Analyzing the ROI of Social Media in Training by Jim on May 3, 2011 in social learning A continuing theme among my blog posts has been the difficulty of demonstrating the ROI of social learning initiatives.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Because Dashe & Thomson is a consulting firm, we offer a plethora of services to our clients, and we can do a much better job identifying all of our clients’ needs during a consultation or training assessment and customizing our offering to meet those demands. We need to be better at treating our most valuable customers in a special way.

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Dashe & Thomson

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Because Dashe & Thomson is a consulting firm, we offer a plethora of services to our clients, and we can do a much better job identifying all of our clients’ needs during a consultation or training assessment and customizing our offering to meet those demands. We need to be better at treating our most valuable customers in a special way.

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Social Networks Blended Learning Wiki Custom 100

Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Jobs are changing where there is a clear move from role-based work to task-based work, less transactional work and more work that requires decision-making and dealing with ambiguity. Some of the most interesting survey data supporting this was published in the Corporate Leadership Council’s 2011 L&D Team Capabilities Survey.

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Jobs are changing where there is a clear move from role-based work to task-based work, less transactional work and more work that requires decision-making and dealing with ambiguity. Some of the most interesting survey data supporting this was published in the Corporate Leadership Council’s 2011 L&D Team Capabilities Survey.

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