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Good News: Spending on Training Increasing

Mindflash

In a recent Bersin by Deloitte study , spending on learning and development rose by 12% in 2012. On the other hand, a quality training program, designed to help solve a business problem is a valuable investment CEOs will most often make. In another study, 90% of CEOS said they plan to maintain or increase training budgets in 2013.

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Manage Remotely With Coordination, Not Control

CLO Magazine

Economics professor Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University conducted research with a 16,000-person Chinese travel agency on the topic. While the study argued in favor of virtual work for call center workers, many jobs have less well-defined metrics — particularly those that rely on deeper expertise and creative problem solving.

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eLearning Gives Your Employees the Skills of the Future

OpenSesame

Consider these numbers from 2012: Over 1 billion people were taking a training course for both soft and hard skills. That was in 2012. Problem Solving : being a multi-skilled team player takes problem solving skills! Problem Solving : being a multi-skilled team player takes problem solving skills!

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Bloom and bust

Learning with e's

Bloom's Taxonomy has been hailed as a template for best practice in course design. Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy is probably the best known and most used, and is organised into six levels of learning rising from simple to complex. And yet Bloom's taxonomy raised some serious issues. These are not the only problems.

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eLearning Gives Your Employees the Skills of the Future

OpenSesame

Consider these numbers from 2012: Over 1 billion people were taking a training course for both soft and hard skills. That was in 2012. Problem Solving : being a multi-skilled team player takes problem solving skills! Problem Solving : being a multi-skilled team player takes problem solving skills!

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Bloom reheated

Learning with e's

In an age of digital media, where learners create, remix and share their own content, an overhaul of Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy was long overdue. Yesterday I posted a critique of Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy and argued that it is outmoded in the digital age. The problem lies in the sequence. 2005) Bloom's Taxonomy.

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10 Story Metaphors to Lift Your Learners’ Spirits - Tip #116

Vignettes Learning

A flight to somewhere When workers have a challenge or problem they need to solve, they go on a journey or quest. They give it water and sunlight so that the seed becomes a plant and blooms. Reflective question: What can make you jump for joy? How do you respond to someone who is jumping for joy? It’s like climbing a mountain.

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