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Book review: Leaving ADDIE for SAM: will agile eLearning development become mainstream?

Challenge to Learn

I believe that an agile approach will bring a lot of benefits to e-Learning development. I’m interested in agile development because we develop the easygenerator software in an agile way. I’m interested in agile development because we develop the easygenerator software in an agile way.

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Still Too Much Reliance on Instructor-Led, Event-Based Employee Training

The Performance Improvement Blog

According to the 2013 State of the Industry report from ASTD , instructor-led programs continue to be the primary method for training and developing employees. Given that only 15% to 20% of the participants in these programs will end up applying their learning to achieving the strategic goals of their organizations and ASTD estimates $164.2

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Agility and ICE

The Learning Dispatch

Agility was an undercurrent that caught my attention at the ASTD International Conference & Expo (ICE). Dr. Brown spoke of entrepreneurial learners who embody the agility to learn in any situation or environment. Brown spoke of entrepreneurial learners who embody the agility to learn in any situation or environment.

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#ICE #ASTD2013 conference recap

Challenge to Learn

So my first ICE ASTD conference is finished. One thing that I noticed was that agile and agility are increasingly hot. Michael Allen with SAM (and a packed Ballroom), agile processes are presented as the answer to the ever increasing speed of change. ICE ASTD 2013. As said, my first ASTD conference.

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Agile Isn’t About Tools, But Rather The Culture

Training Industry

I recently gave a talk about Agile for Training and Development at a local ASTD chapter meeting where several attendees asked me about what tools they should use for agile. Agile, however, is not about a tool. In agile, the team has final say on how to go about the work, and about who does what tasks.

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#ASTD2013 day 4: Changes in the Learning Organization

Challenge to Learn

Today was the last day of ICE ASTD 2013, I selected some sessions that focus more on how the rapid changes in the digital world will affect the Learning organizations. Ann Herrmann: Thinking and Learning agility: 10 steps to maximizing learning outcomes. Her other big points are Engagement and Agility. Very good presentation.

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LLAMAs here, LLAMAs there…LLAMAs at Work

Torrance Learning

And now you can learn our Lot Like Agile Management approach in the November issue of TD at Work. The Association for Talent Development (ATD, formerly known as ASTD) publishes this very practical series every month, with techniques ready to implement. This month, it’s all about Agile. What tools do you use?

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