Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 14, 2011

SMEs have a ton of work to do and generally keep their heads down until all work is done — defining requirements, documenting processes, testing, collaborating on training content, and training end-users. Set up a Web-based content collaboration site (wikis work great for this). That way you learn as your SMEs learn.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 14, 2011

SMEs have a ton of work to do and generally keep their heads down until all work is done — defining requirements, documenting processes, testing, collaborating on training content, and training end-users. Set up a Web-based content collaboration site (wikis work great for this). That way you learn as your SMEs learn.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 8, 2011

It makes a big difference to your design if the on-demand content will be needed while the learner sits at their computer or while they perform a requalification inspection on a propane cylinder on a loading dock. &# These types of questions will help us define requirements and options for on-demand delivery early in the design process.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 6, 2011

Software tools such as Articulate Presenter or Adobe Presenter allow you to transition your current PowerPoint into a streamlined e-Learning modules complete with narration, interactive quizzes, and Flash-based output compression. Blend Your “Content-Heavy” Courses. Know Your Learners’ Needs. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 15, 2011

Some companies will use “Level 2: Learning” to measure whether the learners have mastered the training course content. The KEC also analyzes the value of the evaluation content and implementation, the outcome, the overall significance, and the critical assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the evaluation itself.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

For example, the sessions I attended seemed to be split 50/50 between those touting mobile learning as the “next big thing,” and those where the presenters responded that their companies didn’t “do” mobile, but nevertheless advocated “device-agnostic development.”

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 11, 2011

Good content. Out of the box thinking is what makes the new world go round and round… Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 30, 2011

View all posts by Paul → ← Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? I live and breathe Minnesota sports and love golfing, boating, skiing, traveling, and attending live music. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 21, 2011

Then, the classroom becomes an interactive environment where precious face-to-face time is reserved for learning the most complex aspects of the subject matter – aspects that would certainly have been glossed over had all the content been delivered in a classroom lecture.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 17, 2011

It still measures course, content, instructor, and relevancy to the job. Level 2: Learning. This is not just testing the content. He says unless one or more of the learning objectives? Here is what is happening with the other levels, based on what Donald and James Kirkpatrick are doing. Level 1: Reaction. Properly d.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Some of my photography can be seen in local art galleries and online through National Geographic image stock. Enjoy people; embrace life! Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 28, 2011

Walmart announced last week (April 18, 2011) that it is – … buying Mountain View-based Kosmix , a heavily funded social media technology provider that has built a platform that enables users to filter and organize content in social networks, in order to connect people with information that matters to them, in real-time. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 29, 2011

The material is being written at an 8th grade reading level and, for the most part, the training content is pretty straightforward. It covers topics like filling and emptying propane containers, and federal codes and regulations as they relate to the training tasks. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 13, 2011

Retweeting also expands your role as a content curator. If you want to become known as a source of adult learning knowledge, retweeting interesting information from others on Twitter is a great strategy to take. I think of Retweets as blog comments. Back again to my last blog post, retweeting is an act performed most often by Mavens.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 13, 2022

Fortunately, this is often due not to the content itself, or general employee stubbornness, but rather poorly designed, deployed, and customized learning courses. That is, many employees dislike training programs not because they dislike development, but because their organizations are failing to provide positive experiences.

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MARCH 9, 2021

Since its conception, Learning and Development (L&D) has undergone major changes in the way it delivers content to its learners. From humble beginnings in instructor-led training to eLearning and blended learning in the early 2000s, L&D has continuously changed and evolved alongside technological changes and innovations.

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Dashe & Thomson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The ones that you wish you could call back and place deep in the confines of your brain, as far away from consciousness as possible: “In my next blog I’ll discuss some of the challenges related to mobile learning development, and suggest some solutions.”. What a blithe, naïve promise. Compatibility. Easier said than done.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Cameron Weiss Learning Experience Designer. It’s interesting to navigate and experience content without using vision or hearing. Subscribe to ours and I promise we will only send you the best content. ::end This year, I vow to find a balance between learning and doing that allows me to operate at maximum effectiveness.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 13, 2012

Brainshark , an online video presentation firm, reports on the wave of video content in general pouring out across the web. Viewing video content on mobile phones is accelerating as well. 300 million of the aforementioned three billion YouTube videos being watched daily are watched on mobile phones.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 11, 2011

Matt MacInnis puts it this way: The processes used to create textbooks and create software have traditionally been very different, but we believe that as content becomes more interactive, rich in media, and available on multiple platforms, the application of software engineering practices to content creation makes a lot of sense.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

A quick story to illustrate the point above about Economies of Scale: A couple of years ago, a client asked us to estimate how long it would take to develop both classroom and eLearning materials for 44 learning modules. The content had to be gathered from SMEs in North America, Europe, and Asia. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

A quick story to illustrate the point above about Economies of Scale: A couple of years ago, a client asked us to estimate how long it would take to develop both classroom and eLearning materials for 44 learning modules. The content had to be gathered from SMEs in North America, Europe, and Asia. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 16, 2011

This should come in the form of blended learning: using ILT, eLearning, performance support and user-generated content to teach the end users how to properly wield their powerful new tool. Work with people and groups on how they can use the new technology to do their work more efficiently. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

AUGUST 20, 2012

The Brainshark product allows you to take your content (PowerPoints, documents, photos, video clips), log into your Brainshark account to upload the content and add audio by phone, microphone or MP3 upload. You can receive email alerts with the viewing data or log in to your Brainshark account to access online dashboards and reports.

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Dashe & Thomson

JUNE 22, 2012

In my last post I briefly mentioned my skepticism about the demand for mobile learning in the workplace. We in the learning industry talk about it a lot in conferences, and blog about it, but relatively few of us are doing anything substantial with mobile learning “on the ground.” The government plans to invest $2.4

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Dashe & Thomson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Content Curation: With more and more content being developed by subject matter experts, business analysts and the learners themselves, the role of training development professionals is shifting from content creation to content curation. What are the advantages and pitfalls of user created content?

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 26, 2011

The democratization of content-creation One of the most notable aspects of recent advances in technology, is the democratization of creative output. In fact, for many training professionals who have been downsized or re-deployed recently, this entire blog post may sound like old news. Take the film industry as an example. Properly d.

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