bozarthzone

MAY 15, 2017

eLearning designers and developers spend a lot of time on assessments, particularly things like quizzes and knowledge checks and tests. But sometimes, easily fixed design issues are the culprits.

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bozarthzone

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Not understanding the reality of development Not knowing what you already have The tech that will "change training forever!" Cart before the horse For more, see the rest of the column at [link].

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bozarthzone

AUGUST 11, 2010

Which brings us to Example 2 : A contractor charged with developing online tutorials on the new employee timekeeping system listed the desired performance objectives (below). So: Before developing the instruction don’t just write objectives. Write the right objectives. What is this person really supposed to do back on the job?

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bozarthzone

APRIL 15, 2016

Over the years I’ve developed or picked up a lot of little tricks for making the environment more collaborative and engaging and thought I’d share some of what I learned. Let’s face it: There’s nothing positive about the word “ webinar.”

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bozarthzone

JULY 7, 2011

This reader sees him- or herself as an educator or workplace learning practitioner interested in professional development, improving practice, and learning more about learning regardless of the vehicle. He regards professional development and lifelong learning as an obligation for any practitioner in any field.

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bozarthzone

JULY 5, 2011

Figuring out how to reach the other domains – to provide psychomotor practice or to elicit an emotional response – is your challenge in developing effective eLearning.” “Talking is easy. Presenting bullet points is easy.

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bozarthzone

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

So I recruited helpers Ellen Wagner and Shawn Rosler, and together we developed “Ukulele Learning: Music and the Brain”. Discussion in the session involved tying ideas to specific work projects: You’re developing a module on customer service. We did the first session today to a packed house: 15 ukes, 24 maracas.and 72 kazoos.

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bozarthzone

AUGUST 8, 2010

Google has just announced that it will no longer support development of Google Wave and plans to support the service only through the end of 2010. Facebook offers many options for setting limits on who can see what: Be sure to learn about using lists and other privacy settings. July 30, 2010) 2. Be on the lookout for new tools from Google.

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bozarthzone

AUGUST 27, 2009

Here's a model I like to use in developing my own presentations, and in helping others develop theirs. They visit Wikipedia and Google and clip art galleries to amass piles of information, factoids, job aids, video clips, and PowerPoint shows, then try to compress it into a 75-minute session.

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bozarthzone

JULY 7, 2010

"One of the frustrations in Learning & Development is the reality of what happens when the worker returns to the job. A thousand things stand between a learner and performance; among the biggest of these is the learner’s manager."

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bozarthzone

OCTOBER 1, 2015

A wonderful recent development: As the ukulele becomes more popular, more and more open ukulele jams are popping up in cities and even suburbs everywhere. Others can like it, share it, be reminded of a favorite song, or go check out something new themselves. You can creat collaborative playlists. You can share playlists.

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bozarthzone

AUGUST 31, 2010

The publisher asked specifically for activities and ideas to help trainers and instructional designers develop an understanding of social media tools at "eye level": What are they, how are they best used, and how can we use them to extend and enhance current practice? Is the book right for you?

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bozarthzone

JULY 4, 2009

Several of my colleagues, in answering this Big Question, have mentioned the need to develop skill in moderating and facilitating online conversation. Can this new attitude be developed? Can this new attitude be developed? Of course, all our conversations assume that traditional trainers want to move forward.

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bozarthzone

APRIL 12, 2015

Malamed helps here, too, with ideas for making content more exciting and offering suggestions for challenges like working with numbers.

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bozarthzone

DECEMBER 2, 2020

A favorite blogger of mine is software developer Joel Spolsky who a few years back wrote a post that has stuck with me, about the problems caused when software companies decide to rewrite code from scratch. Reserving non-vocational learning experiences only for the eggheaded few diminishes opportunities for them and a richer world for us.

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bozarthzone

JANUARY 20, 2009

Apart from providing an opposite-side-of-the-coin view, it points to new taks for educators and trainers in developing workers. Here is a piece out of Millikin University on the information skills needed by those entering knowledge work roles.

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bozarthzone

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

tools.isn't it good enough for your learning and development department and your company to use these tools? Here's what Karl said: ". ask yourself, if it's good enough for a president-elect to deliver messages and information via social media and Web 2.0

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bozarthzone

SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

I spend a lot of time in trainer development work and have lately run into (yet another.) If you haven't yet gotten your hands on Karl Kapp's Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning are missing out on a real treat. disturbing trend. and how we must tolerate and accommodate Them.

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bozarthzone

JANUARY 24, 2008

I've heard from people who've been told games are "too much fun", "we aren't allowed to have anything light", and my favorite, to the student who knocked it out of the park on his final project for one of my e-learning development courses, "It's too entertaining ". Time to push past the fear and give something interesting a try for a change.

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bozarthzone

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

How often do you think about predictable human behavior when you design, develop, and deliver training or learning interventions? Discussion: How much do you know about basic human behavior? What is measured matters. The initial goal of “surviving the surgery” was a noble one but, given the outcomes, not enough.

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bozarthzone

JANUARY 17, 2009

An alternative approach to evaluation was developed Daniel Stufflebeam. How can we be confident that learners, sent back to the work site, are equipped to perform as desired? And finally: how can we deliver the instruction in a way that is appealing and engaging?

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bozarthzone

MARCH 9, 2008

Based on the "Hollywood Squares" game, this was developed for a new-hire orientation program both as a way to cover fairly dry content as well as helping staff recognize people they'd need to know to both "get around" and "get along" in the office. photos of real people, and, 2. multiple choice questions recast as games.

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bozarthzone

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

My third book, From Analysis to Evaluation , was envisioned as a compilation of tools developed and used by practitioners in the field, loosely arranged around the ADDIE model of instructional design. My January 24 post, "Collapse of a Community of Practice", included an aside about what training practitioners are really doing v.

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bozarthzone

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

For a management development program, ask each Friday for a quick response to something critical to the course, such as, “List 5 things you caught people doing right this past week.” Facilitate comments to elicit further discussion among the participants.

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bozarthzone

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

My coworkers taught canned programs like CPR and First Aid, and all came from the third-grade-teacher approach to training adults, so weren't much help when I was assigned things like developing supervisory training. I was fortunate that we had an office subscription to Training (and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one there who read it).

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bozarthzone

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The presenter had developed quick aids for people suddenly put in the position of moving traditional training to the virtual classroom environment. Just take my word for it that my dog and the badger share a remarkable likeness. Slide shared in a webinar hosted by NZATD.

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bozarthzone

MARCH 16, 2009

The group, now in its 24th year of evolving membership, has served members well as a vehicle for developing skills and camaraderie. What does this tell us about our role in developing more passionate learners? Finding outlets for overcoming feelings of isolation and the indifference of a supervisor.

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bozarthzone

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Bentham developed the idea of the panopticon , a prison design that provided a single central point from which all prisoners/cells/activities could be observed. Many American shopping malls adopted this as a design guide, too.)Foucault

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