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Two personal development resolutions for 2012

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Secondly, I am going to try out the Find 15 approach to my personal development, inspired by Julie Wedgwood. Julie’s Find 15 initiative is simple: take 15 minutes each day (or 75 minutes each week) during which to focus on your personal development. Something for 2013?

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Excellent instructional design: a 10-tip beginners' guide | Good.

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In-house DIY e-learning and rapid development mean that training managers and subject matter experts (among others) have to put on an e-learning design hat from time to time. ← The bad reputation and rehabilitation of compliance training Help me write a Wordle → Like Be the first to like this post.

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Five great resources for presenters

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Over the past couple of years this is one of the areas of personal development I’ve really tried to focus on, taking every opportunity I’ve been given to push my boundaries and present. I’ve just completed this course, provided by the Institute of IT Training. But I kind of love the challenge at the same time.

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Three benefits of entering for an award

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This Thursday is the IT Training Awards evening, always a glamorous and enjoyable affair organised by the IITT. This time a year ago I was named Instructional Designer of the Year 2010, and based on my experience I’d encourage everyone to put their best work forward for an award. Improved confidence.

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#EDCMOOC: being human – reasserting the human

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Likewise, most of us have experienced disappointing presentations or classroom training sessions: being in the same room as colleagues and the trainer doesn’t guarantee a good experience. Monke notes that teenagers with access to the internet have a huge amount of power and the potential to do a lot of damage.

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Six benefits of real quality assurance

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There’s an internal benefit as well: a focus on QA helps to develop a culture of continuous improvement. Colleagues will help each other develop, challenging things and preventing complacency setting in and leading to carelessness. You’ll reduce the time and money spent on rework.

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#EDCMOOC: utopias & dystopias – looking to the future (part 1)

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There is one message here about technology (paper-thin, frameless, caseless, transparent devices) seamlessly integrating into our lives, but the real significance of the focus on people rather than tech is in its rebuttal against one of the most popular criticisms of the rapid pace of development. Everywhere, immersive, immediate.