Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Tweets Follow @dashethomson on Twitter Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Tweets Follow @dashethomson on Twitter Download Free Whitepaper The Top 10 Pitfalls of End User Training – and How to Avoid Them Given the current state of the economy, businesses large and small are looking for ways to improve productivity while maintaining quality. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 5, 2011

For example, a new CRM or ERP system can change workers’ jobs, roles, and even dictate future employment status. In another post, Krigsman writes: Communications in [the context of ERP implementation] means explaining the business impact of technology decisions to a non-technical audience. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 27, 2011

Accelerated Learning attempts to change this imbalance by including activities that trigger the other intelligences, for example, Brain Gym® , games that involve movement, MindMapping® tools, songs and raps, and word cards. The term “Accelerated Learning” was actually coined by a British educator, Colin Rose. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 27, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Online Video: the Perfect Social Learning Tool? Mark Durgee April 5, 2011 at 4:32 pm # Jon- I, too, am interested in learning how video can be incorporated into informal learning programs as part of a Web 2.0

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 30, 2011

And by showing them examples, you’ll help them see [training] from various perspectives. He ends the blog with this key message: The goal is to build a course appropriate to your client’s needs. Sometimes the need is simple and sometimes complex. By clarifying their objectives you’ll know what type of course to build. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 23, 2011

For example, writing “All milestones will be completed on time” as a success factor doesn’t give enough leeway that you may need in the normal course of events. Finally, don’t oversimplify when writing out the success factors, but don’t over-measure, either. William Duncan suggests using a structured format to overcome oversimplication.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

For example, did you know that there are now devices that can be implanted to assist and even take over the pumping action of a failing heart? The session was part of a series I am attending on research and advances in regenerative medicine. Fascinating stuff. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 21, 2011

Those are extreme examples, but the very same thing can happen when you are told you have to attend training you don’t want or need. Multiply that by a 10 member staff and suddenly you’ve lost an entire man week of work in emotional hangover time. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 6, 2011

There is value in books, manuals, and written reference materials included in training activities, but don’t use words to replace examples, images, and experience. Learn to be more specific, and customize any of your materials for precisely the right support. Discover the real problems and questions before you jump to the solution.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 25, 2011

Even with the help of the newest technology tools to communicate and educate including social media, wikis, and Google, we still need to transform our ILT classrooms and training sessions into integrated blended learning environments. One night in the classroom I decided to use a relevant example from their reality: Coke or Pepsi. “In

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Dashe & Thomson

JULY 6, 2011

There are people looking at applying the Kirkpatrick model, there are people measuring the use of social learning tools, and there are people talking about something similar to Brinkerhoff’s Success Case Method. In the spirit of my blog posts on Re-evaluating Evaluation and Revisiting Kirkpatrick , I decided to start with Don Clark ?Big

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Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 8, 2011

Then when the time comes much later to apply what we learned, we can’t quite remember what to do and need help. Here’s an example: A company is rolling out a new expense reporting and approval system and needs to train over 1000 users. The Q goes to a twtter hastag defined by the instructor. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

. * The connection between the personal and the collective is a key ingredient in lifelong learning. When information is stable, the explicit dimension becomes very important. The speed of light, for example, is probably not going to change… The twenty-first centry, however, belongs to the tacit. Twitter is where [.]

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

Have you ever heard someone say, “I hate learning!&# ? (I I wrote about the love of learning and mobile phones in a blog a few weeks back if you want to take a look). During the performance Kanye starts freestyling about how he creates lyrics. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 7, 2011

Have you ever heard someone say, “I hate learning!&# ? (I I wrote about the love of learning and mobile phones in a blog a few weeks back if you want to take a look). During the performance Kanye starts freestyling about how he creates lyrics. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Big Dog, Little Dog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The measurements we obtain gives us information to help base our judgment on. Each stakeholder will normally only use a couple of the levels when making their evaluation, except for the Learning Department. For example, top executives are normally only interested in the first one—Results, as it directly affects the bottom-line.

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Tony Karrer

APRIL 7, 2009

Tools Collaborative Learning Using Web 2.0 Try Before You Buy Tools Used Better Conferences - Response Needed Roles in CoP's The science of learning Learning 2.0 Tools - A Summary PR 2.0: How To Find The Best Free Image/Photo/Graphics Downloads For Your Blog Posts | Smackdown!

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Big Dog, Little Dog

MAY 23, 2011

I recently received this comment on my post, Using Kirkpatrick's Four Levels to Create and Evaluate Informal & Social Learning Processes : “What do you do when the "learners" are new hires? For example: Our goal is to convert interested callers into extremely satisfied and delighted customers.

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TalentLMS

AUGUST 30, 2018

Includes best practices for how to use visuals, audio, and text in your content; design examples and exercises; and an evaluation of simulations and games that are relevant to learning goals. For example, Chapter 9, “How can you guarantee transfer of learning to the workplace?” Kirkpatrick and Wendy Kayser Kirkpatrick.

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eLearning Learning Posts

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The art of Twitter , October 11, 2010 Learning how to use Twitter as a tool to develop your personal learning network is not always simple, and as with any other social networking tools, there is an unwritten protocol. Using Twitter to Transform the Classroom! Informal learning doesn’t provide that.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 11, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Do Instructional Designers in the Social Digital Age need an Engineering Background? If you have another minute, check this out this Inkling anatomy “textbook&# example.) Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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Dashe & Thomson

MAY 2, 2011

While Nancy’s post is not directly focused on corporate learning, she notes that one of the major benefits of internal social media use is its effect on streamlining operations, which can certainly be said for how social media can streamline knowledge uptake and act as an “ exo-brain ,” for the overworked employee. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

A remarkable example of this phenomenon can be found in Wikipedia, a completely user-driven Collaborative Knowledge Support System (my own term) that has become not only the most all-encompassing compendium of knowledge in world history, but increasingly the resource of choice for information on current events. Properly d. Properly d.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 26, 2011

Take the film industry as an example. For example (and you really should check out this link) this guy , who blows stuff up with automatic weapons, is so cool (at least to his viewers), he’s like a modern-day Fonzie. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff! Properly d. Properly d.

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Jay Cross

JULY 17, 2012

Don Kirkpatrick proposed a model for measuring the outcomes of training. The 1980s saw the shift from an industrial to an information economy. However, go to any training conference, including ASTD’s own International Conference and Exhibition, and you don’t hear much about instructor-led training or self-paced learning.

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