Rob Hubbard

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Onboarding the Blended Way

Rob Hubbard

Onboarding is an awful term, it’s so ‘business-speak’ that it makes me cringe, but the principles behind it are very sound and done right it can improve the time it takes new employees to get up to speed, increase productivity and have a very positive effect on morale and retention.

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Case Study: Waterstones Academy – Goal-Based Learning for Booksellers

Rob Hubbard

With the introduction of the Kindle as a product range, there was a need to train booksellers on how to operate and sell these new devices, so that they could offer the best possible service to customers. We also included embedded quizzes and surveys using a third party tool, to reinforce their learning. The Challenge.

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Coactivism – A Learning Model

Rob Hubbard

Spoon feeding such learners, as most elearning packages and training courses do, is counter-productive. All of this got me thinking and looking for an approach that would address these issues, so when I designed the Rapid eLearning Development (ReD) course I decided to free up access to the learning material.