Let’s face it…ERP training is typically boring at best and utterly overwhelming at worst. I’ve seen week-long SAP training courses covering over 100 procedures for people who plan and scheduled production in a manufacturing plant. Her 10th reason sticks out in my mind, “Stories give meaning to data,” for how well it applies to ERP training. was tasked with writing  training manuals, designing eLearning modules, and designing classroom exercises and activities for the areas of purchasing and travel & expenses. Really?  MORE >>

Apart from all the very predictable events and chores of a post enrolment week, I have managed to get a good amount of time both in college and out for the production of new phase 3 vle training notes. So more training sessions? My own initial reaction was yes, but the list begins to grow, and I thought why not produce a set of small eLearning modules, for instance:- An appreciation of what we understand by the term eLearning Developing - adopting a delivery and assessment framework Considerations for eLearning content design Integrating Moodle web 2.0 MORE >>

droning voice with no modulation or interest in the subject. Here's the question: Who is training the online teachers to teach online? Some of the worst 'teaching' I have ever tried to learn from has been online. The worst. And I'm not alone. Everyone I know has stories about an online class that was a total waste of time. Poorly organized content. Terrible to no graphics. So many bullet points that the screen ended up being 8pt Arial. Less than a modicum of enthusiasm. Hardly any interaction in a medium defined by interaction. Education Future of education Learning MORE >>

You might wonder what relevance this has to teaching leadership classes, or product training, or answering CRM questions. But think about all those smaller tasks you teach, or the after-training questions you typically answer. ” Questions like these occur every day in our organization, even if we already have very good training programs. Oftentimes, a training class isn’t necessary. More : The ‘Wikified’ Future of Employee Training. What’s driving that trend?  Stuff like, “How do I find my notes from a phone call?” MORE >>

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Three Reasons Why Corporate Training Departments Could Become Extinct by Jon on April 26, 2011 in Development Tools , Training Development , Video , budgeting , eLearning For some, the idea that a major corporation could do without it’s training department is unthinkable. But, there are clearly trends pointing to the disappearance (or at least the dramatic shrinkage), of the traditional corporate training team. But who will produce the training?   MORE >>