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AUGUST 8, 2010

Those wishing to maintain “private” space on Facebook (for instance, to have one’s personal account but also to use Facebook for hosting a course) can do this via the use of groups and fan pages. Facebook offers many options for setting limits on who can see what: Be sure to learn about using lists and other privacy settings.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Sometimes this was the boss's indirect cowardly way of telling the employee there was a performance problem; sometimes the person was sent to see if he/she could "get" something to bring back to the workplace. Either way, the person sent did not enjoy it, did not get much out of it, and saw the requirement to participate as extra work.

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APRIL 13, 2011

This month's "Nuts and Bolts" column is on b uilding your Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

has been valuable for me, personally, too: I'm a #lrnchat moderator and try to participate every week. It can also point to an organizational problem, or an issue in the industry, or maybe something with which many others will empathize: Answering "What did you learn today?" I know the question is coming.

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APRIL 12, 2015

Typeface matters: Even people not trained in design “pick up cues from a typeface and ascribe its characteristics to a personality” and are aware when the typeface doesn’t match the message. To that end she focuses on the view of a project as more than the sum of its parts. The palette has psychological impact.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Sitting at the other end of that computer is a person. It''s really critical to know your audience (Form follows function) Comic books are fun and can support the fun affect. -We We are storytellers - that''s why writing is so essential. "It''s It''s all about the people, man. We need to make it accessible, conversational. Capture that tone.

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Slideshare Write Blog Learning Objects eLearning 40

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DECEMBER 30, 2009

To quote my favorite checkout person at Target, LaQuinta: "OMG" (pronounced "OMG"). "Use online technologies to enable learners to interact with an author or expert.") Seeing the books in the aggregate brought a huge shock, namely, that typically 1/3 to 1/4 of the text is dedicated to "rules for learners".

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Attitudes Social Media Guidelines Social Networks 49

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MAY 28, 2010

So this Memorial Day I urge you to take a moment to connect on Facebook, or Twitter, or LinkedIn (or if you must, the telephone or even in person ) with someone perhaps not part of your daily orbit. You can't predict in 7 years, or 20, or 50, which small connection will still be important.

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JUNE 7, 2009

Briefly: There's a lot of interesting literature showing that resistance ties to a number of factors, including personality type (explorer), view of self as instructor (to impart information or guide learning, work roles, and view of technology (enabler or interference).

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

How do we design for “personalized” learning experiences? Discussion: How well do we prepare our learners for successful outcomes? How often are our training interventions designed in response to specific and targeted performance problems? Do we even know who our learners are? What shortcuts do we take around getting to know our learners?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2009

For instance, no one -- not one -- person submitted anything on determining training results-on-investment (ROI). Dozens of authors and training practitioners were invited to contribute to it, and were specifically asked for tools they were using in their own work.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2010

about frustrations with personal computers. In addition to giving me a lot of exposure and letting me try new things, the events are where I met in person people like Susan Boyd, Thiagi, Bob Mosher, Patti Shank, The Hortons, and my dear friend and valued colleague Jennifer Hofmann.

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AUGUST 11, 2010

What is this person really supposed to do back on the job? [This is not to oversimplify the other problems here, including the evidence that no one ever thought to ask even one potential learner to try the material out, or that much of the training content, like charge object hours, was relevant only to a fraction of the target audience.]

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Harassment Training Compliance Training Blended Learning Write Blog 95

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JULY 4, 2009

I think so, if the trainer-person is actually interested in helping others learn, in enriching the experience, and in working as a guide alongside rather than sage on the stage. Can this new attitude be developed? Of course, all our conversations assume that traditional trainers want to move forward.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

I was surprised by Doc's alacrity and loved all the unexpected personal attention and frequent updates. By lunchtime Doc had my new kazoo roughed in. I also loved watching the process and seeing how Doc spent his day. In talking about Show Your Work I often ask audiences how working out loud benefits organizations, individuals.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

It’s literally my most-used tool for years now, both for work and personal use. I pasted it into an email to the person providing reimbursement. Somewhere around 2003 Snagit appeared on my radar because of its reasonable price and quickly became my go-to for many applications. expert learners.

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MARCH 1, 2016

There were studies that shed light on my unease with popular things like personality type-assessments. But grad school, in what I recall as often exhilarating moments, also introduced me to a whole world of academic writing I didn’t know existed.

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