Learning Rebels

MARCH 13, 2020

It’s not just getting someone to go on screen and say EXACTLY what is on the PowerPoint slide at the moment. Let’s dig into a bag of virtual tricks and tips. Please share those tips in the comments. Virtual Learning Tips. For any PowerPoint presentation, you should use more visuals and less text.

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Learning Rebels

JUNE 22, 2023

Stolovitch and Keeps provide practical tips for designing and delivering training that maximizes learning and performance improvement. Being in L&D is more than creating pretty PowerPoint or being that elearning “order-taker.” This book addresses that issue, emphasizing the importance of a systematic approach to training.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 19, 2020

If your program has specific learning outcomes with skill application, then a VLP is the way to go, but most times a recorded webinar or recorded PowerPoint is the better option. We also include facilitator notes and tips with a participant guidebook. Step 3: Prepare for Technical Difficulties. It’s not if but WHEN.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 8, 2017

People can take all the excel, PowerPoint, “How to write an email” or “How to use Gmail” classes they want. What other tips would you offer to help keep your head in the game? Or a short video to explain each area? Or a “click on this” to see more resources? Which is what everyone wants, right?

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Remember, it’s not the PowerPoint and the talking that is important, it’s the connected learning. They do take time and planning on your part, but that’s your job, right? To lead the thought process? To encourage deeper questioning? Any one of these activities can be reconstructed to fit into any time frame.

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Learning Rebels

APRIL 20, 2016

Not lecture, not PowerPoint decks, not petty/silly exercises but real HARD CORE resources and tools people can use NOW! Even when it comes to training a hard skill, “Making the Perfect French Fry 101”, treating people as adults, not puppies is essential. Most importantly, not waiting for a classroom to dole the information out.

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Learning Rebels

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

When you are doing work that requires concentration (like sitting in a class and trying to absorb endless PowerPoints), your prefrontal cortex keeps you focused on your goals. Wouldn’t that be far more interesting that another PowerPoint slide listing the “Top 10 reasons…” (you know you all have one).

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