Nick Leffler

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They’re not learners, they’re people

Nick Leffler

Expand Your Skills. They find it as boring as you and I do, therefor let’s not waste their time. Let’s figure out what the least we can do for them is as a person, not a learner. You might also enjoy: Ten Things That Make Me Cringe. Second Screen Revolution. Learning Instructional Design Learning Design Learning Experience'

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Transitioning Responsibility to Managers, T&D Becomes a Curation Resource

Nick Leffler

It’s a managers responsibility to hire the best person with the best skills to do the job (or the highest ability to learn how to do the job). That also means it’s the managers responsibility to make sure those they hired have the skills and resources they need to continue improving in their job.

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What I’m Working On

Nick Leffler

I must say marketing isn’t my strong skill and I’m still learning. I’ve also got to try my hand at marketing also as I’ve helped her get set up and running on social media, and advertising. It’s been a great adventure and I enjoy doing it, but jewelry is definitely a hard business to break into.

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Training Culture vs Learning Culture – A Mind Shift

Nick Leffler

the action of teaching a person or animal a particular skill or type of behavior. the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or by being taught. Expand Your Skills. The dictionary definition of training is. Save that definition for the next section. You know, learner. Who Is Your Audience?

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Increasing Social Awareness in Higher Education

Nick Leffler

Being able to develop Instructional Design skills is very reliant on writing and staying current on the changing world of technology and the science of learning. It takes a mixture of skills to build awareness, in my case I mixed my knowledge of marketing, social media, learning, and of the program.

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Social Awareness Program For Instructional Design Degree

Nick Leffler

It wasn’t for any typical Instructional Design work which I’ve worked on (even in my side consulting jobs) but with social media skills at the center. It will also need a great deal of marketing skills too though. It’s the MSIDT program at California State University Fullerton (CSUF).

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What Sharing Ideas At Work Does For Us

Nick Leffler

I want to get better at my job and have more skills to transfer to other jobs if necessary and sharing does just that. When I collaborate and share, everyone is improving at the same time which then allows us all to reach higher levels of expertise even faster. Connecting Ideas In New Ways.

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