Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Learners don’t have to wait until the next training course to find out new things that can help them with their job role or personal development. This approach focuses much more on ‘performance’ than ‘training’ and opens the door to lightbulb moments which can really push your organisation forward and give you the edge.

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Rob Hubbard

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 13, 2015

You no longer have to wait for a training course or have to be at your desk to learn, you can do it via your phone or tablet on-the-go. You can undertake your learning on the job, on the train, whilst waiting for your kids to finish at a club, even when in the bath if you so wish (though we’d recommend a waterproof cover for your device!).

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Rob Hubbard

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

This is still such a common perception of elearning; dull, mandatory training, done on your own, using technology that doesn’t quite work properly. As far as the employer is concerned, it can be a very cost-effective and fast way to train large number of people.

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Rob Hubbard

MARCH 8, 2012

It includes a mini 360-degree training needs analysis tool so users can identify their areas for development and track their progress, a library of resources which are user rated, real-world activities for people to complete, and supporting material delivered as text, images and video. Who should apply?

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Rob Hubbard

AUGUST 11, 2011

What’s the biggest cost in any elearning or training programme? Start by identifying what you need learners to be able to do once they have completed the training. The production of video, graphics and audio? The instructional design time? The subject matter expert’s time?

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

It is estimated that probably as much of 80% of learning within an organisation is informal, with formal training constituting the other 20%. Use formal training sessions to teach employees how to learn. Informal learning, like the scenario above, takes place constantly in most organisations. Sounds great, what’s the catch?

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Rob Hubbard

MAY 19, 2011

How does that make you feel about the training you design and deliver and your delegates’ ability to remember it? Remember this when designing your next piece of training. When he plotted his results in a graph this is what he found: Hermann Ebbinghaus, ‘Über das Gedächtnis’, 1885. Take a moment to study the graph.

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Think about your training need. For practically any training need, there can be an online element. A blended solution is guaranteed to reinforce the learning and add value to the training. 3. Use the right tool for the job. Would an audio or video clip help to convey the message more effectively?

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 29, 2011

Everyone is familiar with the scenario of going to a great training course, coming away all fired up and full of plans for what we’ll implement, then putting the folder up in the shelf and forgetting about it. The effort of the initial training intervention is entirely wasted if none of it is put into practice. Featured on EcoPressed.

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Rob Hubbard

MARCH 6, 2013

Any training that is being undertaken should be in line with company strategy anyway, but it can help raise awareness and encourage participation by piggy-backing onto something that is already high-profile within the organisation. Align your elearning to a wider organisational initiative or strategic objective.

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Rob Hubbard

MAY 8, 2014

It’s certainly true that many of the most memorable performances I have seen have, the ones you could truly call magical, have not been in school or in a training session, but when some of the techniques Christopher mentions are employed in those settings, they can be very powerful and can stay with you for 20 years or more.

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Rob Hubbard

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Measure the potential impact of the learning – this might be in terms of money saved if you were to do the training face-to-face, performance improvements, strengthening of in-house skills and reduction of reliance on external consultants, increases in sales – choose whatever measures are relevant to your organisation’s strategy as a whole.

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Rob Hubbard

JUNE 29, 2011

For many years now I’ve been dissatisfied with how training is delivered and in particular the concepts of ‘classroom’ and ‘elearning’. Spoon feeding such learners, as most elearning packages and training courses do, is counter-productive. In 2009 I developed a new learning model that addresses the issues as I see them.

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Rob Hubbard

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

These tend to be those who have come from a traditional training background and who struggle to break free from the paradigm of ‘courses’. The buzzwords come and go, but our appetite for the ‘next big thing’ that will solve all our problems doesn’t wane. Today for many people the course still is king. We still love video.

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Rob Hubbard

DECEMBER 1, 2010

They just want more of the same training that they’ve had before (it doesn’t matter that it’s ineffective and costly and no one learns from it). It sounds so fantastic doesn’t it, so why isn’t everyone doing this? Well, many corporates are simply risk averse, which is understandable in these difficult economic times.

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Most corporates are risk averse and just want more of the same training that they’ve had before (it doesn’t matter that it’s ineffective and costly and no one learns from it). Initially my thoughts are this: I don’t see transmedia learning approaches being great for corporate elearning.

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Instructional design can make the difference between a rapid elearning course meeting the training need for which it was designed or being an enormous waste of time and resources. The value of instructional design is that it speeds up the development process. What difference can instructional design make?

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

All discounted learning styles and it’s good to see the groundswell against these false sacred cows of training. I was delighted that several of the speakers shared the research and theory behind their work showing the clear link between the two. You can learn more about this here.

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Rob Hubbard

OCTOBER 21, 2010

I hopped bright (or rather, bleary) eyed on the early train down to London for further deep reconnaissance into the transmedia industry. Much bigger than the TEDx Transmedia event in Geneva and with many case studies being shared I simply couldn’t resist. Tommy Pallotta talks about his film A Scanner Darkly - yes that is Keanu Reeves.

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Rob Hubbard

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I had the great pleasure of speaking at the IITT’s Training 2010 conference in the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square in London this week. The event was very well attended and expertly Chaired by Don Taylor. The highlights for me were the after dinner speech by Donald Clark and also the sessions by Clive Shepherd and Liz Cable.

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Rob Hubbard

MAY 19, 2011

Not all of his rules are directly of interest to us in the training industry so I’ll give you a quick run-down of some that are. As training providers we can explain the benefits of exercise to our delegates and learners and encourage them to get active. Rule 1: Exercise boosts brain power.

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