Dashe & Thomson

MARCH 27, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? I started thinking about this during a program on Accelerated Learning at the Minnesota Chapter of the International Society of Performance Improvement (MNISPI).

Social Networks 140

Social Networks Blended Learning Social Learning Blogging 140

Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 1, 2014

The global training industry is large and in growth again post-2008. Data provided by the US membership organisation Training Industry suggests annual growth around 6% per year since 2009. Although the Training Industry and ASTD figures vary a little it is clear that the global training industry is a large and apparently healthy one.

Diversity Training 225

Diversity Training Compliance Training Training Train 225

Upside Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Recent research by ASTD and REED Learning reveals that measuring and evaluating learning is the top-most skill L&D teams are looking for. Coaching Skills. Improving Performance. Does this tell us how the performance (read relevance) of L&D staff is being measured? responses are in order). Delivering Learning.

Evalution 223

Evalution Skills Teams ASTD 223

Mindflash

APRIL 26, 2011

He let me do what I wanted – I appreciated that – but we never spoke about my performance or my future; he had no interest in what inspired, encouraged or engaged me. No coaching. Here is the value of a strong employee/boss relationship: It encourages open and honest performance dialog – feedback. I loved my job. No feedback.

Coaching 78

Coaching Management ASTD Training 78

Mobile Coach

AUGUST 3, 2021

Mobile Coach at ATD. Learn how chatbots can support training reinforcement, performance support, and onboarding, especially in our new age of remote work. About Mobile Coach. Mobile Coach was founded by technologist Vince Han who created his first chatbot in the 6th grade! Speaking Session.

Coaching 52

Coaching Conference ASTD Enterprise 52

Learning Visions

MAY 7, 2014

These are my live blogged notes from a concurrent session (W104) at the ASTD International Conference & Expo, this week in Washington, D.C. Execs need to see training effectiveness -- maximizing organizational results (that''s level 3). Training effectiveness = maximizing organizational results and demonstrating program value.

Evalution 157

Evalution Effectiveness Case Study Kirkpatrick 157

The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Ideally, organizations should be striving for a culture in which every aspect of the workplace supports continuous individual, team, and whole organization learning. In this kind of culture, formal classroom training is superfluous. Isn't this scenario exactly what the performance-oriented practitioners would seek?

Solution 212

Solution Performance Support Simulations Score 212

Mindflash

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Annual performance reviews should be buried without a eulogy. Here are my three reasons why employee performance reviews are a farce: 1. They are too rigid in form and content to be meaningful to each employee’s particular performance situation. No performance review can response well enough or soon enough to be meaningful.

Performance Support 82

Performance Support Performance Compliance Training ASTD 82

Dashe & Thomson

JANUARY 20, 2012

Recent research by ASTD and REED Learning indicates that the top skills desired by Learning & Development departments are measuring and evaluating training. Reaction: To what degree did the learners react favorably to the training experience? coaches, mentors, peers, software programs, etc.)

Kirkpatrick 198

Kirkpatrick Evalution Metrics Behavior 198

Mindflash

AUGUST 2, 2011

Though busy employees may handle today’s responsibilities, unless they are constantly learning and growing, they won’t be ready to handle a constantly changing workplace and changing performance demands. The remaining 10% is allocated to company projects, other company responsibilities and performance development. and webinars).

Performance Support 70

Performance Support Performance Program Business 70

Learning Visions

JULY 25, 2012

These are my notes from the morning session of ASTD LearnNow Conference, happening July 25 & 26 on the lovely shores of the Charles River in Cambridge, MA. LearnNow – re-emerging discipline…of supporting our employees in all the many ways that they learn. We power effective performance at every changing moment.”

Wiki 151

Wiki Performance Support Blended Learning Agile 151

eLearning Learning Posts

JULY 21, 2009

How To Add Realism To eLearning - The eLearning Coach , July 17, 2009. Realism also adds credibility to a training course, which is quite important to the busy, cynical, or tired employee. 28 Web Conference Training Tips , July 10, 2009. Performance Support Lab - PS Links , July 11, 2009. Training (52).

Performance Support 40

Performance Support Support Performance eLearning Strategy 40

Learning Visions

JANUARY 28, 2010

My live blogged notes…ASTD TechKnowledge 2010 in Las Vegas, NV. Recap of her recent article for ASTD: e-Learning – What’s Old is New Again When you say you’re doing elearning what are you doing? Tags: astd allison rossett. Allison Rossett is a Professor of Educational Technology at University of San Diego and noted author.

Blended Learning 145

Blended Learning Virtual Classroom ASTD Social Networks 145

Performance Learning Productivity

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

We measure how many people have attended a class or completed an eLearning module, or read a document or engaged in a job swap or in a coaching relationship. There’s plenty of evidence beyond the anecdotal to support the fact that formal learning activity is not a good indicator of behaviour change (‘real learning’). Apparently not.

Metrics 186

Metrics Personal Personalization Diversity Training 186

Learning Visions

MAY 24, 2011

These are my notes from a session with Allison Rossett “Falling in Love All Over Again—With ISD” at ASTD ICE in Orlando, May 24, 2011. Example of sales training in pharma: Find the lesson or message you want them to know. On demand support Great ID for CPR Training? 400 + films – taught standards. It’s scary.

Instructional Design 184

Instructional Design Social Networks Theory Learning Theory 184

Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Learning Coach Model Very Powerful In 2010, I had a great experience where Dr. Joel Harband wrote a series of articles for my blog on Text-to-Speech in eLearning. Please let me know if you want to be a Learning Coach for me on another topic. Performance Support in 2015 What Makes an LMS Easy to Use?

Text-to-Speech 200

Text-to-Speech Compliance Training Diversity Training SharePoint 200

Tony Karrer

AUGUST 25, 2010

Of course, it’s such a big topic that I decided to cheat and quickly point the person to eLearning Learning and particular to eLearning Sales , eLearning Sales Metrics , Sales eLearning Case Studies , and Sales Performance Support. What’s an instructional designer doing attending sales training? By Shelley A.

Blended Learning 173

Blended Learning Sales Case Study Diversity Training 173

Mindflash

JUNE 16, 2011

Though self-directed learning — the ability to move through a learning environment at one’s own pace — can be effective, greater success in the work classroom requires supportive “facilitation.” Commit to a weekly/monthly feedback and performance review meeting with each employee to guide and coach the learning.

Classroom 93

Classroom Environment ASTD Coaching 93

Web Courseworks

DECEMBER 23, 2014

If you want to sell eLearning ROI for your grand vision, you need to support your pitch with sensible projections and multi-year estimates to put the financial decision makers at ease. Perform a SWOT Analysis. Perform a Market Analysis. The next step is to perform a market analysis. A sample SWOT diagram.

ROI 147

ROI Diversity Training eLearning Strategy eLearning 147

Tony Karrer

MAY 5, 2009

Our tour guides and their topics are: Bob Mosher - Performance Support Tools Judy Brown - Mobile Learning Solutions Karl Kapp - Games and Simulations Tony Karrer - Self-Paced and Other eLearning Solutions Each tour guide will give a brief overview of what's happening out there and then we'll see examples.

eLearning Consultant 102

eLearning Consultant eLearning Strategy Free LearnTrends 102

Mindflash

JUNE 30, 2011

This time, it was truly his responsibility (sometimes it’s management’s because we do not clearly define performance expectations, or give the required level of authority, responsibility or support). We can use this event to reconnect with the employee through coaching and education to guide the employee to better performance.

Management 70

Management ASTD Performance Support Association 70

Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Presented by Training Magazine Network Diagram of the learning process: Input: you can get input in lots of ways Organize Apply Evaluate (in a wheel – each of these is a subprocess) Looking first at learning. This is the sweet spot.

Informal Learning 100

Informal Learning Informal Metrics Wiki 100

Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

You don’t hear about tools like these at ASTD meetings and traditional training gatherings. We focused more on performance and less on training. We modeled a stranded passenger dealing with an airline’s telephone customer support, both real and how it might be. Mindmapping. First person. Gamestorming.

Cognitive 68

Cognitive Toys Coaching Diversity Training 68

Learnnovators

APRIL 18, 2014

He integrates creativity, cognitive science, and technology to lead development of strategic solutions including award-winning online content, educational computer games, and websites, as well as adaptive, mobile, and performance support systems. How significant is innovation for businesses to succeed? How exciting is the scenario?

eLearning Guild 124

eLearning Guild Social Networks Diversity Training Cognitive 124

Learnnovators

APRIL 16, 2014

He integrates creativity, cognitive science, and technology to lead development of strategic solutions including award-winning online content, educational computer games, and websites, as well as adaptive, mobile, and performance support systems. How significant is innovation for businesses to succeed? How exciting is the scenario?

eLearning Guild 113

eLearning Guild Social Networks Cognitive Diversity Training 113

Learning Visions

AUGUST 29, 2007

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Passionate about new technologies and how we use them in the learning and training space. Researcher at the Institute for Simulation & Training in Southern Florida. Corporate Training Space -- technical training.

Mobile Learning 100

Mobile Learning Report Mobile eLearning Guild 100

eFront

JANUARY 5, 2011

Traditional instructor led training is expensive and, in some cases, difficult to track its effectiveness. eFront enables "community learning" and supports the principles of "collective knowledge". The project is hosted at Google Code.

Authoring Tools 111

Authoring Tools Xerte eXe Corporate eLearning 111

eFront

JANUARY 16, 2011

News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 1/16/2011 Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning Open source software can be used as we wish, without long-term commitments and with a community of professionals that extend and support them.

Text-to-Speech 102

Text-to-Speech Open Source Open Authoring Tools 102

Rapid eLearning

MARCH 1, 2011

Support Ongoing Learning : What happens the morning after? Support Ongoing Learning. One of the biggest downfalls to elearning is the lack of support after the fact. Little was left over for post elearning support. Use the course as an opportunity for managers to coach their employees. Motivated to Learn.

Rapid eLearning 81

Rapid eLearning Site LMS Performance Support 81

Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. perhaps you create some sort of coach/avatar image that when visible indicates audio. Most middle and upper managers have two frames of reference for "learning" -- high school, and corporate training sessions.

Audio 100

Audio Instructional Design Corporate eLearning eLearning Consultant 100

Jay Cross

MARCH 19, 2012

That led me to an article Harold and I had written on the demise of the training department. The Future of the Training Department. The latter 20th Century was the golden era of the training department. The latter 20th Century was the golden era of the training department. NCR delivered the first sales training.

Authoring Tools 46

Authoring Tools CD-ROM Compliance Training DDI 46

eFront

OCTOBER 31, 2010

With the Free edition you can get 10 person meetings, 1 way video, standard support, Dimdim branded rooms, and public meetings. It's my experience that what's standing in our way as trainers, coaches, and consultants using these tools isn't the tool skills.

Open Source 111

Open Source Open Web Yugma 111

eLearning Learning Posts

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Making Sense Of The iPad For Online Learning - The eLearning Coach , February 8, 2010 The noise about the release of Apple’s iPad has been a bit overwhelming. Slides from Keynote at Training 2010 - Social Enterprise Blog , February 3, 2010 Slides I had the great pleasure to present a keynote address yesterday at Training 2010.

Case Study 40

Case Study SharePoint Association Learning Management System Taxonomy 40

Mindflash

MARCH 20, 2012

Blended learning is a hot phrase in the training world, and it usually refers to a mixing of traditional face-to-face classroom facilitation with computer-based modules — usually self-paced online training. Blended learning extends training beyond a single “event.”. It’s Blended Training, Not Blended Learning.

Blended Learning 107

Blended Learning Blended ASTD Training 107

eFront

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Novices will find information on what other people are doing in this medium, which kinds of training and education are best suited to it, how to convert existing classroom content for delivery online, how to lead effective and compelling live learning events on the Web, and how to promote these events to obtain maximum participation.

Blended Learning 112

Blended Learning Free Authoring Tools eLearning Guild 112

learnWorlds

MARCH 30, 2022

percent decrease in support costs. An effective customer training program can also expand your customer base, improve customer satisfaction, increase customer loyalty and reduce churn. Try our platform today for FREE to make sure you will offer the best training solution to your customers! Software training. I want this!

Expert 52

Expert Custom Education Summary 52

The Learning Circuits

MARCH 20, 2012

So the first impact of learning and performance professionals is to assist workers with understanding and applying filtering skills; the second impact is of greater importance, and will become a core competency in the near future. Of course, museum curators are highly trained and educated in doing this. It is their specialty.

Social Networks 102

Social Networks Mashups Yammer Performance Support 102