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ASTD International Conference Day 1 Wrap-Up

eLearning 24-7

Welcome one and all to the wrap up of the ASTD international conference and expo. It was an exciting first day, with lots of vendors hitting the entire training spectrum. Ideal for sales training and point of sales. Why hasn’t ASTD figured out how to do things right. Once again, ASTD dropped the ball.

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Kirkpatrick Revisited | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

I said in my last post that Kirkpatrick’s four levels were all about the training itself rather than how the training affects organizations. He suggests evaluation checks throughout the training?skill skill practice, role plays, and training simulations?with to training?to It was an opportunity I couldn’t miss.

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Analysis of ASTD International Conference and Expo 2013

eLearning 24-7

It’s the yearly review of the ASTD International Conference and Expo. Well, this year’s show had all the fun and excitement you can expect in the biggest training conference event of the year. Well, this year’s show had all the fun and excitement you can expect in the biggest training conference event of the year.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Some companies will use “Level 2: Learning” to measure whether the learners have mastered the training course content. The focus is on the training event itself and the follow-up to that event. Company executives are typically interested in the bottom line, not how well their employees apply the learning from a training class.

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Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Accelerated Learning: Where Does It Fit In? At first I couldn’t think whether I actually applied how training was delivered to these different types of learners. Each student selected the group they wanted to be in.

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8 Things To Follow While Implementing Blended Learning Via An LMS

Upside Learning

Whether you have been managing disparate training programs via an LMS or have been doing it the traditional way and are now looking at adopting an LMS for managing blended learning, the 8 things mentioned below will help you to smoothly bring in blended learning in your L&D plan. Increasing the reach of training. LMS Features.

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Who Trains the Trainers?

Mindflash

Yet the opposite is often true for training professionals, who often find themselves in training because they have some level of expertise in a tactical field, and at some point someone suggests: ”Hey, you should teach others how to do that.” This is one of the biggest challenges with the training industry.