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MANAGING INFORMATION OVERLOAD

Learnnovators

The common wisdom amongst instructional designers is to avoid creating an information overload. You can appreciate where it’s coming from, but you really can’t blindly follow it and indiscriminately simplify everything under the sun. If there’s a ton of information, which details are significant and how are they significant?

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Join Me in Phoenix with ATD’s Valley of the Sun Chapter, October 30-31, 2017

Learningtogo

As we all know, informal learning in a social setting is one of the most powerful ways to change behavior and learn new skills, yet many of us struggle to find those opportunities for our own development. The ATD Valley of the Sun Chapter , serving the greater Phoenix area.

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Martyn Whitby appointed to ATD Valley of the Sun Chapter Board of Directors

OpenSesame

On 26 November 2019, ATD’s Valley of the Sun Chapter announced the appointment of Martyn Whitby to its Board of Directors. He is passionate about measuring the impact of training and proving results and excited about the prospects of taking ATD Valley of the Sun membership to new levels. .

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Accessibility Matters: The Fundamentals of Achieving Accessible Content

CourseArc

. – to ensure that information and activities are sensible, meaningful, and usable for as many people as possible. While much of accessibility work focuses on ensuring people with disabilities have equal access to online information and activities, it benefits everyone. The term is colloquial (informal) only in the United States.

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Nothing new under the sun

Learning with e's

"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." - Ecclesiastes 1:9 "In a hunting society, children play with bows and arrows. Nothing new under the sun by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Booming tech sends L&D back to basics

CLO Magazine

For learning professionals to bloom through the boom, reexamining our root system and turning to the sun are needed. Turn to the sun Light illuminates what works and dispels what does not. When learning professionals “follow the sun,” we align to a north star and establish a litmus test for how and where we spend our efforts.

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Past Event: Join Me in Phoenix with ATD’s Valley of the Sun Chapter, October 30-31, 2017

Learningtogo

As we all know, informal learning in a social setting is one of the most powerful ways to change behavior and learn new skills, yet many of us struggle to find those opportunities for our own development. Membership in ATD, at the local and global levels, is one way to plan for your own development as a learning professional.

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