Do you remember any of the strategies that your teachers used in grade school to make sure you were paying attention—or maybe to point out the fact that you weren’t? “Sydney, please stand up and share with the class…” There might even have been more dramatic silent gestures, such as a chalkboard eraser flying across the room. (I don’t think that is allowed anymore.) Or maybe it was more simply, “Class, we’re now going to have a pop quiz on the subjects we have been reviewing in class this week.” From what I can recall, those tactics got my attention but generally didn’t help me to absorb the lessons much more than I was already doing by completing my homework. Read More
My mother has accused me of not being very nostalgic about my childhood memories, and in most cases, she has a valid case to argue. I prefer to characterize myself as looking ahead rather than dwelling on the past. However, the other day, my 10-year-old daughter was singing part of a song and the melody sounded very familiar. I wracked my brain and finally realized that it was the “oooh-wi-oooh” part of The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star.” Read More
It’s not about the software…but it sure helps. When focusing on transforming business and operations, we typically focus on increased productivity and efficiency. It is the behavior of people that may need to change in order to recognize both. Investing in learning to support those behavior changes is vital. The learning strategy needs to focus on increased productivity and efficiency as well. Why would we expect anything less? As was stated in a prior blog post, we want to do “more with less” but don’t want to do “less with less for more.” Read More
Mobile learning continues to be a topic of interest to training departments eager to reach their audience. The always on, always available aspect of smart phones and tablet devices is an appealing avenue to “push” all that corporate knowledge and essential information to the masses. The opportunity to reach internal employees and external partners and consumers has never been greater. The advances of the mobile phones and tablet devices have created an insatiable demand for more and more information and tools to be consumed. Read More
3D Virtual Worlds are coming of age, but the question I still get asked about using virtual worlds for learning is “So What? What is the benefit? Why not hold the virtual meeting in WebEx or similar environment?” Read More
