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Learning In Context – The Evolving Way We Learn

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This past week, I ran into one of my friends who is  a grade school teacher at a social event.  I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the adoption and use of the iPad, so I couldn’t help but ask … Continue reading →

 
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 1 Comment
 

Learning Trends: Highlights from the Masie 2011 Conference – Pt. 3

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“Is Instructional Design Dead?” There was a great discussion around this question in one of the sessions. I am glad that the conclusion was, “No, it’s very much alive but it needs to change.” Almost everybody agreed that instructional design … Continue reading →

 
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 Comment
 

Learning Trends: Highlights from the Masie 2011 Conference – Pt. 2

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Learning Affordances When technology provides additional capabilities for employees to do their work more efficiently, it allows us to think about the emerging technologies from the affordance perspective—rather than just the features or hype. For example, when designing for mobile … Continue reading →

 
Monday, November 21st, 2011 Comment
 

Learning Trends: Highlights from the Masie 2011 Conference – Pt. 1

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Last week I attended Elliot Masie’s Learning 2011 Conference with two colleagues. There were over 2,000 training professionals gathered at the magical Disney resort in Orlando. The energy around us was palpable—it seemed like everybody was full of anticipation to … Continue reading →

 
Thursday, November 17th, 2011 1 Comment
 

Corporate Learners, the Renaissance, and Autodidacticism

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Last week I spent a few days in Orlando at Masie’s Learning 2011 Conference. There was a great line-up of speakers this year—Bill Clinton, John Lithgow, Dean Kamen, Betsy Myers, Sharon Begley, Betsy Sparrow, etc. I’ve learned to appreciate this … Continue reading →

 
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 5 Comments
 

When Apples Go Bad – UI Design and Usability

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Apple released the latest upgrade of their operating system (iOS5) a couple of weeks ago. This release gave us happy new features—notifications banner! to-do list! iMessage! multiple routes on maps!—as well as the Why-would-you-do-that-to-us features—if I can’t put Newsstand in … Continue reading →

 
Friday, November 4th, 2011 1 Comment
 

Getting Out of the Dump

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A common practice in the world of training is what we affectionately call the “information dump.” You might know what I’m talking about—the courses that are so text heavy and dense that you lose the learner on page two. These … Continue reading →

 
Friday, October 14th, 2011 3 Comments
 

Doing Something, Action Mapping and Birthday Cakes!

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It’s easy to snooze through instructor-led training. In my high school days, a friend of mine perfected sleeping in class – he rested his head on his hand, holding a pencil, still looking forward! These days, if I’m forced to sit … Continue reading →

 
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 Comment
 

How Did That Course Really Go?

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Here at Allen, we have a weekly designer meeting, which is a great opportunity for our design leads to meet and talk about what is going on with our projects. This week we had a designer showcase, and there were … Continue reading →

 
Monday, September 26th, 2011 2 Comments
 

Your Company’s Need for Speed—How Quickly Can Your Talent Develop and be Optimized?

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What is your response when company executives ask your learning and talent development team questions like, “How can we get new employees productive in 30 days or less?”, or “What is your plan to help acclimate employees from our newly … Continue reading →

 
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 Comment