Training Assessment Education

Author: Darren

  • Transitions

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    Article by guest blogger: Marilyn Smith   The use of transitions in training develops and extends facilitation and learning practices.  I have been practicing transitions in my training sessions for some time and find them to be very effective. Transitions act as a marker, a break signalling a change when facilitating. The use of transitions…

  • The rules of training?

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    I was listening to a podcast which was covering the topic of poligamy (multiple wives) and the author was discussing whether this was right or wrong and the rules. I started to think, for some unknown reason, what are the rules for this?  Who decided on these rules? Well in this case it appears to…

  • Something to think about – Free Education?

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    I thought it would be a good idea to pass on this link to another blog site as it refers to an interesting comment on free education. What impact do you think that this will have on training? At present, to the best of my knowledge in the VET sector no one has released their…

  • Designing Learning Strategies

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    I’m not sure if everyone has seen this yet but the Australian Flexible Learning Framework has just released a new tool which takes you through a series of steps to eventually design a Learning Strategy for a certain group of learners. Even if you don’t use all of the final document that it will produce…

  • Writing Blogs

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    I often get asked by students why they should write a blog. Occasional in training programs that I have conducted the use of a blog or a reflective learning journal is part of the assessment process and again participants question the reasoning behind having to complete one. Dr Helen Barrett is acknowledged as a world…

  • Passion

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    I have been thinking about passion lately. What are you passionate about? Check the definition here  courteous of wikipedia. I often hear people say that they have a real passion for teaching but what do they mean? Do they love teaching/training or do they just enjoy it. Ken Robinson has written a book, The Element,…

  • Useful training resources

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    Years ago when living in the UK I must have signed up for this site http://www.trainingzone.co.uk. I still receive e-mails on a regular basis, and there is some really useful information to be found. All you need to do is register to use the site and off you go. Information available includes: Blended learning; elearning;…

  • Virtual classrooms

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    Just by coincidence I came across this blog just after our adobe connect meeting. You might like to try out the open source options in the article or research the paid options. Some of you (those who were online) might have also noted that I put up the link This is the google video/talk option.…

  • What is going on here

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    A very interesting thing happened today. I can actually see you tube video’s at TAFE. I am not sure if this is a mistake or someone out their finally figured out that teachers and adult students have enough grey matter and common sense to be able to use you tube in a sensible way to…

  • Contextualisation, lead and monitor assessment practices for effectiveness…

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    Hi everyone, …I have encountered a mini tutorial, which will show you how to set up and link to a Blog and a Wiki in a learning object downloaded from the Australian Flexible Learning “Framework’s Toolbox Learning Object Repository” Developing customise and use e – learning tool… Presumably, this will be greater emphasis in supporting…