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Category: Creativity & Innovation

  • Creativity

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    This is a very interesting video clip. It provides an amusing but shocking example of how we treat children and I am sure adults who do something different to the norm. Good training should be creative but often our creative urges are tempered by how we think people will react. The same goes for our trainees who…

  • Try this little test out

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    I was reading this small blog post on levity in your school and it occurred to me that the 11 questions that it asks are important to every workplace. Many of you are working in a training department or RTO but some of you are working in roles outside of the learning sector. Levity or…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • New stuff

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    For this blog I thought I would just pass on some ‘things’ that have very recently floated past my screen. This link will send you to the newly released VET E-Portfolio Roadmap. I haven’t had time to read this yet, and I don’t expect much from it but it is more proof of the fact…

  • Must see information

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    Me again! Sorry for the abundance of information but I just read this article and if you haven’t seen it – you really need to have a look. The link will take you to the new kindle which is a ebook. Personally I swore that I would never ever contemplate a ebook. Now I am…

  • elearning, evaluation & creativity

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    This weekend we will be looking at the use of some practical elearning tools. This website is a good example of how many elearning tools are out there – and this isn’t the full list. During the holiday break you might like to try these exercises out on the 23 things weblink. After next week…