Category: Education & Training Management
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Workplace Learning
Workplace learning is a term we have been throwing around in Australia for quite a few years without much explanation except that the learning is done in the workplace. At present workplace learning is probably being over shadowed by the other very popular term e learning. Workplace learning is a great delivery device but careful…
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Pizza and E Learning
What do pizza and e learning have to do with each other. Nothing much really except that you could eat pizza while you did a course online. Online learning has a lot of advantages, which may include pizza eating, which is why organisations are choosing to use this platform for delivering an increasing list of…
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Assessment Validation
Assessment validation isn’t a complex process but it is one that has many students and professional trainers and assessors confused about. I think the reason for that is two fold. One, it is often mixed up with the term valid, which is part of the validation process but not all of it and two, because…
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Smart, Smarter, Smartest.
Check out this new post from Seth Godin on Getting smart about the hierarchy of smart It is a slightly different take on the one that trainers often adopt or Unconscious incompetence Conscious incompetence Conscious competence Unconscious competence His final point though is very interesting and I am very aware of it. Treat an expert…
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Simple training tips for anyone
In my continuing struggle to de-complicate training I found a great little post which explains how to keep people learning and growing from a manager’s perspective. Yes, it can be more complex than this especially if you are dealing with large numbers of diverse staff over many different locations but it still does come down…
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Teacher performance appraisal – Who cares?
Teacher performance is one of those topics that comes up from time to time. Why? I believe that this is the case because it is still one of the few professions (some people are still debating whether it is a profession) where as a general rule performance appraisal has still not be adequately designed or…
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Quality training is not complicated
Please read the linked news report here regarding quality training at Jiffy Lube. Jiffy lube is a pretty big organisation with over 20,000 employees across America who have developed and implemented an impressive training and development system that would be the envy of most medium to large organisations. The have all of the right components…
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Predicting the future of education
It is a tough job trying to predict what the future of education will look like. Many try. Many fail. It is precarious because it is changing rapidly as technology changes and as we as people change. Bill Gates has had his go at it (please read article and watch video here) recently and he…
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Ken Robinson Again
I have posted a few Ken Robinson videos before and I have also recommended his book. Here is another interview with Ken. He covers education, creativity, innovation and passion. Unfortunately I couldn’t embed the video as it didn’t work so please go to this link to view the video. Let me know what you think.
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Australia – the dumb country?
Honestly is it just me or is the pathway to an excellent education system and hence a better Australia a little more complicated than a uniform rebate. What do you think? Both political parties do not seem to be able to figure out education. In every election it is one of the highest concerns but…