Category: Program design
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End of session debriefs
I was writing an end of session debrief this week and thought, No, I’m not going to do it that way again, (I always do it this way), I’ll see if somebody has some better ideas. I found this blog which has some good debrief strategies. I used one of them. You might like to…
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Training for new hires
Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash A lot of money is lost in training new hires who then leave. Maybe there is a way to reduce that. Read the article below to find out how. Read the article here
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The Feynman Technique
Photo by Helloquence I was reading about the Feynman Technique which is a way to master any subject. What struck me though was that it is also the way to design learning and how to teach. Read about the technique here.
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Intensive Mode Teaching
I attended a conference recently on Intensive Mode Teaching which was quite informative. It was aimed more at the university world but it was still an interesting group and some good discussions ensued. I let one of the facilitators know some of my thoughts after the conference via email and she asked me to put…
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The mismatch
Here is an interesting post from Jane Hart regarding the mismatch between how L&D and employees see workplace learning. Do you agree? I often experience this mismatch particularly when an employee attends a competency program and I have to cover certain content which isn’t really relevant to the employee, or they could just simply look…
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Copyright
Smartcopying – The Official Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE has just opened a toolkit for teachers, trainers and developers on the do’s and don’ts of copyright. Check it out. Very informative and practical. Find the Smartcopying website here
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Manager or Leader
I have been spending the week writing a complex development program for leaders (or managers) which will be rolled out to about 20 thousand employees over the next few years. It’s looking good so far with the usual issues of making sure that I include everything the client wants, everything the AQF wants and from…
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Lectures are Dead!
Lectures are obsolete, says University of Adelaide vice-chancellor Warren Bebbington. “My view is they’re gone; they’re never coming back,” he said as he described his university’s experience in replacing lectures with online learning. AFRWeekend Interesting comment from Warren but he goes further than just saying something controversial he then goes on to phase out lectures…
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MOOCs for Executives
If you are a regular reader you know that I am a big fan of MOOCs. I have recently been thinking about MOOC’s ability to be used for senior management training where time is always an issue. Would it work? On the face of it, it sounds like a great idea but there could be…
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What training is not!
It has been quite a while since I released a new video but I had a bit of spare time over the last few weekends and I was keen to play around with some green screen stuff and this video was the result. I haven’t gt it right yet but I am learning. I hope…