Category: Program design
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Practice, Practice, Practice.
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The big line in real estate is Location, Location, Location. If there is statement with equivalent importance in training/learning it is Practice, Practice,Practice! The blogs name comes from this simple format. Learn something, Do it (Practice), Master it (be truly competent), and Challenge (take your learning to the next level of complexity). Then start the…
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Inside a good training program – a real example
Ask Logicool 7 has been released and can be found at all of the usual locations. I don’t think anyone else has ever done it before but in this episode we look at a good (tested) program and why it was designed the way it was. This is a blend of learning theory, learning strategy…
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Brilliant Program Design
The 6th episode of Ask Logicool covers how to design a training program or session which will hold participant’s attention, interest and focus. This is a follow on from the last episode which covered how the trainer can maintain the participant’s attention, interest and focus. Both of these videos can be found at the usual…
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A learning design resource
I appear to write about creativity and innovation a great deal. I believe that is because I am concerned that a lot of training that I see is typically quite boring and very simple in structure. I found this resource recently which may assist you and possibly your team to break out of the boring…
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Contextualisation and Customisation?
I have posted the latest Ask Logicool video clip to iTunes and blipTV. You can access them here. This episode covers the difference between contextualisation and customisation which does cause many trainers some confusion. I hope that it answers all your questions on this topic. I have also released for the first time in this…
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Online project management for free
One of my students asked me the other day about simple, easy to use, project management tools that enable you to keep track of various projects associated with a Diploma program that I deliver. Personally I have used software like MS Project and Excel to do the job but I have read a number of…
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Sleep your way to better teaching
The nap is back, well almost. I came across this article recently which basically outlines that fact that if you have a one hour nap it will make you smarter, clear the mind and increase you learning ability. That is good news for all the nappers out there. As a trainer I think we all…
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The four components of effective training?
No, I haven’t changed my mind from the post on the 14th titled The three components of effective training? I have always liked my four component approach but it is difficult to achieve unless you have the ability to coach the learner for a period of time after the learning has occurred in the more…
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Laws of Human Nature
I read this blog post today at Education Innovation (Blog post link) and thought that it was good reminder of some of the guidelines we need to remember when dealing with a wide variety of students/trainees. We often get so caught up in preparing a good program or session that we forget about the students…
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Episode 7 and Happy New Year
I hope everyone had a great night and that your new year started off well. Episode 7 in the Training Tips 56 series was released today and it is a reminder that often the most important thing is to get the basics right before you start to explore a range of different tricks and tools.…