Category: Tips
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Creativity – escaping the box
I thought the whole creative series was over until I found this website. A great resource, lots of useful information and plenty of links to follow up. And to top it all off here is a recent post in wikihow on “how to think outside of the box“. The video at the end is a…
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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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Validity in assessment
Validity to me is the most important principle of assessment design. Please watch the latest training tips 56 video which can be found at all of the usual locations or just below. Hopefully it will give you some insight into what validity is and why it is so important.
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Another Great E-Tool: Lino it
The above screen shot is a simple demo of what Lino it can do. Currently this great little tool is free but who knows how long for. This is very handy for trainers as you can create a series of simple post it notes on say a training program and then move them around till…
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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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Writing an assessment is SIMPLE!
I think we have definitely over complicated the assessment writing process. This weeks Ask Logicool video outlines a simple five step process on how to write an effective assessment. In fact if you practice this you will be able to write an assessment in less than 15 minutes for a unit of competence. You will…
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The big trick, the big conversion!
This weeks Training Tips 56 video looks at how easy it is to convert learning objectives, outcomes and competencies into one of the other formats. This is commonly misunderstood. They aren’t different they are all the same. It is just the format that they are written in that is different. If you have trouble writing…
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How to complicate training
Just about every time I open a training or educational textbook I am struck by the great lengths that many authors go to in attempt to complicate the training and educational process. Of course you can get very technical if you want to. But lets leave that to the academics. In the day to day…
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Competency & Rugby
What does competency and rugby have to do with each other? To find out you will need to check out the latest Training Tips 56 video. So far we have looked at learning objectives and learning outcomes and now it is competencies turn. Next week we will have a look at how they all…
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Getting a training job
I wrote a post recently on how doing a human resource program is often a good idea for those people trying to get into a training role. At some point regardless of how you tackle the problem of getting into training you will need to face an interview. For a trainer this should be a…