Category: Training Videos
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Being Creative
A short video on one person’s view of how to be creative. Interesting. You want to write better programs? Then keep writing. Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.
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Do you have the discipline?
Watch the short video below and if you want further information go to this website. An excellent display of discipline, dedication, passion and desire to be the best. How many trainers do you know who strive for this level of perfection.
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Gaming and learning
Gamification is the use of game design techniques, game thinking and game mechanics to enhance non-game contexts. Of course this has implications to learning and it is already here. There are countless games which are learning orientated and they have been around for a long time. Even when I was a kid we have computer based learning games…
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Viral Training, is it possible?
I just liked this video (see below). I am puzzled by the whole viral thing though. Why does one video gets more hits than another? Some of my own training videos have had a lot of hits (nothing really compared to a viral video) while others have had very little and I can’t work out…
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Is training really a waste of time?
The title above is triggered by this article. There really isn’t anything new in this article but it is a good reminder to those new trainers out there and the other trainers who lie to themselves that often training is not as successful as we would like to think it is. This is not something…
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Where did learning go wrong?
Where did learning go wrong. Check out this video. You may have already heard the theory. The group that has done this also has a few other entertaining videos and they expect to release more soon. I have this problem when I am training people in project management. They struggle to see the whole picture.…
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Cutting through the darkness
Watch the video below, it is only short but spectacular. Not because I ski like that (I wish) but it reminds me of how I often feel as a trainer. A bright light cutting through the darkness, confusion and murk and hopefully bringing some light to others. A student last night during one of my…
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E learning examples
Here is a simple website that contains a huge sample of elearning examples, interactive graphics, info graphics etc. It might give you some ideas, it might inspire you, it might just entertain but it is worth spending 30 minutes having a look at what is going on out there.
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Being a creative trainer
I have written many posts on creativity and training as well as posted quite few videos on YouTube. Here is a good summary that will hopefully get you thinking creatively! Creative Thinking: Your Edge View more presentations from Joanna Maxwell
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Teacher Movies
I like a good teacher movie, apart from a good sporting movie. Here is the top 10 teaching movies. How many have you seen? I have seen them all. But what about, To Sir with Love, Goodbye Mr Chips…….and the most recent Bad Teacher. What other ones do you like?