Personalized learning is a relatively new term in the training and development world. This approach to teaching and learning only became vogue with the advent of e-learning. The theory behind personalization is that students learn better when they are...
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In his best-selling book, “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants”, Malcolm Gladwell puts a new slant on the centuries old tale of how a small boy, with no military experience, miraculously slays a battle tested warrior....
Adopting Agile methodology requires a culture change, and changing a culture is never easy; especially when there’s no template to follow. In August of 2012, the client learning organization (my team) at DTCC decided to change its culture switch from...
Agile learning design refers to an approach to content development that focuses on speed, flexibility and collaboration. The term evolved from the software development industry, in which electronic content development...
In August of 2012, I began a series of blog postings about the experience that The DTCC Learning Group had while implementing Agile as a development methodology for training programs.
In my recent blogs, I’ve spent a lot of time talking about two seemingly different training topics 1) leveraging Agile as a development process for training programs and 2) the benefits of using video as a learning solution. On the surface these topics...
In October of 2007, I co-authored an article for Training Industry, Inc. titled "The Training Value Gap." The thesis of the article was that delivering small nuggets of learning incrementally, rather than waiting until the entire learning program was...
In August 2012, my team at DTCC Learning (DTCCL) reconfigured our organizational structure and adopted Agile as our approach to developing learning solutions. We did this in order to address client expectations for instant access to information, frequent...
Imagine that you wanted to lose weight so you decided to start an exercise program. One way to begin could be to research and study all of the best exercise practices and then interview exercise experts after which time you could visit all of the gyms in...
The first task that must be accomplished in the Agile methodology is to come up with a list of product features that must be delivered to customers. In Agile, this list is called a product backlog, thus, once the DTCC Learning staff completed Agile...