Wouldn't it be great if life were like a Staples commercial—where an “Easy” button could create a virtual classroom for registered students on demand?
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I remember being invited to present an end-of-the-year campaign for Autism Speaks on behalf of its Dallas chapter in late 2009. The goal was to train current staff and volunteers on how to effectively increase volunteer hours and donations.
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...
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. This is true in a corporate learning classroom as much as anywhere else.
Virtual instructor-led training (VILT) refers to training that is delivered in a virtual or simulated environment, or when instructor and learner are in separate locations.
There is no shortage of optimism among learning professionals about the positive impact that today's new technologies are having on the learning and development profession. Chris Pirie, chairman of the ASTD Board of Directors, asserts that now is...
Gamification is the process of applying gaming designs and concepts to learning or training scenarios in order to make them more engaging and entertaining for the learner.
“Incidental learning” is currently a hot topic. It is a method of learning by simply being there. The learner does not need to travel far or enroll in a virtual training class, but learns from seeing, asking questions, and maybe doing. Often people...
Content curation is the process of identifying, organizing and sharing relevant learning resources to support specific skills, roles or business needs. Rather than creating new content from scratch, curation focuses on...
Close your eyes for a second and visualize a relay race. The runners get set in their starting blocks. The gun goes off. The contestants begin running, batons in hand, racing to get the baton to their anxiously awaiting teammate. The baton is passed...