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In a nutshell, this month's BigQuestion is, do you ever get stuck getting new solutions or ideas accepted and implemented by your organization or client? And during these processes remember you are not just the person delivering training, but you must be the training consultant and instructional designer.
This is precisely my feeling too…it is one of my pet grouch that this month’s BigQuestion allows me to vent. Tags: e-learning corporate training education bigquestion andragogy. For months, I have been thinking of penning my two pence worth in my ID blog, but never got around to overcoming the inertia.
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First thought: Perhaps, if you see yourself carrying out a consultative role. Of course some needs will still have to be met using a face-to-face classroom approach, but that won't keep everyone who's currently a classroom trainer in a job, unless you want to earn half as much. Or should I re-train as a learning technologist?
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