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Reflections on 10 Years of Consulting

Experiencing eLearning

As of this month, it’s been 10 years since I left my last full-time job and started my own business. Prior to this, the longest I ever held a job was about 3 years. However, even after 10 years of consulting, it still feels like the right fit. The Ups of Consulting. The Downs of Consulting.

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Why Companies Should Spend More on Social Learning | Social.

Dashe & Thomson

The figure was highest among large businesses, 42% of which spent money on informal learning during the year. Among industries, a greater number of technology companies and business services/consulting firms spent money on these tools. Last week I had a phone conversation with Ian Huckabee of WeeJee Media. Go take a peek.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Describing What You Do: Instructional Design

Learning Visions

I agree - I leave "designer" out - I tell people I am an instructional consultant and then let the conversation go from there. Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. Eventually, she asks you what you do for work. What do you say? Are you met with comprehension or blank stares?

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Brain Rules for Learning: Who Knew? We All Did. | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

First of all, you should know that Dr. Medina is a developmental molecular biologist, research consultant, and Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington School of Medicine. I studied and worked as a stage director and taught acting classes in my younger years. We All Did. The rules really come down to common sense.

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Developing a Results Driven Curriculum

A well-designed learning curriculum develops and nurtures skills needed to achieve organizational and business goals with the most effective and engaging set of experiences. This ebook outlines 5 critical steps to develop learning solutions that will help you achieve the most ambitious objectives.

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Why eLearning Development Ratios Can be Hazardous to Your Career.

Dashe & Thomson

A quick story to illustrate the point above about Economies of Scale: A couple of years ago, a client asked us to estimate how long it would take to develop both classroom and eLearning materials for 44 learning modules. The subject matter – teaching consultants how to configure ERP software – was unusually complex.

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Re-evaluating Evaluation | Social Learning Blog

Dashe & Thomson

And every company has agreed to use “Level 1: Reaction,” or? Hardly ever do they use “Level 3: Behavior,” and they never use “Level 4: Results.” I have found this to be extremely frustrating. And as time has gone by, I have started to wonder about the validity of Kirkpatrick in today’s world. She enhanced it. It doesn’t isolate the training effort.

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