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MARCH 15, 2011

And every company has agreed to use “Level 1: Reaction,” or?as as it has come to be known—the “Smile Sheet.” Some companies will use “Level 2: Learning” to measure whether the learners have mastered the training course content. Some companies will use “Level 2: Learning” to measure whether the learners have mastered the training course content.

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APRIL 6, 2011

My goal is to make sure that no matter the size of the project, each company that comes to us gets immediate, attentive, personal service. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? That’s all fair, and we should seek to accommodate as many people as possible in our pursuit of effective training.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Networking comes naturally for some people, but not-so-much for others. So big deal, you say. Why is networking so important anyway? From a personal perspective, networking builds new relationships through which you can share information, answer questions, and make new connections. Your business networks can be your most valuable resources!

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Before you commit to delivering a project based on these ratios (or buying services from someone based on them), it is useful to keep a few things in mind about eLearning Development Ratios: 1. More often than not, however, these guidelines can be dangerously misleading. Without getting too specific, it was over $500,000.

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MAY 11, 2011

The power of tools like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Yammer, are pretty astounding. These tools give us a way to connect with people faster and more easily than ever before. A lot of the Social Media Mavens , however, are really ranting, not about the technology, but about the human dynamics related to social networking.

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APRIL 21, 2011

This shift in leadership style can be characterized as moving from the “Do as I say&# leader to the “Let’s work together to find the best solution&# leader. Leaders are beginning to move away from controlling the discussion to facilitating the discussion. Of course, when I saw this question, I had to try to answer it. Terrifying!

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MARCH 22, 2011

by Paul on March 23, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Video , blended learning Opening weekend of March Madness is over. The plan starts in the classroom and eventually makes its way onto the practice court. Yes, it hurts just typing it. Although two weekends of mayhem remain, there’s nothing like that first weekend.

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MARCH 6, 2011

by Michael on March 7, 2011 in blended learning If you still believe that “classroom learning is the best learning” for your training and learning programs, I have some news for you. Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Make Learning An Experience. We blend it.

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MAY 8, 2011

The questions prompt quite a lively and interesting discussion among online community members. This month, it is time for me to stop lurking and throw in my two cents. Too bad my crystal ball is in the shop for repairs, but I think we can muddle through. We all know that, in today’s world, change is a constant companion.

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MARCH 21, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Online Academy Helps to Keep Lectures Where They Belong: Out of the Classroom by Jon on March 21, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Video , blended learning Where do the most innovate ideas in learning come from?

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MARCH 29, 2011

The material is being written at an 8th grade reading level and, for the most part, the training content is pretty straightforward. The material is being written at an 8th grade reading level and, for the most part, the training content is pretty straightforward. The cause and effect is easy to understand. That would NOT be a good day at work.

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APRIL 17, 2011

I have included Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation in every proposal I have ever written, and I wanted to hear from Kirkpatrick himself regarding his take on the current state of evaluation and whether his four levels are still viable. So I went to the workshop. As for me, I realized I didn’t really understand Level 4 at all.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Freemium Three: Three Free Tools That Will Work Wonders For Your Next Training Project. What do you do? When this happened to us recently, we turned to Vanilla Forums to provide the answer.

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APRIL 28, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Social Media: The Virtual “Over-The-Partition” Learning Network by Jolene on April 28, 2011 in Informal Learning , Instructional Design , Training Development , Video , social learning According to the 1996 report from the U.S.

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APRIL 5, 2011

In a recent post, he cites a recent poll by Panorama Consulting , in which IT executives are asked about the “deadliest sin” of ERP implementations. In another post, Krigsman writes: Communications in [the context of ERP implementation] means explaining the business impact of technology decisions to a non-technical audience.

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APRIL 14, 2011

by Andrea on April 15, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Informal Learning , Training Development , blended learning , eLearning , social learning Recently, I was lucky enough to attend a keynote speech by Dr. John Medina on his book Brain Rules at the eLearning Guild’s Learning Solutions 2011 conference. We All Did.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? This movie should be required viewing for anyone in the learning industry – it demonstrates all the ingredients for effective learning. Im a problem-solver and thoroughly enjoy helping clients succeed and look good. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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JANUARY 11, 2011

Instead, they will focus on organizing and tagging information, and creating systems – technical and social – that let individuals learn how and when it’s best for them. The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind. less big companies, for more than 20 years. More about me here.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? That’s why this post from Frank Noschese is so great. He contrasts two teaching methods that involve different kinds of whiteboards: one that costs $2,000, and one that costs $2. less big companies, for more than 20 years. More about me here.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? In fact, the competition wasn’t close; the computer came away with nearly four times as much money as the closest nearest competitor. I don’t think I’m alone, however, in being unimpressed with this development. More about me here.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Even with the help of the newest technology tools to communicate and educate including social media, wikis, and Google, we still need to transform our ILT classrooms and training sessions into integrated blended learning environments. One night in the classroom I decided to use a relevant example from their reality: Coke or Pepsi. “In

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MARCH 27, 2011

He said that there were eight types of intelligence: Interpersonal Intrapersonal Logical-mathematical Verbal-linguistic, spatial Bodily-kinesthetic Musical-rhythmic Naturalist In the traditional classroom the focus is on the verbal-linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences. Each student selected the group they wanted to be in.

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MARCH 13, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Twitter as Social Learning: Seven Ways to Facilitate the Exchange of Information by Paul on March 14, 2011 in social learning Most of us in the adult learning industry have already found and incorporated Twitter into our everyday lives.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Not Everyone is a Social Customer by Paul on February 11, 2011 in Development Tools , customer service , social learning A couple weeks ago I wrote a blog about the need to train your clients on the various methods of…training.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS The Freemium Three: Three Free Tools That Will Work Wonders For Your Next Training Project. What do you do? When this happened to us recently, we turned to Vanilla Forums to provide the answer.

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MARCH 7, 2011

My goal is to make sure that no matter the size of the project, each company that comes to us gets immediate, attentive, personal service. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? Just good, wholesome, social learning knowledge. But then I got to thinking about it a little more.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Free online video is creating new global communities, granting their members both the means and the motivation to step up their skills and broaden their imaginations. As support, Anderson provides examples in which exceptional performers (elite dancers, TED Conference speakers), learn from their counterparts around the world by watching them online.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Before you commit to delivering a project based on these ratios (or buying services from someone based on them), it is useful to keep a few things in mind about eLearning Development Ratios: 1. More often than not, however, these guidelines can be dangerously misleading. Without getting too specific, it was over $500,000.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Just as water will always find its own level by the path of least resistance, individual learners, working in collaboration and unhampered by the precepts of authority, tend to do an excellent job of finding and sharing what they need to know efficiently and effectively, even if they don’t necessarily know what they are looking for to begin with.

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MARCH 8, 2011

The gist of it was that even though we have an enormous amount of tools available to enable social learning across far reaching boundaries, the self-study type of eLearning seen in so many workplaces today can potentially cut learners off from any type of social interaction during the course of the learning.

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JANUARY 30, 2011

Train Your Client On Training by Paul on January 31, 2011 in Instructional Design , Training Development In the enterprise learning industry, when you sit down with a client to discuss an opportunity, oftentimes the client has a good idea what they want. You may think a client who knows exactly what they want is a dream come true.

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APRIL 19, 2011

by Paul on April 20, 2011 in Classroom Learning , Informal Learning , social learning Over the last few months I’ve discussed with my brother, a professor at Bethel University here in Minneapolis, how to incorporate social media into his classes. But, in the end, they’re just ideas. Sad, but true.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

My goal is to make sure that no matter the size of the project, each company that comes to us gets immediate, attentive, personal service. Search the blog Popular Latest Comments Tags Web-Based, Instructor-Led, EPSS? How did this come about, you might wonder? Paul I rarely ever visited. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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MARCH 11, 2011

by Jolene on March 11, 2011 in Gaming Theory , Instructional Design , Training Development , eLearning Over the last year or so, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to incorporate games into eLearning instructional design projects. What I hadn’t stopped to fully consider is why I would do that. Rieber and Play Theory.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

SMEs have a ton of work to do and generally keep their heads down until all work is done — defining requirements, documenting processes, testing, collaborating on training content, and training end-users. Clients will often ask what I see as the biggest risk or roadblock to end-user readiness. That way you learn as your SMEs learn.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

SMEs have a ton of work to do and generally keep their heads down until all work is done — defining requirements, documenting processes, testing, collaborating on training content, and training end-users. Clients will often ask what I see as the biggest risk or roadblock to end-user readiness. That way you learn as your SMEs learn.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend Tags: Wikis About Jolene One of my favorite things to do is save the day. Jim: Glad you enjoyed the post, Liam!

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