The January Big Question is Quality vs. Speed. Sometimes its best to come to the party late because then I can ... everyone is right. Or at least right about the part of the question that is part of their reality. The part that truly ... the theories we cling too. When I have a learning need (aka. have a question) and I IM a friend who IMs an answer that ... designers required. So that's the small stuff. What about the big stuff like, "I want to be a fireman." I don't want to sit in 136 required hours of training with my butt in a seat watching some "trainer" read the slides created by ...

The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for October is about E-Learning, specifically: What advice would you give to someone new to the field (of E-Learning). Where do you start? Particular tools you should explore? Resources you should read? Videos/screencasts you should watch? What would your To Learn List look like? I’m a current grad student in the Instructional Systems program at Florida State University . I can’t bash my program ... have a bit of training in thinking about how information flows, and how to use technology to enable information ...

This month's Big Question from the Learning Circuits Blog asks, given the advent of all the 2.0 stuff: Should ... ? Great question. Totally unfair but great question. Why unfair? Let's look at Tony's background - a top engineeer, a ... avocation that has somehow landed us in the learning/training field. So what's your point Mark? My point is why are all ... new technologies in the sense that it is not what they were trained for and more than likely, not what they were ...

What Would You Do to Support New Managers? I was just reminded of the big question while cruising reader.google.com ...my RSS reader of choice these days. Our fearless uber-learning-blogger Tony Karrer points out Dave Lee's concern that there hasn't been much discussion about this month's question. So, I'll add some fuel for thought! I'm not sure I totally understand the question. It looks like some of us are answering the question by discussing how much training we give to management/leadership programs and, as a trainig department, how we support the middle manager ...

Maybe it's the stress I'm suffering - but I can only look at what I need right now.... For an ILT or content provider to be worthwhile to me - they need to be able to do the following: - Give me case studies. The good content folks listen to their customers and figure out how their customers have adapted their content to their purposes. Then they share..... - Help me with the implementation process. Implementation is ugly. And it's not all about training. They ... attempting to apply what they were taught during training in their real environments. - Give me basic infomation, then ...

This month, I worked with Tony Karrer to help create the ASTD Big Question (which always seems to be multiple questions under one big theme.) The main question is Learning design differences for Digital Natives? Of course I have ... scholarly approach...The sub-questions for this month's big question are: Do you believe that we have to design, develop and ... tools have become. We can't ignore them when we have a training class. The next question, Are there differences in ... training to meet the expectations of the digital natives...we need to run away from boring, page turning e-learning courses ...

This month's ASTD Big Question is, again, a series of questions. Apparently one BIG question is not enough for the learning and development community. We aim to exceed expectations. If you have a to-learn list and are willing to share, and willing to share how you work with that list, that would likely be helpful information. I constantly have a ... magazine Meet with students Invoice clients Conduct training needs analysis Create game treatment I have to learn some ... assignments or course lists which are assigned to a learner based on a due date (for compliance training) or by ...

To answer the question at ASTD's Learning Circuits Blog , I am going to try to stick to Tony's initial thought of specific questions and dive very deep into the technique I use when consulting for a needs assessment or evaluation. I use a technique I call the 360 Needs Assessment. This process involves asking questions at several levels within an ... minority opinion. So, I first ask questions of the stakeholders: Why do you think this is a problem? Have you every tried to solve it before? How? What was the result? Why do you think training is the answer? If the problem is ...

The Learning Circuits Blog big question for April is "What would you like to do better as a Learning Professional?" The simple answer to this question is " push back more ." This can be applied on many levels, but I am primarily speaking of pushing more on ROI and evaluations . I learned very early on that Analysis and Evaluations are the first things to get cut from a learning project. In actuality, the same is true for many technology related projects. While ... colleagues come to me with a problem worded as a solution (I need XYZ training), and given the lack of time (both at ...

I do a variant of this exercise 3-4 times per year. This iteration of the Big Question allows me to think about past, present, and future on a more professional and public level. What will I remember most about 2006? 1) Finally bringing up the last department on the Electronic Medical Record. 5 years of paper to computer conversions in 2 ... challenges for me as I head into 2007 1) Personal: Implement and train a new program to 2500 people in 90 days. Including configuration and planning. Training time provided: 2 weeks. I hate this trend towards speed with "training" ...

Tony Karrer is moderating "The Big Question" on the Learning Circuits blog . The question for December is ... say this or else there are some serious issues). I've learned just how small the training community is and how if you ... related. To say you "are in the field of training" is to limit you to a very small niche". To say you "are in the field ... professionals. When there is a performance problem, we do a great injustice if we automatically pick up our tools for training ... asked the question, "Who reads the instruction manual before playing a game", and one person (out of ~100) actually ...

The Big Question on the Learning Circuits Blog for May 2008 is whether or not there are or should be learning ... reflection, I think there are some underlying issues that make these questions premature (at best) and irrelevant (at worst) . Some of the sub-questions to the "Big Question" include: Do you believe that we have to design, develop and deliver ... are training Digital Immigrants is good at all, and we owe it to all learners to have comparable learning opportunities ... . I would hate to see people come away from this question assuming that Digital Natives should receive the ...

Learning Circuit's big questions for December are: 1. What will you remember most about 2006? For me, it will probably be my first complete year of blogging. I have learned absolutely masses from both the process of blogging and from the content of my colleagues' blogs. It took me a while to develop my own blogging style - I have for years written columns in training magazines and I thought this would be the same. It isn't. In some ways, it's much more like the process of writing and letters to newspapers and then exchanging views with other correspondents. In other ways it's ...

... with a Dell XPS, the iMac simply ROCKS! Stay tuned for my response to Part II and III of THE BIG QUESTION ... What will you remember most about 2006? I've been planning my year in review post and just noticed THE BIG QUESTION .  Cool! 2006 has been a GREAT year!  I have several events to be remembered but most importantly 2006 will be remembered as the year of The Learning Triad:  blogs, wikis, and RSS.  Since starting the Corporate ... ! " A consortium of corporate training folks from Wal-Mart Stores, American Express, Intel, and more than 200 ...

... savvy content experts begin realizing that they don't have to "wait in the training department's cue of projects". We will begin to find more and more professionals avoiding the training department all together and "doing it themselves" (good ... form of training and mentoring others as a part of their own career growth. As a matter of fact...yes...the sky ...

... month's big question - a few days late. This month's big question actually was a question asked by an attendee at Jay Cross' presentation on informal learning at ASTD TechKnowledge. She was in charge of designing training and support systems ... needed to consider, and how to balance what approaches were taken. So, this month, The Big Question is... What ... New Managers Up to Speed Karyn Romeis Karyn's blog March's Big Question: What would you do to support new managers ... Connections Supporting New Managers With Informal Learning Clark Quinn Learnlets LCBlog's big question of ...

The Big Question on the LCB for January is: What are the trade offs between quality learning programs and rapid e-learning and how do you decide? There's a lot involved in this question and I plan to revisit it several times during the ... would have a different cost and effect on performance. So, the real challenge posed by the Big Question is knowing ... often use in presentations to illustrate a point: Expenditure on training has a limit on the performance gains you can achieve. After a certain point, the cost of the Training exceeds the value of the performance gains. And ...

April Big Question - Content Vendor Value : eLearning Technology ... jump on this months Big Question from LCB - ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should They Do? Ill be curious to see what kinds of responses come out around this topic. Theres really a lot at stake in this question in that it goes far ...   0 comments links to April Big Question - Content Vendor Value Permalink: April Big Question - Content Vendor Value Bookmark this page ...

... month's Big Question from LCB - ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should They Do? I'll be curious to see what kinds of responses come out around this topic. There's really a lot at stake in this question in that it goes far beyond the question. The reality is that all providers of content are competing in a flat world, with easy access to virtually ... face real challenges. And this isn't just in corporate training and education. My post - Disruptive Changes in ... many new sources. As a content vendor providing training (Instructor Led or eLearning), you are naturally having ...

... haven't answered the question yet....... I WANT to build quality training. By "quality", I mean effective. Something that ... have 4 considerations: - What do I need to train? - Who is my audience and what is the best way to tackle training for the majority of them? - How much time do I have to design and implement my training? - What resources do I have to work ... , I am forced to build the minimum, get the training out there so that "training" box can be checked and the ... pretty quickly when you start asking questions about "What do you expect people to do differently after ...

In the Learning Circuits Blog , Tony Karrer poses a whole series of  questions related to the role of learning and development professionals in promoting informal learning / social learning / learning 2.0 within ... what is happening with technology, and too personally committed to the top-down, authoritarian training orthodoxy. And ... appropriate to the organisation, and this is open to question when you're looking beyond knowledge workers. Assuming it ... process risk becoming ever more peripheral to the big issues, as the emphasis on formal learning interventions ...

In the Learning Circuits Blog, the big question for October is "I'm interested in a career in e-learning. What should I do first?" My first recommendation would be to decide where it is that you see yourself fitting into the e-learning landscape - as a manager, a consultant, a salesperson for a vendor, a designer, a developer, or a moderator/instructor? You also need to be clear whether you see yourself working primarily in education or in workplace ... education or training that's appropriate for your role. The sources for this will vary enormously from country to country.

April's big question in the Learning Circuits blog is 'ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What Should They Do ... training in smaller and smaller chunks and various other adverse trends. Now I wasn't going to respond to this question ... being a little romantic / idealistic / arrogant? to believe the old media and training world is simply crashing around us. In my regretable experience, there are few professions more conservative than training and (because training is not typically such a big business issue?) insufficient demand for change from employers to force it to happen at any pace.

... spice up" your e-learning. Take a few minutes and browse the content. Clark Aldrich's blog entry for the big question ... This month the question is "Where are the Examples of eLearning?" and we are supposed to consider both good and bad examples as well as give some thoughts on why the example should get some attention. I've decided to look at several different types of "e-learning." Traditional Here is some learning sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency. It ... Life. This can be used for many different training applications using the world of Second Life as a platform for ...

The Big Question is a new monthly feature on Learning Circuits Blog. We want everyone in the LCB community to ... community. For info on how it will work, please see the Sidebar. The Big Question for October is: Should ... great-great-great-great grandfather write a novel? Tony Karrer - eLearning Technology - LCB's Big Question - Should ... - Half an Hour - Should All Learning Professionals be Blogging? Harold Jarche - The Big Question Bill Bruck ... ? Barry Sampson Learn Me Happy The Learning Circuits Blog: The Big Question for October: Should All ...

... services groups inside organizations. So, this month, The Big Question is... ILT and Off-the-Shelf Vendors - What ... now? Participating Blogs: The Big Question for April has been closed. If you'd still like to submit your post to the April Big Question, please contact the Blogmeister by using the Dear Blogmeister form found at the link at the top ... The FPG Notepad April's Big Question Claudia Escribano LifeLongLearningLab Thinking about BIG Questions Guy W Wallace The ...

The Big Question for March on the Learning Circuits Blog is 'what is the scope of our responsibility as ... major point of The Big Question) - does the learning professional have a part to play  in bottom-up learning, and if so ... this question as just a topical response to the increased interest in informal learning - it's an issue that has been there as long as we have had learning professionals. Certainly when I first took up a position as a training specialist at ... primary responsibility for an employee's training and development - the employee themselves, their manager or ...

Examples! ASTD Big Question for June This month the question is "Where are the Examples of eLearning?" and we ... Aldrichs blog entry for the big question has a great list of games and simulations that you need to check out ... on how to build in the world of Second Life. This can be used for many different training applications using the world of ... experience training CEOs and front line staff provides him with a unique perspective on organizational learning. In 2007, he voted as one of TrainingIndustry.coms 2007 Top 20 Most Influential Training Professionals. Recently, he won ...

In addressing this month's question on the Learning Circuits Blog , I was tempted by an observation made by Stephen Downes in his review of last year's eLearn Magazine predictions : ... there are two major types of ... , at best difficult and possibly recessionary. As we all know, training budgets are the first to go and we could see some scaling down this year. So, here's what I think will happen over the next twelve months: Classroom training ... peddling the same solutions they've been offering for the past 30 years. What classroom training there will be, will ...

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