Training as a competitive advantage .... "IBM, which expects to unveil better-than-expected quarterly figures, has announced it will spend some of its cash on incentives to encourage some of its largest partners to invest more in training and other areas . On Wednesday, the company introduced a scheme to help its business partners who are cooperating on its New Enterprise Data Center strategy. The scheme involves incentives for IBM partners to improve their ... ." Imagine...using your own internal money to train your customers to use your systems and push technology forward...

My co-workers have been amazed by some of the stuff people have forgotten from the training. "I can't believe they forgot that the little blue i takes you to the patient demographics. That was there in the last version!" "I know you trained them on verifying results....TWICE!" "Authorizing Orders is easy - why can't they figure it out!" What I learned: people are only going to remember the information that is needed immediately. For the docs - the dominant concern ... amazed that after the guerilla training we did anyone remembered anything.

We have finished another round of training pilots. This time, we've focused on the week 1 trainings for 3 general ... had a safety net seemed to open all 3 groups to learning and made them feel better about the program and the process. We found it best to tell them first thing in the training rather than waiting until later, or when we were asked ... understand that the "real learning" would occur in the clinic during those go-live weeks - rather than expect them to know everything when they walked out the door. We designed the upgrade training to essentially get them started. NOT ...

... elearning, learning, lynda.com, training    ... I wanted to take a moment to tout an online training portal, www.Lynda.com , for their low-cost, excellent eLearning material.  Lynda.com catalogs hundreds of software training courses , and they are often the first to offer training material for the newest software on the market.  For example, Lynda.com released a complete training program for ... here , but be aware that they add new courses to their catalog every month. The team at Lynda.com welcomes training ...

... jointly by IT training specialists Assima and corporate giant Xerox. I wasn't too familiar with Assima, even though they've been around for 24 years, but as seems to be the case with many e-learning specialists, they seem to be doing ... on international travel for training. I pity the poorer organisations. Assima Managing Director, Paul Stevens presented some strong arguments for effective IT training: ROI is directly related to the speed of adoption of new systems and processes and the proficiency of users (Prosci). Poorly trained users require six times more support ...

... project is to revamp our current "Manager Training Program" aka "MTP" certification course. Prior to becoming a manager we require that the employee is certified through the Management Training Program which is currently a 5 day, 100 ... cannot be converted because some of the topics are much more effectively covered through instructor led training. The ... managers because it's old hat and they want to learn something new as well as brush up on some of the important aspects of ... everything I have learned over the past couple of years I am sure I will see the course in a whole new light.

I've been an avid supporter of Nintendo for the past two years or so, for their design prowess and dramatic success in widening the appeal of gaming. Indeed they're redefining recreational digital fun to include - shock - the learning of new skills. Brain Training in particular has been a left field success. I bought the game when it first launched in the US back in 2006 and was intrigued by ...

I've been hit with two separate training courses that I need to go through at the same time (while still doing my full-time job). The first is a DAU course on Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) training. Unfortunately ... be made in the training and education field. I guess I still need to wait for my buddy Mark Oehlert (the self-proclaimed learning technology evangelist) to leave his gaming fingerprint on the COR 222 course. The second is a little ... reveal that there is still a lot of work we need to make. Working in the training R&D field, I realize that I have ...

... reaction I get every day when I talk about my plans for online training. My personal learning preferences mirror Mr ... of technology-based training do not allow the flex in timing or words or learning style that you have face-to-face. With ... Table from Zhang,D., Zhao, J.l., Zhou, L., and Nunamaker Jr., J.F. Can e-learning replace classroom learning ... the classroom model continues to hold such sway, even when it is not the best solution for learning a particular topic ... "teacher" in front of the room telling them what to think / do. It doesn't seem like "real learning" if it's not. Over ...

With the recent dramatic changes in the US and global economies, it’s natural for many of us in the learning / training industry to start looking over our shoulders. As we know, training departments are too often seen as one of the first places where organizations can "trim the fat." It’s ironic, really; we generally see ourselves as the ones that can help the organization tighten up to run more efficiently and effectively, especially in times like these. Harold Jarche wrote an excellent blog post yesterday called "Opportunities in difficult times ." ...

You know - this was really helpful." It's scary to walk into a "training" with absolutely no agenda. And there were a number of questions they looked to me to answer and I didn't have one. But it was OK. We all learned some new stuff about the upgrade. And I learned something new about letting go.

8217; content in your training. You know the one…the course/class that is actually training for something that does/did not require training . Remember the mandatory ILT for a group because one person has crappy customer service skills? (And they didn’t think the training applied to them anyway). Remember the off-the-shelf soft skill e-learning to address morale-type issues that are actually the result of a bad manager (yet no training for the manager… ... fighting. At least I’ve always thought it was. Why? Because your training solution will fail - that’s ...

Yesterday I deliverd a one day workshop to 20 learning leaders at the beautiful Rancho Bernardo resort in San Diego. This was a great turnout given that this conference caters to high level decision makers in enterprise learning ... learning. Much of our afternoon discussion centered around how to overcome barriers to adoption, whether to leverage open ... . I am very encouraged that the dialogue amond learning leaders has progressed over the past year from “Should we consider this” to “How do we do this.” By the time Training 09 rolls around I predict we’ll ...

Clive Shepherd has three great posts about blended learning over on his blog (see the links at the bottom of this post). Clive gives us a well-needed closer examination of how we define and prescribe blended learning. In the past, I remember using the term and concept to help get management away from the idea of only using instructor-led training. This at least opened their eyes to consider using online courses, virtual classroom training, etc. Now I feel like too many people blindly say, “You should create a blended learning solution…” but they can’t describe ...

Months and Months ago I mentioned how I am starting my first larger scale eLearning project in a posting titled Manager Training Program . I am now knee deep in the project and learning a lot along the way. I designed and developed a prototype for the first course and it is under review now. I am expecting that there may be some barriers I have to overcome due to the fact that this is a big change in how we facilitate training programs, and nobody likes change. Due to budgetary restrictions I am limited to Power Point in combination with a PPT to Flash Converter as my authoring ...

Arriving right on the heels of DevLearn , the free (and 100% online) Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations 2008 conference begins this week! The conference, which runs November 17-21, features some of the sharpest people in the learning and technology world. A quick glance at the agenda shows Jay Cross, Jane Hart, Harold Jarche, Tony Karrer, Clark ... developments, track emerging opportunities, network with other learning pioneers, and deal with topics you don't find at the ... Learning Trends and Innovations 2008 web site List of events (Note: All times are Pacific.) Blog ...

This weekend is busy with tons of sports and activities for the Schlenker family. So, I'll start in order starting with Saturday morning. My wife and 9 year old daughter are training with 50 other kids (and adults) to swim from Alcatraz to SanFrancisco. Saturday morning was their second "cold water" training swim. The training goal: swim for 60mins in Bartlett Lake. It's amazing to see the fire and determination in the hearts and minds of all participants reduced to ... swimming. just keep swimming". Have you pushed yourself today? What are your limits? What do we learn from pushing ...

Yes, that’s probably the cheesiest title I’ve ever used, I know… But I recently found out about GCast , a free service that lets you record messages using your phone and then converts them to a podcast. Sure, this is kind of similar to Jott , but I like the simplicity of GCast. It does one thing, and it does it well. Here’s how it works: Once you set up an account (again, it’s free), you can dial into a 1-888… number, enter your PIN, and record a voice message. After hanging up, your message is immediately available as a podcast online. People can ...

I participated in the Train for Success weekly session today for the first time. Anders Grondstedt was traveling, but Eilif did a great job giving the attendees a quick review/update of the Virtual Worlds Conference held recently. You can get directly to the Secondlife location from his SLURL here . Read more about virtual worlds and learning in 2 of the elearning guild reports - Immersive Learning Simulations , Synchronous Learning . DevLearn - The eLearning Development Conference & Expo Co-located with the Adobe Learning Summit November 5-9, 2007 San Jose, ...

I'm playing a bit of catch up after a particularly busy month - although the way things are looking that'll be the pattern for the foreseeable future. The European e-learning market appears to be thriving in stark contrast to the ongoing financial crisis and what looks like an inevitable recession in the US. As I raised in an early post - training budget shock - e-learning is now very much ...

I came across this website while reading a post from Dr. Karl Kapp on Training Day . For the benefit of those who haven't read the Training Day Blog or who may be new to the field, here is a link to the Training Pageflakes page containing the key blogs in the field. This is a great one-stop-shop for the key blogs in the field. WARNING: Opening this page opens an invaluable resource to the field containing hours of information and thousands of links. Prepare to spend a lot of time reading!!!!!

If you’ll be at DevLearn in San Jose in a few weeks, let’s meet up! I’m always anxious to meet other people involved with learning, technology, and performance improvement - and events like DevLearn provide a great venue for this. Get a hold of me any time at the conference if you want to chat. I will be floating around from session to session, and I will be pretty active on Twitter ( http://twitter.com/bjschone ). In fact, see my next post…        ...

... which leads to boring training filled with too much information and not enough realistic, practical exercises. He notes that framing learning design around this question stops Instructional Designers from overloading the learners with ... not all knowledge/skill/ability (KSA) deficiencies warrant a training solution.

The cliche is that training is not important, learning is. OK. And consequently there is one school of thought that suggests we look at the richest possible learning environments, and then replicate them. For me, that is skunk works ... deployment of specific (and hopefully business critical) learning objectives. If training has fallen as a word, so be it ... thing. There is a big difference between learning a lot broadly and learning a given objective really well. Said differently, the focus on, given a learning objective (say, project management), what is the best way of making that happen , ...

... ‘ Mobile Telephony in Rural Areas ' is the latest virtual forum that is organised by e-agriculture . The forum has been running for a few days now and it is worth a visit and/or additional discussions. You must register for the forum first. Mobile phones are the success story of bridging the rural digital divide, bringing tangible economic benefits and acting as agents of social mobilization through improved communication. But what are the real challenges that face reaching rural areas, and what are some of today's most beneficial applications that can help these rural communities, ...

I used to go out and buy domain names whenever I had an idea for a start-up or a new project. Over time, I’ve accumulated several decent domain names, but I haven’t followed through with all of my ideas… So I thought I’d post all of them here. Please leave a comment on this post if you’re interested in making an offer for any of these. I’ve highlighted the ones that I think have the most potential. (I hope this doesn’t come across as slimy; my goal isn’t to gouge people. I’d rather see these names be put to good use.) You’ll see ...

I often find myself daydreaming when dealing with LMS problems. I say to myself, "If I built an LMS, it would…….." Ah, if only it were that easy. This line of thinking leads me to these questions: How would you design your perfect LMS? What features would you include (or exclude)? How would it differ from current LMS products on the market? I’ll start this off, but I really would love to hear your thoughts. Who knows, maybe (if we’re lucky) some LMS vendors are listening! My perfect LMS would… Support the AICC, SCORM 1.2, and SCORM 2004 ...

... using Web 2.0 tools for learning.  They fit very nicely together, but are not synonyms. Training = Delivery.  Social Learning = Creating the learning with others.  Training = 1:many.  Social Learning = many:many or many:1 where the one is you ... for your learning.  Not the training department, not your teacher, not your mother - YOU.  Flip that, and you are not ... The Learning Technologies Conference in Portland, Oregon is happening as I type.  Christine Martell , Michele Martin and I are hosting.  There are a few things I wanted to point out as we are going through this: Learning ...

Saw a post by Matthew Franz - where he tells us - I don't get e-learning 2.0 - and it made me wonder if Franz is a training specialist - who's not looking at more than training as a model for learning. Here's what he said: I just don't get why folks are trying to lump in wikis, blogs, rss, etc. as "e-learning." RSS, Blog, Wikis, etc. are fundamental ... someone who is a learning professional (especially a training specialist) should somehow care more about these tools than ... Skills ) is that learning professionals (even training specialists) actually have an important responsibility ...

Clark Aldrich, in Learning Circuits, emphasized the importance of training pilots during the training development process . Lack of training pilot = invitation to failure. In his comments to the post, Dave Lee outlined the following ... activities and the learning objectives. Invariably signaled by an insistent raised hand follow by "why would we want to do this ... training. 2) They are computer savvy so they will forgive lack of navigational clarity. I built the LMS this early with a ... also be shown the system and asked to log in. - People who come to me for training will be asked to log into the ...