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Information overload of training for new hires

Posted in instructional design, learning, productivity, project work, schooling on May 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

During a conversation yesterday I was told that a group of new hires (for which I’ve been charged with developing a process training program) has just started their orientation and training this week. When I heard what they’re being put through … I felt pity for them.
Bear in mind that these are new hires [...]

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links for 2008-05-19

Posted in del.icio.us on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Ple – LTCWiki
(tags: learning ple web2.0)

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links for 2008-05-18

Posted in del.icio.us on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Personal Learning Environments
(tags: ple workliteracy)

Personal Learning Environments – the future of eLearning?
(tags: ple workliteracy)

It has to do with exploration… | Janet Clarey
conversation re: digital immigrants/digital natives distinctions
(tags: Brandon_Hall corporate learning enterprise2.0 km learning2.0 video web2.0 workliteracy)

Snackr is an RSS Addict’s Dream Come True – ReadWriteWeb
(tags: air applications rss snackr tools web2.0)

Comiqs | Create
(tags: comics tools)

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links for 2008-05-17

Posted in del.icio.us on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We all need to be ethnographers | Janet Clarey
(tags: Brandon_Hall blog research)

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Friday Fun: Bacon Flowchart

Posted in Friday Fun, humor on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A decision tree/flow chart about bacon … yummmm
Click the image to see the full thing

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links for 2008-05-15

Posted in del.icio.us on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Action mapping: Fast, visual instructional design for elearning
(from Cathy Moore’s blog) technique to go from ‘need to know’ to ‘need to do’ training
(tags: eLearning mindmap mindmapping planning visualization Cathy_Moore instructional_design)

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(video) Learning to Change; Changing to Learn

Posted in Net Generation, education, learning, making a difference, schooling, video on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The US Department of Commerce ranked 55 industry sectors based on their level of IT intensiveness. Education ranked 55 – the lowest – below coal mining.
The thoughts on this video have a resonance since we’ve just suffered through the state-wide standardized testing week, thanks to the No Child Left Behind mandates. Not only was [...]

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links for 2008-05-04

Posted in del.icio.us on May 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

gethuman
database of key presses to make when calling various 800/888 customer service numbers – helping to bypass the automated system and get right to a human.
(tags: consumer resources tools phone VRU customer_service)

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Free Comic Book Day – May 3

Posted in Miscellany, something fun on May 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Get your geek on tomorrow (Saturday, May 3rd) with Free Comic Book Day.
Check out the details and to find a participating store near you.

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