2009 was a tough year for most of us in Learning & Development. The economy forced us once again to do some belt tightening. It seems that every time we are absolutely sure we can’t possibly do any more with any less, we end up finding a way to do..
Topics: instructional design, outsourcing

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On August 30, I published this blog entry: New Take on an Old Standard . It is about Everything DiSC®, which is a style assessment tool that allows users to gain insight into their behavioral preferences at work. At the time, I had just purchased the...
Topics: development, DiSC, management, styles, talent management

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I had an epiphany during this week’s #lrnchat . Participating in these discussions has been tremendously helpful in my quest to understand the value social media tools provide for learning. This week’s chat started off with questions about how media..
Topics: backchannel, social media, twitter, wiki, youtube

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While cruising through the blogosphere this week I stumbled upon a debate about whether or not people who practice instructional design should have an advanced degree in the field. The two points of view are well represented in writings by Cammy Bean -...
Topics: Articulate Presenter, Bob Pike, Darryl Sink, FSU, instructional design, Langevin, Lectora

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Recently, we have made some great strides in my company in our quest to convert training from event-based to ongoing. We made a deliberate attempt to reframe training by thinking in terms of “learning environments” instead of “learning events.”...
Topics: collaborate, community of practice, ILT, informal learning, SharePoint, virtual

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