Good question. Some say it takes 40 hours of development time, from assignment to delivery, for 1 hour of instructor-led training. More for web-based or other mediated delivery. Here’s the thing, though: It Depends Winter Magnolia Even if you track your hours carefully, the level of effort and the time involved for this or that… Continue Reading
7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching By Susan A. Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marsha C. Lovett, and Marie K. Norman We (that’s the collective “we”) know a lot about two areas that can make teaching and learning so much better: How people learn (the science of learning) How to help people learn (the… Continue Reading
It’s not unusual for someone to ask me about the pros and cons of delivering training via the classroom or through some form of e-learning. Here’s the thing: one isn’t inherently better or worse than the other for learning. We can teach most things either way. It’s not the delivery system (classroom, say, or via… Continue Reading
By Calhoun Wick, Roy Pollock, and Andrew Jefferson With a strong focus on how learning assists an organization, this book gives beginning-to-end support for using learning-training-development initiatives to achieve strong business results. There are no isolated training events here. All six of the disciplines are pointed toward ensuring that what people learn will: Be essential… Continue Reading
You write a great objective, put it on a slide, and then the instructor presents it to your learners. What happens? Given a technically perfect learning objective Your learners will… Yawn Space out Stop paying attention Pretty much 100% of the time But wait! Objectives are the heart of the instructional design process. So true—but… Continue Reading
Time is almost always short. Training is expensive. Quality interaction between learners and instructors is at a premium. How can flipping the classroom help? What is it? Blended learning with video lectures online (first) and practicing in class (second). Schools. Students watch online video lectures at home and then do their homework in class, where… Continue Reading
Over the years I’ve sat through many, many courses, both live and online, and sometimes it’s amazing how bad they can be. The fault can be the design, the delivery, glitches in the system, or all three. We know this, and we know what to do about it. Therefore, there’s no good excuse for bad… Continue Reading
When something isn’t working right, managers often ask for training. Is training the right answer? Not as often as people think. I’m sure you’ve seen times when people wanted to make things better, assumed training would be the right answer, but didn’t get the result they wanted (no matter how great the training was). Here… Continue Reading
Temptation: Start gathering content. But instead, let’s make sure there is a need for what we’re teaching (needs assessment). This can happen faster than you think. Is it important? To whom? The individual, the organization (of whatever size), maybe the community (also of whatever size)? In other words, why do we care? This sounds impertinent,… Continue Reading
Okay, maybe not always. Still, I gave a talk without slides the other day, and I loved the freedom of it. People were engaged. They gave great feedback. I had a great time. Plus, the sponsor was happy. As I think back to other talks I’ve given without using slides, I enjoyed them more, too.… Continue Reading
