This past week I found myself working on one of those challenges I really like, creating a compliance ELearning module that won’t bore people and will have an impact. In this particular...

TRAINING or SOMETHING ELSE? The word “training” often has negative associations, born of BF Skinner’s behaviorism, Ivan Pavlov’s dogs, and far too many of the unpleasant (boring)...

This past week a group I’ve been involved with began the initial “play testing” of a learning game we have been involved with, and an interesting dichotomy surfaced during the review. The...

  Over the past few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to observe some socially distanced instructor led Harassment Prevention training. I listened as people came in. In about half the classes...

In a previous position my first assignment was to develop a set of ELearning modules that addressed specific competencies in that industry. There was no needs assessment as creating this...

Happy first Friday in April all. It is just about an annual “thing” for me to talk about Humor in developing Learning. Most years I do it right around April 1 for obvious reasons, and no,...

SEASON OF MISTAKES?   In my part of the world, Spring made a real appearance this week. Rays of sunshine melted snow. Interiors of unprotected cars roasted. It was beautiful. During...

IS THERE A ROLL IN TRAINING FOR LUCK? It is never lucky when training works. It always comes down to good design and hard work, or does it? In one training experience, the person who...

Should you ever train in Reverse?  Flipped classrooms and starting with an activity before giving instruction are accepted practices, which can lead to some great results. What I wanted to...

Has the COVID Pandemic changed EVERYTHING in training? Last year I posted a discussion about all the things that changed in learning design/training because of COVID, and several people...