Tag archives for ASTD

ASTD Big Question: What will workplace learning be like in 10 years?

This month’s Big Question from ASTD is “what will workplace learning be like in 10 years?”. If you go to their post, there are already some really interesting thoughts and comments about this topic. Byron said “The best prophet of the future is the past”. I’m a firm believer in that notion, so I’d like [...]

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Feb T&D has a fantastic article on common pitfalls of blended learning

The latest Training and Development magazine (from ASTD) has a very relevant article to some of the work I am doing this quarter for my organization. The article is titled It’s [Not] the Technology, Stupid. The article is about the pitfalls of thinking just because you have the technology to do it it that you’ll [...]

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What’s a “To Learn” List

This month’s Big Question over on the Learning Circuits Blog is about To-Learn lists. Here are the specific questions: If you have a to-learn list and are willing to share, and willing to share how you work with that list, that would likely be helpful information. As Knowledge Workers, work and learning are the same, [...]

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I hosted my first Second Life event tonight

Tonight I hosted a social event for incoming Distance Learning students to the Instructional Systems program at FSU – in Second Life (SL). I worked with a doctorate student to set it all up. We hung out in SL for the last few nights, helping people get ready for the event. Alot of prep went [...]

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Where I have my adventures in Corporate Education

I’ve decided to come out about where I work. I develop technical training in the Education Services Department at EMC Corporation. EMC a global leader in storing, managing, and protect information intelligently and efficiently. My department has won many awards – in 2007 we ranked 2nd on Training Magazine’s Top 125 list and won an [...]

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