Archive for category For Learners

Venters Vs. Hoarders (Handling Negative Emotions)

Posted by Robert Bacal in For Learners, Thought Jolts, customer service on March 4, 2010

Thought I’d pass this along. It’s based on something in our Defusing Hostile Customers Workbook, but it pertains to how people handle negative emotions.

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Elearning, Distance Education, Not Equivalent to Full Time Study

Posted by Robert Bacal in For Learners, Mouthing Off, adult education on March 1, 2010

Even though almost everybody can understand that:

a conversation on the phone is not the same as a conversation face to face
watching a sport on television is not the same as being there in person
watching people have sex is not the same as actually having it

many people believe that e-learning is the same as learning in [...]

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Preventing Conflict – Such A Simple Idea That’s Ignored

Posted by Robert Bacal in Content Tools For Trainers and Learners, Featured, For Learners, Thought Jolts, adult education, human resources on October 8, 2009

It’s been a decade since I wrote Conflict Prevention In The Workplace – Using Cooperative Communication. Who would believe that still, when it comes to conflict, the old standards of conflict management and conflict resolution still dominate the conflict field, while the idea of preventing unnecessary conflict in the first place is almost never mentioned.
It’s [...]

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Distance Education and Accreditation – How It Works

Posted by Robert Bacal in For Learners, Research, adult education on August 25, 2009

Distance Education and Accreditation. ERIC Digest.
In 1997-1998, there were more than 1.3 million enrollments in college-level, credit-granting distance education courses – approximately double the almost 754,000 formal enrollments in 1994-1995 (Lewis, Snow, Farris, and Levin, 1999, p. 50). The number of courses offered also almost doubled, [...]

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Boosting the Brain’s Power Into Old Age (Free Lecture)

Posted by Robert Bacal in For Learners, Training Tools & Techniques, Training Wisdom or Training Foolishness, adult education on August 20, 2009

As we have an aging population, and many of us are moving into our later middle and elderly years, the issue of brain health is becoming more interesting to many of us, both on a personal basis and as a societal issue. Here’s some information in lecture form about some claimed techniques for maintaining and [...]

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Seven Ways to Get the Most Out of the Next Training You Attend

Posted by Robert Bacal in For Learners on July 23, 2009

Seven Ways to Get the Most Out of the Next Training You Attend
By Kevin Eikenberry
Ed. In this article, Kevin shares some ideas to help learners and training participants to maximize what they get out of training. With the costs of training being so high, it’s important that attendees are prepared. Use this for yourself, or [...]

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