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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 [...]
Viral Promoting Or Confidence Game: BS @ Social Media
Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off, Robert's Editorials, Training & Technology on February 4, 2010
My faith in the credibility of almost everything I read on the Internet is at an all time low, and I plan on addressing that in future in various posts. The inaccurate information and huge, fast spread of faulty interpretations is scary because of its potential impact on two things (among others): Our democracy, and [...]
Why “Networking” either in person or online, turns me off.
Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off, Thought Jolts on January 7, 2010
Everyone talks about the importance of networking. I get the point. The more people who you know, and who know a little about you, the more likely you will “make a connection” that will pay off, whether it be in person, or online. I hate the underlying assumption, or presupposition about networking, not to mention [...]
Informal Learning’s on first, Whats on second, and I Don’t Give a Damn is on Third
Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off, Robert's Editorials, Stupid Trainer Tricks on October 21, 2009
So, tell me. If I happen to go to the water cooler down the hall, and bump into George, who tells me about the new software I could use, is that informal learning? Sounds like it.
We don’t know what position Social Learning plays on this team. And you know what? I don’t give a [...]
Definitional Problems Damage the E-Learning/Social Learning Field
Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off, Robert's Editorials, Thought Jolts, Training & Technology, Training Tools & Techniques, adult education on September 9, 2009
If you are at all involved in the delivery of training via the use of technologies, you have probably seen, heard, or used the terms e-learning or social learning*. They have become common currency in the discussion of training and learning undertaken in non face-to-face training and education contexts.
Unlike the term “distance learning” which is [...]
The real enemies of Social Networking And Social Learning Are…
Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off, Robert's Editorials, Thought Jolts, Training & Technology, Training Tools & Techniques, Training Wisdom or Training Foolishness on September 4, 2009
…the people who oversell the value of social networking and social learning through exaggerations, deliberate or ignorant interpretation of research (which is usually poorly done anyway), and general religious zeal.
In short, many of the “gurus” in these fields, who are a) converts and true believers while b) making lucrative incomes, or hoping to make lucrative [...]
About Motivation – So many Myths and Mythters
Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off on August 29, 2009
Bill Harris wrote:
> Reinhard Sprenger wrote (in _Mythos Motivation_) something to the effect
> that “All motivation (actions designed to get people to do that which they
> don’t want to do) is demotivating (leads towards decreasing their desire
> to do what you want them to do because they see through the efforts at
> control).”
Good point. Actually [...]
On Who Moved My Cheese, and Dumb and Dumber
Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off on August 28, 2009
A brief comment on Who Moved My Cheese and the apparent popularity of dumbed down, stupid management books!
I haven’t read it, but just a comment on the genre of short, readable and cute, but sometimes relatively contentless books.
What’s Wrong With Training?
Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off, Robert's Editorials, Thought Jolts, Training Wisdom or Training Foolishness on August 27, 2009
Today, a TRDEV-L group member posted an interesting message asking what’s wrong with training? I sent a reply to him via the list, but thought I’d share it here as a think piece and stimulus for comment.
Why is it so? Do people have so many bad experience in training that they don’t believe training is [...]
Incest, Diversity, and Damage to Social Learning and Learning Profession
We know from psychological research that human beings tend to discount information, data, or viewpoints that conflict with their pre-existing positions on any issue. We all do that to some degree. What is jarring is seeing learning professionals, trainers and teachers deliberately avoiding interacting with those who have views different from their’s.
I’ve seen this among [...]
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