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Corner of Social and Media: Where Glib, Cute and Stupid Meet (A U-Write It Article)
Posted by Robert Bacal in Site News, Uncategorized, Writing & Publishing on February 18, 2010
I have an article in mind, entitled Corner of Social and Media: Where Glib, Cute and Stupid Meet, but it’s late, I’m tired, and nobody pays me anything for blog writing. So I had a thought.
What if I post a title and not explain at all what I had in my head and let other [...]
Learning Styles and Training?
Posted by Robert Bacal in MBTI - Learning Styles, Uncategorized on August 27, 2009
Don Clark wrote the following as part of a discussion about learning styles and training, and makes an excellent point about the many learning styles one could look at. My reply follows:
> That’s the whole point, the research does not support the VAK
> learning styles, or the other styles for that matter — it points [...]
Training, Trainers and Copyright
Posted by Robert Bacal in Intellectual Property, Uncategorized on August 25, 2009
Periodically there have been conversations about the copyright of training and coaching materials. Occasionally the conversations have gotten heated, particularly when someone professes an extreme view of the value of copyrights in principle. Here’s a post where I respond to a particular person (who seems to have failed badly in training and business).
Except for the [...]
How Much Time Do You Spend Each Day SERVING Your Machines? (Poll)
Posted by Robert Bacal in Polls, Training & Technology, Uncategorized on August 18, 2009
I spend a fair amount of time each day maintaining, fixing or otherwise “serving” the machines in my office and home, or figuring them out. It struck me that there is a hidden cost to automating our lives to the extent that some of us might be actually lowering our productivity by over indulging in [...]
Surviving the Career Doldrums, Practice Application Brief 8
Posted by Robert Bacal in Uncategorized, adult education on July 26, 2009
Surviving the Career Doldrums, Practice Application Brief 8 , by Susan Imel, 2000, PDF Available
This project has been funded at least in part with Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Education under Contract No. ED-99-CO-0013. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education [...]
Management Systems – What You Need to Know Before Selecting an LMS #trdev
Posted by Robert Bacal in Managing and Organizations, Training & Technology, Uncategorized, human resources on July 23, 2009
Learning Management Systems – What You Need to Know Before Selecting an LMSBy Don Weobong
Over the past two decades, the Internet has had a tremendous effect on humanity. It has dramatically changed almost every facet of life, from industry to communication to entertainment. A major benefit of the Internet revolution has been the increased accessibility [...]
Elliot Masie Survey on Social Learning – You’re Kidding Us, Aren’t You?
Posted by Robert Bacal in Mouthing Off, Robert's Editorials, Thought Jolts, Training & Technology, Training Wisdom or Training Foolishness, Uncategorized on June 9, 2009
There’s no question that there’s a current “buzz” among trainers around the use of technology, and particularly “social learning”, to facilitate, and make more efficient, learning in the workplace. Elliot Maisie is considered one of the leading experts on the topic of workplace learning in general, but also in the use of technology for that [...]
Leadership Training for Federal Executives Information Wanted (#trdev)
Posted by Robert Bacal in Managing and Organizations, Uncategorized on May 27, 2009
I’m reposting this on behalf of William Weech who is looking for information as described below. Feel free to contact him directly, or, even better, leave comments to this. Thanks.
I am revising a leadership training program that is aimed at
newly-promoted federal executives. For those of you who are familiar
with the federal civil service, this is [...]
Alternatives to CTI (coaching and training ideas group) #cti #trdev
Posted by trdev in Training & Technology, Uncategorized on May 21, 2009
A copy of this was posted on the trdev-l group at Penn State. I’m including it here.
I’m posting this here in the hope that the members of the CTI list might come across this, and I’ll repost this on my blog. The last approved post on the CTI list was on April 21, a month [...]
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