Archive for August, 2008

T+D Blog: Lifelong Learning Accounts.
What a great idea!


I believe training anybody on any particular tool (even the seemingly ubiquitous Microsoft Office suite), is the wrong way to go. Talk to them about the skill (writing, creating presentations, etc), and then give some assignments across a couple of different tools. This gives you transferrable skills, which will equip you to communicate [...]


Developing Online Training and Presentation Materials | Sun Learning eXchange.
Sun has lots of “2.0-ish” information including this video site. This particular video is a nice one about PowerPoint to video using Camtasia. The rest of the site has good info and examples of wikis, blogs, etc in a corporate setting.


Facilitating Online Communities: Leigh’s Facilitation Skills.
I’m participating in Leigh Blackall’s Online Facilitation course and this is a post from a fellow participant that points to 10 good facilitation skills. It’s a great list to reference if you facilitate any online activities. Thanks for the link Sylvia!


Chief Learning Officer magazine – What Stinks About Webinars?.
As I read this article I found myself nodding my head. I’m much like Antonia and Colleen in the fac that I too think of webinars as “…a low-risk, easy, quick and cheap way to stay current about the state of the field…”
My personal experience has been [...]