Synthesis:As learning professionals, have we analyzed how our approaches affect our learners and their specific learning and performance environments? Why does one choose to adhere to his/her present method? Are you an AGNOSTIC or PRINCIPLED Learning Professional? A deeper understanding…
Author: Ray Jimenez, PhD
Is it spoon-feeding or discovery scenario learning?
Synthesis:Scenario- based learning should take learners through a journey of discovery ; involving them in the events that take place at various points in your scenarios. It propels learners to think about the choices presented and not merely determining the…
“Brain Freeze: Does your eLearning System Cause Learning Paralysis?”
Synthesis: The advent of technology options can be exciting. However, the influx of information to an individual’s brain may prove to be debilitating to one’s decision making process or may result to learning paralysis for learners. Considering the limitations of…
How to add the human touch in your eLearning design
Synthesis: eLearning programs are faced with the dilemma of creating effective online learning without losing the human element. What can be done to achieve this ? In your design, help keep the emotional connection to your learners. Help them experience…
How to instantly grab e-learners attention!
To instantly grab e-Learners, remember embedding content into stories. Embedding Steps Relate Interpret Apply Which statement grabs you instantly? Life is full of trials and tribulations or I started work at 3:00 am and finished at 11:00 pm, exhausted. The…
Proof of Direct Link between Learning and Performance
(To protect the interest of our clients, we are using fictitious names. However, the data presented here are close to real and living cases.) Last week, I had a conversation with a VP for Sales Training. He asked what is…
TEDx Caltech Insights Jan. 14, 2011
Highlights from my day at TEDxCaltech.com. Follow #TEDXCALTECH in Twitter.com It was a wow, belly blowing, mind-bending, brain cell twitching, eye-popping and heartfelt joy and amazing insight. Must see – This is a must see and listen event. The imagery…
My Encounter with the Galactic Minds: Feynman TEDX Caltech and Stephen Hawkings
This week is very exciting for me. I will be attending Caltech’s TEDx event on January 14, 2011 “Feynman’s Vision: The Next 50 Years”. I am also attending a Caltech lecture by Stephen Hawking. TEDx CALTECH This will be a…
New Territories and Innovations in Learning Solutions
Happy New Year! May 2011 bring you and your loved ones peace, good health and more wealth. Thank you for all your support in 2010. My 2010 was a year of discovery and innovation. My team had an abundance of…
The story in Inception .. the movie..
The origins of Twitter. “What we can’t explain briefly, is probaby a fuzzy idea.” Wired.com, Dec. 2010 page 98.
How to Embed Learning Goals in Stories
Gist: convert learning goals into stories by allowing the characters to show and tell the desired outcomes. I just read Roger Schank’s article in eLearn Magazine on Learning through Storytelling, Not Documents. A couple of points struck me: People love…
Falling in Love – Social Learning Way
They just confirmed your generous heart. I was reading with amusement an article by Adam Penenberg, July 1, Fast Company about Dr Love – Paul Zak, about social networking and generosity. “In a series of studies spanning nine years, Zak…
No-Lecture Webinars – Extreme, Hyper Interaction
When I ran the Webinar on NO-LECTURE WEBINARS participants moaned due to the speed of interaction, largely hyper keyboard pounding. Many were amazed that a webinar is possible without lecture or at least near zero lecture. My insights, tricks I…
Facilitator-Less social learning is like curing ourselves
Michele Medved and Terrence Wing wrote on “Facilitating Learning with Social Media.” It is interesting reading and sharing of a case study. Thanks. The article triggered some more thinking in a project I am working right now. One of its…