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…
BP Gulf Oil Spills – a case of “be a manager, go to jail”
The news suggest that there has been early signs of the oil spill disaster. Oil rig contractors have detected earlier problems but failed to take the needed steps to avert the catastrophe. Many years ago in my one of my…
Informal Learning Hits Brick Walls
Informal Learning Hits Brick Walls There is more than one way to implement informal learning. The approach differs depending on the nature of the organization. Organizations have plenty of formal structures – brick walls or command and control environments. It…
Lessons from Ning and free Web 2.0 services – eLearning R&D engines
There has been abundance in Web 2.0 tools including social networking for example Ning.com. Unfortunately, Ning has decided to close down its free service and requires account holders to move to paid subscription. Ning’s decision shows the volatility of funding…
It’s Time for Elegance in eLearning – Like Jimmy Choo’s Shoes
Is the concept of elegance and fashion as known in the fashion industry more relevant today in elearning and training design and systems? A previous client, Neiman Marcus, reminds me of hyper change. Design in aesthetics, beauty, touch and feel…