Blended Learning: The best of both worlds
As I talk with colleagues and clients in organizations large and small, our conversations inevitably turn to how people will work after the pandemic. Many are planning a hybrid approach, and it seems remote work and learning will be a lingering effect of the world...
Sourcing training: What to create in-house and what to outsource
I started sewing when I was about 10 years old. In high school, I learned how to read a pattern, and my mom started buying me any fabric to make myself clothing. There was a great store in Kitchener, Duthler's Textiles, and I must have gone there every week. Looking...
A Learning Strategy, now?
We had ‘Grandma Laura’ over for an outside BBQ this week. We had been waiting for the weather to warm up enough so that we could spend the entire time outside and be as safe as possible. We had a campfire after dinner, and I sat there marvelling at what joy having a...
Supporting Remote Employees
Every year I create a photo book for my family. I find digital photos stay digital, and we never see them, so a photobook gives us a way to remember the year. It is great fun pulling out the books from when the kids were babies! I finished the 2020 photobook on the...
What is curriculum design?
And how is it different than designing an individual course? My family put together two puzzles over the holidays. The first was a village in France and made me nostalgic about our family trip in 2017. The other puzzle was rows and rows of kittens. I noticed my son...
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL COMPLETING THIS ELEARNING?
My husband and I were talking one morning after the kids were off to school. He was telling me about this elearning course he wanted to finish that afternoon. By the time he was finished, I thought, "That’s the topic for my next newsletter!” First, let me say that my...
Combatting the Forgetting Curve
You’ve probably heard the adage that we have memories like a goldfish. Of course, this has been debunked, but the myth persists. I wonder if part of the persistence of the myth is grounded in the forgetting curve. In 1885 Hermann Ebbinghaus studied memory and found...
How do adult learning principles inform good instructional design?
Like many of us, my Saturdays growing up included a trip to the pool for swimming lessons. On one occasion, I remember being old enough to venture into the deep end. I was hugging the pool edge and looked back to the shallow end where my mother was learning to swim....
What makes a good online course? Part 3 of 3
Three components for online training: Technology, Design and Facilitation In July, I facilitated my program, Redesigning in-person for Online: Process, templates and Support. As part of the design, I created this model to summarize the components I believe are...
How do I redesign a small group activity for online?
You have a small group activity as part of your in-person program. Participants get into groups and discuss a topic and flip chart their answers. You ask each group to report back to the larger group and lead a discussion to identify themes and learnings. How do you...