Last year I became obsessed with learning all I could about how Australia was settled. My interest in Australian history was inspired by an Australian author David Hunt who wrote Girt. I had gone to the publishing event of his second book True Girt at Black Inc in Hawthorn where the audience asked him questions […]
Work Book Clubs As Social Learning Experiences
I’m putting it out there. I don’t understand people who say that they never read books – or even worse, “never have time to read a book”. They may as well say that they don’t value their own growth and personal development. The easiest way to learn something new and incorporate it into our lives […]
This Week’s Snap Stories of Personal Learning Week of 18 September 2017
Here are this week’s snap stories of personal learning commencing 18 September 2017. Monday 18 September 2017 Today while waiting for a family member to have a day operation in hospital, I decided to work out from the hospital cafe to prevent me driving back and forth from home. On the hospital walls, they had […]
Books, Books and More Books
Ever since I was a young girl, I loved to read. My parents used to say that I carried a book everywhere. This hasn’t changed but rather than carry a book, I carry a library. Having all your books on one device is both a blessing and a nightmare. Confronted with so many choices to read, […]
Book Review: The Online Learning Idea Book by Patti Shank
For my May review, I thought I would look through my bookshelf and decide on a book that was relevant to the work that I am doing today. As my project work ramps up with the company I am contracted to, delivering training to employees in two countries is going to be challenging so it […]
Book Review: Preparing Instructional Objectives: A Critical Tool in the Development of Effective Instruction by Robert Mager
Obviously I am taking my new year resolution to read all my reference books in my well-stocked library at home and write a review on each of them seriously. One of the most critical skills for an instructional developer to have is to write effective instructional objectives. I don’t know about you, but I’ve lost count […]
Book Review: Analyzing Performance Problems or You Really Oughta Wanna, How to Figure Out Why People Aren’t Doing What They Should Be, and What To Do About It by Robert F. Mager and Peter Pipe
Long title I know but if the authors haven’t given you an idea that this book MUST be in your Instructional Design reference library than I don’t know what else I can do to alert you to this fact. Many years ago when I was a young Instructional Designer in the Royal Australian Navy, we […]
Book Review: The New Social Learning by Marcia Conner and Tony Bingham
Training often gives people solutions to problems already solved. Collaboration addresses challenges no one has overcome before. Last week, I overheard a colleague say that she saw a post on Yammer regarding a customer service situation that occured in the company. She communicated this to the Change and Communications team sitting near her and queried […]
Book Review: Link Training to Your Bottom Line was written by Dean Spitzer and Malcolm Conway
The first line of this book announces an impending crisis in the training world that threatens it very survival. It says, “simply stated the crisis is the failure to show that investing in training produces demonstrateable business results. Link Training to Your Bottom Line was written by Dean Spitzer and Malcolm Conway in 2006 […]
Book Review: Social Media for Trainers: Techniques for Enhancing and Extending Learning by Jane Bozarth
Are you a learning and development professional who is hearing more about social media lately and quietly wondering how it will affect your role? Are you an instructional designer who believes that social media is a passing fad and one that cannot be incorporated into training programs for learners? Think again. Jane Bozarth’s new book […]