I’ve been reading many articles and blog posts that have an urgency about them regarding the impending death of Learning and Development function in corporate organisations. Admittedly when I read these, my heart races a little faster. I have this anxiety to catch up with the latest theories and tools in the field so that […]
The Face-to-Face Course Has Renewed Hope But In Disguise
Or does it? Last week I attended a facilitator-led workshop. It was one of the worst training experiences I’ve had in a long time. I also didn’t like how my post was overly critical of the workshop. I realise that there are many vendors in the market who are experts in their content and who […]
My Experience of a Face-to-Face Course After So Many Years – The Hope has Faded
Today I attended my “first ever in years”, face-to-face workshop with an actual external facilitator! I thought it was worthy to tweet first thing this morning while sipping my coffee… Things like this don’t come up often in Learning and Development but in the words of a colleague in the training room today, “I’ll take […]
What is the Instructional Designer Breed?
This question was posed to me last night by someone I had met at a social group. She was a recruiter and was responsible for sourcing instructional designers for a company and this was the first time she had been exposed to the “instructional designer”. What amused me about this question was its difficulty in […]