Tuesday, March 11, 2003|
Clay Shirky:
Social Software and the Politics of Groups
"To get a conversation going around a conference table or campfire, you need to gather everyone in the same place at the same moment. By undoing those restrictions, the interent has ushered in a host of new social patterns, from the mailing list to the chat room to the weblog." [Via Tomalak's Realm] 9:56:40 AM | permalink | Bare your teeth [] |
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ITTraining:
Make it relevant, interesting... and funny
"...the word haha has the Latin root of aha. In other words, when things are true and we find common truths, we often laugh. A great speaker doesn't have to tell funny stories, they just have to connect with common truths that will bring out our humour response" [Via elearningpost] 8:49:10 AM | permalink | Bare your teeth [] |
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Monday, March 10, 2003|
PatD:
Those who know probably don't blog
"I spent about 5 years of my life studying Chinese Mandarin" The odd one does - know, that is. Thus one of my more memorable training moments: a crazy white Anglo talkin' Mandarin trash during a session. The very kind of thing that edges our consciousness along its journey from 1) Everything is, to 2) Everything is what it seems, followed by 3) Some things are not what they seem, and then 4) Nothing is what is seems, and finally 5) Nothing is. 11:13:29 AM | permalink | Bare your teeth [] |
Sop sop soyaaa! Or something like that...
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Tuesday, March 4, 2003|
MrG: (Smart) Mobs on the Job
"The value of a community portal is in building the infrastructure networks crucial to effective online collaboration" 12:28:00 PM | permalink | Bare your teeth [] |
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Sunday, March 2, 2003|
MrG: Obstacles to Business Journaling
"In the personal blog space, we all have equal power, but in the business space, we do not. In the wilderness of the blog, I can criticize Cory or Doc, they could criticize me (if they knew I existed ;) and it's all taken with a grain of good fun and fair play, even where the warbloggers get bitter and vicious. No one has any control over anyone else, we all speak from a relatively safe distance... In a business, this is not the case. A manager can have you fired for comments even, as Dive Into Mark notes (I think it was Mark), the simple admission that once-upon-a-time you had a problem." I complete agree, Gary. If freedom of speech belongs to those who own the presses, then the majority of those in a corporate context emphatically do not own the presses. No amount of yummy RSS sauce or refried blog tools are going to change that fundamental fact. There's a Japanese saying to the effect that "the nail that sticks up gets hammered down". Substitute blog for nail and you get the idea. Over time, all organizations develop a cultural immune system that seeks, first and foremost, to protect the status quo. This immune system doesn't take kindly to viruses of any kind, whether or not they might ultimately be beneficial. 10:34:39 AM | permalink | Bare your teeth [] |
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Wednesday, February 26, 2003|
E-Learning Post:
Beyond cardsorting: Free-listing methods to explore user categorizations
"Free-listing is a semi-structured method. It can be conducted as part of an interview, or as a written exercise (and can be done online as well). Simply ask the respondent, 'Name all the x's you know.' Give them sufficient time to do so. If they stop after very few items, encourage them by saying, 'Can you think of any more?'" 10:03:23 AM | permalink | Bare your teeth [] |
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Monday, February 10, 2003|
Lean-In Technology, Safety Nets and Psychology "The best of the best online environments use a "lean-in" learning environment. Lean-in refers to an environment that insists the student interact with the course materials, usually by using the mouse to click on graphics, text, and objects to more fully engage the learner."
[Via Serious Instructional Technology] 9:29:15 PM | permalink | Bare your teeth [] |
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Friday, November 22, 2002|
The Heydad test of objective writing
"If, however, the trowel-trade academy wants to use simulation to teach NON-masons how to clean equipment, I think they risk failing the Heydad test. Usually this applies to objectives, but I'm sure most on the list can extend it to modes of training delivery. "Unfamiliar with the test? It's very easy. Just take your training objective, and stick in front of it the words: "Hey, Dad, watch me while I..." If the total statement doesn't make sense ('Hey, dad, watch me while I understand principles of brick-cleaning'), there's a reason." [Via Serious Instructional Technology ] Brilliant! You'd be surprised how much time it takes to explain the nature of a good objective to someone who has no experience in this area. This will help. 10:19:41 AM | permalink | Bare your teeth [] |
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