by Julie Dirksen
So a small-ish study came out a little while ago that said that texting while driving was very, very dangerous. Shocking. But apparently a real occurence in the world. So, what needs to happen to change that behavior? I would guess that there are a couple of attitudes at play: I know it’s a bad … Read more
I really like this idea of using email as a tool for orienting new employees: http://blog.mindleaders.com/mindleaders_weblog/2009/07/maximize-the-power-of-email-in-your-learning-program.html When I was doing e-Learning consulting, new hire orientation projects always made me nuts. Basically, there were no behavioral objectives, and it was always tempting to firehose the information. Just like you aren’t going to remember the names … Read more
Okay — I really, really, really like Sciencedaily.com. It populates my google reader with all sorts of nifty brain related research, keeps me up to date on interesting new stuff, and provides nice, tidy references to the articles, which I have many time searched as an extended index to my own memory (“I know there … Read more
Maybe you are a subject matter expert teaching something to a bunch of newbies, or maybe you are an instructional designer working with a subject matter expert. Either way, it’s important to consider the mental models your learners have for the subject. What do your learners already know, and how have they organized that information … Read more