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Moving Toward Second-Generation E-Learning
One of the key problems addressed and solved by e-learning is instructor variability. Avoiding the extremes of creativity and ordinariness, e-learning instructional designers have opted for the solid middle road of competence. In the process of channeling
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Brookhaven National Laboratory: The Power of the Learner-Centric Approach
The staff development office at Brookhaven offers a wide variety of seminars and workshops—some of them mandatory. Currently the office is working hard to find ways in which workforce training can be made more cost-efficient. One approach to the demand for efficiency is to institute pre-work, where participants show up well prepared, allowing for significant…
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Unleashing Organizational Know-How
For many large U.S businesses, the past few years have been lean ones. The recession of 2001 and the jobless recovery that has ensued has seen management focus on cost-cutting and increasing productivity to position their companies for growth in the next
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Engaging the Body
In the world of training and development, there is a lack of focus on the body in the performance equation. Once it’s acknowledged that energy is every company’s most important resource, suddenly the body becomes business-relevant, as all energy driving b
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Kevin Wilde: Providing Food for Thought at General Mills
If you work with kiddie cereals and yogurt for a living, it pays to have a sense of humor and a sweet tooth. If you’re responsible for educating 27,000 employees worldwide, it also pays to have a flexible attitude and a committed plan for training and de
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Vastera: Managing Global Trade Learning
Vastera has implemented ViewCentral’s collaboration management solution (CMS) to help it manage its instructor-led and virtual training for both its customers and its internal workforce. Vastera must train its 600 employees on its software, as well as the intricacies of trade law. In addition, the company reaches more than 1,500 people externally. “Obviously every single…
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Learning Utilization: Avoiding the ‘Cricket’ Risk
One of the funniest put-down lines of my daughter’s generation (she’s 15 years old) is the single word, “crickets.” Think of it in the context of telling a joke to your kids, who of course do not think it’s funny: You give the punch line and get nothing i
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The Energy Providers Coalition for Education: A Model Partnership
The industry was bracing for an upcoming “retirement bubble” in its current workforce. Companies were interested in hiring new entry-level employees with higher-level skills. Current employees needed retraining to keep up-to-date with changing technologies. Training and education for existing and new workers was clearly needed, and adding a new online program would allow existing utility…












