Does Your Team Say Your Mandatory Workshops Are Unbearable? May 27, 2016 by Jeff Hurt Mandatory training triggers groans in most people. They even trigger groans in the presenters. They are usually long, tedious and unforgivably mind-numbing as well as butt-numbing. Most of us despise them. Here are some suggestions on how to make mandatory workshops more bearable. Find more education infographics on e-Learning Infographics How do you make mandatory … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , blended learning, mandatory training
Understanding New Trends In Educational Technology [Infographic] August 3, 2012 by Jeff Hurt Trying to keep up with all of the new buzzwords in the booming educational technology sector can leave you feeling like a kindergartener in a calculus class. Here’s a cheat sheet infographic created by Boundless that can help. How many of these education trends is your organization implementing? Which of these trends is your … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , blended learning, digital education, informal learning, learning trends, online education, social learning, trends
The Conference Session Is Dead March 25, 2010 by Jeff Hurt The conference session is not the appropriate shell for most learning experiences. The sixty- or ninety-minute presentation was created for the convenience of the institution, not the learner. The conference session is a triumph of standardization and it is so ingrained in our thinking we still buy and sell seat time rather than performance improvement. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Conference Education Tagged With: , association, blended learning, conference session, conferences, content, Education & Adult Learning, formal learning, informal learning, learning, Unconference
