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Jan
24
2012

  • When simulations create learning that is applied on the job immediately, they quickly promote behavioral change.
  • But a true simulation has a specific goal in mind — to mimic or simulate a real system so learners can explore it, perform experiments on it and understand it before implementing it in the real world.
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Mar
1
2011

  • Der dänische Familientherapeut Jesper Juul rät Eltern zu mehr Gelassenheit in der Erziehung und zu einem Umgang auf Augenhöhe.
  • Es braucht Beziehung, es will am Leben seiner Eltern teilhaben. Besonders wenn Kinder im Kindergarten oder der Krippe sind, brauchen sie dringend Zeit mit Erwachsenen, die ein Erwachsenenleben leben.
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  • Soon, elearning job descriptions will not even mention instructional design or ADDIE, as they almost always do now. I know managers include those references in job descriptions now simply because the last document did. Instead, when looking to hire, I think managers are going to care more about these job skills, my top skills for elearning in 2011.
Feb
7
2011

"GIVEN the widespread adoption of smartphones, text messaging, video calling and social media, today’s professionals mean it when they brag about staying connected to work 24/7. "

work-life-balance article nytimes

  • Now add the effects of the recent recession. Because jobs and promotion opportunities are scarce, many workers are worried that someone who is more connected and available could outclimb them on the corporate ladder, says Peggy Klaus, an executive coach in Berkeley, Calif.
  • TO a large degree, how workers incorporate devices into their daily routines depends on the individual. Some people insist on keeping work and life concerns separate, while others integrate components of both and manage them together.
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Feb
4
2011

  • As time progressed and technologies evolved, the role of the instructional designer as we understood it several years back, underwent a paradigm shift.
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  • Instructional Design: On the road to learning: The New Age Instructional Designer
Oct
19
2010

  • “It’s become a demand. Not necessarily a demand of the customer, but a demand of  my head,” he said. “I told my girlfriend that I’m more tired since I got this  thing.”
  • She wakes up and peeks at her iPhone before she gets out of bed. At her job in  advertising, she spends all day in front of her laptop.
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  • The technology makes the tiniest windows of time entertaining, and potentially  productive. But scientists point to an unanticipated side effect: when people  keep their brains busy with digital input, they are forfeiting downtime that  could allow them to better learn and remember information, or come up with new  ideas.
  • At the University  of Michigan, a study found that people learned significantly better after a  walk in nature than after a walk in a dense urban environment, suggesting that  processing a barrage of information leaves people fatigued.
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