Periodically, The Training Doctor releases case studies used in our Teaching Thinking Curriculum. Since we want everyone to improve their thinking skills - not just those who are enabled to do so through their employer-sponsored training - we offer these case studies for use in your...
In the last few decades (since the 1990's) the timbre of training has taken a distinct turn away from thinking skills (such as Why? and What if?) and toward how-to skills. This has been precipitated by the rampant growth of eLearning, which is essentially self...
Kassy Laborie, Director, Virtual Training Services, Dale Carnegie What motivated you to write this book? I have over 15 years of experience converting activities into the live online environment. I get new ideas all the time, every time I deliver an event. I didn't want to lose...
In honor of our 25th Anniversary, The Training Doctor is offering a $2500.00 scholarship to a working professional who is getting an advanced degree in workplace Training or OD. Please see our Philanthropy page for the application and qualification requirements. Deadline: July 1, 2016 Scholarship awarded: July 16,...
More than half of Americans (52%) prefer working individually. Despite the trend toward more collaborative work teams, only a third (33%) of those surveyed voluntarily want to work that way. One-tenth (9%) prefer to work one-on-one with a supervisor or boss. Younger Americans believe that they will spend...
If you'd like to view some of the concurrent sessions from the recent DevLearn Conference (October 2015) you can view them here, thanks to eLearning Guild. ...
At the World-Changing Ideas summit in 2014, Google's vice president, Alfred Spector, pointed to research showing that even average students can reach the top 2 percent of their class if they have a personal tutor to adjust lessons to individual learning needs. Source: Chief Learning Officer...
One of Malcolm Knowles basic premises is that adults learn best through experiential techniques. In other words, hands-on, active engagement in the learning process produces better results. Sometimes this is not an easy thing to achieve; so much of today's work is knowledge-based- how does one teach...
Have you checked out the Flipped Classroom concept that Training Magazine is promoting for their upcoming Online Learning Conference (Oct 6 - 8)? Check it out - it has some great resources that you can check out even without being a registered participant for the...