Here's a link to a thought provoking article on ROI:
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It quotes Robert Brinkerhoff who has written extensively on the impact of training from the HRD perspective....
You may recall the impact of the training event figures? Only 7% of impact / transfer of learning occurs as a result of the training (classroom) session!

Here's a link to another useful piece of work on planning & evaluation from Brinkerhoff:
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I will be attending a conference at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense 20 - 23 September, 2006.
If you want to follow my exploits - follow my main blog: [Click to view link]
or my Flickr photos
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ABB

Focus on Technology

How are you managing technology?

I am answering this question nearly 2 months after it was asked and my thoughts have changed since then. The software applications are making more sense to me now.
E-portfolio, UTS-Online, Wiki…WOW. Managing what the three software programs are needed for was confusing enough. Reading and blogging new topics or adding a new thread...HOW

My manager is allowing sufficient time for UTS Online

For those who are new to most of the software: how are you feeling about this right now?

If I was to answer this question in June I would have answered HELP!!! I am (I hope) catching up with blogging and adding new threads.

As I am in two locations Parramatta & the City office my e-portfolio only displays my blogs at the Parramatta Office so when I am in the city I have been jotting down my responses, to then blog them down back at Parramatta.

For those who attended the LTUG webinar on e-Learning Pathways for Professionals presented by Jean Clendinning - can find the documents referred to in the webinar in my Files section - in the e-Learning Professionals folder!

Here's an article from Chief Learning Officer - New Communication Strategies Offer Old World Results
It may be of interest as we work through our plans for integrating e-Learning into the business!
Here's an excerpt:
"Communication for the modern business is like air for the human body, and learning organizations inside today’s modern businesses have to contend with a variety of challenges. These include communicating across global business lines, evaluating the best delivery methods and creating influential learning activities that meet identified business strategies as well as personal and professional career development objectives for key talent in the workforce. No matter which task CLOs set for themselves and their direct reports, there will be some element of communication required, and the more effective the communication, the higher the potential for learning success.

Dianna Booher, president and CEO, Booher Consultants Inc., has done research on the ins and outs of business communication and has established 10 Cs of communication or strategies to communicate more effectively and purposefully. If you’re having problems, ask yourself if communication in your learning organization is: correct? complete? current? clear? purposefully un-clear? credible? concerned? competent? circular? If not, your work might be harder than it needs to be, and a communication overhaul might be in order."

Not really rocket science - and not really anything new...but there's a couple of clear messages about how you article your plans.
To read the entire article, click on the hyperlink above!

I'm currently attending a 2 day Education Faculty research conference....
There's been some interesting debate drifting around the corridors - what makes good educational research?
hmmmm - research that adds value to the practice of education?
Research that expands the body of knowledge about how people learn?

The afternoon workshop on "Supervision - from both sides" - facilitated by Clive Chappell and Dave Boud - was very thought provoking about the role of the supervisor in research contexts - and the responsbility of the students/candidates...more on that later!

"It's what we think we know that keeps us from learning"
Claude Bernard

The Orientation sessions for the start of the Diploma of e-Learning kicked off today - watch out for a new bunch of e-Portfolios emerging over the next week or so!

Next week is the return of semester and start of the new academic year - that means lots of activities and exciting things happening!

See you online! :-)

All the 1st year students should now have completed the set-up of their e-Portfolios. It might be the end of a subject and end of a semester, but it's just the start of the e-Portfolio development.

Over the semester break this ELGG installation will be upgraded - so if you notice the layout/look alters slightly - we've just done an upgrade - that means more goodies!

In the meantime - enjoy working in this space - see you next semester!

Welcome to all those students who are currently setting up their e-Portfolios!
I'm hoping this experience will be a valuable, ongoing adventure through your learning experiences....

See you online!
ABB :-)

Welcome to this Elgg installation.