It seems that everyone in the 1400s believed the earth was flat. That’s why Columbus had such a hard time raising money and sailors to attempt a circumnavigation of the globe. Was it religion, general ignorance of science, an inclination to follow the crowd? What was it then… and what is it now that makes [...]
I’m talking about performance based equipment training objectives. I’ve actually written a ten page white paper on this.
A lot of people find PBET objectives tedious, so the last thing they want to hear is any suggestion that they create even more objectives. So why am I even writing about it?
Because it can help solve a [...]
The PBET Website -or Solid Performance Solutions site- has been updated. All of the old material is still available but I think you can find things faster, most of it loads faster, and new material has been added.
If you had bookmarked any pages in the past, they might not work now as I have [...]
The training and learning Twitterverse is skewed toward social learning advocates. Those who believe in following human performance theory and process are generally [...]
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Learning Objects: What are they? How do I use them?
Date: This Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:00 a.m. PDT
Presenter: Terry Bartelt, Instructor, Fox Valley Technical College
Length: 90 minutes
Description: Terry Bartelt of Fox Valley Technical College will answer the question, “What are [...]
Several years ago, the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) -a group I truly respect and enjoy - came up with a plan to certify practitioners of performance improvement. After much planning the organization implemented a qualification process that led to the credential of Certified Performance Technologist. The explanation on the ISPI web site states:
For [...]
There are a variety of ways to look at personality traits. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) is probably the best known. It uses four scales that yield, when scored and combined, 16 different personality types. The four scales focus on:
Where you focus your attention: the outer world of people and things (extroversion) or the inner [...]
In the PBET Workshops and in conference presentations, I have always presented training as one of many solutions for improving (or changing) human performance. Yes, training is my specialty area as it is for many of my readers at this blog, but it is never an end in itself. It is (or should be) part [...]
This was too good to ignore… I had to pass this on. Now, what to file it under? “Recession-proofing”? Or “Training Design”?
I have to thank Cathy Moore at her blog, Making Change for calling this to my attention.
You would get a LOT more out of this video by clicking the YouTube full screen button; otherwise, [...]