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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Incredible! Only one person commented for my contest, “Guess my favorite performance and training guru.” (Thanks Mike!) Well, Gloria Gery certainly contributed a lot to my thinking over the years, no question. But the third person on my list, after Bob Mager and Ruth Clark, was Carl Binder. Binder has written a number of articles on performance [...] cc by sierraromeo (sarah-ji) on Flickr A chunk of certified PBET instructors are no longer at Asyst Technologies; the company declared bankruptcy in April. On June 10 it was Aviza Technology, also based in hard-hit California, that declared bankruptcy. In May, Axcelis Technologies, a company at which I used to work, sidelined about 235 workers, or [...] Since I have elsewhere written about the lack of focus on “equipment training” at professional training conferences, it is only right to remind people about the annual HI-TEC (formerly SAME-TEC) conference coming up in July in Phoenix. This conference has partial roots in task force activities at TPIC beginning in 1994. Today, HI-TEC (High Impact [...] “Follow the money,” goes the famous line in All the President’s Men. Many companies in the United States have received federal/state funding for training programs they needed to accomplish their business goals. How can your company learn more? Follow the money. This is also, then, good advice for Training Managers looking to find some recession-days [...] Some Found Articles Here’s what training departments are doing to face up to the challenge of the recession. Please keep in mind that the trends noted are for all kinds of training departments, but I assume primarily HR groups that focus on soft skills. Nevertheless, there are lessons here. …And My Reactions to Them Certainly this is a primary goal of hands-on practice. But what is competence? Performance-based training defines competence as meeting the requirements of the performance objective. But for competence to result from practice, at least three things must be true: The conditions of the practice must realistically reflect the [...] Call it the worst semiconductor cycle yet or simply “The Recession,” the fact is - many are looking for work. Still, most of my friends and colleagues are still working in performance improvement related jobs at high tech companies - equipment trainers, eLearning developers, technical writers, and so on. We can help each other out. One interesting model where employed [...] The use of job aids can be a substitute for training or a supplement to training; that is, they can often replace the need for training or they can make training easier and faster. It all depends on the original analysis, but the use of job aids can save money. Job aids include equipment manuals, color-coding [...] |
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