Bonni Stachowiak // Posts published by Bonni Stachowiak
Top Ten Tools for Learning Professionals (revised for 2011)
Jane Hart from the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies is once again crowd-sourcing a list of valuable technology tools for learning professionals. One of the highlights of her many resources is the annual list she publishes of the Top 100 Tools for Learning. I’ve been participating the past couple of years and have revised the list to include the landscape ...
3 Steps to Creating Effective Learning Objectives
Learning objectives are a crucial part of developing training courses and to ongoing course improvement. They steer the direction of a training program or individual course and help in the development of an evaluation program. What is Important to Learn? Learning objectives help us to ask, ‘What is most important for participants to learn in ...
Sticking to it in a New Year
It is the time of the year when the Jazzercize classes are packed and there’s a line for the treadmills. Many of us yearn for new beginnings and a new year gives us an opportunity to consider what changes we want to make in our lives. As is the case most years, I suspect there ...
Five Design Tips for Non-Designers
Many people look at beautifully designed pieces and think to themselves, “I could never do that.” In fact, any of us can become adept at design, with some practice, exercising our creative minds, and looking at good examples. Five design tips for non-designers Hang on to examples of good design. If you find a website ...
Think You’re Multi-tasking? Think again
I used to take such pride in my great ability to multitask. It turns out that what I was doing wasn’t really doing two things at once, but rather slowing myself down by quickly switching back and forth between two things. NPR quotes neuroscientist Earl Miller as he reminds us, “People can’t multitask very well, ...
Top Ten Tools for Learning Professionals
People often ask me how I am able to keep up with all of the latest technological developments, sites, and gadgets. It is mostly through what is often referred to as a PLN (personal learning network), made possible through RSS feeds, Twitter, and through leaders like Jane Hart from the Centre for Learning and Performance ...
eLearning Toolkit
Is your organization behind the times when it comes to incorporating eLearning as a learning mode? While online learning is not always the answer to an organization’s learning challenge, there are certainly plenty of times when it makes perfect sense. Learning Management System (LMS) – in order to track the learning in your organization, you’re ...
Get More (of the right things) Done
I was remembering the other day about my first couple of years working professionally. It was in the early ’90s. Email was just being introduced into the workplace. I received around ten emails a day, only about half of them requiring an answer. Most of the time, if a co-worker had a question, they would ...
Making Authentic Connections
A friend of mine recently moved to another state and has been courageous in already signing up for some HR-specific networking events. She asked for my advice and the first thing I reminded her was that most people are uncomfortable networking and that she is not alone. I do not perceive myself as an expert, ...
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