A comprehensive story told through multiple reinforcing channels creates greater engagement.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/08/Webex-Transmedia-Storytelling-for-the-Netflix-Age
All evaluations must provide more than just evidence of contribution. They must provide proof of a program’s connection to improvement in business measures.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/08/Editors-Note-Showing-Results
New ASTD/i4cp report reveals mobile learning trends and strategies.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/08/Growth-in-Mobile-Learning
By combining elements of text messaging and social networking, these apps provide a quick-fire way for smartphone users to trade everything from brief texts to YouTube clips.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/08/Intelligence-Messaging-May-Be-the-Next-Killer-App
In the Brilliant Blog, Paul explores the latest findings on the process of learning. Her entries frequently dissect the quality of intelligence, as well as current methods of learning and accessing information.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2013/08/Intelligence-Annie-Murphy-Pauls-the-Brilliant-Blog
Survey design is a balance between art and science. Knowing the types of error that affect the quality of a survey and the subsequent results is an important first step in addressing the science side of the scale.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/L-and-D-Blog/2013/07/Correcting-Four-Types-of-Error-in-Survey-Design
I hope everyone in the Northern Hemisphere is managing not to melt in this weather. These temperatures tend to make us want to move at a snail’s pace to avoid overheating. And although things do typically slow down during the Summer months, we are just as busy as ever, and I have a few pretty big updates to share. First, if you click the image to the left, you can watch one of the first of several videos ASTD is producing for the Communities of Practice. In this one, I chat with my colleague Kristen Fyfe and share some news about upcoming publications, and also give an overview of the L&D Community. The video was fun to shoot, and the publications projects, which I preview below, are truly exciting. But first, our top stories:
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/L-and-D-Blog/2013/07/July-2013-Letter-to-the-Community
For ASTD’s insightful 2013 research report on virtual leadership, Virtual Leadership: Going the Distance to Manage Your Teams, ASTD Research Analyst Christina Mandzuk interviewed Bart Tkaczyk, president and CEO of Energizers.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/L-and-D-Blog/2013/07/A-Conversation-on-Virtual-Learning-Leadership-Development
More than a thousand law professors are pushing the group that accredits the nation’s law schools to set stricter requirements for students to get hands-on training before graduating.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/07/Group-Pushes-for-Practical-Training-for-Law-Students
I’ve taught the ASTD E-Learning Instructional Design Certificate Program for a number of years now. One of the greatest takeaways for the participants, I have found, is how empowering it can be to realize the significant impact each of us can have as designers when we take on the central instructional design challenge: Create an environment and an experience in which the learner will gain some knowledge or skill more effectively and efficiently than he or she could without the instruction.
http://www.astd.org/Publications/Blogs/ASTD-Blog/2013/07/Putting-the-Design-Into-Instructional-Design