Category: reflections

  • The Amazing History Of The To-Do List–And How To Make One That Actually Works

    See on Scoop.it – Workplace Performance Put down that pen and paper and read this first. Bonus: the real to-do lists of Ben Franklin and Johnny Cash. Kristina Schneider‘s insight: Great piece on why you should be making lists, and how to make them more efficiently. See on www.fastcompany.com

  • The Amazing History Of The To-Do List–And How To Make One That Actually Works

    See on Scoop.it – Curating Umberto Eco said, “The list is the origin of culture. Wherever you look in cultural history, you will find lists.” Kristina Schneider‘s insight: Great piece on why you should be making lists, and how to make them more efficiently.  See on www.fastcompany.com

  • Content Creation in an Age of Excess

    See on Scoop.it – Curating Small businesses take note: It’s no longer about your products and services. It’s about giving your customers what they want and need–and not old-fashioned marketing. Kristina Schneider‘s insight: Trust is built with a client when they are confident of your expertise. For consultants, a great deal of the work is…

  • From News as Reporting To News as a Gateway To Learn In Depth About a Topic

    See on Scoop.it – Curating Kristina Schneider‘s insight: "Rather than (always, only) writing stories, we should be trying to solve the problem of comprehensively informing the user on a particular topic." Yes!  See on jonathanstray.com

  • Learning with ‘e’s: Get it together

    See on Scoop.it – Curating Kristina Schneider‘s insight: Great piece on Content Curation See on steve-wheeler.blogspot.ca

  • One Thing Employees Need (But Rarely Get)

    See on Scoop.it – Workplace Performance If you want to be considered a great employer–and you certainly should–providing your employees with higher pay, better benefits, extensive training, and greater opportunities are definite factors. The problem is you might not have the resources to do all that. That’s okay. You can still be a great employer,…

  • I Know What Learners Need

    Last Saturday, I was talking with a past colleague and good friend Virginie, an instructional designer working in the field for 10 years now. We talked about some of the struggles we go through in this profession. We tried to pin point what was the one character quality that all instructional designers should have. We both agreed…

  • A Reflection on Eight Years of Moodling

    I’ve been more engaged in corporate e-learning as of late and away from the academic side of e-Learning. But recently I have been exploring options for blended learning activities, more specifically a hybrid mix of instructor-led online programs. It got me going back to one of my previous areas of expertise: Moodle. I logged into…

  • 2011 Resolution Reality Check

    As I gleaned my Google Reader for interesting things to report to the Workplace Learning Today readers, I noticed a few predictable patterns in early January posts. I found could classify about 50% of the blog posts I surveyed into 3 categories: the past year in review, predictions for the new year and of course,…

  • Rules and Incentives are not a Substitute for Practical Wisdom

    In a recently posted Talk on Ted, Barry Schwartz shares his reflections and finding on the power of virtue, or what Aristotle called practical wisdom, and how it is the key element required for real change and the betterment of our society. Through poignant examples, he demonstrates how in today’s society, the change agents must…