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Flipped Classroom – A Student Perspective

My son is in a graduate program in Medical Physics at the University of Toronto. I sent him this recent article from the Atlantic on the concept of the flipped classroom (in higher education). The Post-Lecture Classroom: How Will Students Fare? He sent a thoughtful email response which was interesting from a student perspective (in...

September 16, 2013ByTom GramInBlog, e learning, Instructional design, Learning Design, measurement and evlauation3 comments

New Paths to Learning at Work

I did a three part interview series recently with HRM Online introducing emerging approaches to learning. You can probably guess what they are: Informal Learning Social Learning Mobile Learning Virtual Learning Gaming and Simulation Performance Support Part one introduces the new paths to learning at work. I’ll post each part in the series here as they...

April 23, 2013ByTom GramInBlog, e learning, informal learning, Performance Design, social media3 comments

Terms of Engagement

The language of employee engagement is growing in HR and training circles. Engagement is being used both as an explicit goal and measure of successful interventions. But what is the relationship between engagement and performance? Can we assume that more engaged employees perform better? Taking it further, can we assume that engagement causes improved performance?...

April 10, 2013ByTom GramInBlog, informal learning, performance consulting, Performance Design2 comments

Learning Failure in 7 Easy Steps

We all make mistakes. We know better, but we follow old ways or accept cultural practices that don’t work. There are patterns that produce successful projects and those that lead to failure (see the project death march). I did a recent presentation on the classic mistakes we make in the planning, design and implementation of...

April 8, 2013ByTom GramInBlog, Instructional design, Learning Design, performance consulting, Performance Design3 comments

Epic Learning Fail

If you’ve been in the learning business for a while you’ve likely seen a few examples where learning initiatives have simply missed the mark. They didn’t produce the anticipated return on investment. Planned performance improvement did not materialize. Learners didn’t develop the skills targeted by the program. Or if they did they certainly aren’t being...

October 1, 2012ByTom GramInBlog, Foundations, Learning Design, measurement and evlauation, performance consulting4 comments

Four Learning Traps to Avoid

The Learning End GameTrap Perhaps you’ve re-committed to improve learning as the mission of your department (or next big initiative, or…). It’s well meaning but can be self defeating (or worse, self-fulfilling). The term leaves the impression that learning is the end game, your raison d’être. The real end game is performance; individual and organizational,...

February 1, 2012ByTom GramInBlog, Learning Design, learning evaluation, measurement and evlauation, performance consulting, Performance Design7 comments

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