About me

I'm a geek working as a distance learning specialist for a large corporation.

My Pandora "radio station" profile
This is my favorite way to listen to music now.

My Yahoo "radio station"
(Unfortunately, only works in IE.)

Caddickisms Store

Calendar

January 2006
S M T W T F S
« Dec   Feb »
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  

Recent Comments

  • Lee Sargent: The new look and feel is reall...
  • Dan: It's tough stuff. And I certa...
  • Stacy: My two year old just smeared D...
  • Kasey: THIS IS WHAT WORKS!! After usi...
  • Jeff: This is likely the truth. Unfo...
  • Arjan: sounds like you need to plan f...
  • Jeff: I'm sure your commentary will ...

Topics

Posts by month

  • An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

America’s schools ineffective? Challenges for corporate learning

Parkin’s Lot: Stupid in America

Godfrey Parkin takes the notion (supported by a study) that America’s public schools, on average, produce substandard education, and applies it to corporate environments.

As he says, the condemnation of America’s school system is nothing new. I’ve heard it all my life. In fact, my friends even joke about understanding things “despite our . . . → Read More: America’s schools ineffective? Challenges for corporate learning

Training Mistakes

Learning2005 learningwiki.com – Mistakes
Elliot Masie’s Learning Wiki has a page for common mistakes trainers/instructional designers make, as reported by subscribers to his newsletter. He received over 700 responses — the wiki page is just an ‘executive summary’.

Some of the quotes, I can relate to completely. The ones that ring my gong the loudest are quoted . . . → Read More: Training Mistakes