Overcoming Death By PowerPoint (CLO Media)

If you haven't heard of Death By Powerpoint, you probably shouldn't be doing any type of Instructional Design using Powerpoint!!

http://bit.ly/2cn3D

Chief Learning Officer - August 2008

Chief Learning Officer - August 2008
The August 2008 online edition of CLO.

Chief Learning Officer Executive Briefings eNewsletter

Survery Reveals Job Happiness Related to 5 Effectiveness Skills:
Chief Learning Officer magazine's website has a brief article about referencing MindTools.com's whitepapers. The article is worth reading and the whitepaper has some interesting information.

The ROI of Reusable Content
Good point from CLO: reusable XML content. I better learn some more about XML content and the tools to work with for mastering it. I read a blog here that started me thinking about the possibilities.

CLO Magazine: Transform Corporate Learning With a User Network

Chief Learning Officer has an article about corporate learning and user networks. Its really nothing new or revolutionary for those who have been following this stuff for years. Magazines have to put something in their pipeline, even if its mostly "fluff". However, I'm sure someone will read this article and learn something new; perhaps someone who is new to the field of Education or corporate training, etc. It's not a bad article at all; just not teaching us anything new.

The one thing that stood out to me was the example of "Dan" going from poor student to community college professor with a Master's degree. I think the example doesn't illustrate Gardner's multiple intelligences as much as it illustrates Madeline Hunter's instructional model: anticipatory set.