Great quote from Donald van Deventer, on the topic of risk management: “In risk management, the people who need expert help the most are least likely to ask for it.” - Donald van Deventer (courtesy of the Riskviews blog) The statement that “those that need expert help are the least likely to ask for it” [...]
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First you DO it and then — and only then – will you know HOW to do it. .. and — perhaps more importantly — you will know that you CAN do it. (Instructional Designer’s version: Replace the word “you” above with the word “they.”) Today I ran a session where people had to stand up and perform an [...]
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This semester in the UMass M.Ed Instructional Design program I’m taking a course on selecting and evaluating instructional materials. I was thrilled when the instructor of this course kicked things off with a bit of Marshall McLuhan. Ah, that Old Time McLuhan Religion… it brought back memories of sultry summer nights driving through downtown Montreal, listening to Dromotexte on CKUT [...]
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