Cool New Classroom PowerPoint Games

Jan 11, 2012 No Comments by

Are you tired of the same dull classroom training experiences? Why not start the New Year with a resolution to liven up your classroom training content? The Brothers have been hard at work designing some new PowerPoint Classroom Games that are a perfect way to add some energy and excitement to your classroom training courses. We [...]

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Course Tests Do We Even Need Them?

Jan 04, 2010 1 Comment by

“We test because we have to test.” (Comment by Gary Wise on one of my LinkedIn discussions, “What Should a Passing Score Be?”.) That got me thinking about why I’ve put tests in some of my courses and what functions they serve. Below are some questions that ran through my head. I’ve also put down [...]

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Training Prison! (Can we free them?)

Dec 22, 2009 No Comments by

The other morning I was sitting in the office and got a text message from a friend. Basically it said, “I’m in class right now…dieing of boredom.” (This was at about 8:45am) Another text later said, “It’s a tax class. Even worse there is someone from the IRS speaking.” This was mandatory training and he [...]

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Is Classroom Training More Credible than Online Training?

Dec 09, 2009 7 Comments

Recently at a round-table discussion about eLearning in the Commercial Lending industry an interesting point surfaced periodically: “Why is classroom training perceived as being more credible than online training?” I think that this varies a bit by industry (and commercial banking is not known to be pioneers in the latest technology) but many people believe [...]

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