By Dr. Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. Creating an eLearning Tutorial on a Budget Creating an eLearning tutorial on a budget can be easily accomplished by using Microsoft PowerPoint - software you probably already own. You can make the eLearning tutorial quite interactive by inserting hyperlinks, trigger effects, audio, and video. I've broken down the process of creating an eLearning tutorial using … [Read more...]
David Kolb’s Learning Styles Model and Experiential Learning Theory
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. David Kolb’s learning styles model, which was published in 1984, can be associated with such terms as Kolb's experiential learning theory (ELT), experiential education (EE), and Kolb's learning styles inventory (LSI). Kolb includes this 'cycle of learning' as a central principle in his experiential learning theory, typically expressed as a four-stage cycle of learning, … [Read more...]
Adult Learning Style Preferences
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. What Is Learning Style? Learning Style is a composite of the cognitive, affective, and physiological factors that serve as relatively stable indicators of how a learner perceives, interacts with, and responds to the learning environment. Learning Style Preferences Learning Style Preferences are preferred methods of learning for an individual. Most adult learners … [Read more...]
Managing Organizational Change
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. Our only security is our ability to change – John Lilly Internal and External Change Factors Organizations function in a setting that is subject to change. Change is attributed to internal or external factors. Internal changes include changes in organizational strategy, workforce changes, new equipment, and employee attitudes. External changes include … [Read more...]
What is a Task Analysis?
Organization Development
Why is Turnover a Serious Problem?
What does it take to retain people in an organization? What do you do to try to retain the best people? What are your processes for getting the best and the brightest? Who in the organization is primarily responsible for retaining employees? What are the important elements of retention? What are your concerns about retention in your organization? Organizations are constantly … [Read more...]
Synergistic Relationships
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVMFfhQ76iY&feature=share&list=PL1403A243FB007511 Planned organizational change is one way to focus the magnificent energy of an organization so it can be harnessed for the good of all persons involved. To harness all of this energy really requires a strong look at the relationships among the project’s key sponsors, targets, agents, and advocates. These … [Read more...]
Three Keys to Successfully Managing Change
Most people see change models as circular. Since change is a constant element in a successful organization, its repeated forces are always in action. Three keys are essential to successfully manage change: empathy, communication, and participation. Empathy Empathy, the first key to successfully managing change, is crucial in obtaining information about who will be affected by a change and how … [Read more...]
RESISTANCE TO CHANGE
Resistance to change is often reflective of energy devoted to closure attempts. That is people are attempting to finish what they feel to be incomplete in the historical structure of the organization. Providing some way for the organizational members to disengage from that history; to finish, at least to some extent, the past helps them to focus on the change at hand and the future of the … [Read more...]