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...]
Types of Conflict in the Workplace and How to Resolve Them
By Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D What is Conflict? The word “conflict”, especially in a workplace setting, is usually synonymous with the word “disagreement”. When defined as a disagreement, a conflict can be small – such as a disagreement over whose turn it is to clean a bathroom, or large – such as taking credit for work or ideas that are not one’s own. In reality, a conflict can entail much more … [Read more...]
How to Write and Implement a Social Media Policy for Employers
With the rise of social media, many companies have decided to develop their very own social media policies. In short, these types of policies are designed to protect confidential company information and to limit negative publicity. The goal of our article is to teach you how to create your own social media for employers. 1. It All Starts With Consistency The first tip to consider when … [Read more...]
How Does on Call Pay Work and How to Do It Right
The old adage that time is money hits particularly close to home for recipients of on call pay. Many jobs are tethered to contingencies: health care workers, public utility technicians, emergency management personnel and relief agency staff, to name a few. These people serve in times of natural disasters, social upheaval, epidemic diseases and even terrorism. Others work when businesses are under … [Read more...]
10 Cool Management Games (Online and Offline) to Learn Skills in a Fun Way
Sometimes, it's fun to be able to manage the world around you. There's an entire genre of management games out there that allows you to do just that - managing businesses, theme parks, and even the occasional fantasy world. These games have various types of control schemes and different levels of complexity, but they're all about one thing - taking control. The ten games below were released … [Read more...]
Human Resource Development and Instructional Design
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. What is Human Resource Development? Human Resource Development, or HRD, is often difficult to explain to others and is often confused with Human Resources. HRD is a practice that combines training, organization development, and career development efforts to encourage improvement of individual, group, and organizational performance. Its purpose is to enhance employee … [Read more...]
Workplace Training Topics: The Top Four of Today’s Organizations
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. Workplace training can be either proactive or reactive. When organizations take a proactive approach to workplace training, the goal is to prevent or promote a certain behavior or behaviors in an effort to increase revenue, avoid costs, and/or improve service. Taking a proactive approach to workplace training often requires organizations to be well versed in current … [Read more...]
3 Tips for Effective Desktop Publishing
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. Desktop publishing can be tricky. If you want your desktop-published products (documents or presentations) to have a greater impact and communicate your message more clearly, you must carefully consider several basic design decisions. You may be familiar with the types of products produced by popular software such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, and Microsoft … [Read more...]
What is a flipped classroom?
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. In the traditional classroom, the teacher lectures for the majority of the class time, gives an assignment, and students usually have very limited or no time at all to work on the assignment in class where the help is - while the teacher is present. The flipped classroom is conducted in nearly the opposite fashion. In the flipped classroom, students are assigned … [Read more...]
Assessing Training Effectiveness – The Legacy of Donald Kirkpatrick
Shirley J. Caruso, Ed.D. Donald Kirkpatrick (March 15, 1924 – May 9, 2014), Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin and past president of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), which is now known as Association for Talent Development (ATD), first published his Four-Level Training Evaluation Model in 1959, in the US Training and Development Journal. Assessing training … [Read more...]