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Instructional Design is Not Dead!

March 23, 2017 By Shannon Tipton 13 Comments

Despite rumors to the contrary, Instructional Design is not dead.  You may have noticed the many articles and blog posts stating that instructional design is dead, and by extension, so is the role of Instructional Designer. I even saw this tweet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Accidental Trainer, Learning Design, Learning Rebel Tagged With: Articulate, Design for how people learn, Giveaway, Instructional Design, ISD, Julie Dirkesen, Personal learning network, Picasso, status-quo, Steve Jobs

Breaking Up with “Yeah, but…”

November 3, 2016 By Shannon Tipton 2 Comments

Breaking Up with Yeah But

In the training world, it is not uncommon to hear: "Yeah, but..." and it's time to put an end to this unhealthy relationship. It's a relationship that is holding us back from success. It is holding us back from moving forward. It is holding us back … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communication, Culture, Leadership, Motivation Tagged With: Change, Learning Culture, Organizational Culture, status-quo, Training Solutions

The Twitter Chat Conundrum (Part Two)

September 11, 2015 By Shannon Tipton 2 Comments

You all KILLED IT! Last week our conversation centered around the twitter chat. How twitter chats, in general, may be improved and I have to say the response was great. I loved having your voices added to the conversation, including those of some of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Personal Learning Network, Social Learning, Social Learning Tools, Technology, Tips Tagged With: @theweirdteacher, #totallyRossome, Change, Communication, social learning, status-quo, Tools, twitter, twitter chat

6 Stupid Classroom Rules Learning Professionals Still Use

January 20, 2015 By Shannon Tipton 34 Comments

In order to have a chance at creating a positive learning environment, we must first reach the hearts and minds of participants. Not impose out-dated (and plain stupid) classroom rules. Stupid classroom rules is why the continuous erosion of trust … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Accidental Trainer, Change, Tips Tagged With: ATD, breaking rules, Change, Classroom Rules, classroom training, Kaizen, status-quo, Tools, Train the Trainer, Training Toolbox

Kaizen, Learning Rebels and the Zombie Apocalypse

December 30, 2014 By Shannon Tipton 12 Comments

Horde,Learning and Development Zombies

As you may know, the year 2014 was the year dedicated to the concept of Kaizen All I can say is, YOWZA, there has been a lot of Kaizen going on in Learning Rebel "land". To refresh your memory, Kaizen is Japanese for "improvement" or "change for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Communication, Kaizen, Learning Rebel, Motivation, Personal Learning Network, Status Quo Tagged With: ASTD, ATD, Change, Development, Kaizen, Learning Rebel, rebel, status-quo, Zombie, Zombie Apocalypse

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