Now we will look at Assessment Nuts and Bolts. This is the final blog in a series that started with Assessment — Some Initial Thoughts, and Some Assessment Vocabulary. Individual Assessment Instructors should work with students to develop criteria for…

It is important to get to know the vocabulary related to assessment, otherwise you may think things are being written in some alien language. This is the second blog in a series that started with Assessment – Some…

The American Association for Higher Education (www.aahea.org) has developed Nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning1.   They are a good place to begin to explore assessment strategies: The assessment of student learning begins with educational values….

When I was younger, much younger, I worked for a summer clearing land for an airport expansion project. It would be a major understatement to say I was inexperienced and untrained in the proper use of power saws….

Attending training is a wise career development move, often giving you skills to be more efficient and productive, which can help boost your career. In some cases, training can cause you to think in different ways and give…

Musicians, actors, magicians, politicians, and trainers all have one thing in common: performing in public. Stage fright is a workplace hazard for these people! While there are many causes of stage fright, one of the most common is…

In today’s economy, finding ways to make every dollar count is more important than ever. What investment will give you the longest-lasting impact? The answer, of course, is training. The old saying, “Give a man a fish and…

A friend of mine bought a brand new bass amp recently and returned it not that long ago for replacement. There’s an interesting story behind that. The third time he used it, the amp started emitting enough smoke,…

A friend of mine once told me a story about his days as a sports reporter: “I looked through the viewfinder at the four impatient women staring at me. I asked again for their indulgence while I silently…

Challenges abound in running a business. One of them is how to keep staff up to date. Making sure that your staff has the latest information has a lot of advantages. It shows you’re invested in them and…

Potential Problems Following from my last blog Top 10 Training Tips from Ben at Velsoft in which I confessed that I have made (and learned from) many mistakes during my training career I want to tell you that…

Over the years delivering training I’ve made more mistakes than I can count. I’ve always gone with the philosophy that these mistakes make me a better trainer in the end- if you learn from them!  It might be…