Author Archives: Shirley Caruso

The SCAMPER Approach to Creative Problem Solving

Creativity is necessary to stay alive in today’s business world. Organizations will continue to be confronted by strategic challenges unmatched in business history. Creative problem solving approaches, like SCAMPER, will help organizations successfully face these challenges.

Continue reading

Posted in Adult Learning, Employee Performance, Resources & Tools | Leave a comment

Improving Organizational Communication Skills

Assertive communicaiton is based on the belief that you and others have the responsibility to ask for what you want or need. Continue reading

Posted in Adult Learning, Employee Performance | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Laying the Groundwork for a Team Foundation

Before you can build a cohesive team, individual team members must understand their own team values. Wehn values are not in alighment, individuals feel uncomfortable and conflicted. The more your values and behavior are in alignment, the less internal conflict you’ll feel. Continue reading

Posted in Adult Learning, Audio/Video Presentations, Career Development | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

What Is Instructional Design?

Posted in Audio/Video Presentations | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Learning Organizations

Learning organizations are significant in the modern world where technology and competition call for better service delivery. Learning organizations have the potential to offer better services and have better employees who are knowledgeable and skilled and can respond well to change.

Continue reading

Posted in Employee Performance | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Donald Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation

Donald Kirkpatrick’s four levels of evaluation are designed as a sequence of ways to evaluate training programs: Level 1 – Reaction The participants’ immediate reactions to a course can be measured in this level.  This level of evaluation obtains the … Continue reading

Posted in Adult Learning, Evaluation | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The ADDIE Instructional Design Model: Discussion of the Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate Phases

This video discusses the events that take place during the Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate phases of the ADDIE Instructional Design Model.  For more information on the ADDIE Model, please click the following link: http://www.eadulteducation.org/adult-learning/the-addie-instructional-design-process/

Posted in Adult Learning, Evaluation, Instructional Design, Instructional Strategies | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The Analyze Phase of the ADDIE Instructional Design Model

This video provides a brief overview of the Analysis Phase of the ADDIE Instructional Design Model. Continue reading

Posted in Adult Learning, Instructional Design | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Web-Based Training

Different types of web-based training can be used in different circumstances and conditions. Facilitated online learning is a type of web-based training where there is a facilitator who guides learners and provides them with support during the training course. This type of training is usually used at universities. Continue reading

Posted in Adult Learning, E-Learning, Web Based Training | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Knowledge Management

Organizations must be aware of their own abilities, expertise, and competencies in order to identify knowledge and be able to manage it. Internal knowledge, such as best practices, should be made. Continue reading

Posted in Adult Learning, Employee Performance, Resources & Tools | Tagged | Leave a comment