JANUARY
2012 |
Volume
11, Number 1 |
|
CONTACT
HSA |
To contact us, click HERE.
|
|
PUBLICATIONS |
For more information on our best-selling, award-winning books,
click HERE.
Need help with HPT terminology? Click HERE
for The HSA HPT Lexicon.
Click HERE
to read our published articles.
|
|
ASK
HAROLD |
Click HERE
to read the latest Ask Harold question and Harold's response
or ask a question of your own!
|
|
UPCOMING
EVENTS |
February 16, 2012
ISPI San Diego Chapter, San Diego, CA - It Ain't Necessarily
So! Science Versus Lore in Learning and Performance presentation.
For more information, click HERE
March 12-13, 2012
ASTD Telling Ain't Training Mini-Conference, Las Vegas, NV
April 18-23, 2012
ISPI Conference, Toronto, Canada
May 7-9, 2012
ASTD Conference, Denver, CO
July 2012
ASTD Telling Ain't Training Mini-Conference, TBD
September 2012
ASTD Telling Ain't Training Mini-Conference, TBD
October 2012
ASTD Telling Ain't Training Mini-Conference, TBD
November 2012
ASTD Telling Ain't Training Mini-Conference, TBD
For details about these events, click HERE
To learn more about engaging Harold Stolovitch to speak at
your organization, click HERE
|
|
CPT
DESIGNATION |
Harold Stolovitch and Erica Keeps are Certified Performance
Technologists (CPT). The CPT designation is awarded by the
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) to
experienced practitioners in the field of organizational performance
improvement, whose work meets both the performance-based Standards
of Performance Technology and application requirements. For
more information, visit www.CertifiedPT.org.
|
|
|
Happy
New Year!
It
seems like years are just flying by. How is it possible that we
are already into 2012? Like most everyone, we experienced a busy
year. While the economy has not significantly turned around, business
is definitely showing signs of picking up. Organizations are becoming
more open to exploring ways to improve performance and some even
have the budgets to do it. Some companies that had virtually obliterated
their training, development and performance support groups are now
seeking ways to "tool up" again.
While client organizations were in a retrenchment mode, we began
to contemplate what retirement might look like. We began exploring
Los Angeles, our home town, in ways we had never had time for. We
made a conscious effort to develop deeper relationships with neighbors
and casual friends. We became kid sitters for three surrogate "grandchildren."
We came up with new ways we can contribute to our community. No,
we aren't yet ready to retire, but we've appreciated having some
less pressured time to reflect and reconsider priorities. We have
begun setting goals, creating timelines and "practicing"
for a more balanced lifestyle. We love the results.
Wherever you are in your career, it is never too early to begin
exploring the "next chapter" in your life story. We are
often reminded that this is our life, not a dress rehearsal. When
you are passionate about what you do, it is difficult to imagine
your life without work. However, with true professionals the line
between work and leisure is often so blurred that one sometimes
becomes the other. Take the time to assess the quality of your life.
In our case, after so many active years, we have done this. We used
the tools of our trade and applied what we know about learning and
performance to other areas of our lives and to supporting family
and friends in their business and life endeavors. That's our next
chapter. What's yours?
Our best to you in whatever you choose to do in the next year
both
professionally and personally!
Erica and Harold
What
Makes For Quality Online Learning?
By Harold D. Stolovitch,
Erica J. Keeps and Marc Rosenberg
A constant theme that permeates most discussions of online
learning is that of quality. As with any form of training,
one aspect of quality is that it supports specific learning
and organizational objectives. After all, any course that
doesn't deliver this shouldn't be offered. For technology-based
learning, an important aspect of quality is its instructional
soundness and versatility. How do you maintain high-quality
learning effectiveness in a medium where no instructor is
present to answer questions or adjust the content based on
expressed learner interests? The short answer is through well-designed
instruction based on analyses that draw out, in advance, learner
and organizational needs.
Poorly designed online learning hurts quality. Even when
the technology works well, the screens are beautiful and exciting,
and a large amount of multimedia is available, if no meaningful
learning results from all of this, everyone's efforts - yours,
the learners and their managers - have been wasted. READ
ON...
|
Myths
and Myth-Conceptions in Learning and Performance
We're
working on a new book with Dr. Steve Condly of Westpoint Academy
entitled It Ain't Necessarily So - Science Versus Lore
in Learning and Performance. Where do learning and performance
myths come from? We all hold beliefs about what works and
what doesn't. But are they based on scientific evidence that
support them? This new book will examine commonly held beliefs
in learning and performance and present evidence to support,
invalidate or nuance them.
Does intelligence play a powerful role in training success
or performance results? Are happy employees more productive?
Is e-learning more effective than classroom training? What's
the scoop with learning styles? Is the Net Generation of learners
and workers significantly different from previous ones? These
are only a few of the questions the book will explore.
Help us on our hunt to determine which assertions about learning
and performance are based on solid scientific evidence and
data-based empirical results and which are either blatantly
false or extrapolations and overgeneralizations from narrow
sets of scientific findings. You can contribute by submitting
so-called myths or truisms. We will investigate them, determine
their origin and explore the research and theory literature
to uncover evidence to confirm or refute them. Please send
your contributions to Erica Keeps at ekeeps@hsa-lps.com.
|
|
At HSA Learning & Performance
Solutions LLC, we've seen a lot over the years.
We know the business of learning. We know the role human
performance plays in business success. We know how to
uncover and address needs, then create appropriate solutions.
We pride ourselves on helping organizations achieve
high levels of performance - and success. HSA
is a leader in workplace learning and performance improvement.
Our proven learning and performance solutions have helped
maximize employee performance at dozens of organizations throughout
the world. Our principals, Harold D. Stolovitch and
Erica J. Keeps, share a common passion - developing people.
Together they have devoted a combined total of over 80 years
to make workplace learning and performance both enjoyable
and effective. Their dedication to improving workplace learning
and performance is reflected in the workshops they run internationally
on training delivery, instructional design and performance
consulting. Together, they are co-editors of the first two
editions of the Handbook of Human Performance Technology
and co-authors of the best-selling, award-winning series of
books Telling Ain't Training - Updated, Expanded and Enhanced,
Training Ain't Performance, Beyond Telling Ain't
Training Fieldbook and Beyond Training Ain't Performance
Fieldbook published by ASTD Press. They are also co-authors
of the Wiley/Pfeiffer Learning & Performance Toolkit
Series. To learn more, click HERE.
|
www.hsa-lps.com info@hsa-lps.com 1.888.834.9928
|