Training 2009 Conference and Expo - (Page TCB27) Breakout Sessions situation with positive results, using all of the talents available: their own and those of their team. Learn how global companies have assessed and developed thought leaders using Whole Brain thinking. Ann will share the latest data on effective leaders and provide proven solutions and practical tools that address the critical challenges that leadership development professionals are experiencing today. 515 Using “Diffusion of Innovations” Research Evidence to Inform Innovative Learning Design Peter Orton, Center for Advanced Learning, IBM The late Everett Rogers studied why some innovations—across a wide range of industries—were successful and others were not in creating audience acceptance and usage. Citing nearly 50 years of studies, Professor Rogers distilled five major attributes of nearly all successful innovations. Ten years ago, IBM Learning used Rogers’ research to inform its design of IBM’s successful blended “4-tier” learning model. This presentation reveals the evidence-based approach to designing successful learning innovations. You will learn: • The five attributes of successful innovations. • How successful innovations have incorporated those attributes into their design. • How to evaluate learning innovations’ potential for successful acceptance. • Identify the principles used in designing them. • Apply the design principles to your own content. 602 Program Development and Evaluation—What are We Missing? Allison Wimms, Senior Training and Development Specialist, Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC Explore evaluation development by going beyond case studies, forms, and templates. This session reviews how the instructional designer must gather information during each stage of development to both present solid post-training reports and to validate instructional design at each stage of development. Given information presented in this session, you will: • Design evaluations with substance (not just fluff). • Integrate the Four Levels of Evaluation into the ADDIE model, phase by phase. • Identify ways to make evaluation results meaningful to the client. • How to select the right metaphor/story for a given situation. • 6 essential elements on how using metaphors/stories helps employees turn failed projects into success. • 10 ways that metaphors/stories build common ground for diverse teams to thrive. 513 Moodle Doodle: Building Online Courses Using the Open Source LCMS Moodle Jon Aleckson, CEO, Web Courseworks Explore the open source LCMS Moodle from the perspective of how easy it is for instructors to build an online course within Moodle. You will leave this session with the knowledge of what it takes to use Moodle as an LCMS. This includes implementation needs and staff skill sets needed to customize the LCMS, including custom reports. You will: • Be able to set up a course, create learning activities, and assessments. • Understand several pros and cons of using Moodle in a corporate setting. • Be able to list the types of learning activities that are enhanced through Moodle features. 605 Coaching as a Business Necessity: A Look at the Fundamental Differences Between Coaching Types Michaleen Lewis, Senior Consultant/ Master Coach, Linkage Inc. Explore the differences between coaching types, as well as between coaching and mentoring. Uncover your own coaching strategies and acquire several perspectives from our “What Would YOU Do?” true coaching scenarios. You’ll create action steps for the behaviors you want to improve upon in your own coaching approach. You’ll learn to: • Formulate a powerful business case for each type of coaching including leadership coaching, coaching of individuals, and coaching teams. • Uncover and build upon your own existing coaching strategies for greater success. 516 Sponsored Session: Create E-learning that Achieves Higher Levels of Retention Wendy Passman, Vice President US, Kaplan IT Learning E-learning for software application training has different challenges and objectives than training for business processes and soft skills. Developing software training programs requires unique approaches to maximize workforce knowledge retention and technology adoption. Learn how to create e-learning that creates improved knowledge retention, increases proficiency and user performance within technology applications. 603 Learning in a Web 2.0 World David DiStefano, President/CEO; Ellen Wilsker, Vice President of Sales, Richardson More than 75% of executives who responded to a McKinsey survey say they plan to maintain or increase their investments in technology trends that encourage user collaboration, such as peerto-peer networking, social networks, and Web services. These Web 2.0 tools are rapidly becoming more widely used to facilitate professional networking, create on-demand content, collaborate with peers around the world, and showcase best practices to a global audience. Discuss the significance and impact of Web 2.0 in training and development and through several best practice examples learn how they are being used to enhance learning. 606 How You Can Ensure That Your Assessments are Fair, Valid, and Reliable Steven Just, President, Pedagogue Solutions This session will cover the basic principles for developing fair, valid and reliable tests. You’ll learn to: • State the rules for writing valid questions. • State the roles of Bloom’s Taxonomy and learning objectives in creating a valid test. • Define validity and reliability and state why they are different. • Calculate a legally defensible passing score. 514 E-learning Success: Great Design Is Important, an Implementation Strategy is Essential! Lance Dublin, Founder/Chief Solution Architect, Dublin Consulting Making your e-learning successful requires more than just having the right content, great design, and effective technology. It requires a well thought out implementation strategy to ensure your learners are engaged, your managers are motivated, and your organization is energized. This strategy must integrate proven techniques and approaches from change management, consumer marketing, and organizational development. You’ll explore a case study, using the proven I-3 Change Implementation Model, to demonstrate how you can ensure your learners and managers are informed and involved, and your e-learning is fully integrated into your organization. WEDNESDAY, FEB 11 8:30 – 9:30 AM 601 Designing High Impact Interactive Participant-Centered Training Becky Pluth, Senior Consultant, The Bob Pike Group In this session Becky will take you behind the scenes and dissect effective projects, case studies, role plays and other interactive participant-centered training activities. You’ll see the activity, learn the back story, and explore the key elements to the design of that particular activity. You will: • Experience 5 different participant-centered activities and handouts. 604 Inspiring Productivity with Stories and Metaphors Vincent Kituku, President, Kituku & Associates Storytelling is not only the most effective presentation skill but it is a business’s life thread. The ability to touch people’s hearts and minds with stories is a uniqueness that separates successful leaders and trainers from the rest. Learn: • The 9 key elements of inspiring productivity with metaphors/stories. • Top must-know benefits of using stories/metaphors for effective learning. 607 Game On!: Transforming Online Learning, One Game at a Time Andrew Kimball, CEO, Qube Learning Research from Duke, UCLA, and Washington University suggests that 96% of money spent on training may have been wasted! Most learning fails because it lacks the 2nd and 3rd learning dimensions. Transforming information into knowledge that gets retained, understood, and applied successfully on the job requires: high-quality learning content, delivered effectively (1st dimension); learning activities, games, Log on to TrainingConference.com for a detailed schedule or to register. http://www.TrainingConference.com
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