Posted in Business Internet Use, tagged data, effective, employees, focus group, group, informal learning, interview, management focus, management focus group, moderators, online focus groups, online learning, packaging, products, researcher, teleconferencing, thoughts and ideas on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The use of management focus groups has steadily evolved over time, and is becoming increasingly widespread with the development of effective methods such as teleconferencing and online management focus groups.
However, management focus groups also have disadvantages:
The researcher has less control over a group than he/she would during a traditional one-on-one interview, and thus time [...]
Posted in Training Models, tagged client participation, clients, employees, expenses, focus group, management, management focus group, marketing, mini management focus group, moderator management on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A management focus group is a form of research in which a group of management or upper-tier staff members are asked about their attitude toward a product, service, concept, advertisement, thought, or packaging. Queries are put forth in an interactive group setting where participants are encouraged to speak with other group members.
Variants of management focus [...]
Posted in Adult Learning, tagged business learning, business training, elearning, individual learning, online learning, online training, training on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Learning, from the most fundamental to complex, is defined as one or all of the following:
(1.) any augmentation in knowledge,
(2.) information memorization and/or retention,
(3.) obtaining knowledge for practical application,
(4.) abstracting meaning from what we do on a daily basis, and
(5.) a process that allows us to comprehend.
Amazingly, people have the ability to learn from the [...]
Posted in Adult Learning, tagged adult learning, elearning, learning techniques, lesson plan, multitudinous, online learning, pedagogy, school, student, success, teaching on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Your job as a student was to be silent unless called upon, pay strict attention to your teacher, and do as you were told. This is a prime example of teacher-centered learning, usually involving children/young adults, also called pedagogy.
Adult learners have a completely different style of learning. By the time you are an adult, you [...]
Posted in Adult Learning, tagged adult learning, advanced learning, elearning, employee training, online learning, online teaching, organizational training, teaching adults, teaching employees, training on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The benefits of enhancing the way people learn are virtually without end, with no regard to age, previous learning opportunities, gender, etc… At Solo Learning, we firmly believe that continual learning fuels continual potential for improvement. In addition, the more an employee learns, the better able they will be to arrive at their own solutions.
The [...]
Posted in Adult Learning, tagged adult learning, etraining, group leadership, instruction, online training, participants, projects, self directed, training on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Being an effective instructor is discovering how adults learn best. Adults have special needs and requirements as learners.
Adults need to be free to direct themselves. Teachers must actively involve adult participants in the learning process. To put it simply, they must get participants’ ideas about what topics to cover and then let them work on [...]
