As we wind our way through this first quarter of a new century, I continually marvel at the technological advances that have been introduced and continue to emerge at a rapid rate. Just in the past few years we have seen cars that can not only park themselves but can actually drive without a person at the wheel! We have mini wireless computers that respond to voice command and control virtually everything in your home and just about every person who has bought a car in the

Writing and creating effective tests for understanding is a crucial component of developing a good eLearning program, and sadly however something that is often overlooked. Think about it for a moment…. how many times have you ever reviewed an eLearning course by skimming through the material, not really reading all of the content, muting the audio portions at times and despite all that, still aced the quiz at the end? Assuming most of us do not possess an eidetic memory or

This past week I spent some time facilitating management and brand courses for one of our valued Luxury automotive clients, and as we are like to do at times when we have a few extra minutes in the agenda, I asked the students what they would like to discuss. One of the more interesting suggestions came from a young Manager who wanted my opinion on the effectiveness of using social media programs such as LinkedIn, to find truly effective coaching and mentoring tips within th

Due to the continued growth at Pathways we have posted for multiple positions, including a posting for an instructional designer. As such I have spent he last few weeks reviewing resumes from the potential candidates, many of which include a wide variety of skills and experienced referenced. There is however one skill that 100% of the resumes mention, even to the extent they are stated in the same way…and that is “Excellent Communication Skills”. I have written in the past

Recently I was working with a client on developing process documentation and technical instructions regarding the launch of a new system they were going to be using. Specifically, we were working on creating written instructions on how to create a login ID and set up a user profile as the process was varied depending on which group was accessing this new system. Considering there were 4 different groups, all needing to take a slightly different path as part of the process, I