Learning measurement must begin before the program is ever developed. Start with organizational goals and determine what individual behaviors and performance will help achieve those goals. Article Author: David Wentworth, Principal Learning Analyst, Brandon Hall Group Measuring learning’s effectiveness has always been a challenge for organizations, and adding new learning experiences can complicate it further. …
The VET Development Centre is proud to announce that Kevin Nunn, teacher at TAFE Gippsland, has won the VET Teacher/Trainer of the Year Award at the 2020 Australian Training Awards, announced on 20 November. Kevin’s work has helped make TAFE Gippsland a leading provider for forestry management and timber training. When TAFE Gippsland began forming …
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Vice-Chancellors of Australia’s six dual sector institutions offer “suggestions for a more coherent tertiary education system” and suggest some policy settings that might help that. It was prepared in response to the interim report by the Productivity Commission on the National Agreement for Skills and Workforce Development. What do they suggest? First, the Vice-Chancellors’ paper …
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We all know that coronavirus has had a devastating effect, particularly on the international student market. This latest report from the Mitchell Institute’s Peter Hurley brings things up to date. What’s been happening? In our last issue described work by Jen Walsh and Hugh Guthrie on international students using homestay. Peter Hurley’s work entitled: “International …
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Like the VET sector’s student outcomes survey, higher education gathers data through the student experience survey run the Social Research Centre. It reports on experiences of both university and non-university higher ed. students. The big news is that small is beautiful. The survey The QILT survey program includes not only this latest one on the …
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Over the summer, sit back, relax, focus on your wellness and wellbeing by joining us in an exciting new range of sessions, from Unleashing Superheroes to Leading with Wellness Front of Mind to ISO Fatigue. Each sessions is 45 minutes, interactive virtual discussion with an opportunity for questions. Each session is only $25. To find …
The event, “All Aboard to Organizational Success,” focused on customer service and demonstrated how innovative thinking, inter-divisional collaboration, and hard work could help the FDIC engage with employees in new ways. Article Author: Edited by Lorri Freifeld The FDIC’s Division of Administration (DOA) partnered with FDIC Corporate University and solicited volunteers from across the agency …
You need to ask these questions to ensure culture doesn’t get stuck on the lobby wall or devolve into a series of empty buzzwords staring up from an empty culture deck that nobody believes, engages with, or follows through on. Article Author: Daniel Wolf, President and Co-founder, Dewar Sloan The product James and his team …
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Adapted from Resilience: Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky (Changemakers Books, 2020). Article Author: Dr. Gleb Tsipursky When dealing with chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders must act decisively and quickly. A strategic pivot is often necessary to keep a firm grip on problems …
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How to make your training faster, easier, and more effective to drive your venture to maximum success. Article Author: Walter Kennedy Young entrepreneurs face challenges their experienced competition does not. For instance, they have spent less time in their industry and have fewer skills and fewer areas of expertise to draw upon as they start …
