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February
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“What is this?” you ask. An OLG is an Ongoing Learning Group. You may remember hearing about OLGs at last November’s Fall Education Conference. An OLG is a great way to share valuable experiences with others in our community, learn new skills, or coach and mentor less experienced professionals in our field. It’s a platform to offer best practices, discuss common challenges, and brainstorm new approaches for a given topic. Our goal as a chapter this year is to connect members to a variety of resources that meet their wants and needs. With the help of our active volunteers who have stepped up to facilitate, we are now happy to offer 10 OLGs, each focused on a different topic: 1. Career Development for the Organization There are many reasons to participate in an OLG. Here are just a few: • Earn
more CIASTD VIP bucks OLGs will meet as often as the groups’ members choose. Meetings can be as informal as coffee conversations or as formal as conference calls or office meetings. OLGs are new territory for our chapter, so they should be flexible, creative and basically cater to the wants and needs of their participants. The sky’s the limit on what you can do with OLGs. We’re providing the platform and support; the rest is up to you! OLGs are just getting started. Those of you who signed up to participate in OLGs at the Fall Education Conference will be contacted in the next few weeks. Members who volunteered to facilitate OLGs will receive an OLG toolbox complete with VIP bucks, budget money, online tools, and suggestions for running OLGs. If you are interested in learning more or signing up to join an OLG, please contact our administrative offices at 317-841-1395 or info@ciastd.com. I hope these OLGs create lots of positive energy in our chapter,
giving members yet another option for learning, connecting,
and sharing. Leanne
Batchelder, CIASTD President
By Kris Taylor Have you ever wondered if the CPLP is for you? Or maybe you just want to know what the CPLP is? Have you pondered over the idea that this could be an investment in your professional credibility and career? Perhaps you are curious about just how much time, effort and money one needs to achieve this professional certification. Or how you might get some support as you participate in the certification process. If so, help is on the way! Kris Taylor, CPLP, SPHR and Andrea Moore, CPLP, CEC, are available to CIASTD members in all the various stages of pursuing a CPLP – from exploring the idea to studying for the knowledge exam and then submitting the work product. We also have plans to celebrate the CIASTD members who have achieved this professional milestone. Our chapter currently has close to 20 members interested in proving they have the knowledge and experience to demonstrate professional proficiency in the 9 competency areas which define the workplace learning and performance profession. This is demonstrated by a knowledge exam and submission of a work product. Successfully meeting these requirements result in being certified as a CPLP or Certified Performance and Learning Professional. Support is
available in a variety of ways and will be shaped by the needs
of our members. We are beginning
with an information
session immediately following the February meeting (Friday, Feb.
22). Look for a web cast in March – information will be
on the CIASTD website. Study kits are available, and we will
form study groups as desired. Of course, Andrea, Kris and the
other CPLP certified members of CIASTD will be available for
coaching, support and questions.
Friday,
February 22, 2008 Program Description: Often, eLearning developers focus on what’s easiest, fastest, and cheapest without weighing what’s most effective. The cheapest or easiest solution can sometimes be the most expensive because it does not yield the desired learning results. This session explores decisions course developers and programmers make as they develop an elearning course. The goal is to help participants recognize that the best decision makers balance instructional decision principles and the impact of learner characteristics, against project constraints as they decide what to program on the screen. The session will address basic ID principles and learner characteristics. Learners will first define basic ID principles and learner characteristics and their relevance to learning. They will then view a variety of e-learning examples that do a good/poor job of incorporating the principles or leveraging the characteristics. As part of this portion of the session, learners will receive a decision matrix that they can use to help them make necessary “balancing decisions.” After examples are discussed and evaluated, learners will have the chance to apply their knowledge. They will work in small groups to decide how to best convey sample learning content on to the e-learning screens. Groups will storyboard (via flipcharts) a simple scenario and make programming choices using the decision matrix. The large group will then evaluate each small group’s efforts. Program
Objectives: 2. Evaluate eLearning examples for how effectively they tap into ID principles or leverage learner characteristics. 3. Use a design matrix to guide eCourse development and programming decisions. 4. List challenges to following best practices in ID and potential solutions.
Visit www.CIASTD.com for the entire year's calendar!
To order online, click here. You can also contact Mark Records at (317) 841-8202.
By Martie Hoofer Many believe Level 3 evaluations (proving knowledge gained in training is applied on the job) are difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to execute. During CIASTD’s January meeting Judith Hale setout to disprove those myths. She provided the group with “7 Techniques for Keeping Initiatives on Track”. 1. Make the Hypothesis Overt (set the baseline of what is being done
now versus what is expected post-training) Judith’s
7 techniques and the step-by-step guide she presented left the audience
convinced
that Level 3 evaluations were possible
without large time and financial investments.
Interested
in speaking at a future CIASTD meeting?
CIASTD wants to support your growth! If you are interested in pursuing the CPLP designation and want more information, please contact Andrea Moore, VP of Workplace Learning and Certification at amoore@FlashPointHR.com.
In each issue of The Facilitator, we will list members that have joined or re-joined CIASTD since the previous issue. Since the last issue of The Facilitator, we have signed 1 new member. Darlene
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By:
Leanne Batchelder, CIASTD 2008 President
