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Social media is widely used by these organizations...

2011-07-04T01:33:00.197-07:00

Social media is widely used by these organizations. Learning through social media is definitely great.

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great comments Alex ... hilarious!

2009-09-22T15:03:45.210-07:00

great comments Alex ... hilarious!

Great post Eric. In some ways, these on-line trai...

2009-09-11T10:22:07.492-07:00

Great post Eric. In some ways, these on-line training courses can actually subvert the intended training purposes. An example of this is many of the on-line training courses we take at the VA. Some of these are useful. But each year, the list of mandatory on-line courses we take at the VA increases. Many are widely recognized to be of little value. But they are developed to resolve some problem or deficiency. The problem is that the these on-line courses really only serve the purpose of documenting that something has been done to address a problem, without any effort at assessing whether that "something" is of any value. The requirement to take the course substitutes for a serious attempt to address the underlying problem or issue. There is no requirement to examine whether the course serves the intended purpose.

At its worst, mandatory education and training can be worse than useless because they can short circuit serious efforts to effectively address a problem.

My two cents: PowerPoint has uses, but PowerPoint ...

2009-09-05T20:47:28.403-07:00

My two cents: PowerPoint has uses, but PowerPoint is in general overused.

Favorite reductio ad absurdum - MLK's "I have a Dream" speech in PowerPoint:

EXPECTATIONS:
* Freedom rings in a broad range of places.
* Will speed day of racial and religious harmony.
* Day will include a sing-a-long.

Or PowerPoint presentation of "Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost:

STATUS OF WOODS:
* Lovely; dark; deep
* Largely silent, though wind and snow flurries are slightly audible

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