Takis Athanassiou+ by | Oct 8, 2014 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Career & Business Profile, Learning, Courses & Coaching Business, Personal Growth & Development
This is the first part of a rather long answer I provide to a Greek student, wanted to work in the area of e-Learning in Greece, with the title:”Do You Want A Job Or A Career?“. I think the text I wrote then, as a reply, can provide a base for reference for people seeking work all over the world and value to their efforts. The respond structured to 3 different posts! Here is the first part.
The situation in Europe and especially in Greece is difficult as far as the market concerns. Especially for young people! It is difficult for them (and for anyone as a matter of fact) to find a job to pay their bills, let alone to dream of a career.
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Takis Athanassiou+ by | Sep 12, 2014 | Learning, Courses & Coaching Business
Here is an excellent infographic, from
eLearning Infographics, presenting the Instructional Design (
or Instructional Systems Design) process. Check it out, if you interested in instructional design, e-Learning, and effective learning procedures!
Instructional Design is a methodology, discipline, practice and an art of developing effective learning experiences for the learners. The effectiveness of such methodology is proved by the effectiveness of the learning process itself.
Instructional Design: A Brief Introduction
Instructional Design (or Instructional Systems Design (ISD)):
is the practice of creating “instructional experiences which make the acquisition of knowledge and skill more efficient, effective, and appealing.” The process consists broadly of determining the current state and needs of the learner, defining the end goal of instruction, and creating some “intervention” to assist in the transition. Ideally the process is informed by pedagogically (process of teaching) and andragogically (adult learning) tested theories of learning and may take place in student-only, teacher-led or community-based settings. The outcome of this instruction may be directly observable and scientifically measured or completely hidden and assumed. There are many instructional design models but many are based on the ADDIE model with the five phases: analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. As a field, instructional design is historically and traditionally rooted in cognitive and behavioral psychology, though recently Constructivism (learning theory) has influenced thinking in the field.(Wikipedia: Instructional design)
A practice as that, it is based on many knowledge domains and derives its effectiveness by the systematic application of valid models (as the ADDIE is) at the mapping of the current training requirement and the development of learning material and learning paths which can lead learners to the achievement of the required learning objectives!
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Takis Athanassiou+ by | Aug 27, 2014 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Learning, Courses & Coaching Business, Personal Growth & Development, Productivity & Systems
Do you like to make better decisions? Do you like to decide as a fighter pilot? Then, perhaps you should try to put a little bit of OODA in your life! OODA is a small military acronym I picked up during my army days (in Greece, an at least 1-year military service is compulsory for the men.) I had plenty of hours to spear and a lot of American Army manuals to read! OODA is one of those things you could find extremely useful, later on, at your civilian life!
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Takis Athanassiou+ by | Jul 21, 2014 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Learning, Courses & Coaching Business, Productivity, Productivity & Systems
The ADDIE model is a framework of reference and of processes that can facilitate the work of e-Learning Process Designers, Training Developers or/and of instructional designers! It helps you to channel efficiently the various processes comprising an effective learning process and focused on the issues, require your most attention!
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Takis Athanassiou+ by | Jul 16, 2014 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Learning, Courses & Coaching Business
Here is an excellent infographic of
elearningbrothers.com, demonstrating the steps for developing an excellent and efficient e-Learning Storyboard. A must, for the instructional designers!
Find more education infographics on e-Learning Infographics
Question: Do you find interesting the information contained in this infographic? Are you going to use the 8 Steps for an Awesome eLearning Storyboard?
Takis Athanassiou+ by | Oct 21, 2013 | Learning, Courses & Coaching Business
e-Learning, today, is a major asset for the skill development of everyone. It is essential now that every person should have unlimited access to learning resources according to his/her style because the right to the knowledge and to the personal development is a critical factor of success in modern society and business. This is one of the main drives for the development of e-Learning as a discipline as well as the advancement and personification of the existing technologies and tools.
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Takis Athanassiou+ by | Jul 17, 2013 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Coaching, Learning, Courses & Coaching Business, Personal Growth & Development
Instructional design is a multi-disciple domain, involving pedagogy, training, design, systems’ knowledge, mentoring, community building, mediation, leadership, distance, on-the-job and at hand, learning, knowledge elicitation, facilitation management and channeling, human development, creativity, out-of-the-box mental framework, tools mastering, presentation skills, to name only a few. All these (and some more) are vital and legitimate components of the Instructional Design practice.
Instructional Design: A Discipline or a Tool?
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Takis Athanassiou+ by | Jun 28, 2013 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Learning, Courses & Coaching Business
Today business tries to comply constantly with the changes in the economic, market and financial environment and compensates accordingly. One way to do that, especially for large business, in an effective and cost productive manner, is the e-Learning.
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Takis Athanassiou+ by | May 11, 2013 | Education and Learning, Learning, Courses & Coaching Business
