Javier Amaro - INSOURCES INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA - Registered Training Organisation (RTO Number: 30122)

5 Must-Have Features of a Virtual Classroom

To be sure, today’s virtual classroom tools offer many bells and whistles. But unless your virtual classroom also provides the basic features, you will find yourself in trouble very quickly when you really need to get down to business. I...

June 21, 2015

Learning Design

The Learning Styles Myth

Ancient peoples invented colorful stories about powerful gods expressing themselves through the physical world. They were trying to make sense of their world, using the only tools available at the time. Similarly, educators have developed many theories about the learning...

June 21, 2015

Learning Design

Training vs. School

The very essence of who we are as learners, as well as how and why we are learning, is fundamentally different. So different, in fact, that it should dramatically change how you design instruction. Yet, way too often it doesn’t....

June 9, 2015

Are Digital Badges a New Measurement of Mastery?

Learning Technologies

Are Digital Badges a New Measurement of Mastery?

Across the globe, higher education institutions and professional organisations are harnessing the power of digital badges to motivate, demonstrate, and validate learning and development (L&D). Digital badges are currently in use at postsecondary institutions such as MIT, organisations such as...

May 12, 2015

7 Gamification of Learning Mistakes You Need to Avoid

Learning Design

7 Gamification of Learning Mistakes You Need to Avoid

The gamification of learning has great potential to improve students knowledge and motivation. A well-implemented gamification solution provides information to students distributed over time in a fun and engaging manner. However, even with all the promise of gamification, mistakes can...

April 12, 2015

Learning Design

VET Is Like Farming

We live in a high-tech, high-speed age in which virtually everything we want is available in no time at all. When we have to have it now, we can run out to bricks and mortar stores that never close. For...

April 6, 2015

Standards For Creating Effective Training Sessions

Learning Design

Standards For Creating Effective Training Sessions

To be successful in life you must do the basic things right, and do it consistently. Success in training is not different: you must do the basic things right, and do it consistently. So, what are the basics in training?...

March 24, 2015

Learning Technologies

Recovering from a Virtual Class Fail

This is a real-life webinar disaster that recently happened to me. The host logged on two hours before the session. The panelists logged on one hour before the session. Extra computers were logged in. Everything was tested. And then…it happened....

March 15, 2015

Learning Design

Facilitating Learning Activities

The key to good facilitation in general is practice, practice, and more practice. When you turn your attention to facilitating specific kinds of learning activities, this advice is true as well, but, in addition, you must also plan, plan, and...

March 8, 2015

Learning Design

Using Games in Training

Studies have shown that the use of games in training serves two purposes: Resetting participant concentration and energy levels. The human mind can only absorb so much information at one time. Successful training is commonly segmented into blocks of approximately 20...

February 25, 2015