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February 2010

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Quentin Tarantino is a Geek

February 26, 2010 in Musings | No comments

Tonight after the KC-ASTD board meeting, my plan was to camp out at Panera with some hot chocolate and #lrnchat. It turned out that the nearby Panera closes at 8:00, which the staff signals by turning off the wifi. Wankers. Sorry, #lrnchatters.

On the upside, I caught Studio 360 going home, with Quentin Tarantino talking about Inglorious Basterds. And what struck me about Tarantino — what always strikes me about Tarantino — is that he is such a complete, utter movie geek. A big part of his becoming a brilliant writer, producer, and director is his lifelong education in film. He “basks in cinema”, as he said to Kurt Anderson, both as a fan and a contributor. And his movies show it.

What do you bask in? What are you passionate about? What brings out your inner geek? Work? Hobby? School? A volunteer gig? Family?

Whatever the subject, do your contributions reflect that passion?

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Trainlets!

February 19, 2010 in Big Picture | 2 comments

because they're short

because they're short. duh.

At KC-ASTD’s tech conference last fall, I attended a session by Sue Maden and Tony Maden on elearning pieces they’ve created at Burns and McDonnell. Some were Flip videos, some were screencasts, and some were interactive. Each took around 2 minutes. The whole point was to access the information just-in-time, so they weren’t serving them through their LMS.

Sound familiar? It did to me… We started doing something similar at my company this past year. We call them “trainlets”, and I’m going to get skewered in #lrnchat for spreading new terminology in our field, but the name has caught fire at my company, unlike “CBTs”.

I didn’t invent the term, but here’s what it means to me:

  • <5 minutes
  • usually not interactive, but can be
  • probably not delivered through the LMS

Are you doing something similar? What do you call them?

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You’re Doing it Wrong

February 17, 2010 in Big Picture, Musings | 1 comment

Shamira of Elune (aka me)

Shamira (aka me)

I play World of Warcraft. One thing that fascinates me about WoW is how much learning happens in-game… mostly informally.

Monday night, my guild tried five times to down a boss we’ve killed easily before. Our leaders explained and encouraged. Repeatedly. Before we quit, one mentioned that some people weren’t executing, even those who had before. I spoke up.

“I know you don’t want to embarrass anyone, but will you tell people privately if they aren’t doing it right?”

“If you aren’t doing xyz, you aren’t doing it right.”

I was doing xyz. But other people might not be able to evaluate their own performance in the heat of battle… right? “What if people can’t tell?”

Pause. “Okay, fair enough.”

Incoming private message: “You’re doing it wrong.” D’oh!

How long do you wait to tell people they’re doing it wrong? Why?

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