In the June 14th edition of Inside Training, John Ambrose, vice president and general manager of online reference-ware provider Books24 x 7, a division of SkillSoft, warns trainers that the graduates of the Class of ’06 are not likely to put up with the PowerPoint status quo. His is a noteworthy message for presenters, too:
“‘They thrive in a media-rich world. They almost enjoy being bombarded with lots of different input, and then they like being able to ferret out just the nuggets they want, and don’t want to be bothered with the stuff that’s not particularly relevant to them.’ So, that means plenty of immersive learning activities such as simulations, and the ability of systems that allow them to pick and choose, cafeteria style, the exact combination of information resources they need for the work at hand.”
“The new generation would rely on search, which is a very comfortable paradigm for them,” Ambrose points out. “Ten years ago, it was all about course completion. Course completion is the old paradigm of sitting passively, and going through an entire course from beginning to end. Now organizations are looking at minutes of usage as a real indicator of learning.”
Posted by Robert L. Lindstrom at 2:50 PM .
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