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Social Networking and Organizational Learning
By: Kathleen Iverson Prior to the Internet, the last technological innovation that had a significant effect on the way people sat and talked together was the table (Shirkey, 2003). The web has...
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Rules of Social Networking
Guest Blogger: Kesha In a world where technology is a driver for all communication, people are being steered towards social networking. Sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and many...
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‘To Tweet or Not to Tweet’: Adopting Web 2.0 Tools for Professional Social...
Guest Blogger: Deborah As I finish my Masters program in HPI, I have been introduced to a module on professional social networking using Web 2.0 tools. It was not too long ago that I did not have any...
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Are you set up for success? Here are 11 ways to boost your career prospects...
Larissa Zando is a graduate assistant and second-year student in Roosevelt’s Training & Development program. Returning to school to advance your career may seem daunting, especially if you are...
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Keeping Up Made Easy (or, Why You Need to Follow Elliott Masie)
Vince Cyboran is an Associate Professor, and Department Chair of the graduate program in Training and Development of Roosevelt University. As a hiring manager, one of the questions I always asked...
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Professor Vince Cyboran to present at E-Learning conference in Las Vegas
Vince Cyboran is a professor in the graduate program in Training and Development of Roosevelt University. Professor Cyboran is presenting at this week’s E-Learn-World Conference in Las Vegas. If you...
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No Technical Skills Required!
Vince Cyboran is a professor in the graduate program in Training and Development of Roosevelt University. There is an odd meme circulating that might be summed up as: Young people today are SO...
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Jobs and more jobs
Each week, Chicagoland employers post dozens of new Training and Development openings. Opportunities are definitely out there locally and nationally. Be sure to check out some of the links on our jobs...
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Birds or Fish? Internal and External Consultants
Sky and Water is a 1939 woodcut by Dutch artist M.C. Escher. Courtesy of Wikipedia.org By Kathleen Iverson Sky and Water, by M.C. Escher is a tessellated image of birds changing to fish when they sink...
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Instructional designers … some tips on how to land a job (or hire for one)
So, you have the interview, but what now? Do you have a strategy for selling yourself and showing your capabilities? Staffing firm Proedit has some useful articles about what hiring managers are — and...
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Add Value to your MATD or MAOD with Professional Credentials
As a follow up to my previous article on professional certifications, “Do you need more letters after your name?” I want to make you aware of an easy way to enhance your Roosevelt University MATD or...
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Andragogy along for the ride: How do we bring Knowles’ ideas into virtual...
It has been more than forty years since Malcolm Knowles made the term andragogy a household word in adult learning circles. The shelf life of the term, which Knowles made famous in 1970, and its...
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Gamification: Are you Ready?
By Vincent L. Cyboran, Ed.D. Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Training and Development Most Baby Boomers can remember the opening episode of ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ in which Mary Richards...
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Career-changer finds prospects to be even better than expected in the field...
Kerri Leo is a student and graduate assistant for Roosevelt’s Training and Development Program. Being a “career-change” student in the Training and Development program, I’m often asked, “So, what kind...
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Are MOOCs Doomed to Fail?
By Paulina Merino MATD Graduate Mathieu Plourde/wikipedia Are Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) a revolution in higher education or will they forever be just a form of knowledge sharing? Are MOOCs...
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Training at the Movies Part 1: What can Patrick Swayze teach us about manners?
BY ERIC HAHN Roosevelt Training and Development Graduate assistant Patrick Swayze in a still from the 1989 movie “Road House.” Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. As cases of alleged police...
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Show Me Your Digital Badge: A new tool for higher education?
There’s a new badge in town and it’s digital, portable, and displayed in a multitude of locations including your resume, social network sites, and perhaps someday, even your diploma. A grown up version...
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Blogging 101: How to write engaging and informative content
If you’ve never written a blog post before, where do you begin? I will offer you three strategies to quickly get up to speed: Know your Blog: If you are a guest blogger, start by familiarizing yourself...
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Crossing the Digital Divide: Networking and career development for online...
Olimpia Kaczmarczyk-Benoit 2015 MATD Graduate So a while back, you decided to change careers. After a period of frustration and trying different things, you finally decide that the first step to a...
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Keeping Up Made Easy (or, Why You Need to Follow Elliott Masie)
As a hiring manager, one of the questions I always asked candidates was “How do you keep up in the field?” There is no one right answer to this question, but there are many variations on wrong answers...
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