Scope creep may cause you to miss a deadline, burn through (or exceed!) your budget with cost overruns, and, on top of that, still deliver the wrong thing (The Digital Project Manager, 2021). Identifying scope[…]
Project Management Learning Resources
In a world dominated by technology, any knowledge can be found online with efficient research. I remember the days of encyclopedias past when Google was a mere theory and instructional videos had to be rented[…]
COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY
My interpretation of the message did not change between the different delivery approaches. The requestor’s tone was urgent but polite in all transmissions. The message was projected in a casual style so it did[…]
LEARNING FROM A PROJECT “POST-MORTEM”
For individual contributors learning through a project review helps them understand how to improve tasks and deliverables to increase their personal effectiveness (Terzieva, Morabito, 2016). I am a firm believer in documenting and applying “lessons[…]
Defining Distance Learning
The definition of distance learning will always change because distance learning is made possible by the transformation of human capabilities, specifically technology, which is also continuously evolving. Just as the original notion of correspondence study[…]
The Future of Distance Learning
Employers have significantly benefited from the evolution of distance learning as it relates to corporate training. The shift to digital onboarding and online employee training has eliminated excessive travel expenses, time-consuming event planning, costly printing[…]
Learning Reflection
When I began the course, I thought that I initially aligned with the constructivist theory and revealed my struggle with motivation. Throughout the past few weeks of analyzing learning theories and styles, I have discovered[…]
Fitting the Pieces Together
In Week 1 I believed that my learning style aligned most with the Constructivism learning theory and Lev Vygotsky’s third unique aspect of human intelligence, Cognitive Activity Repeated Experience. I also mentioned struggling with memorization,[…]
Connectivism: A Reflection
According to Siemens, “connectivism is driven by the understanding that decisions are based on rapidly altering foundations. New information is continually being acquired and the ability to draw distinctions between important and unimportant information is[…]