Comments on: Dr. Allison Rossett on Sidekick & Planner Performance Support Tools http://www.xyleme.com/podcasts/archives/5 A Podcast Library on the Evolution of Training Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:04:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Allison Rossett http://www.xyleme.com/podcasts/archives/5/comment-page-1#comment-28 Allison Rossett Thu, 08 May 2008 21:41:09 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/podcasts/archives/5#comment-28 Thanks, Dan. What you are talking about is exactly where I hope we are going. Alas, it is slow, slow, slow. Still, it is what we want, and quite the opposite of inflexible catalogues of lengthy courses that require people to come to the regional center or campus--- when it is convenient for us. And then we can worry about transfer. Check out our book web site. Might find it useful. Hope so. http://www.colletandschafer.com/perfsupp/ Best, Allison Thanks, Dan.

What you are talking about is exactly where I hope we are going. Alas, it is slow, slow, slow.

Still, it is what we want, and quite the opposite of inflexible catalogues of lengthy courses that require people to come to the regional center or campus— when it is convenient for us. And then we can worry about transfer.

Check out our book web site. Might find it useful. Hope so.
http://www.colletandschafer.com/perfsupp/

Best,
Allison

]]> By: Dan Peay http://www.xyleme.com/podcasts/archives/5/comment-page-1#comment-27 Dan Peay Wed, 07 May 2008 20:14:29 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/podcasts/archives/5#comment-27 A very insightful conversation. The concept of PS "Planner" and "Sidekick" makes a lot of sense to me. As a past trainer/facilitator I have often shared the vision of "help" being immediately available, not realizing that I was envisioning the concept that already exists, called Performance Support. I've longed for a solution in using software, like Excel for example, that not only could get me "un-stuck" by hitting the F1 key, but wouldn't it be great if there were an option to select something like, "I have 5 minutes, teach me more about using a pivot table." And even better, offer a solution to guide me through the process instead managing another layer of help windows. Thanks for the insight Dr. Rossett! A very insightful conversation. The concept of PS “Planner” and “Sidekick” makes a lot of sense to me. As a past trainer/facilitator I have often shared the vision of “help” being immediately available, not realizing that I was envisioning the concept that already exists, called Performance Support. I’ve longed for a solution in using software, like Excel for example, that not only could get me “un-stuck” by hitting the F1 key, but wouldn’t it be great if there were an option to select something like, “I have 5 minutes, teach me more about using a pivot table.” And even better, offer a solution to guide me through the process instead managing another layer of help windows. Thanks for the insight Dr. Rossett!

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