Week 11 Post 1

I'm running out of ideas for this blog. However I know there is an unlimited amount of information out there on the internet for me to stumble across. So I went back to "performance technology" to see what other terms or ideas I could find. The first result on Google today was a bibliography type list with links. Great! http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/performance.html

The first link I went to was titled "When training doesn't work." http://www.fastrak-consulting.co.uk/tactix/Features/epss/epss.htm This article was about the role of EPSS in a training program. It had a catchy story about a job need then reviewed why an EPSS would work in this situation. The site is a good review of EPSS.

The next link was titled "Human Performance in the Workplace: Aligning People, Processes and Performance." http://www.mnispi.org/meetings/meeting_recaps/2003_JanRecap.pdf. I found that it was simply a bulleted list of points from a meeting. I did enjoy this list:

Ten Things That Top Performers Do
1. Eliminate unnecessary steps.
2. Perform an extra step that is needed but not documented.
3. Use available information and documentation that others do not.
4. Possess information or data that others do not.
5. Create a job aid that others do not have.
6. Possess better tools than others.
7. Have a different motive for performing.
8. Receive different guidance and feedback.
9. Obtain different incentives.
10. Do not succeed as a result of training.

The third link I chose http://www.pcd-innovations.com/piaug2001/around_the_interface.pdf was called "Around the Interface in 80 clicks." It sounded interesting and the layout was visually appealing so I started reading. This article was mostly about interface design and echoed the same points as the Garrett book I read for IT 580. Some of the important points included metadata tagging that was the topic of a previous blog.

As I continue with this blogging project, I am finding much more clarity as I build my knowlege base. Topics and terms are being used in many different ways and I can appreciate the foundation that I have in instructional design theory and can related that now to performance technology and interface design.