general resources

An archive of videos, articles, and books I use to prepare material.

My favorite TED talk and still relevant.

GenAI Tactics for L&D: From Prompts to Automation

This webinar is incredible for all levels of AI prompting. Unfortunately I was not able to embed the video but still wanted to keep it as a resource.

Videos

This video shows you how to make your word documents accessible for screen readers. Incredible easy to follow.

A must watch for all stand up instructors. It’s less what you say then how you say it.

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Articles

Learning an Assessment Techniques

This book is a great resource for activities. There are a lot of modifications at the back of each section making this incredible versatile.

Teaching to Transgress

Anyone familiar with Bell Hooks knows she is not a light read, this is no different. I appreciate her spiritual and emotional contribution to the profession.

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History of the Adult Education Movement in the United States

Knowing and understanding the history of adult education provides teachers context for “new” initiatives and innovations in our profession.

Design for How People Learn

Given to me by my mentor. This book provides a very grounded approach to instructional design and curriculum development that can be missed by highly academic resources.

Learning in Adulthood

This is a kind of all in one book about adult learning. It touches on most aspects of adult education and is my go to to for learning a little something on any topic.

Measuring ROI in Learning and Development

This resource helps make the business case for your training. No matter how great a training is it needs to make financial sense. Proving Return on Investment (ROI) is essential for successful adult educators.

e-Learning and the Science of Instruction

This is more an instructional design resource. A great reference for anyone who wants to know the basic rules governing eLearning.

Facilitating Seven Ways of Learning

If you have only done stand up instruction it is easy to forget how many different types of learning there are. This is a good resource when you need to develop training on a modality you are not experienced in.

John Dewey Experience & Education

An invaluable work on the philosophy of education by one of the greatest American philosophers. I recommend reading it ever couple of years as legislation changes education and your personal philosophies around education “evolve”.