How to prevent your hospital project from going off the rails! The Project The project in question was a patient care improvement initiative in a hospital setting. The initial scope of the project was to improve patient satisfaction scores in the hospital's Emergency Department (ED) by reducing wait times and improving communication with patients. TheContinue reading "Scope creep:"

Effective project budgeting and management are essential for the success of any project. Whether you're working on a small-scale instructional design project or a large-scale construction project, accurate budgeting and management can help ensure that you stay on track, meet your goals, and deliver a quality product on time and within budget. However, project budgetingContinue reading "What’s the budget?"

Managing a project can be a complex task, requiring careful planning, coordination, and communication. Fortunately, there are many resources available to help project managers stay organized and on track. In this post, I will explore three valuable resources that can help streamline the project management process, from project planning to execution and beyond by collaboratingContinue reading "Managing Project Management"

Effective communication is essential for both personal and professional settings. In today's world, communication can happen through various modalities, such as email/text, voicemail, and face-to-face interactions. However, each of these modes of communication has its strengths and limitations, which can affect the effectiveness of communication. This brief multimedia clip (Walden University, n.d.) demonstrates these communicationContinue reading "The Art of Communication: Differing Modalities"

There are many times when a project flies off the rails or doesn't succeed as the project team anticipated. There are sever factor that can impact the success of a project implementation. Project Management best practice involves a post-mortem or project retrospective, to to evaluate the project's success or failure at meeting its intended objectives,Continue reading "Project Management Pulse Check: Post-Mortem"

The COVID-19 pandemic forced a significant portion of the world's population to engage in remote learning. In the fall of 2020, around 75% (11.8 million) of all undergraduate students were enrolled in at least one distance education course, while 44% (7 million) of all undergraduate students were exclusively enrolled in distance education courses (National CenterContinue reading "Distance Learning: Where are We Headed?"

In today’s fast-paced world, the need for effective and flexible training programs has become increasingly important. Blended learning is an approach that combines face-to-face instruction with online learning, providing trainees with the flexibility and convenience to learn at their own pace and in their own space. Converting a traditional face-to-face training program into a blendedContinue reading "Transitioning to Blended Learning"

Distance learning has been defined in various ways throughout the years, and its definition will continue to constantly change. My experience with distance learning in undergrad was what appeared to be a "watered-down" version of a classroom setting where students were disengaged, participating on a new (at the time) and under-developed educational platform. There wereContinue reading "The Evolution of Distance Learning"

Learning is a multi-faceted process that deserves to be researched in justas many ways. Individual areas of expertise can shed vital details regardinghow the mind works while learning (i.e., psychology or neuroscience), butfocusing on one area will never provide a complete picture. It is essential tokeep in mind that the more we combine our forces,Continue reading "What Does the Brain Have to do with Learning?"