Dave Sabol

Is it really possible to separate the personal from the professional? I have been struggling with this issue for the past few months both in my daily life as well as my blogging. What follows is a description of the struggle and explanation of why I ultimately have decided to start a new blog (Associated [...]

On my ride into work, I heard a story on NPR that really caught my attention. It was based on a new study that conducted by Carol S. Dweck from Stanford University that was published in Child Development that showed if you teach students that their intelligence can grow and increase, they do better in [...]

Well, after over an hour delay we finally got of the ground from Philadelphia. Admittedly, it was a lot better than I make it out to be. The only good part about having 5 hours between connecting flights is the fact that you have plenty of time “just in case”. For me, I spent the [...]

This could prove to be a pretty interesting online educational tool. Imagine teachers being able to post a discussion question or assignment on their blog. Or as a corporate trainer with a dispersed training audience beign able to combine WBT with ILT. At a predetermined time participants / students could Skype into an online synchronous [...]

A few hours ago, I touched down in Santiago, Chile. It was a long, but comfortable and enjoyable flight. Granted, I have been awake for 36 hours (perhaps a bit more) largely because I couldn’t get comfortable on the plane even though I was in Business Elite class on my Delta flight. There is a [...]

Well, the day I have been anxiously waiting for is here. I am heading to Santiago, Chile for a work related conference where I will be demonstrating our new Learning Management System and online Leadership Development program, co-presenting at a general session, and doing anything else that needs to be done.
The fact that I am [...]

Inspired by an article in Wired Magazine Mark Oehlert issued a challenge to learning designers everywhere to come up with 6 word lesson plans that capture your ideal learning / lesson flow.
So here is the challenge - think of six word lesson plans. Use just six words to describe the objective(s) of a course, a [...]