LitWorks » ILTA http://litworks.net Quality Training for e-Discovery and Litigation Support Professionals Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:38:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Defining Your Learning Objectives for 2010 http://litworks.net/litworks-blog/defining-your-learning-objectives-for-2010/ http://litworks.net/litworks-blog/defining-your-learning-objectives-for-2010/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:07:39 +0000 esantiago http://litworks.biscuitstudios.net/?p=301 Last summer at the ILTA conference, I was interviewed by Kina Kim of Pivotal Discovery. During that interview, we discussed how to best achieve your learning goals as a litigation support professional. Have you assessed your current skill set and defined your learning goals & objectives for 2010?

]]> Last summer at the ILTA conference, I was interviewed by Kina Kim of Pivotal Discovery. During that interview, we discussed how to best achieve your learning goals as a litigation support professional. Have you assessed your current skill set and defined your learning goals & objectives for 2010?

Here is the video and a few notes on my key points:

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  • Define your learning objectives
    • What do you already know
    • What experience do you already have
    • What do you expect to get as a ROI for training
  • Define your learning style:   Self directed or classroom
    • Self directed
      • Requires discipline, passion to learn
      • Blogs / podcasts
      • Google alert
      • Free vendor sponsored webinars (live or on-demand)
      • Vendor whitepapers
      • Requires ability to discern marketing from reality/ grain of salt
      • Networking events – targeted conversations
      • Magazines like Litigation Support Today and Law Technology News
      • Specific questions for your mentor – don’t waste their time & yours waiting for them to tell you what you think you need to know
    • Classroom
      • Still requires discipline but you can get all of the information at once or in a small period of time
      • Teacher / trainer
      • SME
      • Small group v large group
      • Conference v seminar v true classroom
  • Training Others – If you are the trainer
    • Do you go to a class or seminar with the “train the trainer” mentality? Be intentional
    • Networking with others
    • Assess the learning style of your team
    • Define the learning goals for your team – what do they need to learn this year?
    • E-Learning – does your firm have formal training dept and resources that you can develop for or work with training team as an SME for them to develop courses
    • Intranet
    • Blogs, wikis
    • Knowledge management
    • A collection of resources based on your research
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