Murray Goldberg

Maritime Assessments

Assessment in Maritime Training and Familiarization

Nov 4, 2015 Murray Goldberg 0 Blog , Photo above taken by US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Anna Van Nuys / CC BY 2.0 The following post is the first in a series of articles originally written by Murray Goldberg for Maritime Professional (found here). We have decided to re-post the entire series based on reader feedback.   Introduction [...] READ MORE
The Future of Maritime Safety

The Future of Maritime Training 5 Years From Now

Oct 21, 2015 Murray Goldberg 4 Blog , For anyone involved in maritime training, now is an incredibly exciting time full of opportunity. More than ever before, there are advanced techniques and technologies available that can significantly improve training outcomes and access to training, while keeping costs under control. Properly deployed, these advances will improve safety - on [...] READ MORE
Improve Maritime Safety on a Budget

Improving Maritime Safety on a Budget

Sep 24, 2015 Murray Goldberg 0 Blog , The following post was originally written by Murray Goldberg for Maritime Professional as a part of a series of articles called The Human Element on a Budget. To celebrate World Maritime Day's theme of education and training, we are re-posting the article here to help give vessel operators more ideas on how to improve their training. [...] READ MORE
Face to Face Maritime Training

Face-to-Face vs eLearning in Maritime Training

Aug 26, 2015 Murray Goldberg 1 Blog , Photo above taken by Lauren Harnett / CC BY 2.0 The Most Unfortunate Phrase in Maritime Training: “There is No Replacement for Face to Face Training” Have you ever been involved in a discussion about maritime training and heard someone say “there is no replacement for face to face training”? Having had [...] READ MORE
Notebooks and laptop for self-study

4 Tips on How to Implement a Maritime Self-Study Program

Jul 28, 2015 Murray Goldberg 0 Blog , The following article highlights the actionable insights found in a blog post I wrote previously on Maritime Professional. Self-study is one of many ways to improve your in-house familiarization processes. There has been extensive research conducted that proves that a well implemented self-study program can improve training outcomes, reduce costs and [...] READ MORE
Crew in an in-person maritime training session.

Why is Maritime Training 15 Years Behind?

Jul 20, 2015 Murray Goldberg 2 Blog , I have been involved in eLearning research and development since the mid 1990’s. It was an amazing time. The world was discovering that eLearning could improve educational access, efficiency, and most importantly educational effectiveness (yes – people actually learned better!). This was remarkable because it seemed that education really hadn’t [...] READ MORE
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