Jun 1, 2016
Murray Goldberg
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Maritime Training, Student-Centered Training
Introduction The term “student-centered learning” is one that many trainers may have not heard before. Yet it is an important training concept, and one that all maritime trainers should understand and consider. Student-centered learning is credited with improving trainee motivation, trainer-trainee relationships, and increasing the trainee’s own responsibility for their training. Many [...]
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May 12, 2016
Murray Goldberg
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Maritime Training
Introduction In this post, I discuss the strengths and limitations of job shadowing. Since job shadowing is a common training and familiarization practice, I am not sure how many friends I am going to make with this post. However, while working with the British Columbia Ferry Services I have seen the [...]
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Apr 6, 2016
Murray Goldberg
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Maritime Training, Mentorship
How we think about and how we conduct maritime training has the potential to change the course of the maritime industry. Do we give maritime trainers the respect they deserve? How SHOULD we think about maritime training? I want to briefly reflect on the profound importance of training and education, [...]
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Dec 2, 2015
Murray Goldberg
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Maritime Training, Mentorship
Photo above taken by Liz Novak / CC BY 2.0 Introduction I recently returned from the Western Region conference of the Passenger Vessel Association where I gave a presentation on the growth of eLearning in the maritime industry. It was a fantastic conference, and the PVA is an excellent association (which I recommend [...]
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Nov 18, 2015
Murray Goldberg
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Assessment, Maritime Training
The following post is part of 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 We have all seen candidates who “test well” but perform poorly. We’ve also seen candidates who have trouble [...]
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Oct 21, 2015
Murray Goldberg
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Analytics, Maritime Training
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 [...]
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