An Introduction to the Journey.

                                                             Hello and Welcome to Insights about Training

   Hello my name is Doug and I am currently the Human Performance Improvement Lead at the Advanced Test Reactor. I am starting this blog for a few reasons the first is yes it is a class assignment and I much complete it if I would like to pass the class.  Now that is a good reason but it is not the only one, sometimes we get so wrapped up in life that we have a hard time reflection on our experience and really getting everything we can from what we went through. In this blog I will be talking about technology and training. As we go through this journey together we will be discussing all part of technology in training, the good and the bad.  Technology can be a very powerful tool, look at what AI has done for us.  That being said there can be significant downsides to technology in training and I want to discuss both.  I hope that as we go through this class we can learn how to functionally incorporate technology in training.  We will learn how to make this a valuable tool in our mission to teach.  So be ready to go on this journey together as we find out about the available options for training and how we can get the most out of it.   

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  1. Gaea McTíreJanuary 31, 2026 at 11:08 PM

    Please forgive me, but you don’t have your name anywhere on this, so I don’t know who you are? I guess my question is do you want this to be an anonymous blog or do you want to use it as a professional tool for learning and growth? If you do want it to be a professional tool, you should provide a bit more information, that way you can link it to other places, such as LinkedIn or other places online so people can link back to your writing and your thoughts. If you do want it to be anonymous, that’s fine. But I just wanted to bring that up in case it is important to you.

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    1. dkmr88February 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM

      Thank you for the feedback I just forgot it and will add it.

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