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Can PeopleCloud support learning in all its contexts?

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Learning professionals have no real difficulty in supporting the formal element of their work, i.e. providing access to courses. The challenge is supporting and encouraging learning as it occurs on a day-to-day basis, well beyond the formal curriculum. This is what they have always done and this is what others expect them to be doing.

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What specifically is e-learning good for?

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and came up with a very simple answer: E-learning, in its many and varied forms, is suitable for any learning activity which does not have to be conducted face-to-fac e. As an informal developmental activity, e.g. webinars including presentations and discussions. As a developmental activity initiated by the learner.

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Insights: Experiential learning is an important part of the architecture

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As learning and development professionals we are most alert to those opportunities which will help employees to ‘learn to’ carry out some task or fulfil some responsibility. Yet for many people, the greatest insights come not through ‘learning to’ but by ‘learning from’ our day-to-day work activities.

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Profile of a learning architect: Charles Jennings

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Charles describes this as a ‘conspiracy of convenience’: performance analysis is not done or done poorly; business managers want ‘training’; training managers deliver it; no-one measures it. To embed best practice processes in all l&d activities across the company.

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Elearning Blueprint

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That's why, when Cathy recently announced the launch of her Elearning Blueprint , a performance support tool for designers, I was determined to take a close look. According to Cathy, "the Blueprint is an interactive job aid that helps anyone design lean, lively elearning.

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The new age of exploration

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When it comes to the inevitable exam, you will cram as much information as you can into some sort of temporary memory space to help you overcome this hurdle. The teacher ‘pushes’ learning content or learning activities in the direction of the learner. You concentrate hard and hope that some of what you read or hear will stick.

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In search of pioneering learning architects

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I need your help. How will this learning contribute to effective performance? What equipment and facilities can be deployed to support the learning? An architect of buildings does not carry the bricks or paint the walls, although they do keep a watchful eye on these activities in case their plans need to be revised or updated.

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