E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

I think of informal learning. No – the way we can acknowledge informal learning is via assessment. In this way, the purpose of learning shifts from activity to outcome. – but more concerningly, it’s philosophy reverts back to activity over outcome. I don’t. I’m not referring to the content.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 31, 2013

Analyse the pre-information of your chosen mooc to ensure it will give you what you need. Sometimes they’re informative, so take notice. Participate actively in the discussion forum. Concentrate your discussion activity on only one or two threads each week. Think of moocing as informal learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 2, 2017

It’s a way of thinking that is founded on statistics, and I maintain it should inform the activities we undertake in other sectors of society such as Learning & Development. The next step up in the pyramid is Information. Thus, our statistical tests have used mathematics to convert our data into information.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2021

For example, when Tim Fawns, the Deputy Programme Director of the MSc in Clinical Education at the University of Edinburgh, blogged his thoughts about pedagogy and technology from a postdigital perspective , he defined pedagogy in the university setting as “the thoughtful combination of methods, technologies, social and physical designs and on-the-fly (..)

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 13, 2018

Another false idol to fall is the myth that all the information we need is at our fingertips. The building blocks in the 70 and the 20 spearhead an informal first approach to learning and development which lifts a mountain of weight off the shoulders of the L&D team. Clearly, not all our needs are generic.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 31, 2020

Returning to our Design Thinking example, we might post content such as sample questions to ask prospective users, active listening techniques, or an observation checklist. But my reply is “so what” – we don’t really need to record activity so why hide it behind the walls of an LMS?

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

I think of informal learning. No – the way we can acknowledge informal learning is via assessment. In this way, the purpose of learning shifts from activity to outcome. – but more concerningly, its philosophy reverts back to activity over outcome. We can already store digital information in synthetic DNA.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Of course, healthy backchannel activity is in the interests of the conference organiser too. Inform everyone of the official hashtag. And if you do offer free Wi-Fi, for crying out loud inform everyone of the access details. Inform the audience of the presenter’s handle. Host a charging kiosk.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 15, 2018

In The best of both worlds I promoted Design Thinking as a means of using customer insights to inform strategic decision making. I’m fascinated by this quote that Henry Ford may or may not have uttered. However, as the above quote suggests, customers don’t know what they don’t know. Sometimes it takes an expert to show them.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

To me it’s a total waste of time reposting the information that already exists somewhere on the intranet in a pdf. It seems that if we just point people in the right direction for the information we can’t be sure they’ve read it. It’s no longer about what we know but more about where to find the information and apply it to tasks.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 10, 2012

Constructivism, connectivism and informal learning. At some stage you need to immerse yourself in the environment (in my case, Germany) and actively participate (eg order food, buy train tickets, ask for directions). He or she is in a prime position to provide you with a programmed sequence of knowledge. OTJ, PBL and job aids.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

and The ILE and the FLE in harmony , I advocate the development of a virtual Informal Learning Environment (ILE) to work in tandem with the Formal Learning Environment (FLE) to support both the learning process and its administration. Informal learning. I believe in the power of informal learning. Informal Learning Environment.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 6, 2015

I prefer to see MOOCs through the lens of informal learning which values the learning over its bureaucracy. For example, it’s important that your intranet is mobile optimised, so when someone is away from their desk, they can quickly look up the information they need and put it into action. Informal first.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 11, 2016

As a trainer, you will smash the “10” with an informative and engaging workshop filled with handouts, scenarios, role plays, activities etc. Then your trainees return to their desks, put the handouts in a drawer, and try to remember all the important information for as long as humanly possible.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

I see this kind of activity falling into the Public Affairs portfolio, as it concerns brand management. Active tweeting. Tweet scanning is one thing, but active tweeting is something else again. The latest warm & fuzzy activity undertaken by its staff for the community. What an opportunity to win new customers!

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 12, 2014

Furthermore, their role is more than just providing input; they are active participants in the decision-making process. The goal of these activities is to obtain extra information to assist the designer in creating a better system for the users. Instead of just using the system, they are involved in its design. User design.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 11, 2012

Now that your book is available, you will need to inform your customers that it exists. • If you write a blog, inform your subscribers. • Activate Look Inside the Book. I hope you have found the information useful, and I wish you all the best in your quest to publish your own books. • Add keyword tags.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 9, 2010

Already we are seeing an acceleration in the sales of e-books, which I expect will correlate with a resurgence of reading as an informal learning activity. But I suggest that another, less obvious, effect of the e-book phenomenon will be a resurgence of storytelling as an informal teaching activity. A lost art.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 11, 2013

The pre-information on the Coursera site was useful, the promotional video was informative, and both were reinforced by a welcome email upon registration. The instructors need to be much more active in the discussions. The mooc was well prepared. The virtual classroom environment was well structured.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 12, 2010

I hope that this taxonomy, along with the corresponding notes below, will assist you in using learning theory to inform your instructional design decisions. From this, he deduced that the amount of information that could be processed at any one time could be increased by “chunking&# it. Overarching themes. Cognitive load .

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 3, 2010

While the organisation has invested in social technology, and maybe even documented a social media policy, the majority of its social media activity is driven from the bottom up. It might be said it’s adopting a cautious, almost experimental approach to the concept. Does this sound like your workplace? If so, what does it mean?

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Other aspects of the subject (for instance, the rapid advances in technology, and the pedagogical shifts towards social and informal learning) could not be compared against any such canon. Soozie makes the point that information sources go beyond what the web and other technologies can channel. It was even documented in textbooks.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Inform your participants very early that the virtual class will be happening, when and where. Stage 3: Information exchange. The facilitator should define the learning outcomes of the session (and tailor them according to the audience’s expectations), then refer to the information that was previously provided.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 10, 2014

Rather than see it as something to be ashamed of, avoided at all costs, and certainly not to be aired in public, innovators embrace failure, they actively seek it out – and most importantly of all, they learn from it. A failure isn’t an error or a mistake, but a beautiful piece of intelligence that informs your next move.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 5, 2012

Write the information down and their corner of the market would be lost. • Activity vs outcome. • Formal vs informal learning. All of the material was presented orally … instructors realized that their job security, to a large extent, hinged on their knowledge of a system or component of the space station.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Using the 4+4 Part Employee Lifecycle as my guide, I will share my thoughts on some of the ways in which your capability framework can add value to your organisation’s activities in terms of recruitment, onboarding, performance, and offboarding. Assessment of the latter informs the readiness of the employee for promotion.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 26, 2017

The employee lifecycle would provide the structure for a platform containing information and resources that our managers could draw upon on demand. While some other models of the employee lifecycle start with “Attraction”, I consider this a subset of recruitment, along with other activities such as interviewing and selection.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2012

Typical promotional activities such as newsletters, testimonials and merchandise not only raise awareness among the users, but also act as ongoing reminders. At the next tier down, informal support resources have some importance. Same goes for activities and games such as “fun facts” and trivia quizzes.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 1, 2015

And that’s a problem because as a practitioner, I consider it important to inform my work with the latest science. The latter metaphor reminds me that learning is not about the consumption of information; it’s about making sense. Cook‐Greuter, S. Making the case for a developmental perspective.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 19, 2010

I’ve always admired the power of pictures to deliver extensive information concisely, and in this respect a 2-3 minute animation is the perfect medium. I launched a new vlog today called Greenwise. It’s tag line is “Bite-sized chunks of environmental knowledge&#. It’s short and sharp, while fun and engaging.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Alas, today’s working environment favours activity over outcome. To determine with some level of confidence whether a particular training activity was effective, the following eight factors must be considered… 1. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not suggesting you need a PhD to evaluate your training activity.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2012

Typical promotional activities such as newsletters, testimonials and merchandise not only raise awareness among the users, but also act as ongoing reminders. At the next tier down, informal support resources have some importance. Same goes for activities and games such as “fun facts” and trivia quizzes.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 27, 2013

Given I’ve been blogging about MOOCs lately, I thought it was high time I better informed my perspective by actually doing a MOOC. UPDATE: Helen Blunden from Activate Learning Solutions commented on this post pointing out the overly theoretical nature of the EDC MOOC content. I sooo can’t wait to get mine. With horns.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 18, 2009

To be a good corporate citizen, the firm must use that policy to inform action. If the L&D team (and others) aren’t active in this space, then there’s a disconnect between what the company allegedly stands for and what it manifestly stands for. However, it’s just a collection of words. Education is the key.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I’m active on Twitter and I write this blog, so why not engage with me on these platforms first? In contrast, a product tour shows me your product in action, and provides me with enough information to make a judgement call as to its usefulness and usability. If you contribute something substantive, I’ll respect you for it.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 6, 2009

It’s the foundation of all subsequent development activity. For example, a Team Leader might call you to say that her team is struggling to meet its productivity targets; or a Project Manager might inform you of the imminent rollout of a new processing system. In either case, you need to react to that information.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

In my previous article , I proposed a Taxonomy of Learning Theories to organise a few of the myriad of theories into some semblance of order, and to assist instructional designers in using theory to inform their work. If you have your own theory-informed design tips, I’d love you to share them with me! Behaviourist design.

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