Living in Learning

JULY 20, 2009

Think back to the emergence of e-learning. My first exposure appeared on the scene as computer-based training (CBT) back in the 1980s. The linear training paradigm certainly did not. As training professionals, we’ve just been slow to adopt. Pick any date that is conjured in your memory. What changed?

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Living in Learning

JANUARY 14, 2010

I like the concept of “re-thinking” training organizations based in HR, and I say this from personal work history primarily based in the training space over the last thirty plus years. The blended perspective I have comes from working both inside and outside of HR in training organizations.

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Living in Learning

OCTOBER 9, 2012

We continue to train with hopes that some form it…some technology enhanced venue of it…some exotic blend of it…is going to produce sustained capability that produces tangible business outcomes. Does training contribute to results? Sure it does, but does it sustain them? No, it cannot.

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Living in Learning

JULY 12, 2009

Last November I had the privilege of participating in a panel of experts at the Learning 2008 Conference sponsored by Elliott Masie in Orlando. The focus of the panel, moderated by Dr. Conrad Gottfredson and Bob Mosher, zeroed in on best practices intended to improve accessibility of learning to learners in their moments of learning need.

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Living in Learning

JUNE 26, 2009

Don’t you wish leadership could understand and value the contribution that your training department makes? The way we learn has changed. I read this statement in the eLearning Technology blog this morning in a graphic illustration that captured rich thoughts at the recent ISA Learning Think Tank 3×3’s. Has it really?

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Living in Learning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

In an earlier post, I introduced the concept of a Learning Continuum defined by three phases: • Prepare – to create readiness in our learners prior to formal training. Deploy – delivery of formal training in a variety of blends. Reinforce – post-training implementation intended to sustain capability. Figure 3.0.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 6, 2009

Can a training organization be like a river? This short post looks at critical need for training organizations to be in the mainstream current or prepare for treatment reserved for flotsam stuck and swirling in the eddies. The eddy, in particular, is a phenomenon that is all too prevalent in training organizations today.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 23, 2009

The concept of a learning shift represents a course correction by the USS Training Department. Choose a metaphor of your own; bottom-line is painfully clear – the learning game has changed, and our tactics and methodologies that worked so well in a traditional “training war” are not as effective in a non-traditional battle.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 14, 2009

Many of us cut our professional learning design teeth using the long-held tradition of the ADDIE instructional design (ISD) model. The “environment” I reference is manifest in the new face of where we learn – our learning environment. As training departments go, most are not equipped to sustain a learning environment.

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Living in Learning

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

What is remarkable about that is the original request from the VP of Sales sounded a lot like his boss’s request – he knew what was wrong and training would fix it. Sales are down, so we need to beef up our sales training approach.”. Major point here… SOME OF THEM …had something to do with training. Recall the initial request?

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