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An Organisational Perspective to Managing Change in Learning: Part 2

Connect Thinking

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Making business sense: Analyse ‘hard facts’ Sometimes e-learning is seen as the ‘panacea’ – the cure for growing training and administration costs, a way to train staff faster, a means to gain competitive advantage and so on. The reasons behind implementing e-learning needs to make business sense.

Change

Change Management Social Media Analysis

5 Challenges Developing E-Learning as a Revenue Stream

Connect Thinking

JANUARY 16, 2013

As an independent e-learning consultant, I’m often asked how to develop e-learning courses as a viable revenue stream for their business - to sell to clients. This is true from both a business and a product perspective. Online business models are changing rapidly – new alliances, new distribution channels.

Streaming

Streaming Diversity Training Develop Instructional Design

8 Signs That Your Learning Management System (LMS) Implementation is at Risk

Connect Thinking

APRIL 8, 2013

It requires the LMS team to be business savvy and forward focused. NOTE: Due to the rapid progression of technology and web-based platforms, and the rapid change of internal business and learning focus, it is my current view that a LMS has a 3 year shelf life before it requires a significant upgrade or change to a different LMS.

Association Learning Management System

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Seven other advantages of an e-learning strategy

Connect Thinking

AUGUST 4, 2012

Integrating these technologies into a learning strategy can help the technologies be adopted into other parts of the business. Monitor the adoption of language and knowledge across the business. However, the technologies may not have been well adopted. Staff skills development of existing technologies.

Blended Learning

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Seven other advantages of an e-learning strategy

Connect Thinking

AUGUST 4, 2012

Integrating these technologies into a learning strategy can help the technologies be adopted into other parts of the business. Monitor the adoption of language and knowledge across the business. However, the technologies may not have been well adopted. Staff skills development of existing technologies.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Learning Strategy Wiki Strategy

7 Tips for developing an E-Learning Strategy

Connect Thinking

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Conduct 1:1 or focus interviews with the e-learning strategy touch-points in your organisation: Business strategy requirements today and future e.g. responsiveness, competition, changing consumer demands, legislation changes. Consultation with all areas of the business is paramount. Your strategy should ideally be all encompassing.

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Managing Change in Organisational Learning: Part 1

Connect Thinking

DECEMBER 1, 2012

I will also try to distinguish different business models such as Corporate, Not-for-profit and external Training Provider. “If Link your solution to business objectives, workplace practice and team and individual development plans. If we build it, why will they come?”. How to build Imperative? Return – build the Value.

Change

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5 Reasons to Implement E-Learning

Connect Thinking

JANUARY 11, 2013

From a business perspective, there are arguably five (5) main drivers for implementing e-learning (learning technologies): 1. The business decision to employ anyone is all about productivity. What an employee costs an employer must be a fraction of the profit he or she contributes to the business. Build staff productivity.

Blended Learning

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Synergies Between Internet Content Marketing and Workplace Learning

Connect Thinking

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

I appreciate Internet marketing is about driving business, but there is an obvious synergy between content marketing and our role as learning professionals to develop accessible content that ‘ready’ employees to want to build expertise and know how.

Internet

Internet Market Content Courseware

Five classifications of Learning Management Systems (LMS)

Connect Thinking

DECEMBER 16, 2011

From my observation, I have categorised LMS based on the business motivation to create and offer them to the market: LMS that are part of a larger ERP system (e.g. It’s all about keeping to core business. There are lots and lots of Learning Management Systems (LMS) on the market. Can I contact a referee?

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How we think about learning influences our e-learning practice

Connect Thinking

MARCH 7, 2012

The chaos and complexity associated with today’s business climate is often under-represented in our learning design and systems. To create such designs, I would need to deeply understand the micro-climate and workflow of different business units, even individuals. What is the learning theory you espouse?

Association Learning Management System

Association Learning Management System Social Networks Learning Theory Theory

Tips to Help Avoid eLearning and LMS Project Failure

Connect Thinking

AUGUST 12, 2013

Supporting organisations in eLearning and LMS projects is a large part of our business at Connect Thinking. Below is a synopsis of project activities and tips for managing an e-learning project – click to enlarge. ELearning and LMS Project Phases, Activities and Tips.

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LMS Project eLearning Strategy Tips

What’s the matter with Learning Management Systems? They’re not disposible

Connect Thinking

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Anyone who has a small business and a small business website knows that websites have a short shelf life (I’ve had 3 in 5 years). Because that’s the way the technology works, then that becomes the defining factor of not only the process but the relationship as well. Design and functionality options are always evolving.

LMS

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People versus Systems: Let’s acknowledge the difference

Connect Thinking

JANUARY 14, 2012

For the business, technology is seductive – a way to make ‘vanilla’ the processes that touch human activity, human thinking and human experiences. I do have business acumen, and many existing organisational processes are well overdue for simplification and standardisation.

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Keeping Learning in Mind: Challenges in E-Learning Practice

Connect Thinking

MAY 26, 2012

The audience then marked on the continuum where that e-learning project would ‘operate’ from – based on business necessity, SME understanding of learning etc. The intention of the activity was not to expose a problematic too large to fix.

Blended Learning

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Addressing The Great Organisational Learning Debate: Employee Sovereignty vs Compliance E-Learning

Connect Thinking

MARCH 17, 2013

Everyone is just too busy. In fact, there is a good chance all the learner will do is click Next…Next…Next…as quickly as possible to get the e-learning course done and ticked off. And, if you give staff choice to read a document, watch a video or complete an e-learn at their own free will, they probably won’t.

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Performance support tools for learning – a decentralised strategy

Connect Thinking

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

And the best people to know where the information should be placed is the decentralised business unit or department. Performance support tools need to be placed in staff workflow, where the ‘need’ arises. Mmmm…how often do centralised functions assume all staff can and do access the intranet?

Performance Support

Performance Support Support Performance Strategy

Workshop, E-Learning or Video? A question of strategy

Connect Thinking

MARCH 31, 2012

They are generally cost effective to make (compared with most e-learning) and can be applied and reused in different parts of the business to capture different staff workflows (e.g. ” performance support at the point of need. Intranet, LMS, DVD, embedded in an e-learn). The strategy and the solution should be staff-centric.

Strategy

Strategy Video Virtual Classroom Courseware

Self-Service Learning – What we need to think about

Connect Thinking

DECEMBER 28, 2011

We need to work with the business, especially IT, to understand the requirements to enable self-service learning, and we need to develop the skills of learning professionals. Just-in-time self-service learning artifacts that are cheap to develop and publish and that are ultimately disposable is the way to go.

Services

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Thinking e-learning strategy? Think video

Connect Thinking

JUNE 16, 2012

In today’s busy workplace, getting people across new information simply and easily has never been more important. For producing screen recordings and briefings in Camtasia , you simply need to practice the Camtasia software. For briefings and instructional videos , you need skills in instructional design and visual design.

Learning Strategy

Learning Strategy Strategy Video Webcast

Social media does not always equal social learning

Connect Thinking

JANUARY 27, 2012

I use strategies to share my social media contribution to the world and my network, but I don’t expect an exchange will ensue – because everyone is busy, and there is a lot of e-learning and social media content out there. If there is an exchange, it’s a bonus and I get rather thrilled about it.

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Work-based collaboration tools and the elephant in the room

Connect Thinking

APRIL 21, 2012

I like to share my thoughts by the written word, building an online reputation for both business reasons and for altruistic reasons. I prefer to be transparent; wanting to reassure clients’ trust in what I am doing for them. But not every user will share my preferences.

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A Functional Perspective to Managing Change in Learning: Part 3

Connect Thinking

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Change management tips: Ensure the e-learning strategy ultimately frees L&D to deliver to the business the things they have never had the time to do. Managers are required to understand the online function and to manage staff self-development. Help the L&D team to identify new opportunities to interact with managers and staff.

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E-Learning courware or LMS – Which comes first?

Connect Thinking

JULY 20, 2012

Question from a client: We are an industrial business with about 400 staff. Monitor the effect of the system on existing business and training processes, so that you can be better informed when you go out to market to purchase a LMS. We know we need to move into e-learning for complance training reasons, but this is all new to us.

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An Organisational Perspective to Managing Change in Learning: Part 2

5 Challenges Developing E-Learning as a Revenue Stream

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8 Signs That Your Learning Management System (LMS) Implementation is at Risk

Seven other advantages of an e-learning strategy

Seven other advantages of an e-learning strategy

7 Tips for developing an E-Learning Strategy

Managing Change in Organisational Learning: Part 1

5 Reasons to Implement E-Learning

Synergies Between Internet Content Marketing and Workplace Learning

Five classifications of Learning Management Systems (LMS)

How we think about learning influences our e-learning practice

Tips to Help Avoid eLearning and LMS Project Failure

What’s the matter with Learning Management Systems? They’re not disposible

People versus Systems: Let’s acknowledge the difference

Keeping Learning in Mind: Challenges in E-Learning Practice

Addressing The Great Organisational Learning Debate: Employee Sovereignty vs Compliance E-Learning

Performance support tools for learning – a decentralised strategy

Workshop, E-Learning or Video? A question of strategy

Self-Service Learning – What we need to think about

Thinking e-learning strategy? Think video

Social media does not always equal social learning

Work-based collaboration tools and the elephant in the room

A Functional Perspective to Managing Change in Learning: Part 3

E-Learning courware or LMS – Which comes first?

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