E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 30, 2010

We all think we’re professional, we all think we’re collaborative, but this real-life example shows that clearly we’re not. Tags: collaboration netiquette blogging corporate citizenship csr writing corporate social responsibility ettiquette professionalism contrarian.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 19, 2012

Organisations whose people embrace collaboration will prosper, while those who don’t will be left behind. One of the recurring themes on my blog is a call for Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to share their knowledge with the wider organisation. In my view, this isn’t just an expectation: it’s an obligation.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 3, 2010

In a nutshell, it means you still have plenty of scope to increase your social media activity and realise the corresponding benefits of collaboration, engagement and informal learning. They will be the local champions who celebrate the concept of social media, participate avidly, and engage in true collaboration.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 31, 2013

You are given a tonne of readings, and the most instruction you can hope to extract from the professors is “read this” The theory is that the students will collaborate with one another, share their diverse experiences, and contribute to robust conversations.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

If your organisation needs to become more collaborative, recruit collaborative people. Well, organisations that focus like an eagle know precisely the capabilities to assess each candidate against, because they are the ones that align to their strategic imperatives. If it needs to become more innovative, recruit innovative people.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2012

Intrinsic motivation is obvious to anyone who knows the saying “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink” In other words, you can unleash your business champions and push all the promotion you like, but if the individuals who comprise your target audience lack a collaborative attitude, they won’t use Yammer.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 27, 2017

And collaborative? There once was a time when I didn’t respect the capability framework. I saw it as yet another example of HR fluff. You want me to be innovative? No kidding. What a great idea! And you want me to focus on our customers? Crikey, why didn’t I think of that?! But that was then, and this is now.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 2, 2011

Our job as L&D professionals is to facilitate that collaboration. This one isn’t as obvious, but it’s arguably more important: every employee knows something worth sharing with their colleagues. Furthermore, I contend they have an obligation to do so. I’m referring to things like: • Discussion forums.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 5, 2015

If you lack an open and collaborative mindset, I won’t engage. If you apparently don’t, I won’t connect. Reject the hard sell. If your first message to me is sales oriented, you’re dropped. Do not feed the trolls. Do not feed the bullies. If you try to force feed me, the conversation is over.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 22, 2011

What’s required is a partnership: L&D people across the organisation consulting and collaborating with each other – and with the business – to generate the right solutions for everyone.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 10, 2012

• Theme: Collaborate, innovate, educate. • Where: Melbourne. • When: 29-30 August 2012. • More info: LearnX. • Where: Auckland. • When: 10-12 October 2012. • More info: CORE Education. Ascilite Annual Conference. • Where: Wellington. • When: 25-28 November 2012.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 19, 2012

Organisations whose people embrace collaboration will prosper, while those who don’t will be left behind. One of the recurring themes on my blog is a call for Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to share their knowledge with the wider organisation. In my view, this isn’t just an expectation: it’s an obligation.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Loads of new people from disparate areas of the business communicating and collaborating with one other, usually for the first time ever? As microblogging solutions such as Yammer sweep across the corporate sector, a melting pot of social media veterans and newbies inevitably begins to boil. And this is a wonderful thing.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 20, 2012

As its philosophy matures, the process of learning becomes increasingly informal, self-directed and collaborative. Jane Hart and Jay Cross visualise this scenario in terms of the workscape evolution : the earlier an organisation is on its learning journey, the more formal and pushed is its training.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The right way is to be inclusive, collaborative and supportive. social media collaboration e-learning Facebook fan FFA football Football Federation of Australia Grace Gordon implementation Nick Getley participatory culture SMCSYD Soap Creative soccer socceroos social learning strategy Switched on Media web 2.0

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 20, 2010

I don’t want to be one of those e-learning “experts&# who waxes lyrical about emerging technologies and lofty ideals like collaboration, only to leave it to others to implement (because that’s the hard bit). The hypocrisy of these world leaders has prompted me to self-reflect. Hence I have published this post.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2012

Intrinsic motivation is obvious to anyone who knows the saying “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink” In other words, you can unleash your business champions and push all the promotion you like, but if the individuals who comprise your target audience lack a collaborative attitude, they won’t use Yammer.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 3, 2020

If working collaboratively, from a distance, is the new normal in the long term, it will need the acquisition of new skills, attitudes and mindsets for optimum work performance. L&D will need to take the lead and enable the development of these skills, attitudes and mindsets.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Loads of new people from disparate areas of the business communicating and collaborating with one other, usually for the first time ever? As microblogging solutions such as Yammer sweep across the corporate sector, a melting pot of social media veterans and newbies inevitably begins to boil. And this is a wonderful thing.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Concurrently, a thirst for knowledge, the need for quality content, and the yearning for collaboration drives millions of students worldwide to sign up. not yet) drives them to leverage these technologies in the form of MOOCs. MOOCs won’t revolutionise education; after all, they are just strings of code sitting on a server somewhere.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 24, 2008

Skoolaborate is a growing collaborative of high schools that use Second Life to teach students around the world. The Skoolaborate collaborative is really taking off. In fact, the education sector is really leading the charge in this space, with Westley’s Skoolaborate front and centre.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

SAS doesn’t just talk about transparency, integrity and collaboration: they breathe life into these principles through their application and approach to internal blogs, customer blogs and external social media. I think Jim maintains a refreshing perspective of Web 2.0 in the corporate sector.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Relying on truisms such as “all learning is social&# and on altruistic notions such as “collaborative learning&# is a cop out. It’s important to recognise the role of social media in facilitating social learning in the workplace. However it’s not a panacea.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Some of us can’t accept the fact that many people aren’t altruistic or interested in collaboration. Even the most collaborative of learners will one day have a deadline screaming towards them. Some of us can’t get our heads around the notion that many people don’t love learning as much as we do.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 26, 2010

Everyone wants to be collaborative, until they are expected to contribute. The lurker’s voice is never heard. The one who throws rocks, but offers no alternatives, is a douche. Do not feed the trolls. Banning social media is a double-edged sword. Social media is like driving; everyone thinks they do it well.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 10, 2014

Regardless of the specific technology or pedagogy discussed by the panellists, the overarching advice provided by each one was to give it a go and see what happens.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 26, 2017

How do we shift our culture from one of rules and regulation to one of care and collaboration? Health & Wellbeing – Are our people in tune with their physical and mental health? Are our managers capable of supporting them in this space? Retention – Are our people aware of the wonderful benefits that are available to them?

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 11, 2016

This fosters collaboration among the team and reduces the burden on the L&D department to respond to each and every request. Encourage the manager to engineer opportunities for the trainee to put their learning into practice. These can form part of the assessment.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 10, 2012

• Theme: Collaborate, innovate, educate. . • Theme: What does the future hold? How will business evolve? • More info: HRIZON. • Where: Auckland. • When: 10-12 October 2012. • More info: CORE Education. Ascilite Annual Conference. • Where: Wellington. • When: 25-28 November 2012.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 27, 2011

When we refine our views of the corporate system and our roles in it, we think more strategically, work more efficiently, and collaborate with one another more effectively. Complementing that, I see the ROI in developing people vertically. In short, we perform better.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 28, 2010

• Is Gen-Y collaborative? My point is, we should endeavour to back up our assumptions with evidence. • What are the learning priorities of the business? • What is the most effective mode of delivery? • Are baby boomers technophobic? • Does that expensive leadership course improve performance?

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 20, 2012

As its philosophy matures, the process of learning becomes increasingly informal, self-directed and collaborative. Jane Hart and Jay Cross visualise this scenario in terms of the workscape evolution : the earlier an organisation is on its learning journey, the more formal and pushed is its training.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Following this, the facilitator should emphasise the collaborative nature of the session, and reinforce how it’s all about sharing ideas & experiences and learning from each other. I’d suggest following this up with some sort of ice breaker – with a lot of people, you might want to keep it reined in.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Concurrently, a thirst for knowledge, the need for quality content, and the yearning for collaboration drives millions of students worldwide to sign up. not yet) drives them to leverage these technologies in the form of MOOCs. MOOCs won’t revolutionise education; after all, they are just strings of code sitting on a server somewhere.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Imagine interacting with your colleagues across the enterprise, asking questions, collaborating, sharing knowledge. Well, you can do that with Yammer – a Twitter-like platform that allows you to set up a “group&# comprising your employees only.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 31, 2009

Well, I figure that if I’m serious about the use of social media for collaborative learning and peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, then I should do what I can to encourage participation. I’ve been seeing a lot more social media icons on websites these days, and you may have noticed that I’ve recently added a few to this blog.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2009

In particular she recommends: restricting m-learning to “nanobites&# of no more than 3 minutes in duration; covering only 1 or 2 key concepts per nanobite; using rich media where appropriate; and providing opportunities for collaboration (eg discussing photos uploaded to Flickr).

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