Living in Learning

OCTOBER 2, 2018

L&D owns a monster up-front search task to allow research and curation of source content for training…we read and watch videos…we cut & paste…we use SnagIt…we rewrite…we share documents to collaborate with colleagues and/or approvers/SMEs…we glean roughly 2% actionable information after confirming value and relevance.we

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 8, 2009

In the course of following several key blogs and actively collaborating and contributing to at least as many communities of learning professionals, I find my depth of perception and the richness of perspective on current issues and trends alive and well, growing in a wealth of diversity of thought. Training has not shrunk in importance.

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Living in Learning

JULY 21, 2009

I follow several learning-oriented blogs on a regular basis, and I have witnessed numerous conversations about formal versus informal learning. Discussions range from determining impact to defining strategies around integrating informal learning into a formal mindset. Does it matter whether the learning is formal or informal?

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 6, 2009

Josh also shared that his company’s research showed a dramatic increase in the use of informal learning. That tells me informal or non-formal learning are not flotsam. It is a “formalization” of informal learning, or to use Lance’s term – non-formal learning. What they are finding is not training per se.

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Living in Learning

JULY 12, 2009

What I am suggesting is re-use of PSOs in both formal training venues and in informal Performer Support venues. All of us have used the “PSO” sitting next to us; we collaborate with a tribe member. What is Performer Support? Embedded help in the workflow or application being used. Hey, do you remember how to file out this service form?”

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Living in Learning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

My point in mentioning it is the added capability to enable collaboration among learning stakeholders in communities of relevance. Downstream from formal training is an opportune moment to make that connection. I hasten to add; however, that social media does not represent a silver bullet solution.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 14, 2009

In the first hour-long segment, an Industry Perspectives panelist, Josh Bersin made an observation that validated one significant trend in particular – the rapid increase in the use of informal learning. Popular phrases like “just-in-time” learning, or as I like to call it, Performer Support, fall under the category of learning informally.

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