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Learning vs Development

E-Learning Provocateur

Is there a difference between learning and development? I ruminated over this question for a number of years as a Learning & Development professional, but without much progress. Cook-Greuter distinguishes between two directions of human development: horizontal growth and vertical transformation. Bidirectional POV.

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Not a cat

E-Learning Provocateur

I reminded myself of the skit as I ruminated over the ever-louder call in Organisational Development circles for a “skills-based learning” strategy. of the company’s Anti-Money Laundering policy is unlikely to prevent any money laundering from taking place. Which means it isn’t very effective.

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Skills of the present

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And to be scalable from an organisational development perspective, the skill needs to be transferable across roles and leadership levels, so that it’s applicable to the context in which each individual works. The company’s smooth transition into lockdown was simply the latest win.

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Double defence

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He had also racked up quite a tenure at the company, so he was considered something of a stalwart. Of course, even if Jim did upskill himself in online course development, the company may very well have ended up outsourcing that work to an offshore provider.

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The next normal

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While many of us had been offering online courses and other alternatives to in-person training for years, suddenly nothing could be run in a traditional classroom setting; and so as a collective we’ve been forced to shift learning and development online. Here are their responses… Taruna Goel (Canada). ” Gautam Ghosh (India).

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Reality bites

E-Learning Provocateur

Evidence-based practice is the darling of Learning & Development geeks. So if a study or even a meta-analysis demonstrates the efficacy of the flipped classroom approach to workplace training, it mightn’t replicate at your company because no one does the pre-work. And with good reason.

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Out of the shadows

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Employees are circumventing their company’s restrictive and frustrating IT policies with their own technology. Your employees are watching YouTube videos and engaging in social media, even if those sites are blocked by the company. Nonetheless, people use it. For business. I see this as a sign of the times.

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