Performance Learning Productivity

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performance.learning.productivity: Getting to the Core of Learning Content in the Internet Age

Performance Learning Productivity

When we look at the structured learning taking place in organisations we find that the vast majority is content-rich and interaction-poor. The course is content-rich. Part of the problem is that with learning we tend to concentrate too much on content and ‘knowing’ and too little on action and ‘doing’.

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ID - Instructional Design or Interactivity Design in an interconnected world?

Performance Learning Productivity

Most learning vendors tout their ‘expertise in instructional design’ as a key reason as to why we should engage them to produce learning content. If we do so, then almost invariably their approach is around developing content in an ‘instructionally-sound way’ to produce a set of ‘learning interventions’. I pass with flying colours.

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Embedding Learning in Work: The Benefits and Challenges

Performance Learning Productivity

The Challenges One of the major challenges is the fact that until recently L&D professionals have seen their primary role as instructional designers and creators of learning content and experiences where this content and these learning experiences are separate from work. ADDIE (or some other instructional design approach) ruled.

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Building a Culture of Continuous Learning

Performance Learning Productivity

The Bigger Picture: Beyond Content-Centric Learning As we move beyond content-rich learning to exploit experience-rich learning in the workplace we need solid models and approaches that will help, and we need tools that will help us support a culture of continuous learning.

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The Power of X – Experiential Learning in Today’s World

Performance Learning Productivity

The answer to that question, first and foremost, must be for them to stem the flow of content-heavy courses and re-focus on what they can do to replace content with experiences or, at least, replace a large amount of the content with more opportunities for experience. The Importance of X This experience component is vital.

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What Does the Training Department Do When Training Doesn’t Work?

Performance Learning Productivity

Content-centric , away-from-work, training approaches are on the other hand overwhelmingly ineffective (and usually far more costly) in fast-moving knowledge-based environments where people need to ‘know now’ and ‘know how’ almost instantly in order to perform. Learning in the workflow is the way forward.

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Less is more: A different approach to L&D in a world awash with information

Performance Learning Productivity

The implication of this trend for the current content-rich model of training and development that's used so widely today is really profound. However, that doesn't change the fact that, going forward, L&D will need to focus less on content and more on developing core capabilities and skills. --

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