E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 3, 2019

Of course, remnants of the “formal first” philosophy still exist, whereby every conceivable problem is attempted to be fixed by a training solution, typically in the form of a course. While in some cases informal learning obviates the need for training, in other cases it will complement it.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 29, 2013

Sourcing content. Quality content, for free, from some of the world’s most respected educational institutions? Blending content. Depending on the licensing policy of the content owner, a MOOC (or parts thereof) may be incorporated into an in-house offering. That’s a no-brainer.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 28, 2014

Given the increasingly mobile workforce and the emergence of BYOD, increasing pressure is being placed on the organisation to distribute its content to multiple devices. In corporate e-learning, the most obvious example of such content is the online modules that the company distributes via its Learning Management System.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 3, 2020

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. And this will greatly affect in-person education and training.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2013

The initiative allows training providers to issue digital “badges” to the participants in their courses, who thereby earn online representations of their newly acquired skills. Moreover, mandatory compliance training is universally disdained and dreaded in equal measure. But I have since realised this is a terrible idea.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2021

And when I use the word pedagogy in my capacity as an L&D professional in the corporate sector, I’m referring to the full gamut of training, coaching, peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, on-the-job experiences and performance support for my colleagues across 70:20:10.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 3, 2012

Hell-bent on avoiding the “Next” button, many instructional designers will delinearise the content by creating a course homepage with a raft of topics represented by funky icons. I had in mind an Informal Learning Environment which would host the bulk of the content and enable peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

While much of Jane’s work exposes the difference between training and performance support – and implores us to do less of the former in favour of the latter – my post here does not. Much of the content – if not most of it – is designed to be consumed before it needs to be applied on the job.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 31, 2014

The authenticity and relevance of the scenario contextualises the content so that it becomes more meaningful for the learner. instructional design authenticity context engagement learning multimedia relevance scenarios sense making training transfer video' But for me, it boils down to context. Sense making.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 13, 2013

Most people won’t train outside of business hours. Some may say most people won’t train inside business hours, but let’s remain generous. Most people won’t use their own mobile devices for training. If you must push out training, forget about smartphones. It was doomed to fail and it did.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 10, 2014

This poses a problem when, for example, you need to roll out compliance training to each and every individual. In other words, nothing like typical compliance training. When was the last time anyone reacted like that to your training? Video breathes life into content. So my advice is simply to give it a go.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 29, 2012

• Training needs analysis. • Content curation. • Content mapping. • Content sourcing. • Content development. • Content editing. • Training and coaching. • Training and coaching. • Instructional design. • Graphic design.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 12, 2013

Simply open an account and you are provided with the tools you need to structure your curriculum, upload your content, and publish your course to the world. Creating lectures, rearranging them and uploading the content is a dream. In fact, one of their standards is that the course contains a minimum of 30 minutes of video content.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

I’m not referring to the content. Although, if you think migrating SCORM-compliant content from one LMS to another is problem free, I have an opera house to sell you. No – I’m referring to the learner’s training records. We’re going to make you do your training all over again. Enter Tin Can.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 3, 2012

Hell-bent on avoiding the “Next” button, many instructional designers will delinearise the content by creating a course homepage with a raft of topics represented by funky icons. I had in mind an Informal Learning Environment which would host the bulk of the content and enable peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 12, 2014

This heuristic maintains that in a typical online community, only 1% of the members create new content, while the remaining 99% lurk. The consumption of content is an important element of “learning” No argument there. A problem arises, however, when active participation is expected.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

It’s a space where they can explore content, ask questions, and seek help from their peers. With tools like blogs, wikis and discussion forums, they can contribute content, participate in the conversation, and keep everyone up to speed in their domain. In my view, every employee has the obligation to drive their own development.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

We live in an era where “training”, “lecture”, “course” and even “teaching” have become dirty words. On the contrary, they are the experts in a science that is critical to the overall performance of the organisation. But not all topics are like that. When speed to competence is important.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

I’m not referring to the content. Although, if you think migrating SCORM-compliant content from one LMS to another is problem free, I have an opera house to sell you. No – I’m referring to the learner’s training records. We’re going to make you do your training all over again. Enter Tin Can.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Despite their pedagogical flaws, however, MOOCs provide unprecedented access to quality content for millions of learners. And isn’t content sourced from some of the world’s best providers a giant leap in that direction? It’s how the teacher uses that content to support learning that will make the difference.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The trained eye recognises the flaws (sometimes) but of course, most people are not science grads. Suppose a special training program is implemented to improve an organisation’s flagging culture metric. Sure, it could have been the training, or it could have been something else. The workplace is no exception.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Yes, I can push content to their devices (and there’s a solid argument for micro-learning in this instance) but the truth is no one will do their training on the bus. If we allow our attendees to bring their tablets into class, they can participate in online polling, consume content and play games together.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 11, 2016

After all, plenty of research can be cited to support the efficacy of on-the-job learning, social learning and formal training. Training will never die. For example, suppose you are charged with training the sales team on a new product. Nonetheless, I wonder if the hoo-ha is really about the evidence.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Despite their pedagogical flaws, however, MOOCs provide unprecedented access to quality content for millions of learners. And isn’t content sourced from some of the world’s best providers a giant leap in that direction? It’s how the teacher uses that content to support learning that will make the difference.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

The learner can search and explore the content that’s relevant to them, just-in-time if need be. The flexibility of a wiki also allows anyone to contribute content. Conversely, my advice is to avoid using the LMS for what it is not really designed for: managing content. Core component #2: Reports. Putting it all together.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

The trained eye recognises the flaws (sometimes) but of course, most people are not science grads. Suppose a special training program is implemented to improve an organisation’s flagging culture metric. Sure, it could have been the training, or it could have been something else. The workplace is no exception.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The problem with the language of learning and with the wider ‘learnification’ of educational discourse is that it makes it far more difficult, if not impossible, to ask the crucial educational questions about content, purpose and relationships.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 26, 2013

Medical education has long been the poster boy of salivatingly engaging content, and the tradition continues with this emerging technology. I imagine learning interventions in dangerous environments (such as mining sites) in which training can be undertaken in context, minus the threat to life or limb.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 9, 2010

In other words, your teaching style should be informed by the nature of the content, not the learning style of your audience. My point is: while the nature of the content may dictate the dominant teaching style, that doesn’t mean you can’t accommodate apparently incompatible learning styles. I think this is short sighted.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 15, 2011

Tom Kuhlman knows that learners won’t complain about a lack of interactivity if the content is relevant. Alison Bickford demonstrated content-rich VLEs on the Confluence platform. Please note my 1-liners don’t necessarily reflect a synopsis of each presentation. Don’t do it just because everyone else is.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 3, 2011

She authors the blog Wishful thinking in medical education , which she uses to advance thinking about the training of student doctors. Having said that, I think a big missing piece of this puzzle is a wiki or some other form of bulk content repository. I would search content. I would check in every day. I would browse.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

I continue to reject the notion that 70:20:10 is a formula or a goal, because it is not a model of what “should be” For example, we needn’t assign 70% of our time, effort and money on OTJ interventions, 20% on social learning, and 10% on formal training. Both of these approaches miss the point. Yet we can see more.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Never before have I witnessed such a reaction to piece of training content. Our enterprise social network was deluged with positive comments, ranging from wishes of congratulations to urges to post it onto YouTube. Will it change the meeting culture of the organisation? Only time will tell.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 8, 2008

They can be trained to offer structured support to learn how to use a new piece of technology, bring life to learning content, and chat to thousands of people simultaneously for hours at a time. According to MyCyberTwin (Dec 2008)… CyberTeachers are endlessly patient, and have endless depth of knowledge.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 27, 2011

I think it’s fair to say most L&D professionals focus their energy in the L space: • Classroom-based training. • Disruptive content. Vertical transformation represents the “D&# – maturing your mind. • Online courses. • System simulations. • Job aids. • Assessment.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 10, 2010

It doesn’t host content itself, but rather points you in the right direction. For example, if you want to attend an advanced negotiation skills workshop, you can look up the sessions delivered by our preferred training providers. Essentially, IQ is a site that centralises learning resources for staff.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2009

Training Remote Workers and Their Managers - Getting the People & Technology Right: Margaret Aspin , Director of Aspin Online Consulting , explored the challenges of managing and training teleworkers and virtual teams. This new paradigm demands proactive, transformational leadership from people managers.

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