From the Coleface

JANUARY 22, 2014

Let’s start by recognising a problem inherent to the conventional model of L&D, which I call the “interruption problem” To access L&D’s services, a learner is taken out of their workflow to go to a training course, webinar or e-learning module. accountancy e-learning legal training'

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From the Coleface

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

As designers of learning you need subject matter content. If we’re not going to call experts “SMEs”, here are a few suggestions to pick and choose from (or build upon): content/domain/subject matter – champion/partner/resource. The term SME was commonplace in software development.

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From the Coleface

MARCH 13, 2012

For formal learning, social media can be used to enhance/ replace existing activities that happen before, during and after a training or e-learning event. Initially users will only be able to rate content, but over time people and culture are hoped to evolve to the point where people are being more active contributors.

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From the Coleface

JULY 17, 2007

If a training identifies that learners need some learning content, it typically goes through the following process. Is the content really interesting? I attended a Clive Shepherd webinar today and found that one of his early slides encapsulated what I’d been reflecting upon for a while.

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From the Coleface

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

The “conspiracy of convenience” is “that the manager comes to the training manager and says, ‘I’ve got a problem, my people need training’. The training manager says, ‘Fine, we’ll develop a training programme’. And because no-one measures it, nothing necessarily happens, but everyone’s happy.

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From the Coleface

MAY 21, 2012

It’s easy to overlook that mobile as a channel is very intimate and the distinction between work and non-work usage/ content is very blurred. Only time (and exam results) will tell if despite the reaction, the texts genuinely improved results.

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From the Coleface

AUGUST 3, 2009

Budget cuts have moved the goalposts; it used to be a choice of “face to face training or e-learning”, increasingly it’s a choice between “work it out yourself or e-learning” This has driven up e-learning usage and consequently driven down scepticism. It’s the recession, stupid.

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From the Coleface

JUNE 23, 2009

Even now, there seems a widely held tacit assumption that an hour of e-learning content is homogenous and therefore can always be measured at the same value to its users and therefore the same cost. Why is this?

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From the Coleface

JULY 21, 2008

I have read TJ (aka the Training Journal) for several years and found it a good read for fresh ideas and CPD the face to face training that I’ve been doing over that time. Whilst its parent company Huveaux also owned Epic, there were efforts to wring some synergy out of the two companies being stablemates.

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From the Coleface

DECEMBER 20, 2007

That’s because there are few topics as wide ranging as diversity and a key first step in e-learning is define what content you’re aiming to convey. Herbert Smith seem to have come up with a way to address the thorny problem of defining what diversity means in the context of your own corporate culture (The Lawyer 17/12/7).

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From the Coleface

MAY 31, 2017

and the rest of the background content can be accessed via the internet. People are already carrying a smartphone around with them. An app or apps can fulfil the functions that the Personal Learning Record did and more (and remind you!)

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From the Coleface

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Various e-learning companies use for marketing purposes the metric “days to build e-learning content” This looks good compared to the 8-12 week development cycle that is often quoted. What people don’t often measure is how long the client took to get its content to an e-learning production ready state.

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From the Coleface

JANUARY 28, 2008

is the next generation of websites where users generate the content so that many publish to many e.g. blogs, wikis, on-line communities. The common thread between these two programmes is ‘Web 2.0′

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From the Coleface

MARCH 19, 2019

As all chess moves are recorded you can re-play and analyse your own and others’ games to your heart’s content. I can think of 3 games that I have won as a result of this hack in the last 5 years. Be honest about your game. Make your own plan.

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