Connect Thinking

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Over the last couple of months I’ve blogged about change management when introducing technology (e-learning) into a learning strategy (see part 1 – setting the context , and part 2 – organisational perspective ). Readiness to design, develop and manage technology.

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Connect Thinking

MARCH 17, 2013

Sometimes Learning and Development find ourselves caught in the middle – wanting to inspire employees through engaging experiences yet instructed (or at least highly encouraged) to create the minimum required to be able to say content has been delivered – it’s now up to staff to apply. Everyone is just too busy.

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Connect Thinking

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Question from client: What do we need to think about to manage the change associated with introducing technology into our learning strategy? There are two broad requirements to ensure your learning technology solution (e-learning, social media, video platform etc) is successful: 1. i.e. RETURN > EFFORT.

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Connect Thinking

AUGUST 4, 2012

The intention of an e-learning strategy is generally to advance the efficiency and effectiveness of organisational learning. However, there are other less obvious advantages of an e-learning strategy that may not be thought about at first. Here are seven other advantages of an e-learning strategy that I’ve come across.

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Connect Thinking

AUGUST 4, 2012

The intention of an e-learning strategy is generally to advance the efficiency and effectiveness of organisational learning. However, there are other less obvious advantages of an e-learning strategy that may not be thought about at first. Here are seven other advantages of an e-learning strategy that I’ve come across.

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Blended Learning Learning Strategy Wiki Strategy 157

Connect Thinking

JANUARY 11, 2013

From a business perspective, there are arguably five (5) main drivers for implementing e-learning (learning technologies): 1. Much of this is an internal motivation which, arguably, e-learning cannot address. Build efficiencies in staff development. E-Learning options -. Build staff productivity. Manage risk.

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Connect Thinking

JULY 21, 2012

Question from a client: We’re an organisation of about 1000 people and we don’t have any e-learning. This question led me to think about a much larger question – the state of e-learning in Australian organisations in 2012. How far behind are we? My experience is not exhaustive and my opinion will have inherent biases.

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Compliance Training Agile LMS Confidentiality 180

Connect Thinking

JULY 21, 2012

Question from a client: We’re an organisation of about 1000 people and we don’t have any e-learning. This question led me to think about a much larger question – the state of e-learning in Australian organisations in 2012. How far behind are we? My experience is not exhaustive and my opinion will have inherent biases.

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Compliance Training Agile LMS Confidentiality 180

Connect Thinking

DECEMBER 7, 2012

There are so many contributing factors to successful organisational learning. Importantly to note, two are intrinsic to the individual, two are extrinsic, and only one of the five requires a specific learning intervention. Our role is to be advocates of time; to validate the activity of learning and talking to others.

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Connect Thinking

MARCH 7, 2012

My EdD Supervisor is Emeitus Paul Hager , an educational philosopher who keeps it ‘real’ for me when it comes to the inter-relationship between learning and technology. I recently read a number of Paul’s papers about learning in the workplace. My early teaching and learning practice was very prescribed.

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Association Learning Management System Social Networks Learning Theory Theory 167

Connect Thinking

JUNE 16, 2012

If you are embarking on an e-learning strategy to support the way your staff learn and access information, think video. Three types of video for learning. For rapidly developed briefings , I use the Camtasia PowerPoint add-in. Expert opinion. These videos help us to glean new perspectives, ideas and approaches.

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Connect Thinking

AUGUST 17, 2012

The forums are well attended by practitioners charged with organisational development, governance and workplace practices. I was hoping to expand my repertoire of argument that compliance e-learning (e.g. Nevertheless, here are my takeaways as I compared what Stuart was saying to typical compliance e-learning: .

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Connect Thinking

AUGUST 17, 2012

The forums are well attended by practitioners charged with organisational development, governance and workplace practices. I was hoping to expand my repertoire of argument that self-directed compliance e-learning (e.g. Compliance e-learning should always be only one part of a holistic strategy in building an ethical organisation.

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Compliance Training Compliance Culture Code of Conduct 170

Connect Thinking

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

I appreciate Internet marketing is about driving business, but there is an obvious synergy between content marketing and our role as learning professionals to develop accessible content that ‘ready’ employees to want to build expertise and know how.

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Internet Market Content Courseware 116

Connect Thinking

MARCH 1, 2013

Over the last several weeks I’ve blogged about change management when introducing a learning technology (e-learning) strategy (see Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 ). Many end users have an established mental model of what learning is and where it occurs – in a classroom, with a trainer. Managing expectations.

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Change Management Association Learning Management System Wiki 142

Connect Thinking

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Over the last several weeks I’ve blogged about change management when introducing technology (e-learning) to a learning strategy (see Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 ). Managers play a vital role in encouraging staff to engage with online learning. . Demonstrate the efficiencies and long-term benefits of your e-learning strategy.

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Management Change FAQ Learning Strategy 150

Connect Thinking

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

The lack of time seemed to encourage a whole lot of motherhood statements that were not explored to uncover the ‘why’ A speaker raised the issue of needing to develop the skills of critical thinking in our organisations. I’m not use to seeing this skewed representation of women in learning professional gatherings.

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Connect Thinking

DECEMBER 28, 2011

ASTD’s December 2011 T&D Magazine features a discussion on Self-Service Learning (by Patricia A McLagan), and the role of L&D to “help learners make learning more effective, efficient, productive, innovative and fun” (pp 37). A culture and climate that rewards learning self-governance and contribution.

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Connect Thinking

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about social media tools for learning , and made the statement that such learning strategies are usually best managed decentrally. There may be a central role in purchasing social media platforms (with stakeholder input). The same can be said about role-based performance support tools.

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Connect Thinking

MARCH 31, 2012

Question from a client: We’re rolling out workshops about a new people development process. We want to use e-learning to reach the people we miss. Should we use e-learning via the LMS or video on the intranet? The opportunity to network and learn socially, through discussion and practice in a safe environment.

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Connect Thinking

JANUARY 27, 2012

Social learning , on the other hand, is learning that happens through social exchanges and activities, whether the exchange is motivated for personal reasons or for larger collective purposes (adapted from Aaron Silvers , T&D January 2012). I spend a lot of time using social media, and I learn a lot by interacting with it.

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Connect Thinking

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

What’s SEO got to do with workplace learning? This is particularly important for content designed for workplace learning; simple and accessible content that employees retrieve to solve problems and develop mastery. Perhaps the most important content management platform in most organisations is the intranet.

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Connect Thinking

JANUARY 20, 2012

When an organisation chooses to implement a Learning Management System (LMS), there are lots of new tasks and processes that need to be introduced to the training role. Decentralised training functions have typically developed their own processes that are agile and have served them well. Author : Yong Mook Kim Website : [link] -->.

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Association Learning Management System LMS Association LMS Internationalization 108

Connect Thinking

APRIL 21, 2012

Personal online work activity may cause team members to develop different perspectives about each other. Do you share useful information or not? How is your ‘air time’ in the Twitter-like feed received by the team? Accountability. With transparency comes accountability. Every entry is shared and seen by others many times a day.

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Connect Thinking

APRIL 27, 2020

Has COVID-19 disrupted your classroom training schedule? Now is the time to seize momentum, pivot your training model and future-proof your organisation. It may seem daunting moving to online, but there is always a ‘sweet spot’ where risk and reward is acceptable. It is about knowing how to test an idea, how to phase a […].

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Connect Thinking

JULY 20, 2012

We know we need to move into e-learning for complance training reasons, but this is all new to us. Many e-learning & Learning Management System (LMS) providers say you should purchase a LMS before developing e-learning courseware. Question from a client: We are an industrial business with about 400 staff.

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