Rob Hubbard

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5 Ways to Use Goal-Based Learning

Rob Hubbard

Performance support. A goal-based approach can ensure that the learning continues into the workplace, making the most of the investment that the organisation has made and ensuring that learners are fully supported in attempting to improve their performance at work. Performance review.

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Power to the People – 5 Reasons to Embrace a Pull Learning Strategy

Rob Hubbard

Learners don’t have to wait until the next training course to find out new things that can help them with their job role or personal development. A pull learning approach focuses much more on ‘performance’ than ‘training’. Performance improvement is the Holy Grail. Does this approach work for everything?

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5 Ways to Inject Magic into Digital Learning

Rob Hubbard

Christopher Emdin argues that educators are not taught to ‘perform’ in a way that will really engage their audience. His (very well made) point was to encourage us to question things, to develop critical thinking and not to take things at face value. The magic for him is all about body language, inflection and participation.

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What is goal-based learning?

Rob Hubbard

Learning needs to be focussed on performance and that’s where goal-based learning comes in. It concentrates on developing real-world behaviours that will lead to performance improvement. In order to thrive in today’s tough economic climate, it’s no longer enough for your people to just ‘know stuff’.

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Case Study: Waterstones Academy – Goal-Based Learning for Booksellers

Rob Hubbard

Waterstones went further and embraced a performance-focused goal-based learning approach: Instead of going through courses, users work towards goals that will improve their performance. This, combined with the goal-based learning, is a truly innovative approach to people development. Emma Brown, Head of Learning and Development.

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Who owns learning? 5 reasons to give your learners more control

Rob Hubbard

Learners don’t have to wait until the next training course to find out new things that can help them with their job role or personal development. This approach focuses much more on ‘performance’ than ‘training’ and opens the door to lightbulb moments which can really push your organisation forward and give you the edge.

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ReD is Dead

Rob Hubbard

This month we bid a fond farewell to our much cherished and long-running Rapid eLearning Development (ReD) course. Plus I wanted to develop another open course (or two) in a goal-based learning format. It consumed me and I loved it. Jane Hart, Clive Shepherd and Patrick Dunn all helped to shape ReD in the early stages.