E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 31, 2022

Everyone’s too busy and they don’t have enough time to devote to their own learning and development. So we need to ensure that the knowledge and skills that are developed via the learning experience are transferred by the employee to their day-to-day role. Here they are… 1. So make time.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 14, 2020

That’s how much the spend on leadership training by American corporations grew over the preceding 15 years, according to Kaiser and Curphy in their 2013 paper Leadership development: The failure of an industry and the opportunity for consulting psychologists. He posited numerous reasons for this, all of them compelling. The foundation.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 1, 2021

And to be scalable from an organisational development perspective, the skill needs to be transferable across roles and leadership levels, so that it’s applicable to the context in which each individual works. The why for investing in skills of the future should be self-evident post Covid.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

One of the more exciting ideas to emerge from the corporate learning space, which I hasten to add is yet to be realised, is to transform the Learning & Development department into a performance centre. Recruiting the right person for the role in the first place! performance starts at hiring process. and often disconnected.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 12, 2014

Whereas that post explored the role of the learner in the content development process, how about their role in the broader instructional design process? The role of the user, then, is simply to use the system (or perhaps circumvent it). User design, however, values both roles. Emancipatory design.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

These certificates developed by Google connect you to top national employers who are hiring for related roles. Furthermore, the tech giant’s SVP of Global Affairs claims we will consider our new career certificates as the equivalent of a four-year degree for related entry-level roles.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 31, 2021

Recruiting good people in the right roles and developing their capabilities is critical, but locked-out technology, backwards policy and arcane processes will only hold them back. One man doth not a team make, despite what the press perpetuates and the fans believe. The parallel with the corporate sector is clear.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

Due to the nature of my role I have posited these arguments in terms of employee development. Highlight the resources that are available to them to develop their capabilities now. Effective performance management complements development planning to provide the employee with guidance on improving said performance.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 13, 2018

There are two sides of the innovation coin in corporate learning & development: technology and pedagogy. So it was with much surprise that, upon starting my new role in a global bank, charged with innovating its learning & development offering, I encountered the reverse!

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In Higher Assessment I proposed a new role for universities. In Double defence I pondered the defensive value of so-called “skills of the future”, while in Skills of the present I recognised their value for offense. In Great and small I reshaped our pedagogical terminology.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 29, 2012

The thing is, the role of “E-Learning Manager” (ELM) is a grey one. Even within the one role at the one workplace, the breadth of what an ELM might do can be staggering. • Content development. • Courseware development. • Courseware development. • Training needs analysis.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In my own role, though, I could see what Jim couldn’t: the incoming wave of e-learning. Of course, even if Jim did upskill himself in online course development, the company may very well have ended up outsourcing that work to an offshore provider.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

What’s your role in the workplace? To work effectively in those environments, the model would demand significant shifts in roles and responsibilities away from the status quo, towards what I suggest the employees should be doing instead. Allow me to elaborate… The role of the learner. The role of the manager.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 20, 2012

Whenever a development intervention is being considered, the primary objective of the L&D professional should be to provide all the necessary learning resources to the target audience in an open, structured format. Moreover, it may stand alone to meet the organisation’s development need. Formal training becomes value add.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 15, 2018

In an era in which the very existence of the L&D department is attracting evermore scrutiny, the role of the “expert” in our context is becoming increasingly pertinent. Under this paradigm, we are the experts in the science and practice of learning and development, and we consult the business accordingly.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 29, 2013

Consequently, I envisage L&D professionals playing important roles in both curating and supporting MOOCs for their colleagues. Having said that, I believe there is much more scope for MOOC providers to cover corporate-relevant topics. Flipping classrooms.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 22, 2014

He explains in Trying to write Rhizomatic Learning in 300 words : “Rhizomatic Learning developed as an approach for me as a response to my experiences working with online communities. In this context, I think the role of the instructor needs much more consideration.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 31, 2020

If the raison d’être of learning & development is to improve performance, then our newly acquired knowledge needs to be converted into action. Posting the video clip to the enterprise social network seeds a discussion, by which anyone and everyone can share their experiences and insights, and thus learn from one another.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

One way to do that is to leverage MOOCs for content delivery and provide value-added instruction (discussion, Q&A, worked examples, role plays etc) to local students – who of course will pay a premium for the privilege. The role of the teacher will evolve. Studying on campus will become a status symbol.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It all depends on the nature of your role and what you are endeavouring to do with your device. mobile technology apps business BYOD BYOT corporate Dropbox e-learning elearning Evernote governance IT m-learning mlearning organisational development organizational development policy shadow IT smartphones tablets'

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

One way to do that is to leverage MOOCs for content delivery and provide value-added instruction (discussion, Q&A, worked examples, role plays etc) to local students – who of course will pay a premium for the privilege. The role of the teacher will evolve. Studying on campus will become a status symbol.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 26, 2017

In a previous role I had cause to draw up an employee lifecycle. Development is complex in its own right; indeed this blog is almost entirely devoted to it. Who can we develop into a future leader or SME? Development – Which capabilities do our people need to develop? How do we support this process?

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 20, 2012

Whenever a development intervention is being considered, the primary objective of the L&D professional should be to provide all the necessary learning resources to the target audience in an open, structured format. Moreover, it may stand alone to meet the organisation’s development need. Formal training becomes value add.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

I started my new role in head office today: Learning & Organisational Development Manager. It’s broader than my previous E‑Learning Manager role, and I must admit that I’m mourning the loss of the term “E‑Learning&# from my title. Anyone who isn’t embracing them will surely be left behind.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

One of my peers in Australia, Arun Pradhan , is developing an app to help us learn smarter, faster and deeper. When I assumed my first role in this space, I learned mostly through experience because there weren’t many alternatives available. When I first got into e-learning, it was all very new for everyone. You have to do it.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 11, 2016

Learning & Development Professional has been running a poll on the following question: Is the 70:20:10 model still relevant today? As a trainer, you will smash the “10” with an informative and engaging workshop filled with handouts, scenarios, role plays, activities etc. And I’m shocked by the results.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Whether or not we agree the role of the university is to prepare students for the workplace, I think it’s going that way due to market forces. If a job applicant lists some MOOCs on their CV, I think it demonstrates an aptitude to drive their own development. If students are customers, by extension so are employers.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 10, 2012

As a teenager I developed a fascination for the German language. Skills development. From simply saying new words aloud, through role plays, to full-blown conversation cafes, the objective is to practise. Developing a skill is a waste of time if you never apply it in the real world. It’s daunting.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

In this free online game, you play the role of a waitress in a busy restaurant. Because when the game is over, you introduce Tuckman’s model of team development and suddenly the penny drops. Sure, you can spend an obscene amount of money on gaming technology if you want to, but you don’t have to. But that’s by design.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 14, 2017

Read the blurb to get your mindset in order, and to consider how the content will help you in your role. I used to be too shy to introduce myself to strangers, until I realised I was doing my professional development a disservice. Also consider what questions you might want to have answered. Which leads me to… 3. Ask questions.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Our role then as L&D professionals is to support and facilitate this learning as best we can. Perhaps it would be helpful to develop some reference content, or provide a job aid. Mark Britz calls it a principle. It’s not right and it’s not wrong. It just is. Yet we can see more.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2013

In a conversation I had with a friend the other day, I suggested one solution might be for the various regulatory agencies to develop their own training courses for their minions in Workland to complete. This is where I think open badges can play a role. But I have since realised this is a terrible idea.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

While technical capabilities will necessarily be different for the myriad job roles throughout your business, the organisational capabilities should be representative of the whole organisation’s commitment to performance. Sing from the same song sheet. Apply the same capabilities to everyone across the organisation.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

All this got me thinking about the under-exploited role of comedy in education. Moreover, I recognise how some of my own favourites might be re-deployed to develop mindsets and capabilities in the workplace. Will it change the meeting culture of the organisation? Only time will tell. For example… • Leadership.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

and The ILE and the FLE in harmony , I advocate the development of a virtual Informal Learning Environment (ILE) to work in tandem with the Formal Learning Environment (FLE) to support both the learning process and its administration. In my articles Online courses must die! The ILE illustrated.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2015

Instead, its role is to be funny, fascinating or otherwise engaging enough to pull the learners in. As learning in the workplace inevitably informalises, the motivation of employees to drive their own development becomes increasingly pivotal to their performance. Motivate me. This content is new knowledge.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 6, 2009

It’s the foundation of all subsequent development activity. Not training, not learning, not development… performance. That solution may be training or learning or development, or something else altogether. Tags: e-learning development instructional design analysis development.

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