ID Reflections

MARCH 5, 2014

Micro-learning , micro-content, Learning Flows , and mlearning are some the current and upcoming trends in the world of learning and development. Each worker will chart out their own path through these micro-modules based on their role, performance need and prior experience and knowledge.

Micro-Learning 248

Micro-Learning Course Wiki Wikipedia 248

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

There are workers who take charge of their own personal and professional developments. There are workers in the other kind of organization—the hierarchical, command and control ones—who flounder when expected to take charge of their own professional development. This doesn''t cover all the skills we need to develop.

Skills 132

Skills PKM Diversity Training Social Media 132

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2014

minus bombastic jargon) without being simplistic, Bhaduri breaks down the roles and skills required of those in a leadership position before going on to write about assessing those skills and organizational fit. The measurement of personality is the greatest predictor of fit with the role and the culture.

Case Study 113

Case Study Coaching Culture Assessment 113

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Before I plunge into the heart of my analysis and discussion, I want to share a couple of snippets on Networked Learning from Wikipedia. ( [link] Networked learning is a process of developing and maintaining connections with people and information, and communicating in such a way so as to support one another''s learning.

Cognitive 100

Cognitive Diversity Training Forum Network 100

ID Reflections

MARCH 10, 2014

While the principles of Andragogy clearly stated what it takes to motivate adults to learn, the role of a teacher / the expert remained undisputed. However, the premise was that there was someone doing the "teaching" so to speak.

Social Networks 277

Social Networks Micro-Learning Learning Pedagogy 277

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 18, 2011

This is anexcellent thumb rule for designers--and as I got into my role of a communitymanager--I learned the value of this rule for community managers as well. Isn'tthat the designers' and the developers' job? "Nothing important should ever be more than two clicksaway", said Steve Krug in his classic Don't Make Me Think !

Community 175

Community Management Design Search 175

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

What ensued: The actual development and delivery of the e-Learning Program started. To me, this confusion of roles and responsibilities, however inadvertent, seemed like an ominous portent, and I realized where the void lay. To me, a project resembles a finely scripted play where each individual has a unique role to fulfill.

Project 100

Project Director Instructional Design Analysis 100

ID Reflections

APRIL 6, 2014

Those who have enrolled because it is a part of their professional development iii. Thus, it is critically important that organizations – if deciding to embark the MOOC way – also think of the roles that community facilitators will play.

Social Networks 189

Social Networks Benefits Forum Community 189

ID Reflections

MAY 26, 2019

And as leaders develop and operate from these capacities within themselves, the core skills permeate throughput the organization with support. Leadership’s role becomes that of designing and holding the container for exploration and the emergence of future potential. Creating space for Synchronicity ?— ?In

Community 110

Community Organization Emergent Synchronous 110

ID Reflections

MAY 30, 2013

In your role as group leader, what is the most critical aspect of your work," I asked, expecting him to say planning, prioritizing tasks, allocation and so on. He was a natural at growing and developing people.' He had acquired all his skills through observation, apprenticeship, feedback loops, questions and conversations.

Leadership 139

Leadership Skills Job Predictions 139

ID Reflections

JULY 28, 2009

Same with software systems that take years to develop and then they want training created and delivered in a week.? The application itself is and has been in the process of being designed and developed for quite a few months now. Different user profiles (Roles) b. Tasks that each profile will perform c.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Authoring Tools Program Rapid eLearning 100

ID Reflections

APRIL 22, 2010

This mindset plays a critical role in understanding the business goals of a training program. With training being developed in tandem with product development today, scope of work can only be planned for in phases. The scope will change ten times over even as the product development moves from iteration to iteration.

Agile 105

Agile PKM Training Train 105

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Critical new skills are scarce - and their uneven distribution around the world is forcing companies to develop innovative new ways to find people, develop capabilities, and share expertise" ( Ref : [link] And this interactive dashboard lets you explore the trends using different filters and parameters. None of this information is new.

Roles 100

Roles Blended Learning Diversity Training SAP 100

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Generalization over specialization With the edges of our roles and jobs disintegrating, it is of utmost importance to be able to wear multiple hats. While we will definitely have our specializations (that after all is what we were hired for), this should not make us incapable of playing multiple roles. I have described it briefly here.

Agile 179

Agile Expertise Cognitive Collaboration 179

ID Reflections

MAY 25, 2015

Talented coders and developers come together to learn, share and co-create. Inspirational role models - There are always a few early adopters and trend setters. The latter need strong role models whose behaviour they can emulate, whose successes and failures are out there for all to see. Explicit and tacit knowledge gets shared.

Strategy 100

Strategy Attitudes Community Conversation 100

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

On the positive front, I have been doing a lot of reading—mostly around organizational behavior, organizational development, culture and diversity, motivation and communication, and how these relate to social business and knowledge management. And I don't like it at all. But I am slowly getting back on track.

Diversity Training 166

Diversity Training Community Management Culture 166

ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

In today’s non-hierarchical, networked organizations with fluid job roles, conversations over coffee are often how people find out about skills and common passions. I realize that I run the risk of just hovering on the edge—an onlooker but not quite a participant. To let people know about my work, socialize it as much as possible.

Stock 124

Stock Skype Knowledge Worker Community 124

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

This is leading to a shift in the role of the L&D department – from managers and disseminators of formally designed programs to facilitators and enablers of collaboration and communities. Having said that, a major percentage of organizations today are striving to put in place one or more of the above-mentioned modes and tools of learning.

Emergent 100

Emergent Organization Diversity Training Community 100

ID Reflections

JANUARY 10, 2010

However, increasingly in my role as an Instructional Designer (ID), I have run up against the necessity to not only multi-task but also to think beyond training solution, learning needs and design. At the outset, let me admit that this is a somewhat unusual book for me to read.

Project 104

Project Management Analysis Consulting 104

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

But needless to say, this whole notion of engaging with any course requires learners to develop certain skills as well as mindset. Those with a fixed mindset are likely to see talent and skills as fixed entities that cannot be further developed. It is only through dialogue and discourse that patterns evolve.

Diversity Training 100

Diversity Training Skills Learner PKM 100

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

This is a must read books for trainers/learning and development professionals/anyone interested in the phenomenon called learning. Adaptive experts , on the other hand, are able to take on the role of inquiring novices when required and are thus able to view a problem from different perspectives. The curse of the expert!

Diversity Training 123

Diversity Training Learner Cognitive Expertise 123

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 25, 2010

This is one of those must read books for trainers/learning and development professionals/anyone interested in the phenomenon called learning. Adaptive experts , on the other hand, are able to take on the role of inquiring novices when required and are thus able to view a problem from different perspectives. They are the learners.

Learner 177

Learner Diversity Training Expertise Cognitive 177

ID Reflections

MAY 18, 2010

These were the key points the client needed to understand to get a feel of what happens behind the scene in elearning development. This proved to be one of the major challenges during the actual development phase of the project. The diagram just depicts the various tasks/steps of the entire process. What is a storyboard?

Project 104

Project Change Storyboard ILT 104

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Such leaders help people throughout the organization develop systemic understandings. Quoting from Senge: “Leader as teacher” is not about “teaching” people how to achieve their vision. It is about fostering learning, for everyone.

Organization 136

Organization Harassment Training Performance Support Mentoring 136

ID Reflections

JULY 16, 2009

We also have a fair idea why this question is cropping up in various forms.Today, the role of learning professionals have undergone and are undergoing a paradigm shift. The only way to keep up with the rapid pace of tech development is to share and participate in online conversations. What is the gap that is impacting the bottom line?

Skills 100

Skills Social Networks Big Question Theory 100

ID Reflections

JANUARY 1, 2010

Strategy as Process, Not Product: The Learning Value Chain What did I learn: The importance of having a strategy in place before jumping into the tactics, and the need for a process before a product development work can start. In the latter case, we are likely to and do develop ways and means to escape the information being bombarded at us.

Social Networks 120

Social Networks KM Social Network Write Blog 120

ID Reflections

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Having taught and developed Business e-mail Writing Courses in the past, certain incidents brought back those rules I had painstakingly researched and compiled into short, digestible courses. With e-mail still being the most common form of business etiquette, e-mail writing and its nuances are skills we should all be proficient in.

Trust 100

Trust Communication Exercise Culture 100

ID Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2009

Constructivism plays a large role coupled with Cognitivsim in catering to this aspect. Thus, even the most current information is not going to be current by the time it goes through the design-development phase and reach the learner’s plate as a packaged training program. Ongoing change is going to make current knowledge obsolescent.

Theory 124

Theory Learner Social Networks Learning Theory 124

ID Reflections

MAY 16, 2010

The diagram below is the classic one showing the different stages of an organization's growth and the applicability of good and best practices vis a vis the need to develop emergent and novel practices. Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future Social Learning Strategies, Models, and Roles Five Minds for the Future Complex adaptive system.

Innovation 158

Innovation Outsource Social Media Collaboration 158

ID Reflections

JULY 17, 2014

He emphasizes the importance of re-thinking the role of HR and defines some of the aspects that make for a high-impact HR team. And one of the important points he raises is the need to consider HR as a talent function , moving beyond some of the typical administrative tasks that are typically seen as defining parameters of HR roles.

Diversity Training 141

Diversity Training Specialist Performance Support Write Blog 141

ID Reflections

JANUARY 6, 2016

And what role does L&D play in the process? Against this backdrop, technology is providing us with an opportunity to re-imagine and redefine workplace learning and our role as business partners, thought leaders, and change agents. The economy of “surge pricing” defines the cost. Learning is no exception.

Organizational Learning 100

Organizational Learning Course Scanning Community 100

ID Reflections

JULY 31, 2014

While some of the solutions may be beyond the purview of traditional L&D role, it is important to don the mantle of OD (organizational development) specialists also with businesses and the environment becoming increasingly complex and interconnected. In summary, not all problems can be solved with training.

Performance Support 163

Performance Support Performance Business ROI 163

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Sahana Chattopadhyay looks at this changing world -- and defines the new roles required by L&D departments everywhere. This calls for the acquisition of new skills and roles in the team to meet the changing needs of a demographically diverse workforce. Learning will happen through conversations and participation.

PKM 100

PKM Diversity Training Community Communities of Practice 100

ID Reflections

JANUARY 21, 2014

With the intention to write regularly again… Wicked problems and their role in organizational learning have always fascinated me…so here are some more thoughts on the same topic. However, this necessitates L&D to don the hat of facilitators and architects and to enable people develop the skills of extracting learning.

Outsource 176

Outsource Expertise Learning Policies 176

ID Reflections

JULY 16, 2014

I have written/pondered on the role of L&D in the 21c workplace in my last two posts here and here. As I revisited my posts in the light of the article mentioned above, I realized I had neglected to mention quite a few significant aspects of L&D’s role in the 21C workplace.

Skills 145

Skills Cognitive Performance Support Culture 145

ID Reflections

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Because the need to communicate effectively pervades software development, operations, and support. Developers and users must communicate. Developers and operations staff must communicate. Developers and management must communicate. Developers and … well, you get the idea.

Communication 139

Communication Software Agile Sales 139

ID Reflections

JANUARY 25, 2015

Jobs and roles are rapidly evolving with new ones emerging, and old ones getting automated or vanishing altogether. In the context of this need for continuous learning, MOOCs can play a critical role. All of these are putting organizations and individuals in a tough spot.

Diversity Training 100

Diversity Training Design Micro-Learning Theory 100