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. The predictable and routine work which had been the premise of training began to crumble. Routine work gave way to novel work and exceptions became the norm. performance support.

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Micro-Learning Course Wiki Wikipedia 248

ID Reflections

MARCH 11, 2014

AT&T is underwriting the overall cost of the course, with the hope of expanding the pool of well-trained engineers.” From [link] “Rolls Royce spends £40m on training a year but only £2m on certified training. Upon completion, students are awarded a Georgia Tech diploma. This is where the principles of Heutagogy come in. “A

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Diversity Training Micro-Learning Blended Learning Forum 219

ID Reflections

JUNE 9, 2010

I am copying a discussion we have been having on LinkedIn as a part of the Training&Development group. Learning and Development Manager at ACS Some the primary task that any learning consultant should do is 1) understand and list the goals of the buisness (specifically yearly goals). Develop a high-level scope.

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Consulting Social Networks LinkedIn Discussion 141

ID Reflections

MAY 31, 2015

And the trigger for this post was the question: How will learning & development shift in a PDW ? So far, the role of L&D has been to define programs and training based on past data - identified skills gaps, best practices and established processes, explicit knowledge residing in experts or documented processes.

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Roles Social Networks Community Diversity Training 100

ID Reflections

JANUARY 3, 2011

The Adaptive Thinking Training Methodology (ATTM) and Think Like a Commander (TLAC) represent a method and tool for training adaptive leaders. Adaptive Thinking focuses on training how to think rather than what to think. This is why it becomes important to develop Adaptive Thinking skills through deliberation.

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Cognitive Diversity Training Information Overload Behavior 136

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The approach taken is still that of “the organization will provide the training I need”. There are workers who take charge of their own personal and professional developments. While most people today use multiple social tools, using them to enhance and support learning and professional development may not come naturally.

Skills 132

Skills PKM Diversity Training Social Media 132

ID Reflections

MAY 30, 2013

The purpose of my visit was to understand their workflow and process and speak to the group leader to understand how s/he inducts/trains members into the group. He had not been formally trained and he didn''t train anyone either. He was a natural at growing and developing people.' He observed, gave feedback and coached.

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Leadership Skills Job Predictions 139

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Rapid technological advancement, a global workforce, and constantly changing and unique requirements make it impossible to train people for all eventualities before putting them to work. The first and very obvious one is the professional development for the employees. To come back to the WIIFM for employees, we need to highlight these.

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Collaboration Organization Diversity Training Harbinger 163

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. Their training center is located in CT, USA. They have very very well-defined training programs with certifications in place. The diagram just depicts the various tasks/steps of the entire process.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

Shaffer in How Computer Games Help Children Learn (quoted by Harold Jarche in T+D) Professionals immeresed in communities of practice have a larger zone of proximal development. Tags: corporate training e-learning 2.0 In a flattened learning system, there are fewer experts and more fellow learners on paths that may cross.

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Learning 2.0 Blended Learning Social Networks Gartner 132

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

While some aspect of L&D will still be focused on skills training, we have to realize that skills training is the bare minimum required to get someone started or move to the next level. Training is essentially past focused. Training is thus giving diminishing returns as days go by. Can these be taught? I think yes.

Roles 132

Roles Agile Cognitive Attitudes 132

ID Reflections

JANUARY 28, 2015

working from anywhere - home, cafeteria, library, where you will.and we can see the need for the individual to take ownership of their professional development. Some of the critical impact of the shift are highlighted below: One of the outcomes of this impact is a need for employees to take charge of their own professional development.

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Network Diversity Training Personal Learning Social Networks 100

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

What if we first considered strategies that enabled knowledge gain, sharing and maintenance in the workplace and then backfilled with the appropriate training to support the gaps that remained? He goes straight to the point by emphasizing a need for performance-focused training instead of a knowledge focused one.

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Organization Harassment Training Performance Support Mentoring 136

ID Reflections

JANUARY 10, 2010

I am more into books about learning and performance, training, design, creative thinking, innovation and management, writing, and the like. 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.

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 25, 2010

I have been deviating from the key themes of this blog, i.e., learning, performance, training and collaboration, for some time now. I have recently been reading Building Expertise: Cognitive Methods for Training and Performance Improvement at a colleague’s recommendation. They are as much a part of me as all things learning.

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Learner Diversity Training Expertise Cognitive 177

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

I have recently been reading Building Expertise: Cognitive Methods for Training and Performance Improvement. This is a must read books for trainers/learning and development professionals/anyone interested in the phenomenon called learning. Building Expertise deals with learning and training as it needs to be.

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Diversity Training Learner Cognitive Expertise 123

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. Given this situation, what can the training department to do to truly impact not only individual performance but also organizational growth?

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Innovation Outsource Social Media Collaboration 158

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Rapid change of content around which the training is being designed 2. Need for the training to be in place before the product/service/whatever is rolled out to all 3. Realization that a training is needed at all comes a little late in the day 4. A training-solutions designer is engaged and asked to deliver a training program.

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Project Analysis Agile Report 100

ID Reflections

MARCH 12, 2010

Since my primary job is that of a learning solutions consultant and designer of training to corporate organizations, I tend to apply my learnings to today's training design scenario. A colleague pointed out the article from which I have pasted the excerpt below. The traditional world of project management belongs to yesterday.

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Project Change Consulting Tagging 104

ID Reflections

APRIL 6, 2014

Those who have enrolled because it is a part of their professional development iii. Those who are new the organization and the course is a part of their initial training For any organization, this can be a dynamic and interesting crucible for not only knowledge sharing but knowledge creation.

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Social Networks Benefits Forum Community 189

ID Reflections

AUGUST 20, 2010

The book is divided into the following key sections: Working Smarter Informal Learning Social Learning The Business Case Develop your Elevator Pitch Cheat Sheets Instructional Design 2.0 This post is by no means a comprehensive review/synthesis of the book but a snippet to give readers a hint of its flavor.

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Instructional Design Pattern Wikipedia Collaboration 137

ID Reflections

APRIL 14, 2011

Not all are related to learning or the workplace.This time, I came up with a list of 17.

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Cognitive Pedagogy Agile iPad 144

ID Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

Those have been immensely helpful in the development of my understanding about mlearning. Workplace Learning: Beyond Training (janeknight.typepad.com). Surge in social media adoption and participation 4. Growth in cloud computing 5. Five Mobile Learning Implementation Tips. Mobile Learning Roundup: 10 Top Posts From Our Blog.

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Mobile Learning Mobile iPod Wiki 166

ID Reflections

JULY 16, 2009

The only way to keep up with the rapid pace of tech development is to share and participate in online conversations. Hence, it becomes even more critical to know the theories of learning in depth and apply these in course designs if we have to still make a case as to why organizations should spend in asking us to create a training program.

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Skills Social Networks Big Question Theory 100

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. And inculcating this culture is perhaps of paramount importance today—when the most meaningful and creative work fall in the Complex domain for which training will never be the answer.

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Diversity Training Skills Learner PKM 100

ID Reflections

AUGUST 13, 2011

Cultivating communities would help to build capabilities, develop skill sets and enable the move from being a novice to an expert easier and quicker. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to experience what I had so far been reading and dreaming about. However, theoretizing is always easier than practice.

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Instructional Design Community Enterprise Instructional 193

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Setting the Context Here are two definitions from Wikipedia that captures the essence of Networked Learning: 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. The central term in this definition is connections.

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Network Emergent Collaboration Virtual World 100

ID Reflections

JUNE 29, 2014

Workplace learning in many places is still struggling to come out of the Industrial Era where workers were trained on best practices, put to work, and their efficiency measured by supervisors. It is essential that the L&D team members develop the skills of building their own PLNs. And time to production improved.

Roles 167

Roles Social Media OER Performance Support 167

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Preamble: To briefly set the scenario, I had been involved in a project where an organization was rolling out e-learning for the first time, making a shift from pure instructor-led training (for the formal learning bit) to a web-based environment. What ensued: The actual development and delivery of the e-Learning Program started.

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Project Director Instructional Design Analysis 100

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.

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Cognitive Diversity Training Forum Network 100

ID Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2009

The post set me thinking about when do we use “Love vs. Hate” to design a training program. This is a definite requirement in most business driven training where the learners have to perform certain actions to meet the business objectives. These followed by Sreya’s post gave me some idea of the discussion.

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Theory Learner Social Networks Learning Theory 124

ID Reflections

OCTOBER 21, 2009

If we can keep a hold of the larger picture, we can train ourselves to be at ease with the blurry outlines of today. So, be it life or a project plan or software development, we are bound by the nature of today’s existence to be in perennial Beta. What triggered this thought?

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Google Wave Pattern Micro-Learning Google 100

ID Reflections

JULY 12, 2009

Project Managers will realize development, time, and cost savings when a strategic plan for implementing reusable content is identified and carried out. The purpose of SCORM is to enable repeatability , durability , accessibility and shareability and thus reduce the cost of training for an organization over a period of time.

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SCORM Instructional Design Learning Objects Instructional 100

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2014

While one would need to be formally trained in using the Hogan Assessment System, the book is a good introduction to the system, its applicability and benefits. Hogan Development Survey (HDS) lists 11 performance risks that can derail a person, his/her career and the organization if s/he in a position of power and authority.

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Case Study Coaching Culture Assessment 113

ID Reflections

MARCH 27, 2010

I have quoted liberally from the paper below to substantiate my analysis of why this age demands that we develop the art of asking questions. Refer to the Cynefin Framework developed by David Snowden for an understanding of the increasing complexity of today’s environment.

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Conversation SAP Innovation Collaboration 123

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

If you don’t know the answer, admit it and experience the trust that develops. Where else would you get a comment like this: “God grant me serenity to train who I can train, dismiss who I cannot, and wisdom to know the difference.” Listen to the voices out there!

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Social Media Media Social Social Networks 140

ID Reflections

APRIL 13, 2010

Paul on FB : Just made a comment back on Buzz - interesting conversation developing about trust, collaboration et al. :-) Paul on Buzz via Twitter : simbeckhampson: Question. A place where training content expands and improves through crowdsourcing. What is the recipe for success when you need people to implicitly trust each other?

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Trust Cornerstone Collaboration Attitudes 135