It's time for another edition of the Learning and Development Roundup! See also previous editions at the archive page.)   Training Top 125 We'd like to congratulate all of the organizations in the latest class of "Training Top 125," as recently announced by Training magazine. An interesting article in the January/February issue provided "Training Visions" from the leadership at these best-in-class organizations, giving readers a glimpse of their key learning and development initiatives, agendas, and trends. Leadership development/the war for talent. MORE >>

Tweet When I discussed Emergent Value , some very good comments ensued, from Jon Husband , Gordon Ross , Peg Boyles, Ollie Gardener and Monika Hardy. This image was my first attempt to show how real value creation happens at the edge of organizations and requires different management and communications practices. Social networks, collaboration and cooperation must be the norm when dealing with complex or chaotic situations. Jon Husband commented on my post with a suggested wirearchy framework for implementation: - Identify a purpose (this is what may or will be emerging in chaotic activities). MORE >>

Looking through my old “Learning and Instruction:Theory into Practice&# book by Margaret Gredler, written in 1997, I came across an interesting comparison of novice vs. expert thinking (page 188). Novice. Knowledge structures are organized around the main phenomena in a domain. Expert. Knowledge structures of experts represent phenomena in the domain in relation to higher-order principles. Additionally, knowledge is organized in the form of a problem schema that includes procedures for solving relevant problems. What this means? Teaching Implications. Novice. Expert. What this means? MORE >>

LinkedIn have just announced they have reached 100 million members worldwide. and also shared this infographic with key statistics. via www.c4lpt.co.uk. MORE >>

If you add characters to your elearning courses, odds are that you’re also adding some speech bubbles. PowerPoint comes with the ability to create your own text callouts, but I find that I like to use ones that look more organic than the PowerPoint shapes. try to create my own. created some speech bubbles for a recent project so I’m making them available for you to use as you wish. also added a few bonus tips below. On a side note, you’ll notice that the download links go to the new community site’s download section. Rounded Speech Bubbles. Download rounded speech bubbles here. Bonus Tips. MORE >>