From the Coleface

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

A tangible reward from the organisation – taking yourself out of your routine into a more luxurious hotel/conference centre environment with free meals and drinks. The opportunity to meet counterparts from other offices (and sometimes countries) in an informal setting – spontaneous networking without the cringe factor.

Virtual Classroom 130

Virtual Classroom Blended Learning Benefits Training 130

From the Coleface

MARCH 19, 2010

Environment – what distractions and interruptions might there be in the presenter’s environment? Video – this adds rapport at the start, but there is no need to have video on the whole session. Voice – even more than face to face delivery, take care over the words that you emphasise.

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From the Coleface

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Often in the work environment lies, lies and damn statistics are used to support arguments. Amongst other things it successfully and perceptively: . examines how and why the media is so poor at representing science fairly. So how does this relate specifically to L&D?

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From the Coleface

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Amongst the exhortations for L&D people to be more business savvy which are hard to take issue with, Jay states that we now work in an environment where a “great knowledge worker can be several hundred times as productive as his peer” My first reaction was: how can you believe this is true?

Knowledge Worker 100

Knowledge Worker Knowledge Metrics Ratio 100

From the Coleface

SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Does the opportunity to be free of the normal bounds of their own personalities allow new opportunities for learning and personal growth in corporate environments? Following its use in some universities as reported by the Guardian, research has been funded to see how learning can work in Second Life.

Second Life 100

Second Life Virtual Classroom WebEx Analysis 100

From the Coleface

MARCH 24, 2008

This is only exacerbated by the rapid pace of change in technology and the competitive environment. However it’s unfeasible for L&D departments to know what each person’s individual need is in a top down manner.

Personal Learning 100

Personal Learning Personal Personalization Wikipedia 100

From the Coleface

MARCH 19, 2019

The rapidly changing business environment means that increasingly people need T-shaped skills profiles (deep expertise in one or more domains and a broad awareness of several areas). As change accelerates, people will need to reinvent the vertical part of their T more often. The conventional wisdom (Gladwell et al.)

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