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JULY 16, 2013

The study showed clearly what a hole we have got ourselves into with e-learning compliance training. However, I like a challenge, so, it falls to me to put my reputation on the line by suggesting how I would approach a request for compliance e-learning. So what would I do? An element of gamification here might add something.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

Bill Sawyer, who works in curriculum development within the highly-technical and fast-moving environment of Oracle. A rapidly-changing technical environment, with less than a year between major software releases, means that design times are highly constrained and that the courses themselves have a short shelf life.

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JULY 2, 2012

Continuing my series of posts that answer the questions I most get asked by learning professionals, I turn to one that's always difficult to answer: what is e-learning good for? There's nearly always an agenda behind this question or at least a great deal of scepticism about the potential of e-learning.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I’m looking at learning architects, those who design environments for learning in the workplace. In particular I’m interested in those who understand the importance of different forms of learning (experiential, on demand, non-formal, formal) and have been able to integrate these as a coherent and well-balanced strategy.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Throughout my book The New Learning Architect I take time out to look at real-life examples of great learning architects in action. Charles identified six issues which needed attention: The lack of a coherent global learning strategy. No ability to gather global management information, including costs.

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JULY 19, 2012

In what will probably be the final post in my series of questions most frequently asked by learning professionals, I tackle the question ‘Is e-learning something I can do?’ Creating e-learning tutorials This is a tough one. Onlignment publish a free virtual classroom facilitator’s guide. Which ones?

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Just in case you weren’t one of the 500 at the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square in London last night, here are the lucky ones for this year: Best use of mobile learning Gold Winner: Learnosity Best use of rapid e-learning content Gold Winner: Bupa Health and Wellbeing UK and Brightwave Silver Winner: Everything Everywhere Bronze Winner: ispeakuspeak (..)

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

My contact with library music in the past has been as soundtrack to corporate videos and that was a long time ago, so music in so far as it relates to e-learning is not a connection I've explored in any detail. So I'm keen to find out more about the potential applications for music in e-learning. Your ideas would be much appreciated.

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MAY 21, 2013

In the first post in this series, I expressed a vision for learning and development that is aligned, economical, scalable, flexible, engaging and, above all, powerful in terms of the results it achieves. Chances are you''ll have to ask one more question: What influence can learning and development have on these behaviours?

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DECEMBER 31, 2009

How the downturn affects the behaviour of Gen Y What it’s like to be a learner today The pros and cons of a linear progression through content as opposed to random access How necessity is once again proving to be the mother of invention That blogging is journalism That Twitter is only incidentally a learning tool That exercise boosts brain power Relationships (..)

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DECEMBER 29, 2011

Throughout my book The New Learning Architect I take time out to look at real-life examples of learning architects in action. In this final profile, w e look at the work of a learning architect who has worked within what is very much a top-down learning environment and on a very large scale.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Throughout my book The New Learning Architect I take time out to look at real-life examples of learning architects in action. In this profile, we look at how on-demand learning can be integrated with formal training to provide the basis for a highly-successful software launch.

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

After close to thirty years of espousing the benefits of computer-assisted learning in its many forms, a creeping doubt is setting in. In other words, online may be how you connect with others and post or retrieve valuable info, but offline is where, if at all, the real learning happens. What do you think? Am I losing it?

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Yesterday I outlined a simple series of four phases through which a workplace learning intervention should progress: Preparation: Helping the learner to prepare for a productive learning experience. Application: Providing opportunities for the learner to test out new ideas and skills in the work environment.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Throughout my new book The New Learning Architect I take time out to look at real-life examples of great learning architects in action. What the BBC team accomplished was to take an informal, peer-learning approach and fold it into a formal l&d intervention. By aligning the modules to tasks, this problem is avoided.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

I hate to say it, after so many years of trying to reverse the trend, but it seems that far too many people (finance directors excepted) really dislike e-learning. First let me be clear, I am using a narrow definition of e-learning here. People don't dislike all e-learning.

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APRIL 29, 2015

I completed a self-study e-learning programme, as a student, not as a consultant running their eye over someone else's work. Compliance changes everything My main concern is the effect that compulsion has on the learning process. And what self-respecting learning professional wants to induce these characteristics in others?

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JUNE 23, 2010

This month’s Big Question on the ASTD Learning Circuits Blog asks what software tools, as learning and development professionals, we should set out to learn. The body of this course turned out to be learning HTML, even though WYSIWYG editors had been in existence for many years. I don’t think so. No, of course not.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

All this week, I have been discussing a simple four-phase model for the design of workplace learning interventions: Preparation: Helping the learner to prepare for a productive learning experience. Application: Providing opportunities for the learner to test out new ideas and skills in the work environment.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2011

I've been trying to figure out for years now why sitting on a train is such a productive environment when it comes to designing and writing. The economic argument is straightforward: the additional cost of a first class fare v the value of a really productive work environment. Which doesn't explain why the environment is so productive.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

From Monday of this week, I have been sharing with you a simple four-phase model for the design of workplace learning interventions: Preparation: Helping the learner to prepare for a productive learning experience. Application: Providing opportunities for the learner to test out new ideas and skills in the work environment.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Kapp and Tony O’Driscoll to participate in the Blog Book Tour for their new book Learning in 3D: Adding a New Dimension to Enterprise Learning and Collaboration. Now I’m not going to pretend that the use of 3D worlds for learning is a specialisation of mine. I have been asked by Karl M.

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MAY 8, 2009

I spent an enjoyable afternoon yesterday at the Low Carbon Learning and Communications event in London. If we meet up online, we save time, money and the environment. Before that time, the majority of workplace learning was on-job, whether that was through a more formal apprenticeship or simply sitting next to Nellie.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, I shared with you a simple four-phase model for the design of workplace learning interventions: Preparation: Helping the learner to prepare for a productive learning experience. Application: Providing opportunities for the learner to test out new ideas and skills in the work environment.

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OCTOBER 2, 2008

I wasn't too familiar with Assima, even though they've been around for 24 years, but as seems to be the case with many e-learning specialists, they seem to be doing rather nicely thank you - 150+ employees, a £15m ($30m) turnover and 40% year on year growth. Very few e-learning companies are credible in classroom delivery and vice versa.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

- I wanted to know whether Saba, one of the most successful of the big LMSs, could reinvent itself to accommodate informal learning. This time I’m exploring whether it is possible for one of the world’s most popular academic virtual learning environments, Moodle, to be adapted to suit the needs of corporates.

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MAY 18, 2011

Thirdly, shape the path : tweak the environment so it supports the change; build new habits; rally the herd. So what relevance does any of this have for learning? Well, of course all learning is change – if those neurons don’t connect we’ve been wasting our time.

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

I've been reflecting on John Norman's presentation which he made at the eLearning Network event New models for learning management on September 25. John is from Cambridge University where he has been engaged in the development on the virtual learning environment Sakai 3. and on different devices such as smart phones.

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AUGUST 6, 2013

In July, the Learning and Performance Institute published an initial report summarising the results of some 983 self-assessments carried out in the previous six months against their Capability Map. In the hands of a good facilitator, the classroom can be a very productive place of learning, at least in small doses.

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DECEMBER 19, 2008

Thanks to Ron Orme for bringing to my attention Learning at work: e-learning evolution or revolution? , There are so many interesting elements in this report that I'm going to quote it liberally: "Work-based experiential learning is the most dominant mode of management and leadership learning. " Good point.

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APRIL 24, 2007

One advantage of synchronous training is that it represents a comparatively familiar environment for classroom trainers (perhaps not in appearance but certainly in function) and that it requires only a relatively small step for them to engage with e-learning as an online facilitator. This has been my experience too.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Further evidence came from Matthew James and Dr Kathy Seddon from NCSL who presented on 'multi-layered synchronous learning'. This dynamic of what the speakers called 'co-construction' is not typically evident in a face-to-face environment. Coming next: the myth that synchronous e-learning is essentially a 2D experience.

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JUNE 28, 2013

In the next six posts, I explore six ways in which learning professionals can realise a transformation in the way that learning and development occurs in their organisations. The sixth and last step on the route to transformation is a shift from delivering learning face-to-face to delivery online. Aligned : No real impact here.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2013

To conclude my reflections on the sessions I chaired at Learning Technologies 2013, I would like to focus on a theme developed by Itiel Dror in his presentation - the power of surprise. But for deeper learning to take place, we need to be emotionally engaged - not stressed out, but up for it. Surprise in e-learning?

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APRIL 17, 2007

Donald Clark left the following comment on my posting about personal learning environments: "The term PLE is, in itself, suspect. Learning - well no, it's more about a two-way, working window - learning is at best a small part of it, a by product, not it's sole purpose. Personalised - OK but stating the obvious.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

I'm currently working with a client that is looking to assemble a curriculum of learning modules for thousands of NGO personnel working in developing countries across the world. Interactive scenarios : These can be designed for self-study use or to be moderated by a facilitator in a group environment.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

The rise of instruction From the earliest days of computer-assisted learning, way back in the mid 1970s, the dominant teaching strategy has been instruction. So dominant in fact, that those tasked with devising and assembling technology-based learning solutions have been called instructional designers ever since.

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