Living in Learning

AUGUST 23, 2012

Dramatically increased urgency to remain competitive, regardless of business specialty, has come upon us in the form of continuous velocity – of continuous demands for flawless performance – of continuous demands for agility to adapt to an ever-changing competitive and regulatory work environment. We are facing a tipping point.

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Living in Learning

APRIL 13, 2015

Continuous Learning Agile design business impact Change Leadership change management continuous learning environment design methods Discovery electronic performance support system EPS EPSS evaluation future of training holistic discovery'

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Living in Learning

MAY 15, 2018

Unfortunately, the attention given is still largely skewed toward innovative learning solutions in the training environment. Momentum to accept the validity of performance support has been a long time coming as evidenced by a dramatic increase of articles advocating more L&D attention targeting performance outcomes.

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Living in Learning

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

…and I tend to believe that the "environment" defining each organizations’ learning and performance ecosystem is unique. Attempting to put learning and performance support into specific sized boxes is an unnecessary complication.

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Living in Learning

JULY 20, 2009

Think back to the emergence of e-learning. Predictions began to surface as far back as 2001, when Jonathon Levy, then at Harvard Business School Publications suggested that “within five to seven years up to 85% of learning would take place within the context of the job.” Pick any date that is conjured in your memory.

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Living in Learning

JULY 24, 2009

The future of learning truly is NOT now because we are not ready for it…nor are we at a state of readiness even if it were now. The program hosted by Tony Karrer with support from Jay Cross, Harold Jarche, and Ray Jimenez, all recognized names in the learning industry, was a successful effort. I could not agree more.

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Living in Learning

JULY 31, 2009

Too many pundits have been pontificating that there is a shift underway – a shift from formal training to informal learning. Training (formal learning) will always be with us. It is very true informal learning is dramatically increasing, and it is true that the increase is taking place outside of classrooms and online learning venues.

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Living in Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

We are being thrust into an environment where we have an extended mission to satisfy needs of a dynamic learning and support ecosystem. Training is but one step in a much longer journey to sustainability.

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Living in Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

And yet, we continue to perpetuate a false sense of user readiness by relying upon Training to ensure they are capable to executing flawlessly in the post-training environment – the point of work. How can we not see that Training is not enough?

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 23, 2009

The concept of a learning shift represents a course correction by the USS Training Department. Choose a metaphor of your own; bottom-line is painfully clear – the learning game has changed, and our tactics and methodologies that worked so well in a traditional “training war” are not as effective in a non-traditional battle. Figure 1.1.

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Living in Learning

JANUARY 10, 2014

And yet, we continue to perpetuate a false sense of user readiness by relying upon Training to ensure they are capable to executing flawlessly in the post-training environment – the point of work. How can we not see that Training is not enough?

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Living in Learning

JUNE 14, 2013

In my current role, I work in a virtual environment that is strategically located between corn and soy beans in the rolling hills of southeastern Indiana. EPSS Performer Support Sustained Capability just in time learning LinkedIn performance support performer support' Answer: Plenty.

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Living in Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2009

For this to happen, that bear experienced formal learning and acquired some significant skills training; the very same skills you and I learned in our youth. Unfortunately, it does not, and if our contribution to their learning stops there, we may as well be training bears. The Role of Formal Learning. Where do they work?

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Living in Learning

JANUARY 22, 2012

Now our learners are in their downstream, post-training environment called the work context. Then comes something called GoLive, and heads and hearts that were “certified as ready”, struggle with crippled recall knowledge; some users settling for feelings of success when they can remember enough to sign-on to SAP or the EMR the first time.

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Living in Learning

JULY 12, 2009

Last November I had the privilege of participating in a panel of experts at the Learning 2008 Conference sponsored by Elliott Masie in Orlando. The focus of the panel, moderated by Dr. Conrad Gottfredson and Bob Mosher, zeroed in on best practices intended to improve accessibility of learning to learners in their moments of learning need.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 8, 2009

My point is this – training is no longer our primary source of viable learning. That frame of reference grew in scope similar to expansion in scope when we consider the role training plays in a continuous learning environment. I am living in learning. We wake up each day in a continuous learning environment.

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Living in Learning

JULY 21, 2009

I follow several learning-oriented blogs on a regular basis, and I have witnessed numerous conversations about formal versus informal learning. Discussions range from determining impact to defining strategies around integrating informal learning into a formal mindset. Quite honestly, it is “learning”! When things change.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 14, 2009

Many of us cut our professional learning design teeth using the long-held tradition of the ADDIE instructional design (ISD) model. I must qualify my defense of ADDIE by recognizing its validity as long as the environment where applied has not morphed beyond the scope of intended use. The problem we face is composition.

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Living in Learning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

In an earlier post, I introduced the concept of a Learning Continuum defined by three phases: • Prepare – to create readiness in our learners prior to formal training. The planting process takes place as we ready learners during the Prepare phase and then practice in the safe environs of the Deploy phase. Fertilize & Cultivate.

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Living in Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

When you do you know that the Learning & Development function in your organization is fully developed?” A question many of us have sought to answer…or maybe “predict”…came up in one of my networking groups this morning. The answer to this may be as impossible to define as it is to nail Jell-O to the wall.

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Living in Learning

JUNE 26, 2009

The way we learn has changed. I read this statement in the eLearning Technology blog this morning in a graphic illustration that captured rich thoughts at the recent ISA Learning Think Tank 3×3’s. Methinks we’re recognizing driving outcomes is about the learner…not the learning. Has it really? Strong opinion? Absolutely!

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Living in Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Culture of Continuous Learning and Change. Take IT out of the equation for a moment and consider a transformational change like continuous learning. Learning Methodology – Is learning design capable of supporting a continuum? Learning Technology – Is access to learning seamless, frictionless, & ubiquitous?

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Living in Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Looking back on that fateful day, I can laugh at that lesson in learning, but at the time of actual learning, it was not nearly as amusing. There is more to add to the impending doom by considering the attributes of the environment in which I learned my lesson. Trust me; this one is evidence-based.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 19, 2012

With all the recent press performance support is getting…make that positive press…I’m noticing that we could easily slip into a best practice of admiring the problem of what to do about it. To be a bit less sarcastic, I must clarify that admiration of the problem is NOT a best practice, but it often seems like we manage to do it best.

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Living in Learning

JUNE 28, 2012

I fear the L&D function.or Training.if you choose by another name, are locked into a paralysis of tradition. Tradition yields comfort and familiarity. Comfort and familiarity yield resistance to change…and in some cases even recognition that there could actually be a “change” that offers a viable alternative.

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Living in Learning

MARCH 4, 2012

Take heart. Our LMSs are doing exactly what they are supposed to do. Our training programs are as effective as training can be. We are as good on platform delivering training as the best trainers can be.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 31, 2009

Living in Learning is a new blog that renders rants, raves and ramblings of one who wakes up every day living in learning. Recent momentum centers on the evolution of training departments into business partners who create continuous learning environments. Precious few of us see training budgets increasing.

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Living in Learning

AUGUST 28, 2009

Living in Learning is a new blog that renders rants, raves and ramblings of one who wakes up every day living in learning. Recent momentum centers on the evolution of training departments into business partners who create continuous learning environments. Tags: Continuous Learning.

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Living in Learning

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

And Start Learning Continuously.” Environment – Organizational Design, Ergonomics, Measurement Criteria, Metrics, Internal/External Influences, Diversity, Culture, etc. Every performance consultant has pet labels and favorite gurus that influenced their own learning and approach. We cannot afford to render scrap learning.

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Living in Learning

OCTOBER 27, 2009

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