E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

and The ILE and the FLE in harmony , I advocate the development of a virtual Informal Learning Environment (ILE) to work in tandem with the Formal Learning Environment (FLE) to support both the learning process and its administration. Informal learning. I believe in the power of informal learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 27, 2017

I saw it as yet another example of HR fluff. Now I realise that I severely underestimated the level of support that my colleagues seek in relation to their learning and development. There once was a time when I didn’t respect the capability framework. You want me to be innovative? No kidding. And collaborative? What a great idea!

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 11, 2016

Indeed this observation doesn’t boast a wealth of empirical evidence to support it, although there is some – see here , here and here. After all, plenty of research can be cited to support the efficacy of on-the-job learning, social learning and formal training.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 4, 2015

The antagonism stems from the popularity of learning styles in the educational discourse – not to mention vocational curricula – despite a lack of empirical evidence supporting their effectiveness when incorporated into instructional design. Yet we know in the workplace the vast majority of learning is informal.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 12, 2014

As learning in the workplace becomes increasingly informal, the motivation of employees to drive their own development becomes increasingly pivotal to their performance. For example, if the content is authentic, relevant and engaging, then that makes it compelling, and that should pull the participants in.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Leadership is a driver of culture, which in turn is a driver of engagement, which in turn is a driver of performance. While I support the philosophy of leadership development, however, I have doubts over some of the interventions that are deployed under that banner.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

technologies to support informal learning. An Informal Learning Environment (ILE) empowers them to do just that. In short: the L&D professional supports the learners, subject matter experts and managers in playing their parts to improve the capability and performance of the organisation. Change management.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2015

Sure, they may be thoughtfully filtered and informatively annotated, but a hotchpotch is a hotchpotch. Truisms such as this one are typically met with suspicion from certain quarters of the L&D community, but in this case the research on the comparative efficacies of lectures, worked examples, PBL etc appears to add up. Support me.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 6, 2009

Focus on performance. When conducting a needs analysis in the workplace, it’s important to focus on performance. Not training, not learning, not development… performance. Your red flag is the Performance Gap, which is the difference between what the level of performance is now, and what it should be.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Leadership is a driver of culture, which in turn is a driver of engagement, which in turn is a driver of performance. While I support the philosophy of leadership development, however, I have doubts over some of the interventions that are deployed under that banner.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 20, 2009

They can also be a useful means of delivering extensive information to your audience in a concise format. For example, how would you explain the GFC to your colleagues? Both groups of students performed as well as or better than the students who read the text passage on its own. Multimedia summaries. Text ain’t half bad.

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