From the Coleface

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

One term that has been static is SME (subject matter expert). Personally, I’m grateful to have worked with many brilliant experts and valued learning from them the ‘tricks of many trades’ to co-create learning experiences. It feels natural that the person who knows most about it (the expert) should be in charge.

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From the Coleface

MAY 11, 2023

Interestingly ChatGPT will help reduce L&D’s lead time as it will reduce the time commitment needed by subject matter experts and accelerate several writing tasks. Learning experience: formal learning is more that information, it should be engaging, varied and memorable. Where does formal learning win?

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From the Coleface

JUNE 25, 2013

Essentially the aim is the same: get content that is useful, informative and fun in a format that it is easy for your target audience to find (search for) and apply. Do you need to be a subject matter expert to curate effectively? The basic hurdle for digital content is to be at least two out of useful, informative and fun.

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From the Coleface

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

Essentially he laments the trend of the diminishing status of the expert as user-generated content becomes more prevalent under the general trend that is Web 2.0. James Surowiecki’s book “The Wisdom of crowds” has been widely (mis)quoted as the harbinger of doom for experts everywher.

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From the Coleface

MARCH 19, 2019

is that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at something. Businesses don’t have that amount of time – how can L&D help people perform at an expert level more rapidly? Here I share some reflections on what I learned along the journey to expert performance and how they are useful for L&D. .

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From the Coleface

MARCH 24, 2008

In professional services the focus on billable hours tends to mean that learners want their learning packaged by experts so that it is over as quickly as possible. The main challenges that need to be overcome: 1. Learner maturity. There are relatively few occupations where people learn for the love of it e.g. computer programmers.

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