Clive on Learning

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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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 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. Rob has achieved success by integrating formal and informal learning activities in pursuit of clear strategic business objectives.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 29, 2011

Rob has achieved success by integrating formal and informal learning activities in pursuit of clear strategic business objectives. Rob looks at each element of the programme on a highly granular basis to determine whether it should be tackled in a face-to-face class, using e-learning content or directly through mentoring.

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Clive on Learning

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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Clive on Learning

JUNE 29, 2011

In this next profile, extracted from The New Learning Architect , we see another fine example of how a learning and development department has been able to break free from the confines of the face-to-face course to provide support for learning across multiple contexts. As Tiina says, “It works!"

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 24, 2011

Throughout my book The New Learning Architect I take time out to look at real-life examples of great learning architects in action. In this extract, we take a look at how learning is architected within Shell, one of the world’s largest and most successful multinational corporations.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

My crime, by the way, was to suggest that you beware who's selling informal learning. My point, slightly tongue in cheek, was that many commentators on learning and development, myself included, are getting on a bit, and have maybe forgotten how useful formal learning can be when you are a novice. Only a thought.

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Clive on Learning

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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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Blended learning is no longer a major talking point in learning and development and perhaps that’s not such a bad thing. In the case of blended learning, following it into town came the bandwagon snappily labelled Learning 2.0, After all, the Learning 2.0 Tags: blended learning.

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Clive on Learning

AUGUST 18, 2009

One element of this is the section on Learning and Talent Development, which can be downloaded here. Well, first the name - learning and talent development. If anything, this is a blended learning manifesto, so I have to be pleased. Tags: blended learning. This framework is quite a step forward. So, what's different?

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Before I take my leave for Christmas, I thought I'd provide you with this summary of all my posts on Clive on Learning in 2011. December Where is the model for e-learning? Get on a train Why does learning content seem so much more exciting on an iPad?

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

There are some fascinating detailed predictions which make this a very entertaining read, but I thought I would share the emerging conclusions: “The importance of continuous, informal, social learning will continue to grow and will require L&D professionals to become competent in creating the conditions for this to occur.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 8, 2010

So, we are supposed to believe that formal learning is always wrong and informal learning always right; similarly for face-to-face v online, top-down v bottom-up, discovery learning v structured instruction, training v performance support, passive v interactive content, 2D v 3D, static v animated and so on.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2007

The Learning Circuits Blog has started up its monthly Big Question again and the question, perhaps appropriately as we see out what remains of the year, is 'what did you learn about learning in 2007?' Reactive learning: This is what you do when you need to carry out a task but you don't know how to do it.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 24, 2011

The motion this year is: “This house believes that as social learning increases, so the requirement for traditional training departments shrinks”. It is acknowledged that 80-90% of what people learn at work is learned informally. Epic have begun their Summer 2011 debate. I am speaking against the motion.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 11, 2008

Under the sub-heading E-learning: an oxymoron? I continue to write books, and I continue to develop training seminars, because I believe these media are best for deep learning of new concepts. We should accept that the Web is too fast-paced for big-picture learning. live online learning using web conferencing software?

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 31, 2008

The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for December is 'what did you learn about learning in 2008?' All conscious learning is to some degree stressful, even when it's voluntary and not work-related - and particularly in the classroom. Lars is Learning. Whatever happened to inductive learning? No Two Alike.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

There’s a new Big Question on the Learning Circuits blog and it’s about questions. Well, I have my own list, based on my own perspective of learning and development in the workplace. Whether the majority of what people learn at work is learned informally (through experience, conversations, exploration, etc.).

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Clive on Learning

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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Clive on Learning

APRIL 2, 2007

Recently I've been reading Eric Jensen's book Brain-Based Learning , and this took me to some work done by Dr Emile Donchin at the University of Illinois in 1986. Apparently, Donchin and his associates conducted some research which appeared to show that more than 99% of our learning is nonconscious.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 21, 2008

I've been browsing the recent publication from the eLearning Guild - a compilation of the best articles from the Learning Solutions e-magazine from the past five years (Pfeiffer, 2008). So, I dipped into all 22 articles.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2007

I've gathered these together here into a list for easy reference, just in case you're looking for some e-learning stocking fillers this Christmas: Informal Learning by Jay Cross Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning by Wick, Pollock, Jefferson and Flanagan mLearning by David Metcalf Learning in Real (..)

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2006

I had a mad moment and thought of working it around 'learning 2.0'. David Jennings reminded me: "What is E-learning 2.0? Well first of all it's a rhetorical manoeuvre by e-learning suppliers and consultants to distance themselves from the failures of the first wave of e-learning. So I decided on learning 1.5.

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Clive on Learning

MAY 13, 2010

I bumped into Martin Baker from LM Matters at the excellent Learning Pool Public Sector Learning Conference this week. They don't overdo the informational content, concentrating instead on practical tools and applications. Polls, discussion forums, comments, and ratings spark informal learning across an organization.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

What motivated me to get on and read the book was a chance encounter with Jane at Learning Technologies last week. It’s primary focus is on the classroom (or virtual classroom) instructor who wants to enrich their offering with social learning techniques but doesn’t know where to begin. I wasn’t wrong.

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Clive on Learning

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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Clive on Learning

MARCH 5, 2008

The Big Question for March on the Learning Circuits Blog is 'what is the scope of our responsibility as learning professionals?' I don't regard this question as just a topical response to the increased interest in informal learning - it's an issue that has been there as long as we have had learning professionals.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In the unlikely event that you’re bored over the holidays, here’s a quick index to 104 posts and 35000+ words of Clive on Learning in 2010. January Learning in 3D: a stop on the world blog book tour (review) Is it time for Learning Technologies to use learning technologies? I’m going to enjoy a little break.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 24, 2007

There's more fuel to the informal learning fire from a survey of 2076 employees in the UK conducted by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE). Surely 'using trial and error' and 'reflecting on your performance' are learning by 'doing your job on a regular basis'. Here's what came back.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 19, 2006

Anyway, next week I have to get up on time because I'm speaking at Learning Technologies 2006, the conference that always gets in first. At the show Saffron Interactive will be giving out free copies of my new Blended Learning Cookbook to respectable-looking candidates. That's how I saw it with blended learning.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 27, 2006

Caffeine addicts and afficionados of informal learning can obtain two fixes in one with Jerome Martin's free e-book Cappuccino U , recently published by Spotted Cow Press and brought to my attention by Jane's e-learning pick of the day. Martin's book is quite short so I won't steal all his thunder.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 4, 2008

Back in December I posted about what I predicted would become e-learning's two tiers. To remind you: High end The top tier would be e-learning that delivers something special, something that can't be achieved easily other ways. tools for informal learning.

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Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

But I've been finding it quite useful recently as a way of explaining the learner's journey as they develop new skills and I'm finding a very snug fit with Nick Shackleton-Jones ' concept of courses and resources (see my post on this ), currently my favourite way of explaining the relationship between formal and informal learning.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Working life provides a great many valuable learning experiences, but it will never provide the diversity of opportunity that an individual can obtain by maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Seek novelty: study a new language, learn to paint, use new technologies, learn a musical instrument.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 8, 2008

In the Learning Circuits Blog , Tony Karrer poses a whole series of questions related to the role of learning and development professionals in promoting informal learning / social learning / learning 2.0 within organisations: Q: Must learning professionals be literate in these things?

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 12, 2009

The Learning Circuits Blog Big Question for January asks what are your challenges, plans and predictions for 2009? Plans I want to finish my project Learning in all Contexts , which has been on the back burner too long. Plans I want to finish my project Learning in all Contexts , which has been on the back burner too long.

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Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

Chris Brannigan of Caspian Learning alerted me to Cognitive Fitness , an article by Roderick Gilkey and Clint Kilts in the Harvard Business Review, which you can download online for US$6.50. Seek novelty: study a new language, learn to paint, use new technologies, learn a musical instrument.

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