Living in Learning

JULY 12, 2009

What I am suggesting is re-use of PSOs in both formal training venues and in informal Performer Support venues. Well-intended collaboration in this form has the potential to spread incorrect information – with great agility – and who knows what business risk goes with it. Monitoring social networks can be a monumental task.

Performance Support 100

Performance Support Agile Support Performance 100

Living in Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2009

The Role of Informal Learning – Application & Implementation. We embed task-relevant job aids (PSOs – informal learning tools) into the bear’s workflow. We practice using them in task-relevant simulations with stated intent that these are the same informal tools for use in the field…err…the woods. Training complete!

Simulations 100

Simulations Social Networks Training Train 100

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. 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. I beg to differ. It is NOT a shift.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Training Train Instructional Design 100

Living in Learning

AUGUST 6, 2009

Josh also shared that his company’s research showed a dramatic increase in the use of informal learning. That tells me informal or non-formal learning are not flotsam. It is a “formalization” of informal learning, or to use Lance’s term – non-formal learning. What they are finding is not training per se.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Diversity Training Social Networks Training 100

Living in Learning

JULY 24, 2009

The catalyst for making this statement about the future of learning stems from my good fortune and honor to participate in a virtual discussion yesterday as a panelist in, “The Future of the Business of Learning”, sponsored by Learn Trends, ISA and Training Magazine Network.

Compliance Training 100

Compliance Training Performance Support Learning Environment Classroom 100

Living in Learning

AUGUST 23, 2009

The type of learning that is rapidly trending upward is informal learning. Training industry pundit Josh Bersin shared research during “The Future of the Business of Learning” that indicated the rapid increase in the use of informal learning. The shift is on, and we find ourselves either pushed or pulled into the work context.

Performance Support 113

Performance Support Design Support Instructional Design 113

Living in Learning

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently had the honor to participate as a panelist in the July 27, 2009 online discussion sponsored by Learning Trends, ISA, and Training Magazine Network. Popular phrases like “just-in-time” learning, or as I like to call it, Performer Support, fall under the category of learning informally.

Instructional Design 170

Instructional Design ADDIE Blended Learning Design 170