ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2014

How do we help organizations see that social and informal learning is not a new and fancy way to learn but an essential requirement in a complex, rapidly changing, and uber connected world? Or will work itself subsume learning enabled by a transformed L&D / facilitators / coaches / mentors and the "right" organizational culture?

Network 202

Network Diversity Training PKM Communities of Practice 202

ID Reflections

MAY 25, 2015

Organizations looking to inculcate the practice of working out loud in their employees will need to provide the support, perhaps with L&D acting as facilitators. Beyond information sharing - "Working out loud" is not about sharing information. That can be better achieved via reports, datasheets, and meetings.

Strategy 100

Strategy Attitudes Community Conversation 100

ID Reflections

JULY 15, 2009

Reading a post on Performance Support from my co-blogger and colleague triggered of the following response: Read on: Performance Support (PS) is, says Tony Karrer, “Making information available to workers instead of forcing them to memorize it. PS, by definition, is access to information and knowledge as we need it, when we need it.

Performance Support 100

Performance Support Support Performance Wiki 100

ID Reflections

MAY 15, 2010

Who can provide assets like logos, images, and documentation? I have added some questions that I have found useful to ask Who provides the final sign-off? Whose buy-in do you require to ensure that there is post-rollout support provided to the learners? Who can review the content? Who will review or pilot the course?

Storyboard 144

Storyboard Course Develop Skype 144

ID Reflections

MARCH 8, 2010

The post seemed particularly relevant to me in this age of information overload where SYNTHESIS and not only ANALYSIS is the key to success. Effective communication enables information to be distributed to the right sources. This information through discussions, brainstorming sessions, collective sharing of inputs become knowledge.

Communication 114

Communication Information Overload Picture Analysis 114

ID Reflections

MARCH 27, 2010

This approach worked well enough in the Industrial Age and the process-driven work culture ( where there was a clear relationship between cause and effect ) set in place by Frederick W Taylor with his Efficiency Movement and, subsequently, in the Information Age dominated by lawyers, programmers, MBAs, MTechs, and CAs. Informal Learning 4.

Conversation 123

Conversation SAP Innovation Collaboration 123

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Controls are put in place to prevent information from going to competitors; non-compliance is punished; transparency is censored to prevent general dissent. A world defined by scarcity is driven by the ethos of competition, hoarding, survival of the fittest, suspicion, exclusion, elimination of the other , and fear. Let me make a disclaimer.

Culture 100

Culture Change Social Business 100

ID Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2014

Wikipedia With the rise of social and informal learning, and ubiquitous mobile devices (tablets, phablets, smartphones and everything in between), micro-learning as a concept and practice has taken off. Micro-learning thus lends itself to formal, informal and incidental learning. That information is provided based on their requests.

Micro-Learning 222

Micro-Learning Informal Roles Wikipedia 222

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

And identifying the critical information, highlighting it, and improving upon the media that explains or clarifies the content" in Cammy Bean's post: Accidental Instructional Designers #dl09. Most often, these will also be a lot quicker and a hell of a lot cheaper in providing the information needed than a full-fledged training program.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 100

ID Reflections

JUNE 29, 2014

While courses will still have their place, the approach to course design itself will need to become more dynamic, rapid and inclusive of informal and social components. This requires them to reach out to the right people, access the right content and use their own PLN to acquire the information or skill required.

Roles 167

Roles Social Media OER Performance Support 167

ID Reflections

JUNE 25, 2014

None of this is new information or insight. The organizational walls are porous such that the outside can flow in without too much of a challenge while sensitive information is protected. The OER movement was the trigger for the MOOCs then. Then why bother writing about it you may ask. How does all of this relate to MOOCs?

PKM 157

PKM OER Diversity Training Trust 157

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Shorter and shorter production cycles, demanding and informed customers, and increasingly interconnected and complex work require workers who are agile and adept at picking up new skills, are willing to experiment, and can learn quickly from failures. These are critical 21C skills that will stand all who have them in good stead.

Collaboration 163

Collaboration Organization Diversity Training Harbinger 163

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Setting the Context Here are two definitions from Wikipedia that captures the essence of Networked Learning: Networked learning is a process of developing and maintaining connections with people and information, and communicating in such a way so as to support one another''s learning. The central term in this definition is connections.

Network 100

Network Emergent Collaboration Virtual World 100

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Faced with the tsunami of information, we are all floundering to find our way to content that actually matters. From setting up filters--both of the automated and human variety--to trying to make sense of what we find, we are in a fix, so to speak.

Community 194

Community Enterprise Roles Content 194

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

marcjrosenberg on #lsmag [link] #lrnchat The excerpts: We need context to understand complex issues and this can be provided by those we are connected to. The bulk of what connected consumers create isn’t content: its context – information about the value of goods and services. Marc My Words: OMG, I'm Tweeting!

Cognitive 144

Cognitive PKM News Tagging 144

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Passion: Our internal engines provide the fuel that spurs us to action. Contrast creativity with intellect. Creativity is less bound to the rigors of logic and proof, more responsive to our individual yearning for things that are new. We pursue something because it answers an internal calling.

Cognitive 165

Cognitive Diversity Training Social Networks Knowledge Worker 165

ID Reflections

MAY 30, 2013

After preliminary introductions, he informed me that he had dropped out of school after the 10th standard because he didn''t feel like he was learning much (sounds familiar?) On the table was a desktop, and he showed me the excel sheet he was using to capture all the necessary workflow related information. I''m the group leader.

Leadership 139

Leadership Skills Job Predictions 139

ID Reflections

JUNE 9, 2010

select custom-built courseware, provide post-training support, measure learning effectiveness, create mentoring/coaching frameworks, create frameworks that enable community-driven learning, and create and sustain Communities of Practice. Gather and compile this information for reporting purposes. 5) Project close-out.

Consulting 141

Consulting Social Networks LinkedIn Discussion 141

ID Reflections

JULY 16, 2009

Today, everyone can easily gain expertise with access to information and the tools available to share and disseminate. The whole in this case is way greater than the sum of the parts and knowing how to acquire the necessary information is as if not more important than the specific information itself.

Skills 100

Skills Social Networks Big Question Theory 100

ID Reflections

JULY 28, 2009

This was further ratified by a detailed post by Sreya, a co-blogger, called Challenges and solutions to technical software product training: Gathering Information. Through the details, the post illustrates the time that would be required to understand an application and gather relevant information before a training can be designed.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Authoring Tools Program Rapid eLearning 100

ID Reflections

APRIL 10, 2015

Organizations are fairly adept at implementing training programs, providing LMS access and checking for completion. To transition from a hierarchical to a networked and transparent culture requires a conscious untangling of all the unspoken assumptions and biases that inform the present culture and values.

Social Learning 100

Social Learning Social Integrate Off-shore 100

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Before I plunge into the heart of my analysis and discussion, I want to share a couple of snippets on Networked Learning from Wikipedia. ( [link] Networked learning is a process of developing and maintaining connections with people and information, and communicating in such a way so as to support one another''s learning.

Cognitive 100

Cognitive Diversity Training Forum Network 100

ID Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2009

Subsequently, we internalize them and they inform our design decisions and instructional strategies almost at a subconscious level. Thus, even the most current information is not going to be current by the time it goes through the design-development phase and reach the learner’s plate as a packaged training program.

Theory 124

Theory Learner Social Networks Learning Theory 124

ID Reflections

JULY 16, 2009

Summative evaluation "provides information on the product's efficacy ( it's ability to do what it was designed to do)." Does the organization provide learners with some amount of free time that can be utilized as "learning time" so that learners can go through the course within work hours? So, what's the big deal you may ask."

Adoption 100

Adoption Adopt VOIP SharePoint 100

ID Reflections

JANUARY 3, 2011

Focused feedback : Coaches/trainers are at hand to provide corrective feedback and help the learners model their behaviors. Information overload coupled with “not exactly what I need” syndrome Vanishing shelf-life of knowledge Adaptive Thinking seems to be one of the keys to handling the onslaught.

Cognitive 136

Cognitive Diversity Training Information Overload Behavior 136

ID Reflections

MAY 26, 2019

Leaders have the propensity and are often expected to provide answers in times of great uncertainty and upheaval. Imagine an organization whose boundaries are porous, giving it the capacity to fluidly exchange information with its ecosystem. Staying with Uncertainty ?—?While

Community 110

Community Organization Emergent Synchronous 110

ID Reflections

JULY 15, 2009

It is not about "simplification" but about providing only the required information. When instructional content is broken down into small chunks that are yet contextually meaningful and self standing, a good designer will automatically eliminate the redundant and retain the essential. Business impact.

Case Study 100

Case Study Performance Support Training Train 100

ID Reflections

JANUARY 28, 2015

In today''s context of rapid change, unexpected challenges, and complex scenarios, it is not possible for an organization to provide training for every conceivable skill that may be required in the future. While developing the skills do take some effort and persistence, the benefits are tremendous and provide the necessary motivation.

Network 100

Network Diversity Training Personal Learning Social Networks 100

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

When fully realized and supported, emergent learning provides autonomy, mastery and purpose to learners and agility, adaptability and resilience to organizations. Today in the face of rapid change and technological evolution, this same model is failing us; it’s becoming a roadblock to seamless collaboration and flow of information.

Emergent 100

Emergent Organization Diversity Training Community 100

ID Reflections

MAY 18, 2010

How it all started The client, based out of the USA, is one of the key players in providing trading technology and connectivity solutions to financial market participants. But before I fast forward to the learning, here's a brief overview and background to set what I learned in context. They have been around for almost 4 decades.

Project 104

Project Change Storyboard ILT 104

ID Reflections

JANUARY 25, 2015

@ignatia (Inge de Waard) describes MOOCs thus in her Master’s Thesis, which I have referred to: “MOOC is above all referring to a pedagogical model with independent learners, access to information, opportunity to create emerging, spontaneous, yet not directed learning communities, etcetera.

Diversity Training 100

Diversity Training Design Micro-Learning Theory 100

ID Reflections

JANUARY 6, 2016

Uber taps into existing resources providing people – both the suppliers and the buyers – with a platform to connect. Against this backdrop, technology is providing us with an opportunity to re-imagine and redefine workplace learning and our role as business partners, thought leaders, and change agents.

Organizational Learning 100

Organizational Learning Course Scanning Community 100

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Curation today takes on a new meaning in the context oftechnological affordance, information abundance, diminishing attention, hungerfor contextual and timely information, and constantly shifting, globally linkedlandscape. Curators are focused on information flows withoutthinking they’re leading or managing any community.

PKM 218

PKM Mashups Pattern Community 218

ID Reflections

MAY 17, 2010

In working with our customers, we discovered that they were trying to address a number of learning requirements, most notably formal learning, informal learning and performance support. In this era of information explosion, context-less information is just data that does not foster or drive decision-making abilities.

Enterprise 2.0 104

Enterprise 2.0 Cognitive Collaboration Enterprise 104

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

The premise of this post is that when an organization makes a conscious effort to bring in social collaboration and support their formal learning endeavors with more informal and collaborative sharing, it usually begins with the introduction of an enterprise collaboration platform. Mapping the training to typical use cases is also important.

Community 172

Community Roles Management Screencast 172

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

None of this information is new. It can help an organization with its capability building at an individual level and provide opportunities for shared vision, systems thinking and team building at a strategic level thus providing the entire gamut from tactical learning to integrated and strategic learning.

Roles 100

Roles Blended Learning Diversity Training SAP 100

ID Reflections

MARCH 31, 2015

In my earlier posts, I have written about the possible roles it can play in formal, informal and incidental learning. This free-flowing nature of work requires rapid exchange of information and sharing of knowledge in byte-sized chunks that are easy to assimilate. Would a commoncraft-style video be considered micro-learning?

Micro-Learning 100

Micro-Learning Learning Strategy Strategy Learning 100