ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2014

I thought I''d do the same from an L&D and workplace learning perspective. The former identifies shifts in specific areas that will and already are having a far-reaching impact on the way we work, learn, communicate, and engage with the environment and society. This has wide-ranging implication on learning and the future of work.

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Network Diversity Training PKM Communities of Practice 202

ID Reflections

JULY 30, 2014

The focus has moved from “learning” to “performance”. Our education system had inculcated the belief that “learning” is all about gaining information and knowledge and being able to remember that long enough to answer exam questions. It was “learn, then work.” The shift has happened. I urge you to see the video.

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Performance Support Performance Knowing Doing Gap Coaching 167

ID Reflections

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I love this description from Jane Harts post: FAUXIAL LEARNING is about forcing people to use social media in courses – or even in the workplace – and then confusing compliance with engagement (and even worse) learning. How do we make them share their learning ? Does this mean the employees are not engaging in "social learning"?

Collaboration 217

Collaboration Social Learning Social Platform 217

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I have been collating interesting tweets and bits of learning from my Twitter feed. Or, like Sherlock Holmes, to skip and jump through the mind palace of accumulated memories and knowledge. Serendipity and Learning are two of my favourite words. learning network serendipity' It is the bridge that builds connections.

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Network Learning Web Work Twitter 110

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 25, 2010

I have been deviating from the key themes of this blog, i.e., learning, performance, training and collaboration, for some time now. They are as much a part of me as all things learning. With today’s post, I am back on the theme of learning and its impact on performance—personal and organizational.

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Learner Diversity Training Expertise Cognitive 177

ID Reflections

JANUARY 28, 2015

I have recently joined the open section of #MSLOC 430 - a graduate course in the Master''s Program in Learning and Organizational Change at Northwestern University. This is the first week and I am absolutely looking forward to exploring the topics, learning from the other participants and participating in exciting conversations.

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Network Diversity Training Personal Learning Social Networks 100

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

The difference between the terms “ learners ” and “ learned ” and what it implies when applied to the experts in our organizations is crucial in today’s environment of constant change. This is a must read books for trainers/learning and development professionals/anyone interested in the phenomenon called learning.

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Diversity Training Learner Cognitive Expertise 123

ID Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

Why Mobile Learning The strongest Value Proposition for mobile learning comes from connecting people with ideas, information, and each other—anytime, anywhere! Ten years back, Clark Quinn’s statement about mobile learning seemed wishful thinking. Today, mobile learning is no longer a buzzword. It has arrived.

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Mobile Learning Mobile iPod Wiki 166

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Following Harold Jarche''s example of Friday''s Finds , I thought where better to collate and synthesize my week’s learning from Twitter than on my blog. charlesjennings : The role and value of learning content is changing. learning pkm Twitter' Here’s the first of the series. Very important read.

Diversity Training 105

Diversity Training PKM Cognitive Twitter 105

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

A recent, very brief conversation with @krishashok triggered a few thoughts related to emergent workplaces and what learning in the networked world will look like. It takes a relational stance in which learning takes place both in relation to others and in relation to learning resources. It will become the norm.

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Network Emergent Collaboration Virtual World 100

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

We are in the performance business , not the knowledge -gain business. The learning leaders who understand the difference are the ones who succeed. Lead with a performance strategy , not a learning strategy. For far too long we have designed learning approaches to every problem. He also stresses the importance of: 1.

Organization 136

Organization Harassment Training Performance Support Mentoring 136

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

In hindsight I realize how immensely lucky I was to have stumbled onto the learning network I did. I got to learn from the experts – individuals who were charting the path and devising ways to use the tool as an avenue for learning, sharing and innovating – building a strong global community of learning professionals.

Social Media 144

Social Media Media Social Diversity Training 144

ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

Excerpts from the Best of T+D | 2007 - 2009 Harold Jarche in Skills 2.0 : As knowledge workers, we are like actors--only as good as our last performance. Shaffer in How Computer Games Help Children Learn (quoted by Harold Jarche in T+D) Professionals immeresed in communities of practice have a larger zone of proximal development.

Learning 2.0 132

Learning 2.0 Blended Learning Social Networks Gartner 132

ID Reflections

APRIL 10, 2015

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. Social learning has become a buzzword in the workplace learning space, and every other organization is claiming to have “social learning” as a part of the mix.

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Social Learning Social Integrate Off-shore 100

ID Reflections

MAY 10, 2010

You should analyze client requirements, assess learner profiles, and design teaching/learning models that are tailor made for the target audience. Professionals from the E-Learning industry are preferred. Being a learning professional in a Web 2.0 world is becoming more about your network than your current knowledge.”

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Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 137

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Steve Denning What is common across the learning modes and methods mentioned? These are essentially “pull” and collaborative learning modes and cannot be imposed. Having said that, a major percentage of organizations today are striving to put in place one or more of the above-mentioned modes and tools of learning.

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ID Reflections

JUNE 30, 2014

A MOOC transforms an event (a course) to a continuous and just-in-time learning experience that is accessible anywhere, anytime and, ideally, from any device. In any rapidly evolving field, incorporating every piece of knowledge in a time-bound courseware is not possible.

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Performance Support Support Performance Case Study 227

ID Reflections

JANUARY 9, 2010

I am re-reading Informal Learning by Jay Cross and was going through the resource links he has provided. Apart from the book, which is a must read for anyone interested in the field of learning, the resource links are gold mines of knowledge, information and insights. Tags: Learning Resources.

Informal Learning 104

Informal Learning Resources Cognitive Social Networks 104

ID Reflections

MARCH 9, 2010

In an earlier post, The Meaning is the Message , I quoted from Stephen Downes' presentation: Knowledge has many authors , knowledge has many facets, it looks different to each different person, and it changes moment to moment. The definition of "unbooks" is similar to that of Informal Learning.

Informal Learning 104

Informal Learning Collaboration Informal Bloom 104

ID Reflections

JUNE 5, 2009

Some key points: Informal learning vs. formal learning 1. Informal learning is never over. Formal learning has a fixed goal, syllabus and usually ends with some recognition. More than 80% of learning in the workplace is informal learning. Social networks are vital to informal learning.

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Social Networks Informal Learning Informal Social Network 100

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

This is why the process of “seek, sense, share” becomes so important in one’s personal learning and knowledge management. This set me thinking about how I manage my personal knowledge and from there it led to the tools I use to do in this networked world. Lately, I have started using a number of Web tools actively.

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Tools Evernote Delicious Wiki 104

ID Reflections

JULY 16, 2009

I have pasted the question here: "In a Learning 2.0 world, where learning and performance solutions take on a wider variety of forms and where churn happens at a much more rapid pace, what new skills and knowledge are required for learning professionals?" This month's Big Question from LCB has received a huge response.

Skills 100

Skills Social Networks Big Question Theory 100

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

I have been writing about MOOCs in the context of workplace learning from different perspectives for some time now. A MOOC is an intrinsically participative, collaborative mode of learning. Having said that, MOOCs require certain skills from participants, which I like to describe as " learning how to learn in the networked world."

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Diversity Training Skills Learner PKM 100

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

This is a continuation of my MOOC series and also a post that draws a lot from the #MSLOC430 community and MOOC ("C" type) that I am participating in -- the open section of the graduate course in the Master''s Program in Learning and Organizational Change at Northwestern University. The central term in this definition is connections.

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Cognitive Diversity Training Forum Network 100

ID Reflections

APRIL 6, 2014

I believe MOOCs, especially when referred to in the context of the workplace, are increasingly going to become a catch-all term for any online, large scale, learning intervention at the workplace. Corporate MOOCs will be a pathway to social and informal learning into the workplace. But I am willing to hazard a few guesses.

Social Networks 189

Social Networks Benefits Forum Community 189

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

I believe they are all very essential reads for today’s learning and development folks. 1 Instructional Design Multimedia Learning Richard Mayer. 2 Workplace Learning The Fifth Discipline Peter Senge. 3 Workplace Learning Informal learning Jay Cross. 4 Workplace learning The Working Smarter Fieldbook Jay Cross.

Social Networks 172

Social Networks Cognitive Enterprise 2.0 Social Network 172

ID Reflections

JUNE 25, 2014

MOOCs have taken the world of higher ed and corporate learning by the proverbial storm. When George Siemens , Dave Cormier and Stephen Downes came up with the concept in 2008, they had a vision of how a “learning design” based on Connectivism could change the face of learning and collaboration. Into this space enters MOOCs!

PKM 157

PKM OER Diversity Training Trust 157

ID Reflections

JUNE 9, 2010

I started this discussion to understand the roles (tacit and explicit) that a learning consultant plays. Moreover, I would urge all learning folks to join this group—just to keep learning and evolving…and to contribute to these discussions so that we can all learn together. Here’s to continuous, lifelong learning!

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Consulting Social Networks LinkedIn Discussion 141

ID Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2012

Work —complex knowledge work requires solitude as well as collaboration. Working from home offers me plenty of solitude but not the intellectual stimulation and those over-the-shoulder conversations so crucial to serendipity, ambient awareness, and informal learning. Are you a knowledge worker working from home?

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Stock Skype Knowledge Worker Community 124

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Organizations, i.e., the business leaders and executives are not interested in learning. It is up to us--L&D professionals--to connect learning and collaboration to business goals like customer satisfaction, efficient troubleshooting, innovative design ideas, reduced production time, and such. Business cares only about the outcome.

Collaboration 163

Collaboration Organization Diversity Training Harbinger 163

ID Reflections

AUGUST 14, 2009

Preamble Today's #learnchat question revolved around formal and informal learning. One point that struck me was the use of the word social: Social = culture; Social = Group All learning need not be group driven or take place in groups. The way we learn is thus a manifestation of our culture, worldviews, and upbringing.

Informal Learning 110

Informal Learning Informal Blended Learning Social 110

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

All of this made me think I should write a post on working out loud and its place in workplace learning. As is my wont, I tend to look at everything mostly through my L&D lens, especially when it comes to learning and sharing at the workplace. Sharing invites sharing. Serendipity is another by-product of working out loud.

Social Networks 160

Social Networks PKM Organizational Learning Collaboration 160

ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

While we would love to think that employees will--seeing the looming complexities and unpredictability of work today--become self-driven, autonomous learners keen to acquire all the skills and knowledge required, this is not what usually happens. This impacts the way they take responsibility for their personal learning as well.

Skills 132

Skills PKM Diversity Training Social Media 132

ID Reflections

JUNE 29, 2014

The impact of technology, globalization, ubiquitous connectivity, remote work and distributed work teams, and economy of individuals to name a few drivers have changed the face of workplace learning and performance dramatically. They must support an environment where continuous learning and innovation are the key differentiators.

Roles 167

Roles Social Media OER Performance Support 167

ID Reflections

MARCH 11, 2012

I am looking forward to 3 days of insights, learning and most importantly, getting to meet others similarly passionate about education. What I have learned in the last 3 years have been completely via social media. Social, informal learning. There is no knowledge repository. Am I excited? I must say I agree. Vehemently!

Social Media 124

Social Media Conference Courseware Virtual World 124

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2010

The paragraph below taken from Harold Jarche’s post Success depends on who we work with reminded me of a post I had written some time back, the Molotov cocktail = Weak ties x complicated knowledge. Weak ties create havoc when people need to transfer tacit knowledge. I have pasted the quote below: 1. What is required is diversity!

Cognitive 165

Cognitive Diversity Training Social Networks Knowledge Worker 165

ID Reflections

MAY 22, 2015

I am trying to move to a mode where I'll write shorter posts more regularly on specific topics, questions posed to me, or an aspect of modern workplace learning that interests me. I happened to mention " working out loud " as a practice that is fundamental to social and collaborative learning, and drew a completely blank stare.

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