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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies’ 10th Anniversary ‘Top Tools for Learning’ Survey closes midday UK time on Friday 23 September 2016. Last year’s ‘Top 10 Tools Survey results are here I’ve listed my 2016 votes (in the ‘Personal & Professional Learning category) below.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

A fascinating article recently published on the Fast Company blog should be required reading for all learning and talent professionals as well as for leaders and managers. CEOs and Learning Professionals as Change Agents Not only does effective leadership fundamentally come down to changing people’s behaviour, that’s what ‘learning’ is too.

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APRIL 28, 2011

At the start I posed the question “when you think about one great learning experience you’ve had, can you remember where it occurred? Two weeks ago I ran a webinar under this title for Citrix. Was it in a classroom or workshop, or did it occur while you were completing the task?”

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AUGUST 27, 2015

Jane Hart’s 9th Annual ‘Top Tools for Learning’ Survey closes on Friday 19th September 2015 and will be published the following Monday. My list of top tools for learning in 2015 : Google Search : ‘Professor Google’ is he is known in my house. YouTube is my ‘20’ support to help me learn through the ‘70’.

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JUNE 27, 2016

These also drive our learning patterns. And our ability to learn continuously the way we do has underpinned our success and our creativity throughout history. Recent research has demonstrated that we not only learn from cradle to grave but that we were all learning even as babies in the womb, too.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

There have been millions of words written and spoken about ‘informal’ and social learning over the past few years. Actually, the

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JANUARY 23, 2015

It shows the relationship between relative value and relative autonomy as they relate to different approaches to learning in the modern workplace. Learning in the Modern Workplace’ Model Jane’s diagram shows the increasing value that can be released through exploiting learning opportunities beyond ‘the course’ – or the curriculum.

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AUGUST 22, 2009

These turbulent economic times have not been kind to two of the large publishers of catalogues and journals - Reader's Digest and Learning Tree International. Learning Tree has been around since 1974. Learning Tree International's Approach Learning Tree International recently published its F3Q09 earnings. million ($1.5

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OCTOBER 16, 2011

The book ‘The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine’ is Michael Lewis’ marvellous account of the idiocy and greed that led to the sub-prime bubble and the resulting global financial crisis.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Arthur Koestler’s masterpiece ‘The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man’s Changing Vision of the Universe’ is a book that I have re-read every 10 years or so, and have regularly given to young people – usually for 18th or 21st birthdays – in the probably mistaken belief that it will help them understand their world a little better.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Calhoun Wick Cal is deeply experienced and knowledgeable in the area of workplace learning. He has been studying and supporting it for many years and is co-author of the highly acclaimed Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results (Pfeiffer, 2010).

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

It’s generally accepted that most of the learning that occurs within our organisations takes place outside formal training and learning events. The majority of our learning comes from the new and different experiences we have in our daily work. Of the three actions that have most impact, two involve experiential learning.

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DECEMBER 30, 2009

There is an argument that we all need to learn less if we want to know more. The ‘learning’ referred to here is what we know as formal structured learning activities - classes, courses, programmes, and eLearning. Even if you were tested and proved that you had ‘learned’ the processes at the end of the training.

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JULY 14, 2020

The Internet Time Alliance Award, in memory of Jay Cross, is presented to a workplace learning professional who has contributed in positive ways to the field of Informal Learning and is reflective of Jay’s lifetime of work. Recipients champion workplace and social learning practices inside their organization and/or on the wider stage.

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JULY 10, 2017

Calhoun Wick Cal is deeply experienced and knowledgeable in the area of workplace learning. He been studying and supporting it for many years and is co-author of the highly acclaimed Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results (Pfeiffer, 2010).

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AUGUST 20, 2014

The researchers (possibly on work experience) declared that “ 50:26:24 is the average learning mix in most companies right now ”. The report of the 50:26:24 survey went on to say: “It’s widely accepted that the 70:20:10 model is the most effective learning blend for business, but getting to that perfect mix can be a challenge.

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JULY 5, 2019

This post first appeared in Internet Time Alliance News on July 5, 2019 The Internet Time Alliance Award, in memory of Jay Cross, is presented to a workplace learning professional who has contributed in positive ways to the field of Informal Learning and is reflective of Jay’s lifetime of work.

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MAY 1, 2014

ASTD data suggests US companies spent $164billion on employee learning and development in 2012 saying that ‘ despite a continuously changing economic environment, organizations remain committed to training and development’. Training as a panacea Most learning and training professionals now understand that training is not a universal panacea.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

At the other end of the continuum are those that believe their success, and the success of others, comes from hard work, learning, and persistence. His book ‘Guitar Zero’ addresses a challenge close to my own heart – that of an adult learning a musical instrument. Marcus’ insights into the learning process reinforce Dweck’s model.

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JUNE 24, 2013

Others use it more strategically as a way to help them rethink and reposition their wider learning philosophies. They simply remind us of the facts above – that the majority of learning and development comes through experiential and social learning in the workplace (the ‘70’ and ‘20’) rather than through formal classes and courses (the ‘10’).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Despite, or possibly because of, his own irregular early education he focused on learning as an important activity in life. Shaw and Work-Based Learning I recently came across Shaw’s quote about sensibility and his tailor again in Joseph Raelin’s book ‘ Work-Based Learning: Bridging Knowledge and Action in the Workplace ’.

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JULY 5, 2017

The Internet Time Alliance Jay Cross Memorial Award is presented to a workplace learning professional who has contributed in positive ways to the field of Real Learning and is reflective of Jay’s lifetime of work. Recipients champion workplace and social learning practices inside their organization and/or on the wider stage.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

What’s the Link with Learning & Development? This is understandable because many of today’s learning and development practices emerged during the second half of the 20th century. It was believed that if we removed people from their day-to-day work they could ‘focus on learning’ better. Training became a huge industry.

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JULY 5, 2016

The Internet Time Alliance Jay Cross Memorial Award is presented to a workplace learning professional who has contributed in positive ways to the field of Real Learning and is reflective of Jay’s lifetime of work. Recipients champion workplace and social learning practices inside their organisation and/or on the wider stage.

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JULY 28, 2016

Yet one of the most useful tools for effective learning and development is reflection. Critical reflection is one of the four fundamental ways in which we learn and improve. This holds true for learning in the workplace and in life. As the late professor Allan Tough said ‘most of the learning is under the waterline’.

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DECEMBER 10, 2016

Rote learning was the way to get ahead. Classroom learning, by definition, is separate from the point-of-use of learned knowledge and skills. We know that the closer learning is to the point of need, the more effective and impactful it is likely to be. Memorization was a critical skill. The classroom was a critical tool.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

In this post, Totara Learning's Chief Commercial Officer Lars Hyland speaks to Charles Jennings. Charles is a co-founder of the 70:20:10 Institute , as well as a leading thinker and practitioner in learning, development and performance”. We are able to provide rich learning opportunities to lots of people located anywhere.” “I’m

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JANUARY 27, 2012

This is the third and final of three posts adapted from articles I’ve written for Inside Learning Technologies & Skills magazine. It was published and distributed in the magazine for the Learning Technologies Conference and Exhibition in London 25-26 January 2012.

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JANUARY 3, 2016

Firstly, we know that learning is a powerful and continuous process that occurs daily at work and throughout life. If we put all our effort and resource into designing, developing and delivering courses we may be helping people, but we’re only supporting one aspect of organisational learning and performance improvement.

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DECEMBER 6, 2015

Extending Learning into the Workflow Many Learning & Development leaders are using the 70:20:10 model to help them re-position their focus for building and supporting performance across their organisations. They are finding it helps them extend the focus on learning out into the workflow. Start with the 70. Plan for the 100.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2015

“It all boils down to learning, but not the sort of learning you experienced at school. No, this is learning as a life skill. You’re learning all the time, taking in new information and making sense of it. You learn from experience, from conversations with peers, and from the school of hard knocks.

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AUGUST 27, 2015

70:20:10 is a reference model or framework that helps organisations extend their focus on learning and development beyond the classroom and course-based eLearning to build more resilient workforces and create cultures of continuous learning. It also stresses that learning is highly context dependent. 70:20:10 isn’t a ‘rule’.

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JULY 21, 2015

Steve Wheeler ( @timbuckteeth ) explained the #Blimage Challenge this way: “You send an image or photograph to a colleague with the challenge that they have to write a learning related blog post based on it. So what sense and inspiration could I possibly draw from this psychedelic image and make meaningful on a learning blog post?

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MAY 28, 2010

Instructional design is not only seen as a core competency for learning and development/training specialists, but it’s a huge industry, too. Most learning vendors tout their ‘expertise in instructional design’ as a key reason as to why we should engage them to produce learning content. And ‘action’ is the key word.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

Some will take steps to use their financial and people resources and exploit new ways of working and learning. Harold Jarche People who know nothing about connectivism or collaborative learning will profit from MOOC’s. Learning will continue to converge with work. Increasingly, workers will learn their jobs by doing their jobs.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Tom is a rocket scientist and helps other helps rocket scientists learn their stuff. Recently Tom wrote a series of blogs titled ‘ Ten Things I Believe About Workplace Learning ’. People aren’t hired to learn, they’re hired to increase productivity or capability. That’s the nature of human learning.

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AUGUST 13, 2016

Calhoun Wick Cal is deeply experienced and knowledgeable in the area of workplace learning. He been studying and supporting it for many years and is co-author of the highly acclaimed Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results (Pfeiffer, 2010).

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