Living in Learning

JULY 20, 2009

Think back to the emergence of e-learning. Predictions began to surface as far back as 2001, when Jonathon Levy, then at Harvard Business School Publications suggested that “within five to seven years up to 85% of learning would take place within the context of the job.” Pick any date that is conjured in your memory.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Diversity Training LMS LCMS 100

Living in Learning

JUNE 27, 2011

In many cases, introducing technology, e-learning and rapid development of same has more often than not accomplished one thing – the rendering of crappy training faster and making it much more accessible with million-dollar LMS technology.

Learning 100

Learning LMS Technology Business 100

Living in Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Enable learning and support within the workflow. Keep things moving; breaking the chain of concentration to launch a fire safety course in the LMS while my hair is on fire makes no sense. Give me 90-seconds of Stop Drop & Roll and then let’s get on with it.

Attention 100

Attention Performance Support LMS Support 100

Living in Learning

MAY 27, 2014

When a Performer confronts a “Do I cut the red wire or the blue wire” moment of need; logging into the LMS and searching for the reference knowledge buried in the "How to Disarm a Chorizo Sausage" eLearning course is not an option…especially when the fully-armed chorizo sausage they''re facing has a ticking timer attached.

eLearning Consultant 180

eLearning Consultant Performance Support Agile Consulting 180

Living in Learning

AUGUST 13, 2019

We really cannot afford another rush-to-LMS ownership. My other hope is for prospective adopters to avoid jumping too quickly into a platform and not having the human infrastructure in place to assess the Point-of-Work and design assets intentionally for Point-of-Work Solutions using DAS technology.

Adoption 133

Adoption Adopt Solution Digital 133

Living in Learning

MARCH 30, 2012

I wish I had a nickel for every time I read a post on one of my networking groups where someone asks what features they should be sure to get on their LMS. Being at a state of readiness to utilize your new LMS is of far greater importance than the features that, for the most part, come as standard.

Taxonomy 140

Taxonomy LMS Network Standards 140

Living in Learning

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Selling the shift from classroom training to on-line e-learning, and then back again as a compromise to protect a draft pick and a player to be named later. We sold the need for a big honking LMS. Training as a profession has always sort of been in a “sales” role. We sold sexy flash-based on-line courses.

Performance Support 212

Performance Support Performance Support Flash 212

Living in Learning

MARCH 20, 2015

When your hair is on fire there is no time to log into the LMS and take a course on fire safety. You need immediate access to an intentionally designed asset that is task-specific and often role-centric…and business relevant…and effective at the point of work…and accessible at the moment of need. That ain’t training!

Portal 100

Portal Performance Support Agile Consulting 100

Living in Learning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

If one’s hair is on fire, the only solution should NOT involve logging into the LMS and completing a “Fire Safety” course.

Design 100

Design Picture LMS Solution 100

Living in Learning

JANUARY 4, 2011

Moments of learning need are converging with the need for flawless performance and that convergence is happening in the work context – not the classroom and not on-line with e-learning. We have to bring learning and support assets into the work flow in order to meet this need.

Change 145

Change Performance Support Classroom Integrate 145

Living in Learning

AUGUST 23, 2009

The concept of a learning shift represents a course correction by the USS Training Department. Choose a metaphor of your own; bottom-line is painfully clear – the learning game has changed, and our tactics and methodologies that worked so well in a traditional “training war” are not as effective in a non-traditional battle. Figure 1.1.

Performance Support 113

Performance Support Design Support Instructional Design 113

Living in Learning

OCTOBER 27, 2009

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Technology 100

Technology LMS Social Media Learning Environment 100

Living in Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Culture of Continuous Learning and Change. Take IT out of the equation for a moment and consider a transformational change like continuous learning. Learning Methodology – Is learning design capable of supporting a continuum? Learning Technology – Is access to learning seamless, frictionless, & ubiquitous?

Change 113

Change Leadership Management Metrics 113

Living in Learning

AUGUST 23, 2017

As we speak there is a new technology rage about to enter the stage, Learning Experience Systems (LES). And yes, we are bringing learning opportunities closer to the Learner at the Point-of-Work. This new technology entrant is a good thing. Yes, we are headed in the right direction.

Technology 0

Technology System Learner Performance Support 0

Living in Learning

JUNE 1, 2018

This is a misdiagnosis of how to sustain a dynamic learning performance ecosystem. Training doesn’t fail…the expectations of what training can deliver fails, and that’s because expectations are not aligned with the entire scope of the race. Training is critical…and always will be…but serves only part of a longer race.

Performance Support 124

Performance Support Performance Support Comparison 124

Living in Learning

JUNE 26, 2009

The way we learn has changed. I read this statement in the eLearning Technology blog this morning in a graphic illustration that captured rich thoughts at the recent ISA Learning Think Tank 3×3’s. Methinks we’re recognizing driving outcomes is about the learner…not the learning. Has it really? Strong opinion? Absolutely!

Budget 100

Budget Blended Learning Social Networks Instructional Design 100

Living in Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

We are being thrust into an environment where we have an extended mission to satisfy needs of a dynamic learning and support ecosystem. Training is but one step in a much longer journey to sustainability.

Performance Support 194

Performance Support Support Performance Diversity Training 194

Living in Learning

AUGUST 6, 2009

On July 23rd, Josh Bersin spoke as a panelist in “The Future of the Business of Learning” and shared that an employee spends 4% of their time in formal training. We have to break out of the eddy of traditional training and get out into the current of work to facilitate learning in the flow of work context. Here we go!

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Diversity Training Social Networks Training 100

Living in Learning

AUGUST 10, 2012

Methinks it is, and our [Training’s] paradigm is way over due for an evolutionary step toward the new ground zero for learning @ the point of work. Isn’t that reason enough to shift our content design, development, and delivery models to match the need for the population that pays the rent on our training cost center?

Training 176

Training Train Cost Technology 176

Living in Learning

AUGUST 14, 2009

Many of us cut our professional learning design teeth using the long-held tradition of the ADDIE instructional design (ISD) model. The “environment” I reference is manifest in the new face of where we learn – our learning environment. As training departments go, most are not equipped to sustain a learning environment.

Instructional Design 170

Instructional Design ADDIE Blended Learning Design 170

Living in Learning

MARCH 4, 2011

I fell into a discussion on the Chief Learning Officer network early this morning that asked, “What is the most effective governance model?” The second part of the question was, “How do you ensure the governance meets your performance objectives?”

Network 140

Network Discussion Performance Effectiveness 140

Living in Learning

AUGUST 11, 2017

Maybe I’m the one boxed in by technology. Maybe it’s my bias that makes me nuts over the alternatives we consider as innovation.

Alternatives 0

Alternatives Innovation Technology Performance Support 0

Living in Learning

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

A colleague of mine described adopting a Performance Paradigm where Performance Support is fully integrated as “the project that never dies” and that’s not a bad thing, because if the paradigm dies, so do the performance benefits…and those benefits are tied directly to tangible, measurable business results.

Innovation 0

Innovation Performance Support Adoption Adopt 0

Living in Learning

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

A colleague of mine described adopting a Performance Paradigm where Performance Support is fully integrated as “the project that never dies” and that’s not a bad thing, because if the paradigm dies, so do the performance benefits…and those benefits are tied directly to tangible, measurable business results.

Innovation 0

Innovation Performance Support Adoption Adopt 0

Living in Learning

JANUARY 5, 2018

These requirements are currently out of scope of the Training Paradigm regardless of the new training system technology implemented. There is urgency to this step-change requirement that needs to address Moments of Need at the Point of Work when they manifest and where they manifest.

Change 120

Change Technology System Productivity 120

Living in Learning

JANUARY 3, 2018

Who “woulda thunk it” possible to be swept up…or is swept out more appropriate…into the chaos of three corporate downsizing events in less than seven years? Could that even happen to the same guy? Oh, but yes it can…and it has. You’re reading his words right now. January 26th is when I will be jettisoned through the window of opportunity.

Performance Support 69

Performance Support xapi Assessment Consulting 69