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.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Informal Learning Informal Social Network 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. Professionals from the E-Learning industry are preferred. Being a learning professional in a Web 2.0 If yes, in what?

Instructional Design 137

Instructional Design Instructional Instruction Design 137

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

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. I have recently been reading Building Expertise: Cognitive Methods for Training and Performance Improvement. future_of_work L&D Workplace Learning'

Diversity Training 123

Diversity Training Learner Cognitive Expertise 123

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.

Learner 177

Learner Diversity Training Expertise Cognitive 177

ID Reflections

JULY 4, 2010

I just finished reading Telling Ain't Training by Harold J. This book, incidentally, is a must read for all trainers, HR professionals and anyone remotely interested in understanding the nature of learning and in making a difference through training and instruction. Purpose of Training: 1. Stolovitch and Erica J.

Instructional 128

Instructional Instruction Training Train 128

ID Reflections

AUGUST 11, 2009

How often do organizations/learning solution consultants advocate a particular learning/training medium—today, it is e-learning for the following reasons: 1. Reduced cost of training 4. Consistency” in the training 5. I am an e-learning proponent and that is also my profession. Web-based training 2.

Blended Learning 114

Blended Learning Blended Social Networks Wiki 114

ID Reflections

AUGUST 29, 2009

Consistency in training is one of the advantages of e-learning, we claim, as opposed to a human facilitator who could be tired, irritable, not in the mood, or just not well versed with the subject s/he is conducting the training on. What about the learners and their different learning styles.

Learning Styles 114

Learning Styles Training Train Analysis 114

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.

Network 100

Network Diversity Training Personal Learning Social Networks 100

ID Reflections

JUNE 12, 2009

Training I like one of the comments to this post which says, "Maybe it's time we stop thinking about training and education as two ends of a heirarchy and begin to think of them as equally valid parts of a nonlinear process called "learning"." bozarthzone: Education v. I think so too. To bridge performance gap 2.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Education Training Train 100

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

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.

Social Learning 100

Social Learning Social Integrate Off-shore 100

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.

Mobile Learning 166

Mobile Learning Mobile iPod Wiki 166

ID Reflections

APRIL 22, 2010

What does Agile have to do with Informal Learning and Instructional Design? This mindset plays a critical role in understanding the business goals of a training program. With training being developed in tandem with product development today, scope of work can only be planned for in phases. It's all about the mindset.

Agile 105

Agile PKM Training Train 105

ID Reflections

MARCH 19, 2009

Learning by playing is neither a new invention nor a gift of the digital times we live in. We learned! The problem with learning usually starts when it becomes divorced from fun, when it becomes a chore, a “must do”, a training requirement to be accomplished. This is very frequently the case with corporate training.

Games 100

Games Toys Training Train 100

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.

Network 100

Network Emergent Collaboration Virtual World 100

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

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 goes straight to the point by emphasizing a need for performance-focused training instead of a knowledge focused one.

Organization 136

Organization Harassment Training Performance Support Mentoring 136

ID Reflections

JULY 15, 2009

What is a "Minimalist Training Model" (I have taken the meaning of the word "minimalist" in a literal sense and done away with purely theoretical assumptions and niceties) and have tried to see if we can present this to a client with a rationale about the business impact. Minimalist Training Model would need to have the following features: 1.

Case Study 100

Case Study Performance Support Training Train 100

ID Reflections

JUNE 9, 2010

I am copying a discussion we have been having on LinkedIn as a part of the Training&Development group. I started this discussion to understand the roles (tacit and explicit) that a learning consultant plays. Here’s to continuous, lifelong learning! Collective Learning rocks!!! Comments (12). Prabha Kuksal.

Consulting 141

Consulting Social Networks LinkedIn Discussion 141

ID Reflections

JULY 28, 2009

Why should training for that product be designed, built and marketed in one day? Same with software systems that take years to develop and then they want training created and delivered in a week.? Currently, I am in the middle of creating a simulation-based training program for certain applications for a well-known organization.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Authoring Tools Program Rapid eLearning 100

ID Reflections

JULY 4, 2010

Why do many organizations fail to enthuse their learners about their e-learning drive? Is it only the e-learning design or lack thereof? Insist on "jazz" which if not aligned/required for the end learning can distract and confuse users (Refer to: Could animations hurt learning? from [link] 3.

Adoption 137

Adoption Adopt Course PPT 137

ID Reflections

MAY 15, 2010

Preamble I have just been reading a post by @ tomkuhlmann called Five Ways to Guarantee Your E-Learning Course is a Success. The post is a relevant read for anyone in the field of delivering e-learning, training, and responsible for organizational performance. I learned better as time progressed.

Storyboard 144

Storyboard Course Develop Skype 144

ID Reflections

JULY 4, 2010

While not directly linked to training, it talks about Happiness being the prime factor that leads an individual's engagement with anything--be it business or learning. These can be attributes of training programs as well and such training programs would be the ones most likely to lead to a change in behavior.

Analysis 119

Analysis Performance Support Write Blog Slides 119

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Agile Learning Design: Periodic Table Interesting periodic table capturing all the key components of Agile Learning, which has been defined as: The ability of an organization to learn at or above the speed of change in an environment that is increasingly becoming complex and volatile.

Agile 100

Agile Design Social Media Performance Support 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.

Cognitive 100

Cognitive Diversity Training Forum Network 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."

Diversity Training 100

Diversity Training Skills Learner PKM 100

ID Reflections

JUNE 5, 2009

Jay Cross compares formal learning to a bus ride--where everyone is travelling together, in almost the same direction, and will, on an average, reach the same destination at around the same time. Tags: corporate training communities of practice collaborative learning social learning informal learning.

Informal Learning 100

Informal Learning Informal Communities of Practice Collaborative Learning 100

ID Reflections

JULY 16, 2009

Managers responsible for team productivity and performance define the learning objectives and ask a vendor to create an e-learning course failing to take the opinion of end users (what the managers perceive as difficulties may not be the real/root cause for productivity or quality failures) 2. by Cathy Moore) 3. Any thoughts.??

Adoption 100

Adoption Adopt Program PPT 100

ID Reflections

JUNE 14, 2009

Also refer to the associated post from Jay Cross: Business Impact of Learning. Business Impact Of Learning In The Real World View more Microsoft Word documents from LearnTrends. Tags: corporate training collaborative learning social learning informal learning adult learning.

LearnTrends 100

LearnTrends Business Microsoft Collaborative Learning 100

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

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

JANUARY 10, 2010

I am more into books about learning and performance, training, design, creative thinking, innovation and management, writing, and the like. The book also provides a list of references and resources and is a must have on the shelf if you want to learn how training projects need to be managed and executed.

Project 104

Project Management Analysis Consulting 104

ID Reflections

JUNE 5, 2009

Tags: corporate training collaborative learning social learning informal learning adult learning.

Informal Learning 100

Informal Learning Informal Collaborative Learning Tagging 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. Resource links, suggestions, insights that have taught me more in a year than I learned in the previous five 2. Connect old ideas to new learning and information—thus adding layers and depth to my knowledge 6.

Tools 104

Tools Evernote Delicious Wiki 104

ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

Shaffer in How Computer Games Help Children Learn (quoted by Harold Jarche in T+D) Creativity is a conversation--a tension--between individuals working on individual problems, and the professional communities they belong to. In a flattened learning system, there are fewer experts and more fellow learners on paths that may cross.

Learning 2.0 132

Learning 2.0 Blended Learning Social Networks Gartner 132

ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

This post is triggered by Sumeet Moghe’s My Take on the “Typical E-learning Projects”. Rapid change of content around which the training is being designed 2. Need for the training to be in place before the product/service/whatever is rolled out to all 3. You have to see his post first. Why what happens happens the way it does?

Project 100

Project Analysis Agile Report 100

ID Reflections

MAY 11, 2010

The session was on HPT and Social Learning: Organizational Performance in the Cloud b y David Wilkins, VP of Product Marketing at Learn.com. When you suggest/ask the Enterprise for funds for Training - do you look at both First and Life Cycle costs in the ROI forecast? And Dave (@dwilkinsnh) made getting up at 4:00 a.m.

ISPI 168

ISPI Skype Social Learning Social 168