Learning Rebels

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

They introduced me to other people and those people have become my people (other Learning Rebels!) – the people I now chat with online every week about projects and problems and what’s happening in L&D. But I went out on a limb and started talking to people.

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Example: Online tools may not be appealing because you always forget to check them. If a process isn’t working, find a new one…see where I’m going with this? But at the root, the issue is likely not with the tool but with the user. Have you stepped back to analyze why certain tools or processes aren’t working for you? Why are you forgetting?

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

MindMeister: This online mind-mapping tool helps you visually brainstorm ideas, organize content, or simply map out your thoughts. Just drag and drop apps to automate existing workflows or build new complex processes. Perfect for planning workshops, visualizing complex concepts, and facilitating collaborative planning sessions.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 2, 2016

Plus, you never know – you may connect online with someone you will meet someday. It is important to note that being online not only goes for L&D, but for Finance, IT, HR, etc. How else are you going to connect if you don’t ask. It’s like being at a party and only talking to people to you know. Find knowledge.

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Learning Rebels

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Nothing like sharing your goals online to light a fire under your backside. To help with progress – here is a habit/progress template. I’m using it for myself, to help move my progress forward to achieve the BHAG’s I shared here with Nick Leffler. Now, that’s an emotional trigger!

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Learning Rebels

JULY 8, 2016

Your online presence depends on you getting out there on a regular basis. Now’s the time to wake up your blog, LinkedIn feed, YouTube channel, or Facebook page. This challenge is for everyone. Not just people who are hanging out working in their PJ’s, but everyone. Why is this important to you?

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Learning Rebels

OCTOBER 17, 2018

That’s not to say that your network is limited only to those people with whom you connect online. The power of social technologies has enabled us to expand the size and reach our networks, it also means that the effort required to keep our network relevant and valuable increases in importance. Where Do I Go from Here? Block off some time.

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Learning Rebels

JUNE 2, 2018

Example two: Online retailer wanted their training team to improve their eLearning design skills. Twice per week until product rollout, the salespeople were provided with a variety of short videos, articles, downloadable product aids and knowledge checks through an automated mobile delivery system that tracked use.

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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 30, 2017

What better way than to debate the reading but in an online forum. Enter Rebellious Readers. Deep thinking and deliberate action are the tools that are going to continue to drive our industry forward. Consider this: You read the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Find it Online. Are they able to tell what the visual is saying to them? Debrief: Ask the groups if there were any lessons that other groups described that you had overlooked? This allows for deeper discussion on previous concepts. In short: Have participants conduct group research on lessons or key ideas.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 12, 2015

It can extract relevant tweets, pictures, FB posts…in fact, almost any online source. To get some depth to what you have seen from your PLN and perhaps to get access to things you didn’t see, take advantage of Storify ( www.storify.com ). This is your way of getting ALL the backchannel conversations. Storify to the rescue!

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 13, 2020

Time to think differently about your virtual learning applications. COVID-19 has taken over all aspects of our lives and has created a new normal. There is understandable concern about travel and traditional instructor-led training and virtual learning is again a topic of conversation.

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Learning Rebels

AUGUST 17, 2015

How one thrives in collaborative online communities and other social environments. How to use technology to support organizations and collaborate in a more robust manner. Part of this is using technology to further explore the importance of social capital. Knowledge has changed. Finding stuff is easy. Making sense of it is what counts.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 19, 2016

You can use it extract relevant tweets, pictures, FB posts…in fact, almost any online source. (FYI To get some depth to what you have seen from your PLN and perhaps to get access to things you didn’t see, take advantage of Storify ( www.storify.com ). The hard work comes in doing the filtering and the analysis.

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Learning Rebels

MAY 20, 2019

I ran across several people here in DC and online who were questioning Oprah’s appearance at the conference. Is Oprah an “expert” in our field? Well, no – not literally, but I would hazard a guess that she knows a thing or two about people. “Couldn’t they find someone in our field”?

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Your organization does not care about the pain it took you to get that important course online. People do not care about your definition of concepts such as “Blended Learning”, “Micro-Learning” or “Distance Learning” they care about their’s. Remember this – it’s all about them, not you.

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Learning Rebels

MARCH 23, 2017

The smart, curious and ever evolving instructional designer understands this is the path to travel and they are active in online communities to learn more and do better. Rapid development tools can create thought-provoking simulations, problem-solving, challenges, branching logic, games and gamification. You have to opt-in.

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Learning Rebels

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In fact, Domo has just released their fifth annual infographic looking into the world’s data generation and online behavior, called “ Data Never Sleeps 5.0.” When it comes to content curation, finding information on the internet is not the problem. You can check out their infographic from 2016 here to compare. billion humans.

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Learning Rebels

JANUARY 7, 2015

In short, the hashtag is the way you (as well as the online tool you are using) parses information and given the growing flood of data and content that hits the internet every single second, any tool such as a hashtags that aids in semantic parsing is a welcome addition to my toolbox. There are 2 questions generally associated with hashtags.

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