I write this as I travel to Birmingham to participate in a panel discussion with Nick Shackleton-Jones and Robin Hoyle on the role of social media in learning. Here is where blogging can play a valuable role. The discussion forms part of the agenda for the World of Learning Conference, an event that I have enjoyed participating in for something like ten years now. Anyway, this post provides me with an opportunity to clarify my thoughts in preparation for the discussion. There is no question whatsoever that social media is transforming our personal and business lives. MORE >>

The basis for this dialog centers around how the T&D role is being stressed to meet the new learning demands of business and some thoughts on what to do about it. Continuous Learning Performer Support Sustained Capability Technology future of training LinkedIn performance improvement performance support T&D challenges work contextThis is an interview by Bloomfire I participated in almost two years ago that just resurfaced on their blog. think the relevance is timely and worth sharing again for those who missed it. MORE >>

After sitting in on a training professional competencies focus group at TechKnowledge 2012, I became more inspired than ever to think about the role that learning and development professionals can look forward to in the future. One thing seems nearly certain—as time passes, the role of the training professional and instructional designer will be transformed. This is why various titles for our new role are being suggested, such as "Learning Experience Designer" and "Learning Architect" (see review of Clive Shepherd's book, The New Learning Architect ). MORE >>

The post The Role of Incentives in Learning (Hint: Read to the end to get a reward!) Performance Improvement social learning Uncategorized corporate training instructional design learning incentivesOne of the little absurdities of human nature that I’ve always found fascinating is how easily we allow our actions and priorities to be shaped by rewards and incentives that are not, when you think about them, very rewarding or incentivizing. was recently reminded of this rule while walking [.] appeared first on Social Learning Blog. MORE >>

The role of an instructional designer is essentially driven by a need to find appropriate solutions by applying instructional design strategies and models to transfer information to users who use a particular product or service to perform their jobs. Changed Learning Methods As time progressed and technologies evolved, the role of the instructional designer as we understood it several years back, underwent a paradigm shift. Identify the need for performance support on the job and create modular content that is accessible when ever a user requires. MORE >>