E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 10, 2012

I don’t mean a programming language (although the theory probably still holds). He or she is in a prime position to provide you with a programmed sequence of knowledge. Learn a language. I mean a bone fide foreign language like French, German, Japanese or Mandarin. Constructivism, connectivism and informal learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 5, 2012

Despite the years of training and the millions of dollars poured into the program, he and his two cosmonaut colleagues had to rely on their collective ingenuity, tenacity and sheer luck to remain alive. Linenger knows better than most: he spent 5 months on Mir. I spent much of my time asking myself, “What am I doing here?”

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 26, 2012

Gavin is proficient in several programming languages, as you would expect. But dig a little deeper and you’ll discover that she’s also an SME in customer service and relationship management. That’s her job, too. Oh, and she speaks fluent Polish and Russian. May I also introduce you to Gavin, the IT grad.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Suppose a special training program is implemented to improve an organisation’s flagging culture metric. In other words, everything except participation in the training program must be more-or-less the same between the two groups. If a tree falls in the forest. Congratulations to the L&D team for a job well done, right?

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Put it on the first slide instead, and in the official program too. Even if they are on Twitter, the search function is so awful that it can be difficult to find them. Putting the presenter’s handle on the last slide is comically late. Resist dressing mutton up as lamb.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 10, 2010

If you want to do a self-paced course on Java programming, you can jump onto our e-learning platform. I’m also keen to add information about our mentoring and coaching programs. It’s our first port of call for learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

A buddy program? When the content is so straight-forward that it doesn’t require a classroom session, why on earth would you waste everyone’s time with one? In cases where the content is more complex and follow-up is necessary, why not combine the video with formative exercises? An online discussion forum?

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 26, 2012

Gavin is proficient in several programming languages, as you would expect. But dig a little deeper and you’ll discover that she’s also an SME in customer service and relationship management. That’s her job, too. Oh, and she speaks fluent Polish and Russian. May I also introduce you to Gavin, the IT grad.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Nevermind, you can upload an ePub file to Google’s catalogue via their partner program.*. If you aren’t familiar with HTML, you may prefer to forgo KDP for Smashwords. Strangely, Smashwords doesn’t ship to the Google eBookstore. Well, that’s the theory.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 2, 2009

Congratulations also to the winners of the other categories , including the AMP Horizons Financial Planning Academy which won a Gold award for Best Employee Induction Training Program.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2013

For the employer, it instills a sense of confidence in their training program, not to mention a legal defence. This slightly modified approach to open badging promises significant benefits for the stakeholders: For the regulatory agency, it weaves its governance more tightly into the workplace, not to mention generating a new revenue stream.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 29, 2013

In terms of supporting the moocers in the organisation, I envisage L&D pro’s undertaking activities such as facilitating communities of practice, setting up buddy programs, and organising external meetups. Networking. Participating in a MOOC forms connections with people outside of your organisation.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 10, 2014

Consider the teacher who allows her students to bring their mobile devices into class; or the trainer who delivers part of her program online; or the manager who sets up a team site on SharePoint; or the L&D consultant who supports a group of employees through a MOOC. The parallel with e-learning is readily apparent.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 2, 2017

My shorthand definition of data science is the combination of statistics, computer programming, and domain expertise to generate insight. Thus, our application of analytics has used statistics to convert our data into information, which we have then translated into knowledge. We have climbed another step higher in the DIKW Pyramid.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

It is simply a product of computer programming. Even Watson , who triumphed at Jeopardy! and today mines big data to help humans make better decisions, can not reasonably be considered a human itself.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 26, 2017

Health & wellbeing enjoys ever-increasing interest among HR folks, and rightly so as beyond the ethical imperative, an employee who is healthy in body and mind is also productive.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 12, 2014

Or a discussion forum that supports an inhouse training program: 1% of the participants will fall short of the critical mass that is required to develop a rich, diverse and meaningful discussion. Consider an ESN such as Chatter: 1% of the organisation won’t adequately reflect the enterprise’s collective intelligence.

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E-Learning Provocateur

AUGUST 4, 2015

When I need to find out how to perform a particular task in a particular software program, I strongly prefer text-based instructions over video. Yet we know in the workplace the vast majority of learning is informal. Let me illustrate my concern here with a personal example.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Nevermind, you can upload an ePub file to Google’s catalogue via their partner program.*. If you aren’t familiar with HTML, you may prefer to forgo KDP for Smashwords. Strangely, Smashwords doesn’t ship to the Google eBookstore. Well, that’s the theory.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 30, 2009

If the initiative is successful for the pilot team, I can add more teams into the program and perhaps evolve the offering. Probably the most appropriate means of doing this would be to select a pilot team to trial it. Further successes will, in turn, drive further expansion.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

A buddy program? When the content is so straight-forward that it doesn’t require a classroom session, why on earth would you waste everyone’s time with one? In cases where the content is more complex and follow-up is necessary, why not combine the video with formative exercises? An online discussion forum?

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I see the OLN as a solution for monitoring the student’s progress during a program of study in the digital age. So while the major difference between the OLN and ILE is apparently their respective technical framework, that is simply a manifestation of their true difference: pedagogical philosophy. It formalises the informal.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 16, 2009

Whether in a classroom setting, via an online course or otherwise, the resident subject matter expert (SME) within the organisation typically provides the learner with a programmed sequence of knowledge, carefully scaffolding their learning and – to adopt a cognitivist view – construct a basic framework of knowledge in the learner’s mind.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

“I need to earn more points for my continuing education program. I don’t know what I don’t know.&#. “Jim’s done this course before. I wonder if he’ll give me the answers to the quiz.&#. What’s quick and easy?&#. “I’ll do this training so it looks good on my resume.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

For example, if the learner is struggling with a Java programming problem, they can look up a Java expert in the system and send them a direct message. I say “tertiary&# because my rationale is that, if the learner can’t find the knowledge they need in the wiki nor via the discussion forum, they can target an SME directly.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2009

Faith umbrellas these principles under 7 steps: determine the goals of your training program; smooth out the technologies and systems you will use; plan who does what during delivery; promote the event; execute the training; follow-up the training after delivery; measure and report.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 9, 2017

Namely, it is the combination of statistics, computer programming, and domain expertise to generate insight. In my previous post, Painting by numbers , I offered a shorthand definition of data science based on what I could synthesise from the interwebs. Fat chance! Conversely, Jared would struggle to spell HTML.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 1, 2009

Applications like Flickr, Google, YouTube, and many others use the cloud as their platform, in the way that programs on a desktop computer use that single computer as a platform. The 2009 Horizon Report states: The cloud is the term for networked computers that distribute processing power, applications, and large systems among many machines.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 3, 2009

Another key message is that e-learning programs require thorough planning, particulalry to determine the organisation’s need, which in turn should inform the objectives of the solution. Learning without boundaries: Ben Saunders , Business Analyst Consultant at HCS , provided us with a comprehensive overview of m‑learning.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 19, 2010

I was pleasantly surprised to find ParraConnect – a new “connected city and community&# framework designed to link existing programs as well as foster the development of new digital initiatives in the local public sphere. Hmm… sounds interesting.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

By way of illustration, I am currently piloting what I call a “MOOC-like” training program at my workplace. In an agile environment, it is also important to realise that an answer will be useful if it is good enough.

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