Clive on Learning

JANUARY 7, 2018

They develop insights into the students for whom they are responsible, so they can customise the examples and analogies that they provide, offer helpful feedback and respond to varying degrees of progress. Teachers provide one route to personalised learning. Luckily, we have a third option and that is adaptive computing.

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

To learn successfully, it requires us as human beings to exchange information, give and receive feedback, share perspectives, engage together in practical activities, support each other through the bad times and get together to celebrate our successes. The best content provides no barrier to this connection. People need people.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 7, 2018

They develop insights into the students for whom they are responsible, so they can customise the examples and analogies that they provide, offer helpful feedback and respond to varying degrees of progress. Teachers provide one route to personalised learning. Luckily, we have a third option and that is adaptive computing.

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Simulations Slides Player Learning 40

Clive on Learning

MAY 17, 2012

While they can do some location-sensitive things you wouldn’t do on a desktop computer, particularly with the aid of GPS, much of the time (and there are important exceptions) that’s of little relevance to learning and performance support. Up until now it has been very hard to provide performance support to these people.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 25, 2013

They typically provide nowhere near enough opportunities for practice and feedback. By and large, we would do well to teach much less and provide much more in the way of support. Packaged content that can provide us with information and help in diagnosing problems and making decisions. Expectations have changed.

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Resources Strategy Course Simulations 87

Clive on Learning

JUNE 11, 2013

Modularity implies a more granular structure - activities and resources must be provided in much smaller chunks. Modular structures are not only more flexible, they also provide improved results, because learners are so often overloaded by lengthy courses and resources. Don''t shy from one-to-one support where it''s needed.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Input: Providing the formal element which hopefully will inspire the learner and act as a catalyst for changes in behaviour and on-going skills development. Application: Providing opportunities for the learner to test out new ideas and skills in the work environment. In practice, many interventions consist solely of the Input phase.

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Blended Learning Blended Virtual Classroom Simulations 77

Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Input: Providing the formal element which hopefully will inspire the learner and act as a catalyst for changes in behaviour and on-going skills development. Application: Providing opportunities for the learner to test out new ideas and skills in the work environment. I end this series of posts with a call to action.

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Case Study Blended Learning Blended Performance Support 83

Clive on Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

In this profile, we look at how on-demand learning can be integrated with formal training to provide the basis for a highly-successful software launch. Instead the plan was to give the authority to the trainers to keep an eye on the learners and highlight individuals that may need extra support or training.

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Simulations Performance Support Classroom Learning 66

Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

To learn successfully, it requires us as human beings to exchange information, give and receive feedback, share perspectives, engage together in practical activities, support each other through the bad times and get together to celebrate our successes. The best content provides no barrier to this connection. People need people.

Content 40

Content Voiceover Digital Adoption 40

Clive on Learning

JULY 3, 2020

It also explains why your average facilitator's guide is never quite enough of a foundation on which to run a workshop - however thoroughly it lists all the steps involved in preparing and running the event, it's inadequate if it doesn't also provide you with a repertoire of interesting and illuminating anecdotes.

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CD-ROM Cognitive Learning Objects Learning 98

Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Input: Providing the formal element which hopefully will inspire the learner and act as a catalyst for changes in behaviour and on-going skills development. Application: Providing opportunities for the learner to test out new ideas and skills in the work environment. First of all, what do I mean by exploring ideas?

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Ideas Case Study Blended Learning Blended 79

Clive on Learning

JULY 13, 2012

Computers and networks provide so many opportunities to enhance learning in the workplace, but the opportunities are dependent on the use you are making of these tools. Digital online content, including web articles, videos, screencasts, podcasts, slide shows Performance support material for access on-demand.

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Blended Learning Social Networks Case Study Wiki 93

Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 3, 2018

This time I’ll suggest a process that you can follow to provide an effective curation service to a population of employees in your organisation. Let’s imagine this is you and you’ve been assigned the task of supporting the sales force for a major pharmaceutical company. How much time do they have available for consuming content?

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Content Sales Survey News 53

Clive on Learning

AUGUST 2, 2011

As you’ll see, what might seem at first like a simple case of course-building, actually extends to the provision of a comprehensive technical support service, with major non-formal and on-demand elements. The instructor-led elements are supported by Oracle eKits, which replace traditional printed student guides.

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Oracle Wiki Simulations Software Simulation 69

Clive on Learning

JUNE 21, 2011

They filter by relevance, categories, how long the content will take to read, the shelf-life of the content, by providing synopses. They provide periodic roundups. Those with less experience in their field of work and who are less independent as learners will value this support. But not everyone needs support.

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Social Media Information Overload Media Brain 73

Clive on Learning

JANUARY 3, 2019

Let’s take the case of those responsible for responding to a requirement for learning or performance support – those who design the solution, rather than those who deliver it. If the experience is explorational – performance support, social learning, etc. What do we call these people? Does it make any difference?

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Design Simulations Performance Support Instructional Design 49

Clive on Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Of course, some of the credit must go to employers who have provided IT training and support to those who work with computers, but a much more major influence has been the increasingly widespread use of technology outside the home. Some may be sceptical that what they need to learn can be effectively accomplished online.

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Learner Social Networks Wiki Online 88

Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Input: Providing the formal element which hopefully will inspire the learner and act as a catalyst for changes in behaviour and on-going skills development. Application: Providing opportunities for the learner to test out new ideas and skills in the work environment.

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Skills Cognitive Blended Learning Performance Support 81

Clive on Learning

AUGUST 24, 2012

More and more I am being asked by clients to help them assemble a collection of resources to support some new business initiative. Not 'courses' - although they may also provide some of these - but 'resources'. Decision aids, perhaps coded in Flash or JavaScript, but sometimes more simply provided as spreadsheets.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 17, 2011

In the UK we do use two very different terms to separate between those platforms which are designed to support the learning of students (virtual learning environments – VLEs) and those designed to support the learning of employees (learning management systems – LMSs). In essence, most VLEs house a collection of course websites.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 28, 2018

You reflect that the session got off to a slow start, as you provided instructions for those participants who hadn’t used the tool before, and waded point by point through the objectives and the agenda. My guideline would be to support every minute of theory with ten of demonstrations, examples, cases and stories.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 3, 2011

We were discussing the all-too-common tendency to over-teach and under-practise in formal workplace learning interventions.Here's how one of the participants in the meeting summarised how the principle should read: Provide just enough information to allow the learner to practise and no more I'm really taken with this.

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Informal Performance Support Exercise Teach 81

Clive on Learning

MARCH 23, 2012

I was relieved, then, when my colleague Phil Green was able to provide me with a much catchier set of labels - "learning, learners and logistics". What, if any, learning is required to support this change in performance. What additional information needs to be provided as on-demand resources. The three Ls.

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Clive on Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The most common manifestation of this, in my experience, is to provide the same solution for those with a great deal of prior knowledge as for those who are relative beginners. But it is easy to see how, if we are not careful, we end up providing an 'average' learning experience which satisfies no-one.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Operated by Ufi Ltd, learndirect’s mission is to transform skills, productivity and individual lives by providing the best of online learning. As an adult learning provider delivering widespread access to online training, learndirect has become one of the leading contributors to the UK government's skills agenda.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 18, 2012

What goalgetter does is to work with you, like a virtual coach, to help you set goals for changed behaviour, provide you with tips and advice, suggest practical activities that will encourage skills development, and then follow up to see how you're getting on.

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Blended Learning Virtual World Library Coaching 74

Clive on Learning

APRIL 29, 2011

Each new employee is supported through the programme by a team of mentors. The leadership development programme : This takes place over an 8-month period and is provided by an external contractor. Performance support is not extensive but necessary information is available on the company’s intranet.

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Communities of Practice SharePoint SAP Mentoring 77

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Each new employee is supported through the programme by a team of mentors. The leadership development programme : This takes place over an 8-month period and is provided by an external contractor. Performance support is not extensive but necessary information is available on the company’s intranet.

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Communities of Practice SharePoint SAP Mentoring 75

Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2012

I have seen recent evidence of some very sophisticated ROI analysis of learning interventions, and this is to be lauded, but it's usually not necessary to provide evidence with scientific precision. A typical formal intervention - classroom or e-learning - provides valuable input but very rarely sees the job through.

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Clive on Learning

JUNE 7, 2011

Instruction tends to follow this flow: When it is done well then a good job will be done of exciting the learner's interest, the explanations will be kept to a minimum (at least initially) and the learner will be given plenty of opportunity for practice with supportive feedback.

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Instructional Instruction Off-shore Instructional Design 75

Clive on Learning

JUNE 5, 2015

It provides a whole load of useful tips for learners, teachers and trainers based on solid research. As such, I would be perfectly comfortable with shifting my position again on learning styles if you can provide me with some solid evidence. What a great book! Clive is now Instrumentality.

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Learning Styles Learner Blended Learning Theory 40

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 26, 2009

And only these major employers had the specialist technical skills and large l&d departments needed to support these investments. I personally have been working with a wide range of smaller companies and training providers who want to establish an e-learning delivery capability. Smaller organisations were essentially priced out.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 28, 2013

Designed well, they provide the learner with the opportunity to engage in a sort of experiment from which insights can emerge into key principles. First off, I'd suggest that, imperfect as they are, scenarios still provide a valuable opportunity for experimentation and rehearsal, safe from physical, financial or psychological risk.

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Simulations Photo Blended Learning Brain 78

Clive on Learning

JUNE 26, 2012

While the underlying pedagogy of a MOOC can, in some cases, resemble that of a traditional course, the sheer scale of the endeavour and the opportunities that this provides for peer interaction make the MOOC something very different from what we have ever been able to experience face-to-face.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 5, 2011

The informal element needs supporting too, as I explain in The New Learning Architect. By and large, we would do well to teach much less and provide much more in the way of support. After all, the majority of learning has always been informal, taking place, as it does, outside the confines of something packaged up as a course.

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Clive on Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2014

They will be provided with specific and timely feedback. You can understand why the emphasis shifted from exposition to instruction as it became necessary to provide millions of new entrants to the workforce with essential knowledge and practical skills. They will receive ample demonstrations and examples.

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