ID Reflections

MAY 22, 2015

My posts are usually pretty detailed, researched, and long. I will keep my longer posts for topics I am researching on and deep diving into. I am trying to move to a mode where I'll write shorter posts more regularly on specific topics, questions posed to me, or an aspect of modern workplace learning that interests me.

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ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Keep an Eye on the Headline: According to research, listicles are a great way to get attention for primarily three reasons -- 1) provide a container around content pieces; 2) make it easy for the readers to keep track, and go back and forth; and 3) make it easy to recall. This is a good rule of thumb I intend to practice more consciously.

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ID Reflections

MAY 16, 2010

Tags: corporate training Research collaborative learning Reflection Collaboration.

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ID Reflections

APRIL 26, 2009

Globally spread conversations are taking place--not in real time, true but making up for that in quality, thoughtfulness and depth of research and response, the willingness to share knowledge. One post is a trigger for thousand others with layers of links and trackbacks. No longer are blogs disconnected entities--private pages of individuals.

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 1, 2010

Gartner , a research institute, estimates that the frequency of nonroutine situations that require tacit knowledge will double between 2006 and 2010.

Learning 2.0 132

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ID Reflections

JANUARY 9, 2010

Stephen Denning : Steve Denning is the Warren Buffett of business communication says Chip Heath.Also look at his blog: High-performance Teams Work-Learning Research : Will Thalheimer--Wisdom for Wildly Enhanced Learning & Performance. Communication Nation : Dave Gray's Blog.

Informal Learning 104

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ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

I have paraphrased a few points from the book (pages 69-71): Rob Cross is the founder and research director of the Network Roundtable, a consortium of 40 learning organizations working with UVA faculty to apply network techniques to critical business issues. I wish I had recalled it in time to support my hunch with facts.

Network 128

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ID Reflections

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Some research led me to the following post-- Dealing with Ambiguity —nicely explains how ambiguity can be taken into consideration in the planning process. Ambiguity is those grey areas in the plan that makes us probe and ask and dig. Most importantly, it showed me the planning possibilities taking ambiguity along as a companion.

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ID Reflections

MARCH 28, 2010

And, Dan Pink arrives at the following: "Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

Effectiveness 132

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Thoroughly researched and eminently readable, it offers many practical advice and contains Bhaduri’s synthesized experience made accessible for all. . “… You will often see the organization mirroring the values of the most influential leader of the organization,” writes Bhaduri. All in all, this slim book with its quirky title packs a punch.

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ID Reflections

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Here is a simple but quite effective matrix I found when researching ambiguity ( [link] L&D has quite a few tasks to do and hats to don as we go about making sense of the VUCA world. Dealing with ambiguity also requires a natural curiosity and a questing attitude. I would love to know what you think.

Roles 132

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ID Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Senge 1990: 356) Related articles peter senge and the learning organization kurt lewin: groups, experiential learning and action research 21st Century L&D Skills (charles-jennings.blogspot.com) The NEW Workplace Learning Professional - new role, new skills?

Organization 136

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ID Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

Fast forward to 2009: The result of a research conducted by RBC Capital Market speaks for itself ( Smartphone sales to beat PC sales by 2011 ). Source: Mobile Affordances by Clark Quinn Industry Facts and Figures This brings us to the business feasibility of including mobile learning as a service in our solution portfolio.

Mobile Learning 166

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ID Reflections

JANUARY 10, 2010

This self-analysis became the stepping stone for my research into the kind of books I need to be reading and the resources I should be referencing. Project Management jumped out at me in a font size 10 times larger. I admitted to myself that I sucked at PM.no, not sucked.had no clue about PM. And I picked up the book I have mentioned above.

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ID Reflections

JULY 20, 2011

Some of the research material points to a cycle of participation that I have mentioned later. Since the give back is asymmetric and happens in a different context, this goes unnoticed. Does that mean they should always continue to lurk? I don't quite think that happens.

Communities of Practice 203

Communities of Practice IBM Community Jive 203

ID Reflections

MARCH 13, 2011

His other notable research was on ties—the premise of this post. As far back as 1973, he spoke about how interaction in small groups aggregate to form large-scale patterns, in short, the theory of emergence that every complex system—organism or organization—display. Each knows what the others also know or practice.

Expertise 147

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ID Reflections

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Having taught and developed Business e-mail Writing Courses in the past, certain incidents brought back those rules I had painstakingly researched and compiled into short, digestible courses. With e-mail still being the most common form of business etiquette, e-mail writing and its nuances are skills we should all be proficient in.

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ID Reflections

JANUARY 25, 2015

Research says that while a user will check a mobile device upto 150 times a day, they will do so for short durations. MOOCs by their nature make learning broader and deeper: broader by extending the learning experience beyond fixed content and deeper by providing opportunities for further research, dialogue and user contribution.

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ID Reflections

JANUARY 21, 2011

Week 5 : Groups, Networks Week 6 : PLENK Week 7 : Adaptive Systems Week 8 : Power & Authority Week 9 : Openness Week 10 : Net Pedagogy Week 11 : Research & Analytics Week 12 : Changing views Key reasons: I have been reading and am highly influenced by the writings of George Siemens and Stephen Downes.

Scanning 132

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ID Reflections

JULY 16, 2014

Harold’s post also pointed to a report called Future Work Skills 2020 published by the Institute for the Future for the University of Phoenix Research Institute. Going through my blog-roll, I read two related posts – Four Basic Skills for 2020 by Harold Jarche and Technology Changes Everything by Jane Hart.

Skills 145

Skills Cognitive Performance Support Culture 145

ID Reflections

JULY 17, 2014

To quote him here: “Our research found that only 7% of HR''s real value comes from its role as an internal people operations team: more than 5 times its value comes from its role in supporting, developing, and identifying leaders.”

Diversity Training 141

Diversity Training Specialist Performance Support Write Blog 141

ID Reflections

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Today, I was going through posts and articles to research for a paper on Collaboration, Networking and Social Media—some of my passions—when I chanced upon this article. Because the venture was so close to my heart, the lack of involvement left an impact that remained with me and called for an analysis. Pure serendipity!

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ID Reflections

JULY 18, 2009

Two behavioural researchers, Stephen Garcia at the University of Michigan and Avishalom Tor at the University of Haifa in Israel , looked at the results of the SAT university entrance examination in America in 2005. found that test scores fell as the number of people in the examination hall increased.

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ID Reflections

JULY 3, 2014

This means being comfortable with the various tools and devices the employees will use at work; being willing to research and be a connector; and have an online presence to facilitate conversations. Become a Help Line that anyone can reach out to for guidance.

Compliance Training 132

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ID Reflections

JUNE 26, 2014

Related articles MOOCs: taxonomy of 8 types of MOOC A faculty perspective on OCW and MOOCs Reports from MOOC Research Hub' Corporates looking to implement MOOCs within their organizations will need to look at some of these characteristics before putting a set of courses on a platform and calling those MOOCs.

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ID Reflections

JUNE 12, 2015

However, a little bit of research tells us that many a promising and thriving org vanished into oblivion because they failed to see what the future held. Prepare for future "unknown" skills - This is a tricky one that most organizations steer clear of. No one can sit on their laurels and bask in past glory any more.

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