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Information Skills Needed

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Here is a piece out of Millikin University on the information skills needed by those entering knowledge work roles. For each information skill, there is a discussion of its significance, the logical skills required for its effective use, and its technological components." Do we need more procedures manuals ?

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New Skills for Learning Professionals

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This month's Big Question asks what new skills learning professionals need going forward in a Web World, "where learning and performance solutions take on a wider variety of forms and where churn happens at a much more rapid pace". For instance: Tweeting is not just a solipsistic place for telling the world what you had for breakfast.

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Less Content, More Learner: An Overview of Learning Experience Design (LxD)

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Where traditional approaches to workplace learning tend to focus on building knowledge and/or skills, learning experience design is concerned with additional areas, such as shoring up learner confidence and increasing motivation to learn.

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Evidence-Based Design for Virtual Classroom Experiences

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In the August research report from The Learning Guild I offer some suggestions for this based on some sound principles for design as well as suggestions for helping facilitators sharpen their skills, or develop new ones, for the new environment.

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Psychological Safety: Critical for Learning?

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Key areas covered include simulations, facilitator skills, feedback, collaborative work, and employee engagement. In the October 2020 The Learning Guild Psychological Safety: Critical for Learning? , I define psychological safety and examine its impact on both individual learners and groups.

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Unlearning

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But what if that prior knowledge is no longer useful, or the skills no longer applicable, or it was never very accurate in the first place? One of the givens in working with adult learners is the importance of helping them access prior knowledge and building on what they already know. See more in this month's "Nuts and Bolts" column: [link]

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"Social Technologies in Business"

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We mentored one another, shared what we learned, and even took turns demonstrating new ideas and skills in order to get feedback about how to make them better. My interest in social learning and working out loud grew from my own wonderful experience as a participant in a vibrant community of practice.

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