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Not our job

E-Learning Provocateur

We’re all on the same team, so why am I denied the visibility of the information I need to do my job? Notwithstanding these ever-present problems, it’s been dawning on me that the biggest blocker to our ability to work with the numbers is the fact that, actually, it’s not our job.

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A Learning Impact Process

Upside Learning

Initial Analysis What is needed upfront is an appropriate analysis. Even before that, we need to ensure there actually is a problem to be solved, and that we’re targeting the right one, before designing an intervention. Technically, this is a ‘gap analysis’ identifying the core problem.

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SMEs Shouldn’t Write Branching Scenarios (And What To Do Instead)

Experiencing eLearning

Instead, I think we as instructional designers and LXDs should interview the SMEs as part of our analysis, and then we should write it. I genuinely don’t think it’s a subject matter expert’s job to write a full branching scenario. What problems do users report? That’s OK though! Probably not.

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Solving complex problems through employee development objectives

Learning Pool

As visible in the 70:20:10 model, colleagues play an important role in informal knowledge transfer – so-called peer-to-peer teaching and on-the-job development. The post Solving complex problems through employee development objectives appeared first on Learning Pool. Find out more.

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Strategic Learning: Mapping the Path to Upskilling and Reskilling Excellence

Infopro Learning

Upskilling and Reskilling: Employee Aspirations and Employer Investments As per the Future of Jobs report by the World Economic Forum, high skill gaps persist as sought-after skills evolve across various jobs in the coming five years. The diminishing half-life of skills prompts many individuals to seek new jobs or acquire new skills.

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Front-End Analysis: Improving Performance

Dashe & Thomson

As I am straddling the line between performance improvement and instructional design, I have been mulling over the use of Front-End Analysis and thinking about whether it would apply to the performance problems that we so often see associated with implementing ERP systems. Cause analysis. Front-end Analysis.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting a Learning Needs Analysis

Acorn Labs

If you replace "needs" with "gaps", we have a better starting point for talking about the learning needs analysis. We include a step-by-step learning needs analysis example in this blog, as well as the impact of incorporating it into your learning strategy and the different types of needs analyses you can do.