Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2019

It can improve performance, productivity, engagement and knowledge retention. Packed with insights from leading L and D practitioners, this an essential read for all L and D practitioners needing to improve employee and company performance in a digital world. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Performance Learning Productivity

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Even further, is the organisation with the 49 hours per year simply stuck in the industrial age and using formal training as the only approach to attack the issue of building high performance – when it could (and should) be using an entire kitbag of informal, social, workplace and other approaches as well? A parallel path to learning metrics.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 2, 2014

The theory Intelligence testing has long been practised in the education, military and business communities. In business and the military it is used to correlate intelligence quotient (IQ) scores against performance. Essentially, IQ is a psychological measurement of individual differences. Unported License.

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Mindflash

JANUARY 18, 2012

They run their business without a true understanding of the world in which they operate. As the new year begins, consider reviewing these areas to better know your business and your world, then use the information to develop a sound strategy to be successful in 2012: The economy — What’s the impact of today’s economy on your business?

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Mindflash

JUNE 12, 2012

Companies’ bottom lines are negatively impacted by employees who don’t have the increasingly complex skills needed to consistently perform their work and positively influence customer loyalty. This is critical to advancing performance and business sustainability. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user Mr Wabu.

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Mindflash

JANUARY 31, 2012

So that begs the question: How do you help your employees become more accountable for their personal performance and the overall success of your business? Clearly define performance expectations. Not only does it encourage greater opportunity-thinking, it develops their skills to be able to perform in more significant ways.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

In fact, over-testing distracts from the real business of learning. Everyone is forced to perform at a level that aligns to what those in power expect. Everyone is distracted from the business of learning by the need to 'perform'. Should we put our children through so much stress? Get ready for a rant.

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Mindflash

MAY 24, 2012

In many organizations, the value of effective training and performance support programs is not well understood. Training professionals need to recognize that by being business-focused in every aspect of their work. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user dno1967b. How Trainers Hold Themselves Back.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 7, 2019

This frees up course developers and administrators to be more strategic and plan their portfolio roadmaps in close collaboration with business and community partners." This is due in part, he claims, to the capability of emerging AI technologies to be able to 'learn' based on the massive array of data patterns they can access.

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 10, 2012

There has been some debate over whether or not people should combine their personal and business social media identities. Again, this is a far from convincing argument, but even if it were true, would it really so much of a bad thing that we are able to engage in multiple online identity performance? What dangers might there be?

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Mindflash

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

We saw some strategic acquisitions: Mercuri International acquired the business simulation company, Celemi. The TAS Group acquired sales performance improvement provider InfoMentis. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user wovox. Miller Heiman acquired channel management specialists Channel Enablers.

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Mindflash

MAY 10, 2012

When I speak with my peers in the field of organizational learning and performance, either in person or virtually, I’m always amazed at the amount of time we spend discussing, debating, and examining the language of our profession. In many organizations, business leaders are not part of the community of learning professionals.

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Mindflash

JUNE 20, 2012

However, as the speed of business keeps increasing, learning pros are having to adjust their goals, and the skills they need to fulfill them. collaboration to help people work together more easily and improve performance through learning. High Tech or Low Tech: It’s About Performance. What Is Enterprise 2.0 Collaboration?

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Mindflash

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

For workers, there’s no shortage of interesting reading material on how to embrace instability , from entire books of advice to Fast Company ‘s recent series on “ Generation Flux ,” which claims that the future of business is “pure chaos.” Training as Good Business.

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Mindflash

DECEMBER 16, 2011

business’ training expenditures rose yet again, despite the stagnant economy, slow recovery, and mostly flat employment figures. Business coach Jonathan Farrington has a pretty funny blog post featuring tips for running better, more efficient, and more interesting sales meetings. Rather deal with sub-standard performance one to one.

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Learning with e's

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Most of the time, objects were simply there to be used to perform a task the user required. Not only does that have promising implications for health care, engineering, architecture, business and entertainment, it also makes a bright future for ambient learning. Not so long ago, objects were simply objects. Unported License.

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Mindflash

MARCH 14, 2012

When I started at my position as chief performance officer at an e-marketing agency nine months ago, the company’s products and services were good. Its business strategy was sound. That means they give equal consideration to both performance ability AND support of core values to be part of the Zappos family).

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Mindflash

MAY 15, 2012

The employee has the ability to customize their learning — to assess specifically what they need to improve their performance — rather than be forced to participate in education that is defined by the organization. Image by Casie Yoder used under Creative Commons via Flickr user aflcio. Follow him on Twitter.

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Mindflash

APRIL 5, 2012

Yes, I know, this sounds a lot like performance support, but I say it’s different in the sense that these tutorials can be casual, fun, and engaging videos rather than boring PDF job aids. Tips for writing a performance-improvement plan. Industry/Business Knowledge: Create your own industry tutorials that all employees can take.

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eFront

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The top reason is that the rapid eLearning development process bypasses the many nuances and scientific methods performed by instructional designers. Cover areas such as plagiarism and Creative Commons. It Leads To Better Performance. Learning becomes personalized and closer tied to performance.

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Learning with e's

JULY 20, 2011

Some of the more intelligent search engines are morphing into answer machines, computing your question against highly structured data (see for example Wolfram Alpha ), but often, for busy professionals, even this is not enough. Then there is problem of how to organise your content when you actually find it. Unported License.

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Mindflash

APRIL 27, 2012

She writes: “An increasing number of the workforce –— smart, social, autonomous workers — are already doing their own thing and solving their own learning and performance problems much more quickly and more easily by using their own tools and devices. (An Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user wgreller.

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Mindflash

JUNE 6, 2012

Business today moves fast, and it’s become critical for instructional designers to ramp up their own processes just to keep pace. Also be sure to check out some of the Thiagi books on performance, or check out some of their free interactive courses. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user alantankenghoe.

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Mindflash

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Yes, expand your staff, but expand at a slower rate than the business grows. If the business is expected to grow by 10 percent this year, expand your organization by less than 10 percent and find innovative ways to support that growth. If you don’t start acting this way now, the business will force you to.

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Mindflash

MARCH 23, 2012

LMS systems used in corporate training environments often have additional features that satisfy goals relating to knowledge management and performance evaluation, such as: Automatic enrollment and reminders for mandatory courses. Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user algogenius.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

New and emerging embedded systems such as iBeacon might perform this kind of activity tracking, but might also be used to enhance communications across campus, and within communities of practice. Pervasive computing is already being deployed in business, entertainment and sport. Unported License.

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Mindflash

APRIL 2, 2012

Another important point: Your sales training requirements are best determined without the influence of any sales trainer who might be later bidding for your business. Large, global enterprises have few choices for one-stop shopping when it comes finding the right sales performance improvement partner.

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Learning Visions

JANUARY 23, 2009

The topic today: Myths the business side has about learning. 9% Hit us Hard 47% Hurt a little 41% Not much effect 3% Helped us MYTHS the Business Side Has about Learning Client asked him to develop a course for business side. Training alone produces improvements in on-the-job performance. But first, the news.

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The availability of cost-effective resources to facilitate wide collaboration (including open source software that enables wikis, discussion groups, chat and even web conferencing) presents the chance for organizations to reconsider the effectiveness of the performance support being offered to their people. Here's what came up.

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Rapid eLearning

JUNE 1, 2010

Creative Commons Audio. Be sure to check out their Creative Commons License agreements before using them. Just set up a mic in a busy area and record the audio. That’s what Chris Kelly did to get the busy pub sound for his Beer Brewing Overview. It’s a little richer and louder. Levelator – before.

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Learning Visions

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Roy takes business line; Will takes the professional learning side. Measuring Learning 3 Reasons to Measure Learning Prove Benefits Support Learning (testing is a useful learning strategy that helps people retain info) Improve Design Outcomes Planning Wheel (Roys model) What business need(s) will be met? Fewer doing Level 3 and 4.

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Mindflash

MARCH 12, 2012

If under-performing salespeople went through interviews and completed specific job training and yet still lack traits need to achieve results, where is the gap? An assessment developed for an inside sales position will differ from one created for a strategic account manager or for a business development specialist.

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Mindflash

JUNE 13, 2012

.” If you missed either of the first three, check out Part 1 ( Five Must-Have Skills for Learning Professionals: An Update ), Part 2 ( Required Learning for Training Managers: Business 101 ), and Part 3 ( Three Ways to Speed Up Instructional Design ). Image used under Creative Commons by Flickr user Tatiana12.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2012

It continues to feature strongly in many corporate training/learning and development (L and D) design and delivery strategies because it focuses largely on competence and performance, traits most businesses value and require their employees to acquire and develop. Available at: [link] (Accessed 20 June, 2012). 2001) David A.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

I like this from the articles intro: Graphic descriptions you may be familiar with: · ‘Two people shaking hands’ · ‘Business person on the phone in generic office’ · ‘Image of learners, asleep in front of their computers’ Come on -- admit it. Nice piece on graphics for instructional use.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Performance The Learning process is often disconnected from the need and the performance. A High Performance Learning System has Need/Learning/Performance all cycling together. How can we add more to Learning to get to high performance? Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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Learning Visions

OCTOBER 20, 2009

To learn more, go to Mass ISPI Tuesday, November 3, 2009 6:15-7:00 PM - Registration 7:00 - 7:15 PM - Chapter Business 7:15 - 8:45 PM - Program Babson College use this interactive campus map for the location [link] Posted by Cammy Bean at 9:21 PM 1 comments: jmarrapodi said. Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th.

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