Thanks to advanced technologies being utilized in the business ecosystem, offline training has become passe. Now you can employ the most suitable Learning Management Software for providing online training to your workforce. Before delving into its benefits, let’s take a look at what exactly is a learning management system (LMS). The software also allows you to add multimedia to your learning content to make it more interactive for learners. MORE

As learning professionals, most of us are familiar with the 70:20:10 Model for Learning and Development that describes how learning happens. According to this, most of us pick: 70 percent of our knowledge from our on-the job experiences. It is no surprise that today more and more companies are using some form of social learning that enables employees to learn from each other. What is social learning? How can social learning help people learn? MORE

What is social learning and how can you use it to foster collaborative learning. As learning professionals, most of us are familiar with the 70:20:10 Model for Learning and Development that describes how learning happens. According to this, most of us pick: 70 percent of our knowledge from our on-the job experiences. What is social learning? In simple terms, social learning is learning with and from others. MORE

It’s true that memorization techniques and learning methods usually vary from one individual to another. Unfortunately, the conventional learning methods do not have the capabilities needed to track and even report these alternate learning avenues. It comprises of an “activity provider” telling what people did (whatever it was) and a learning record system(LRS) that listens and records. Track Learning Activities not Hosted on an LMS. Supports Blended Learning. MORE

Rachel Happe begins her latest post, 10 Trends for the Future of Communities , with a comprehensive description of the various intersecting and intermingling streams and characteristics that inform communities, and I am quoting her below: “ Communities sit at the intersection of a number of trends; social media, digital transformation, a generational shift to prioritize purposeful work, the future of work, change management, leadership and social learning.” MORE

“Digital mindset” seems to have become another buzzword–rather buzz-phrase to be grammatically precise–whenever the conversation (online or offline) veers toward social business, social learning, collaboration, and other 21st Century phenomenon in general. It also means we have to be excellent managers of time, have a clear vision of our life’s purpose and devote time to what is important to us accordingly. MORE

Steve Denning What is common across the learning modes and methods mentioned? Social learning via an enterprise collaboration platform Mobile enabled learning accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device of the user’s choice MOOCs which straddle the line between social learning and e-learning with learner communities While an organization can facilitate these, the onus lies with the users/learners. But first, What is emergent learning? MORE

@ ignatia (Inge de Waard) describes MOOCs thus in her Master’s Thesis: “MOOC is above all referring to a pedagogical model with independent learners, access to information, opportunity to create emerging, spontaneous, yet not directed learning communities, etcetera. Corporate Learning will be transformed and will take on more importance wrote Josh Bersin in his HR predictions for 2015. There is an urgent need to re-imagine workplace learning for the networked world. MORE

As any other student, corporate trainees dislike continual learning for two simple reasons: first, it’s rarely inspiring and challenging enough to make them motivated, and second, it imposes an additional hour or two of work to their already busy daily schedules. If it functions in offline mode as well, even better! They usually rely on a teacher-centred approach to learning, which makes them monotonous, repetitive and, most importantly, ineffective. Learning & Training MORE

Read the post, How Social Technology has Emerged as an Enterprise Management Model , for an in-depth understanding. I am not going to tread into management theory or organizational structures in this post. I wanted to set the premise for what is to come in the months and years ahead…and where do we come in as learning and organizational development specialists. Standardization, efficiency, processes, supervisory management, planning, etc., MORE

It’s true that memorization techniques and learning methods usually vary from one individual to another. Unfortunately, the conventional learning methods do not have the capabilities needed to track and even report these alternate learning avenues. It comprises of an “activity provider” telling what people did (whatever it was) and a learning record system(LRS) that listens and records. Track Learning Activities not Hosted on an LMS. Supports Blended Learning. MORE

What is common across the learning modes and methods mentioned? Social learning via an enterprise collaboration platform. Mobile enabled learning accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device of the user’s choice. MOOCs which straddle the line between social learning and e-learning with learner communities. These are essentially “pull” and collaborative learning modes and cannot be imposed. But first, WHAT IS EMERGENT LEARNING? MORE

@ ignatia (Inge de Waard) describes MOOCs thus in her Master’s Thesis: “MOOC is above all referring to a pedagogical model with independent learners, access to information, opportunity to create emerging, spontaneous, yet not directed learning communities, etcetera. Corporate Learning will be transformed and will take on more importance wrote Josh Bersin in his HR predictions for 2015. There is an urgent need to re-imagine workplace learning for the networked world. MORE

What is social learning and how can you use it to foster collaborative learning. As learning professionals, most of us are familiar with the 70:20:10 Model for Learning and Development that describes how learning happens. According to this, most of us pick: 70 percent of our knowledge from our on-the job experiences. What is social learning? In simple terms, social learning is learning with and from others. Social Learning MORE