The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

Leaders say how they will support learning and how they will recognize and reward those employees who continually acquire new knowledge and new skills. . Communicate clearly and often – Do not assume that in this age of email, cell phones, text messaging, and Web conferencing, people are getting the information they need.

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Clark Quinn

MARCH 6, 2012

As you might expect, I mentioned that it’s a framework for thinking august supporting people at work, but it also occurred to me that there might be a reason folks have not addressed the 90, because, in the past, there might have been little that they could do. Together, we can be supporting the 90 in fairly rich ways.

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Clark Quinn

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I’d expect to see more performance support, easily accessible via user-centric portals and search and delivered when and where needed. Employees would be tightly coupled to their work teams, and more loosely coupled to their communities of practice. This is the vision of the Coherent Organization. social strategy'

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Watching videos on YouTube and having your own channel is not the same as managing information in Outlook and being able to use your company’s ERP system. It also boosts their confidence in using digital tools and technologies, enabling them to perform their jobs more efficiently.

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Digital Skills Blended Learning Custom eLearning Development 107

Clive on Learning

MARCH 8, 2013

Learning professionals have no real difficulty in supporting the formal element of their work, i.e. providing access to courses. The challenge is supporting and encouraging learning as it occurs on a day-to-day basis, well beyond the formal curriculum. This is what they have always done and this is what others expect them to be doing.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2012

By combining the power of the human brain with technology in a way that facilitates work, collaboration and communication, leaders can turn learning into multifaceted performance support. Accomplishing this requires both cultural and technological support. ” The goal is to support the full suite of needs.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2014

Key performance indicators for social and informal learning identify knowledge hubs and lead to better results. Just as social learning and technology have modernized the way learning occurs in companies today, they also have made a mark on the key performance indicators learning leaders should capture and measure.

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Avilar

MAY 18, 2022

Effective practices for connecting with remote employees, developing teams with widely distributed members, and managing performance remotely continue to evolve. Managing Remote Teams Best Practices. Remote and hybrid work does not lend itself to creating informal connections and relationships with others at work.

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Actio Learning

JANUARY 27, 2022

Finding the right design is like solving a multi-dimensional puzzle of business goals , organizational realities, performance context, audience needs, and instructional strategies. sources of information ( resource repositories , job aids, etc.), and methods of collaboration (social, communities of practice , etc.).

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ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Or will work itself subsume learning enabled by a transformed L&D / facilitators / coaches / mentors and the "right" organizational culture? How do we help organizations see that social and informal learning is not a new and fancy way to learn but an essential requirement in a complex, rapidly changing, and uber connected world?

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ID Reflections

JUNE 29, 2014

The impact of technology, globalization, ubiquitous connectivity, remote work and distributed work teams, and economy of individuals to name a few drivers have changed the face of workplace learning and performance dramatically. The more of the same task they performed, the more efficient they became. And time to production improved.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In a learning culture, we start with the performance goal and then select the mix of methods that will help employees acquire and retain the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs they need in order to achieve those goals. Testing performance – using results of behavioral demonstrations of learning to facilitate more learning.

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Obsidian Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

When you’re designing learning, don’t overlook the importance of informal learning. In fact, we typically learn more from informal learning than from formal learning experiences. Here are a few ideas for encouraging informal learning in the workplace. Rapid reflection throughout the performance-improvement process.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 11, 2016

Indeed this observation doesn’t boast a wealth of empirical evidence to support it, although there is some – see here , here and here. After all, plenty of research can be cited to support the efficacy of on-the-job learning, social learning and formal training. These can form part of the assessment.

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Matrix

MARCH 22, 2018

A sound L&D strategy can mean many things: from face-to-face formal courses to mentoring relationships to full-featured learning management systems and all the technology that helps people share ideas and learn. But it must also support all the informal learning that happens organically in the workplace.

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Litmos

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In particular, there is not only backup support for turning content (created and curated) into learning paths, but there’s also support for curation. You’re already in practice, so the content serves as guidance, either just-in-time performance support or as ongoing development. And I still believe it.

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Jane Hart

APRIL 20, 2012

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. (In Success of learning is therefore measured in terms of their new or improved performance.

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Instilled

JULY 2, 2019

Because of its on-demand consumability, microlearning can elevate productivity and performance—delivering concise, targeted learning content designed to close gaps in skills and knowledge. These are excellent examples of using microlearning to reinforce key behaviors, hone skills, and drive performance in specific, targeted skills.

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Docebo

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Not only are Best-in-Class organizations significantly more likely to enable social learning via technology (see Figure 1), but they are also more likely than all other performers to support social learning through peers, and through coaching and mentoring by managers. Externalization: Tacit-to-Explicit. While just 7.4%

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Learnnovators

JULY 6, 2015

I spent the greater part of the weekend mulling over the practice of working out loud, what makes some folks adopt the habit with ease while others struggle, and what could be some of the possible enabling factors that support working out loud. In this post, I want to focus on the support and environment needed to get people started.

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eFront

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

If you are not seeing any performance growth in your employees, you can safely conclude that they need training. Sometimes all you need is to have employees talk to each other about their performance experiences. As an employer, provide such volunteers and experts with all the resources they need for these informal training sessions.

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Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

So whether it's leading LXD teams or supporting the C-suite, I've kind of seen a little bit of it all in the corporate L&D world. I love not only having great communities of practice with people that are in the industry, but also obviously, helping that next generation of learning designer with the right mindset and skills to succeed.

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Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

So whether it's leading LXD teams or supporting the C-suite, I've kind of seen a little bit of it all in the corporate L&D world. I love not only having great communities of practice with people that are in the industry, but also obviously, helping that next generation of learning designer with the right mindset and skills to succeed.

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Digital Metrics Performance Support Performance 52

Training Industry

MARCH 17, 2014

This customization provides first-time managers with relevant examples of what to expect in their new leadership role, as opposed to training that only provides general and non-specific information. Live practice: Role-plays with feedback are great ways to learn skills. Peer support networks: Continue to learn from other managers.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 29, 2011

Rob has achieved success by integrating formal and informal learning activities in pursuit of clear strategic business objectives. Each new employee is supported through the programme by a team of mentors. Performance support is not extensive but necessary information is available on the company’s intranet.

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Communities of Practice SharePoint SAP Mentoring 77

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Rob has achieved success by integrating formal and informal learning activities in pursuit of clear strategic business objectives. Each new employee is supported through the programme by a team of mentors. Performance support is not extensive but necessary information is available on the company’s intranet.

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Communities of Practice SharePoint SAP Mentoring 75

Living in Learning

AUGUST 23, 2009

Our greatest opportunity awaits our design, development, and delivery support in the last three moments of need. The type of learning that is rapidly trending upward is informal learning. This phase is where we have a huge opportunity to promote sustained performance. Rules of engagement have changed. Piece o’ cake!

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Tony Karrer

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Jay Cross - father of the Informal Learning Flow has been doing some great writing recently that look at the future of corporate training. You have to support electronic offerings with mentors, guides, help desks, FAQs, reinforcement, and organizational support. More on this below. But first some context.

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ID Reflections

JUNE 9, 2010

2) Understand the parameters of performance analysis.(KPI's True ROI is when you can let people know how the training has brought about marked change in performance. Gather and compile this information for reporting purposes. Tags: corporate training Performance Support learning consultant Workplace Learning.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

We need practical ways to build personal informal networks. Helping groups learn from mistakes and errors, practices to carry over learnings from project to project and improve corporate memory. Open space methods, creating forums and 'Ba' for trusted exchanges, blogging and informal wikis may help.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 18, 2014

He integrates creativity, cognitive science, and technology to lead development of strategic solutions including award-winning online content, educational computer games, and websites, as well as adaptive, mobile, and performance support systems. We need to practice this in organizations, and model this for others.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 16, 2014

He integrates creativity, cognitive science, and technology to lead development of strategic solutions including award-winning online content, educational computer games, and websites, as well as adaptive, mobile, and performance support systems. We need to practice this in organizations, and model this for others.

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eLearning Guild Social Networks Cognitive Diversity Training 113

learnWorlds

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Mobile learning is the new black since it allows companies to speed-up employee onboarding, increase workforce performance and retention, and keep employees engaged with their training materials, wherever they are. Vibrant Learning Community. Native Apps Perform Better. What about the online training ? What is low-code?

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Marcia Conner

JANUARY 26, 2012

Performance temporarily increases. It involves memory, synapses, endorphins, and encoding, and, more often than not, those accidental and serendipitous moments we call informal learning. Most real learning—the kind that sticks to the walls of the brain—is informal. Sometimes people do learn. They change and improve.

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Jay Cross

MARCH 29, 2015

Not only does it confirm the significant frequency of informal learning, it demonstrates that informal learning shows up in many ways: e-Learning, traditional book study, social learning, and experience.” Finally, here’s a summary of Informal Learning.

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Clive on Learning

MARCH 24, 2011

His leaning is towards rich blends, going beyond the typical classroom plus e-learning mix to include both formal and informal elements. Sebastian prefers his designs to be activity-driven, not content-driven, working back from the performance goal. So it’s called informal learning or on-the-job learning.

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Wiki Blended Learning Diversity Training Compliance Training 71

CLO Magazine

JULY 8, 2013

The decreased emphasis on classroom training and a large increase in other suggests enterprises are bypassing the now-traditional e-learning options and exploring other experiences such as performance support or peer-based training.

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