Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

As we are wrapping up the week for Learn Trends , one of the questions we faced was what to do with the Ning community that sprung up to support the conference. But the issue of other learning communities was raised. In that post, I suggested some places (learning communities or networks) when I need help. LearningTown!

Community 105

Community Ning Instructional Design eLearning Guild 105

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. A community grows through conversation, collaboration, and showcasing of work in progress.

eLearning Strategy 133

eLearning Strategy Strategy Blended Learning Community 133

Learnnovators

AUGUST 19, 2015

ABOUT SAHANA CHATTOPADHYAY (Social Learning & Collaboration Strategist, Performance Consultant Exploring Emergent Learning, Blogger). Sahana Chattopadhyay is a performance consultant and an L&D professional with 15 years of experience in the field of academia and organizational learning.

Social Networks 188

Social Networks Diversity Training Community Social Network 188

Tony Karrer

MARCH 16, 2009

The Big Question this month is Workplace Learning in 10 Years : If you peer inside an organization in 10 years time and you look at how workplace learning is being supported by that organization, what will you see? What will the mix of Push vs. Pull Learning; Formal vs. Informal supported by the organization? What are they doing?

eLearning Consultant 103

eLearning Consultant Consulting Job Management 103

CrossKnowledge

OCTOBER 10, 2019

This implies aligning L&D strategy to business and learner needs: we need to ensure that there is a clear line of sight between L&D activity and organizational performance. However, it answered the question of scale, rather than performance. Case study – the 15 performance questions L&D must ask before delivering.

Case Study 61

Case Study Performance Support Blended Learning Performance 61

Learnnovators

JULY 13, 2015

This post is inspired by the #ihrchat on Twitter hosted by Dr. Tanvi Gautam and supported by Team #ihrchat. Role of Community Management in Workplace Learning Today. I am reminded of Abhijit Bhaduri’s post on Talent Communities in relation to this post. Take the Linux community for example.

Roles 140

Roles Social Networks Blended Learning Diversity Training 140

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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Performance Support Performance Mentoring Suite 72

Learnnovators

JUNE 8, 2015

This is a continuation of my MOOC series and also a post that draws a lot from the #MSLOC430 Community and MOOC (“C” type) that I am participating in — the open section of the graduate course in the Master’s Program in Learning and Organizational Change at Northwestern University. The central term in this definition is connections.

Blended Learning 100

Blended Learning Cognitive Diversity Training Micro-Learning 100

Learnnovators

JUNE 22, 2015

The emergent nature of MOOCs can have interesting outcomes: They can enable the formation of Communities of Interests (CoIs), which can evolve into Communities of Practices (CoPs) if participants are keen on building the domain knowledge and practices. The desire to reach out with the intent to learn is a mindset.

Diversity Training 154

Diversity Training Blended Learning Skills Learner 154

Learnnovators

APRIL 20, 2015

Here are two definitions from Wikipedia that captures the essence of Networked Learning: “ Networked learning is a process of developing and maintaining connections with people and information, and communicating in such a way so as to support one another’s learning. Collaborating and participating in online communities.

Network 172

Network Emergent Blended Learning Community 172

Learnnovators

JANUARY 10, 2016

MOOCs which straddle the line between social learning and e-learning with learner communities. This is leading to a shift in the role of the L&D department – from managers and disseminators of formally designed programs to facilitators and enablers of collaboration and communities. Shift from networks to communities.

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Emergent Diversity Training Organization Blended Learning 100

Learnnovators

JUNE 8, 2015

This is a continuation of my MOOC series and also a post that draws a lot from the #MSLOC430 Community and MOOC (“C” type) that I am participating in — the open section of the graduate course in the Master’s Program in Learning and Organizational Change at Northwestern University. FUTURE OF MOOCs – An Example.

Blended Learning 124

Blended Learning Cognitive Diversity Training Micro-Learning 124

Learnnovators

MARCH 22, 2015

Fortunately, most human behaviour is learned observationally through modelling; from observing others one forms an idea of how new behaviours are performed, and on later occasions this coded information serves as a guide for action.” ” – Albert Bandura (Originator of Social Learning Theory). “ The research isn’t heartening.

Social Networks 172

Social Networks Social Learning Social Case Study 172

Learnnovators

JUNE 22, 2015

The emergent nature of MOOCs can have interesting outcomes: They can enable the formation of Communities of Interests (CoIs), which can evolve into Communities of Practices (CoPs) if participants are keen on building the domain knowledge and practices. The desire to reach out with the intent to learn is a mindset.

Diversity Training 100

Diversity Training Blended Learning Skills Learner 100

Tony Karrer

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Nancy has been my go to person for all things Communities and Networks and worked with me to create Communities and Networks Connection. So naturally when Nancy and John (with Etienne Wenger) put out the book Digital Habitats; Stewarding Technology for Communities I was very excited. This is a really awesome book.

LearnTrends 167

LearnTrends Free Digital Wiki 167

Learnnovators

MAY 11, 2015

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. Hence, culture can only be perceived from the standpoint of manifested behaviours and actions taken by the top management and the employees. What does this mean?

Social Learning 176

Social Learning Social Integrate Blended Learning 176

Learnnovators

APRIL 19, 2015

Here are two definitions from Wikipedia that captures the essence of Networked Learning: “ Networked learning is a process of developing and maintaining connections with people and information, and communicating in such a way so as to support one another’s learning. Collaborating and participating in online communities.

Network 100

Network Emergent Blended Learning eLearning Consultant 100

Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Working out loud has been steadily gaining popularity and has become a topic of conversation on many forums including the Facebook community of the same name. The image below (came across it via the Facebook Working Out Loud Community ) captures these core characteristics succinctly and beautifully.

Diversity Training 172

Diversity Training Cognitive Blended Learning Network 172

The Simple Shift

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Yes, I’m consulting. Before you get too cynical of the notion of another consultant, know that I’ve been there all along but just not all that formal. And rest assured my fellow consultant brethren I’m likely not your competition unless we’re in the same niche; focus, market and location. […].

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Consulting Market Performance Support Knowledge Management 100

Origin Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

. · Distance Learning. · On-line mentoring. · On-the-job-training. · Chat-rooms. · In-person mentoring. · Web-based community. · Knowledge Management System. Tracking learning, and performance can become convenient, especially when using online assessments.

Blended Learning 150

Blended Learning Blended CD-ROM Create 150

ID Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2014

IMHO, the shifts and their impact delineated above will enforce and require collaboration -- between individuals, among organizations, between individuals and organizations, among project teams and communities of practices, and such. Some of the principle drivers and needs around collaboration are given below.

Network 202

Network Diversity Training PKM Communities of Practice 202

CrossKnowledge

APRIL 28, 2020

Some governments chose to lockdown their communities, which has been a difficult experience for us, our families, and our organizations. Four areas were highlighted by L&D leaders as new priorities and validated by senior leaders in their organizations: support the workforce to work remotely.

Blended Learning 97

Blended Learning Virtual Classroom Digital WebEx 97

Jane Hart

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

We value informal learning and want to support people learn continuously – in the workflow. 2 - The Smart Worker wants immediate access to solutions to his performance problems. Performance problems can only be solved by training solutions. We create more performance aids (in diff formats: PDfs, screencasts, etc) than courses.

Social Learning 216

Social Learning Social Networks Social Blended Learning 216

Learnnovators

MARCH 21, 2015

Fortunately, most human behaviour is learned observationally through modelling; from observing others one forms an idea of how new behaviours are performed, and on later occasions this coded information serves as a guide for action.” – Albert Bandura (Originator of Social Learning Theory) “ The research isn’t heartening.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Social Learning Social Case Study 100

Learnnovators

MAY 10, 2015

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. Hence, culture can only be perceived from the standpoint of manifested behaviours and actions taken by the top management and the employees. What does this mean?

Social Learning 100

Social Learning Social Integrate Blended Learning 100

Clive on Learning

APRIL 29, 2011

Rob is Senior Consultant, Organisational Development for Farm Credit, Canada, a government-owned financial institution making loans to farmers across Canada. 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.

Communities of Practice 77

Communities of Practice SharePoint SAP Mentoring 77

Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Rob is Senior Consultant, Organisational Development for Farm Credit, Canada, a government-owned financial institution making loans to farmers across Canada. 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.

Communities of Practice 75

Communities of Practice SharePoint SAP Mentoring 75

Limestone Learning

JUNE 29, 2020

During this session with Kassy LaBorie, Principal Consultant at Kassy LaBorie Consulting LLC, and Dan Keckan, CEO of Cinecraft Productions, you’ll learn what you can do to be successful in the virtual environment and avoid having everyone ask for a recording or a copy of the slides five minutes into your next virtual event.

Free 81

Free Diversity Training Blended Learning Develop 81

Learnnovators

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Community Management is an evolving role and organizations are beginning to see the need for this role. In this post, I want to talk about the different hats that we need to don as community managers. When an organization moves to a different mode of communication, it calls for a huge amount of change management.

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Community Management Blended Learning Screencast 140

TalentLMS

APRIL 23, 2015

Are you trying to find an eLearning consultant who would help develop learning and knowledge management solutions for your organization? Take charge of your organization’s learning needs before you appoint an external consultant. The process in the eLearning P3 denotes the “how” of your learning management system.

Diversity Training 40

Diversity Training eLearning Consultant Productivity Product 40

TalentLMS

APRIL 23, 2015

Are you trying to find an eLearning consultant who would help develop learning and knowledge management solutions for your organization? Take charge of your organization’s learning needs before you appoint an external consultant. The process in the eLearning P3 denotes the “how” of your learning management system.

Diversity Training 40

Diversity Training eLearning Consultant Productivity Product 40

CLO Magazine

APRIL 30, 2013

To broaden cultural intelligence across a global organization, build a knowledge management system that can gather, house and disseminate it. The CLO has to manage all of the global knowledge coming in and make it available to those who need the information to succeed. Where Is the Info?

Global 66

Global Informal Social Networks Case Study 66

Jay Cross

MAY 30, 2009

Companies should embrace network-supported informal learning because it works better, not because it reduces labor costs. Rather, we recommend redeploying them in new capacities, serving as connectors, wiki gardeners, internal publicists, news anchors and performance consultants. Supporting community experimentation.

Technology 38

Technology Wiki Metrics CLO 38

CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2013

When the goal is top performance, what method learning leaders choose to deliver that learning can be as important as the content. Fast growth comes thanks to new skill requirements, technological advances, ready access to the Internet and mobile devices, and knowledge management and sharing.

Blended Learning 42

Blended Learning Diversity Training Simulations Performance Support 42

CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The employee looks to her manager for ongoing guidance as she leads the team in this direction. • A consultant revisits a client’s facility and finds the client has incorporated into the company’s culture change management practices which the consultant provided during his original engagement with the organization.

Leadership 73

Leadership Benefits Create Authoring Tools 73

Tony Karrer

MARCH 3, 2008

This is something that gets discussed as emergent: see Emergent Knowledge Management , Direction of eLearning - Emergence or Big System , and Future Platforms for eLearning. I discussed the fact that there was a common Adoption Pattern that went from personal adoption to work groups to organization.

Wiki 105

Wiki Web Social Networks Authoring Tools 105

Vignettes Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2007

Resident expert - is accessible to networks of people, provides ideas as needed, shares expertise, has high visibility, initiates thinking ( SMEs , face-to-face trainers, consultants - as specialist SME bloggers who are sought after, followed by their networks in domain areas inside Enterprises). tools to continue communications and support.

Enterprise 2.0 55

Enterprise 2.0 Social Networks Specialist Collaborative Learning 55