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Formal Learning All the Way.Baby

Kapp Notes

There has been a lot of talk about formal vs. informal learning in the educational blogosphere and when it comes right down to it, formal learning is the most effective. The processes have been formalized, in knowledge work, many of the processes are formalized. Tags: simulations Learning at Work Education.

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The Rise of the Servant Leader

CLO Magazine

In the 20th century, information became as important as materials, leading to what my friend and mentor Peter Drucker called knowledge work. People were no longer viewed as mere “hired hands,” and managers had to learn to encourage and inspire those who worked with them. Before she left the hotel, the guest booked her next stay.

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LinkedIn Guide for Knowledge Workers

Tony Karrer

I do a lot of presentations where one of the topics is how to use LinkedIn more effectively as part of your knowledge work. And I consider knowing how to effectively use LinkedIn to be a core Work Literacy. In most cases, I will ask for a show of hands: How many of you have a LinkedIn Account? Generally 50-70%.

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What to Expect from Learning and Development in 2017

CLO Magazine

The disruption higher education is experiencing will have a cascading effect that corporate learning will have to adjust to. With the growing prioritization of competency-based learning, companies can expect more employees in the future to arrive at work with greater variances in their preparedness.

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Importance of Questions in the Concept Age

ID Reflections

This approach worked well enough in the Industrial Age and the process-driven work culture ( where there was a clear relationship between cause and effect ) set in place by Frederick W Taylor with his Efficiency Movement and, subsequently, in the Information Age dominated by lawyers, programmers, MBAs, MTechs, and CAs.

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Learning’s Role in Innovation

CLO Magazine

“People think of quality as a constraint that creates an environment where innovation is not possible,” and yet “there’s a continuing demand for more products that are more cost effective,” she said. Tags: big data , design thinking , innovation , learning environment , teaming. And you should.

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Q&A With Student from King's College

Kapp Notes

I realized back in the late-1990s that PowerPoint had the potential to be an effective authoring tool. Remind them that the visual cues of games, the need to think quickly, the immersive qualities all create an effective learning environment. While the tool was complex and detailed, it held such promise for computer-based instruction.