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Develop Work Skills

Tony Karrer

That said, I think there is a tendency to lean on the skills that we are good at and not use other approaches when they are called for. When someone is seeking to learn about anything (learning task) it’s usually more efficient again to go outside the organization. He asks if our work skills are keeping up.

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The Most Effective Learning Delivery

LearnUpon

There are many different learning styles, and there will always be different types of learners, but self-paced learning is one way to satisfy them all, as it enables people to learn, whenever they are motivated to do so. It focuses on skills and goals, and normally lasts for a set period of time. Classroom-based ILT.

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Pick of the Month: August 2012

Jane Hart

Celisa Steele, in another piece on the same day, The Opportunity—and Threat—of Self-Directed Learning , wrote about ” Your Organization’s Role in Facilitating Self-Direction” “More than ever, learners must think strategically about how they build their professional skills and knowledge over the course of their career.

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Learned vs. Learners

ID Reflections

They are as much a part of me as all things learning. In the future too, I see this blog being intermittently peppered with posts unrelated to organizational learning but delineating experiences that are of personal import. But I digress.

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Formal vs informal learning and what the LMS should do about them

Matrix

There is also the possibility of controlling the quality of the learning material, updating it when necessary and introducing valuable content from qualified subject matter experts. With informal learning this is mostly a gamble – though to be fair Wikipedia has proved to be just as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica.

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Emergent Workplaces: Learning In The Networked World

Learnnovators

A recent, very brief conversation with @krishashok triggered a few thoughts related to emergent workplaces and what learning in the networked world will look like. The know-how and analytic skills that made them indispensable in the knowledge economy no longer give them an advantage over increasingly intelligent machines.

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The Incredible Power of Design Thinking in Learning Design

Learnnovators

What are some of the interesting ways in which design thinking could benefit learning designers? How could this help transform our learning programs? According to Wikipedia, design thinking stands for “ design-specific cognitive activities that designers apply during the process of designing. INTERVIEWS.

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