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The Learning Ecosystem — from Chief Learning Officer

On 12/27/2010, in career development, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, learning ecosystem, organizational change, professional development, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

The Learning Ecosystem — from Chief Learning Officer by Mal Poulin

“Without a sustainable, user-friendly and easily implemented plan to capture and spread information between employees, technology is just hardware and software.”

From DSC:

Mal adds some nice, new dimensions to what constitutes a learning ecosystem, such as:

Environments, cultures, organizations, and methods that support workplace learning and performance. It’s not about the software; it’s about what they do with it.
Strategies, processes, and tools to enable learning in every aspect of the business or operation. The goal is to yield front-line performance improvements that result in customers who notice and come back for more products and services.

Tagged with: career development • corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • learning ecosystem • organizational change • personal learning networks (PLNs) • professional development • technologies • training • workplace

Online Educa Berlin 2010: Recordings

On 12/27/2010, in corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, education technology, Europe, online learning, online media, professional development, training / L&D, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: corporate training / universities • educational technology • Europe • online learning • online media • professional development • training

Vimeo Video School is now in session

On 12/23/2010, in digital video, media/film, presentations, training / L&D, by Daniel Christian

Vimeo Video School is now in session — from Vimeo

Tagged with: digital video • Media/film • professional development • training

Reflections on The 2020 Workplace — from Bloomfire.com

On 12/21/2010, in corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, future, generational differences, innovation, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Veteran Trainer from McDonald’s U Describes The 2020 Workplace (Interview) — from Bloomfire.com by Nemo Chu
Recommended by McDonald’s University’s Dan Camp:

The 2020 Workplace is one of the most fascinating books I’ve read recently. Think about how life has changed in the last ten years. In 2000, the world was not conducting 34,000 Google searches per second. Cell phones were still seen as a luxury for most of the world. There was no such thing as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or iTunes. And the idea of being always on, and always connected—“hyper-connected”—was only seen in the movies.

From the book’s description at Amazon.com:

The 2020 Workplace begins by setting the stage for why the future workplace is going to be different. Advances in social technologies, shifts in demographics, and a global business environment will all affect the workplace of the future. The Millennial generation is a particular focus, since it is expected to be nearly 50% of the workforce in just four years.

Tagged with: corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • future • generational differences • innovation • professional development • training • workplace

A plug for more on-the-job type of instructional materials

On 12/08/2010, in corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

The anti-course: An instructional job aid — from Making Change by Cathy Moore

If you’re teaching a process or other practical action, consider creating an instructional job aid that helps learners apply the new process immediately to a real-world task. The mega job aid:

Provides the how-to information typical to a job aid
Includes the kind of thought-provoking questions and motivational messages often found in a course
Emphasizes immediate application of the new process to the real world
Takes as long as the real world task requires—it’s not a 30-minute insta-cure

Tagged with: corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • training • workplace

Social Media and the Workplace Explained by Common Craft

On 11/30/2010, in corporate / business world, social learning / networks, social media, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: corporate / business world • digital citizenship • social learning • social media • training • workplace

Continued dedication to workplace learning / The 2010 State of the Industry Report

On 11/30/2010, in corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Continued Dedication to Workplace Learning — from ASTD.org by Laleh Patel
Investment in learning and development remained steady through one of the most challenging business years in more than a decade.

Despite the uncertain economic conditions that recently plagued both the private and public sectors, the 2010 State of the Industry Report demonstrates a continued dedication to workplace learning and development in a variety of organizations worldwide. Although organizations made many changes in the past year to adapt to the economic environment, they continued their financial commitment to learning and development for their employees at levels nearly equal to or greater than those in past years.

This annual compendium provides data covering the strategic and operational activities against which organizations can benchmark their learning investments and practices. For 14 years, the State of the Industry Report has provided insightful, actionable information for learning executives and business leaders to use when making decisions about how to leverage and build their talent. The data in the current edition includes responses from users of the WLP Scorecard, ASTD Forum organizations, and the 2010 ASTD BEST Award winners.

Tagged with: corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • training • workplace

From DSC: This is where the “chalkboards of the future” are (or should be) heading…

On 11/29/2010, in Daniel S. Christian, education technology, future, higher education, K-12 related, learning spaces, smart classrooms, web-based collaboration, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Surface computers linked via internet allow for new ‘mixed-presence’ collaboration — from ZDNet.com By Chris Jablonski

Researchers at Purdue and the University of Manitoba (in Canada) have developed software that enables users to use tabletop-sized touch displays to analyze complex datasets interactively over the Internet for business and homeland security applications.

The team created a software framework called Hugin that allows for more than one display to connect and share the same space over the Internet. They describe it as a “novel layer-based graphical framework for mixed-presence synchronous collaborative visualization over digital tabletop displays.”

The large displays of surface computers like the one Microsoft introduced in 2007 already allow for multi-user collaboration, but until now, they haven’t been connected for over the internet for mixed-presence interaction.

Tagged with: corporate training / universities • Daniel S. Christian • educational technology • higher education • K-12 • learning spaces • smart classrooms • training • web-based collaboration • workplace

Elliott Masie launches LearningTalks – Free Video Talks on Learning

On 11/23/2010, in 24x7x365 access, adult learning, business, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, digital learning, digital video, learning ecosystem, lifelong learning, online learning, online media, professional development, training / L&D, by Daniel Christian

Elliott Masie launches LearningTalks – Free Video Talks on Learning

We are pleased to announce the launch of LearningTalks – a series of short, free, video interviews on learning. This project of The MASIE Center is modeled after the valuable TED Talks, and begins with the release of over 40 segments from Learning 2010. There are interviews with Apolo Ohno, Marshall Goldsmith, Learning Leaders from JCPenny, Yum! Brands, CNN and Peace Corps and many more.

These 3 to 9 minute learning segments are now live at:
LearningTalks – http://www.learningtalks.com

Tagged with: 24x7x365 • adult learners/learning • corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • digital video • learning ecosystem • Lifelong learning • online learning • online media • professional development • training

Corporate Learning’s focus

On 11/11/2010, in corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, formal learning, informal learning, training / L&D, by Daniel Christian

Corporate Learning’s focus — from Harold Jarche

Q1) Close to 80% of learning happens informally and 20% formally, yet we spend most of our time and money on the 20%. How could we better support this and shift our time and money?

There are a few ways to address this imbalance…

Q2) Novices and experts have very different needs (curve from formal to informal). What needs to be in place to better support those differences? How can we support these differences across diverse business units (sales, service and specialized functions)?

Jay Cross and Clark Quinn have used this to explain the formal/informal mix by level of experience…

Q3) How can we shift from teaching content to developing search & find skills, critical thinking skills, creative thinking skills, analytical skills, networking skills, people skills, and reasoning and argument skills?

Organizations should start with…

Tagged with: corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • formal learning • informal learning • training

Free webinar on “New Possibilities for Mobile Learning”

On 10/29/2010, in corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, emerging technologies, mobile learning, mobile technologies, training / L&D, by Daniel Christian

Free webinar on “New Possibilities for Mobile Learning”, Nov. 2, 2010 — from The Mobile Learning Edge by Gary Woodill

On Tuesday, November 2, I will be presenting a free webinar through Brandon Hall Research on “New Possibilities with Mobile Learning” at 1:00pm Eastern time. The webinar will be based on my new book, The Mobile Learning Edge (McGraw-Hill, 2010). I have identified over 50 uses of mobile learning in corporate training, listed under 16 categories. The categories are:

1. Activity based learning – user controlled learning apps

2. Micro-blogging and text messaging – “social media”

3. Research tool – data collection

4. Trend tracking and analysis

5. Just-in-time Information Retrieval

6. Augmented Reality

7. Mobile Gaming and Virtual Worlds

8. Contextual learning – personalization and location

9. User Controlled Media Production/Playback

10. Performance support and coaching

11. Social networking and communities

12. Collaboration

13. Environmental Controls

14. Haptic Feedback

15. First person Documentation

16. Self-organized collective behavior

The Webinar is sponsored by Cornerstone OnDemand and Outstart. To register, click here. (GW)

Tagged with: corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • emerging technologies • Mobile learning • mobile technology • training

Patterns emerge over time

On 10/26/2010, in corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, leadership, strategy, training / L&D, trends, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Patterns emerge over time — from Harold Jarche

Andrew Cerniglia has an excellent article that weaves complexity, cynefin and the classroom together. It is worth the read for anyone in the teaching profession. I became interested in complexity as I moved outside the institutional/corporate walls and was able to reflect more on how our systems work. The observation that simple work is being automated and complicated work is being outsourced seems rather obvious to me now. Complex work that has increasing market value in developed countries and that is where the future lies. However, our schooling, training and job structures do not support this.

Cerniglia explains how complex the classroom can be, when we factor in the outside that touches each student daily…

Also see:

The Cynefin Framework and (the Complexity of) Classroom Instruction

Tagged with: corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • leadership • strategy • training • trends • workplace

Network Learning: Working Smarter

On 10/23/2010, in corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Network Learning: Working Smarter — by Harold Jarche

We need to re-think workplace learning for a networked society. Our organizational structures are becoming more decentralized, with individual access to almost unlimited information, distributed work teams, and digital media that can be copied and manipulated infinitely. In the interconnected workplace, who we know and how we find information are becoming more important than what we know.

Tagged with: connect • Connectivism • corporate training / universities • personal learning networks (PLNs) • social learning • social networking • training • workplace

Kineo and partners shake up LMS market

On 10/20/2010, in CMS/LMS, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, tools, training / L&D, vendors, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Kineo and partners shake up LMS market — from Kineo.com

Kineo has formed a joint venture company with two leading e-learning and open source companies to develop and distribute a version of the Moodle Learning Management System for the corporate sector. The product, called Totara, is set to revolutionise the corporate LMS space as the first open source learning management solution designed specifically for the corporate sector.

Tagged with: CMS/LMS • corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • Moodle • tools • training • vendors • workplace

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010: Final list, presentation and more

On 10/20/2010, in 21st century, Adobe, Apple, blogs / blogging / vlogging, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, CMS/LMS, collaboration, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, e-books, e-readers, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, higher education, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, new media literacies, online learning, online media, open courseware and systems, platforms, podcasting, presentations, productivity / tips and tricks, RSS, social learning / networks, social media, storytelling, student-related, teaching & learning, teaching online, tools, training / L&D, UK, United States, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010: Final list, presentation and more — from Jane Knight

Yesterday I finalised the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010 list. Many thanks to the 545 people who shared their Top 10 Tools for Learning and contributed to the building of the list. Although this list is available online, I also created this presentation which provides the information as a slideset – embedded below.

Jane Hart, a Social Business Consultant, and founder
of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies.

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