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The Future of Learning & Development — futurethink

On 06/29/2010, in corporate universities / corporate training, future, online learning, training / L&D, web-based collaboration, webinars, by Daniel Christian

Highlights of the study:

74% see the influence of L&D expanding in the immediate future (0-2 years)
Almost 50% believe their training offerings will grow in the next two years
Online learning is set to take center stage, with eLearning (62% will offer it), collaborative training (62%) and webinars (55%) being the formats identified as necessary for success
85% agreed/strongly agreed that the majority of learning will be collaborative going forward
100% agreed/strongly agreed that learning in the future will be done in short timeframes, using ‘micro modules’ to provide more focused learning and achieve better results

Tagged with: collaboration • corporate training / universities • future • online learning • training • web-based collaboration • webinars • workplace

Video Internal Sites: Business “YouTube” — from Elliott Masie

On 06/29/2010, in corporate universities / corporate training, digital video, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie – June 29, 2010.
#628 – Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
54,994 Readers – http://www.masie.com – The MASIE Center.
Host: Video for Learning LAB – July in Saratoga Springs.

1. Video Internal Sites: Business “YouTube”. <– see below
2. iPad Only Trips – Lessons Learning.
3. Lori Aiken from MTV on Talent in Their 20’s.
4. Learning 2010 Early Discount – Last 2 Days!

1. Video Internal Sites – Business “YouTube”: As the use of video for internal learning and knowledge within organizations grows, there is a growing desire to have a “Business YouTube” site behind the firewall. Organizations are approaching this task quite divergently. Here are a few of the strategies that we are tracking:

– Implementation of Dedicated Video Site:
Some organizations are building or buying systems that are dedicated to the storage and publishing of video. We recently experimented with Cisco’s Show and Share as an example of this approach. The systems provide the ability for colleagues to submit (and sometimes even edit) video for approval. There are also social media functions that allow for ratings, comments and re-distribution of the video.

– Use of Collaborative Platform:
Other organizations are building their internal video collections in collaborative environments such as SharePoint. I’ve seen a few groups re-aggregate video from multiple SharePoint sites into a common front end that has a YouTube functionality and look and feel.

– LCMS Based Video Hosting:
Another route is to use the native or extended functionality of the Learning Content Management Systems as a video hosting site. LCMS and LMS vendors are adding features and layers to their Learning Systems to manage video segments.

The MASIE Center is tracking this shift quite closely. Watch for several new systems and capabilities to arise in the near future. For example, organizations that are using Google Apps will have the original feature sets of YouTube at their disposal. And, other groups are working on video that will play easily on a wide range of mobile devices. Note: This topic is addressed at our upcoming Video for Learning LAB.

Tagged with: corporate training / universities • corporate universities / corporate training • digital video • workplace

Projections of jobs and education requirements through 2018 — Georgetown University

On 06/23/2010, in career development, change, higher education, K-12 related, strategy, student-related, workplace, by Daniel Christian

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Tagged with: career development • change • higher education • K-12 • strategy • student-related • workplace

Collaboration tools replace business travel – Denise Deveau, Financial Post

On 06/17/2010, in digital audio, digital video, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Collaboration tools replace business travel – Denise Deveau, Financial Post
‘Anyone can dial in from any location’

Software-based Web-conferencing tools won't leave you stranded when volcanic ash grounds your flight

Software-based Web-conferencing tools won’t leave you stranded when volcanic ash grounds your flight
Photograph by: Cisco Canada Handout, Cisco Canada Handout

Tagged with: digital audio • digital video • videoconferencing • web-based collaboration • workplace

Thinking about mobile learning in the age of iPad — by Marc Rosenberg

On 06/16/2010, in internet, mobile learning, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: corporate training / universities • internet • iPad • Mobile learning • workplace

Colleges not training students for careers that are growing — from ASTD

On 06/16/2010, in career development, colleges, universities, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Colleges not training students for careers that are growing — from ASTD

(From USA Today) WASHINGTON — The United States economy is in serious danger from a growing mismatch between the skills that will be needed for jobs being created and the educational backgrounds (or lack thereof) of would-be workers. That is the conclusion of a mammoth analysis of jobs data being released today by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.

From the article at USAToday:

Colleges may like much of the rhetoric surrounding the report, which will be released officially today at an event scheduled to feature representatives of the Obama administration and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The clear implication of the report is that the United States needs to spend much more on higher education — and in particular on the educations of those who are not on the fast track to earning degrees at elite institutions. But the lead author of the report said in an interview that the report should also shake up colleges — and challenge most of them to be much more career-oriented than they have been and to overhaul the way they educate students, to much more closely align the curriculum with specific jobs.

The colleges that most students attend “need to streamline their programs, so they emphasize employability,” said Anthony P. Carnevale, director of the Georgetown Center.

From DSC:
Regarding the highlighted sentence immediately above….when it costs a significant amount of money — per student — to get them through college, can todays’ students afford to look at their college investments in any other way?

Really, come on…if things don’t change, can we expect our students to pursue a love of learning for learning’s sake? Or will the ever-growing debt on their backs continue to influence how they view their learning experience? Their expectations? The classes that they take and the programs that they pursue?

It’s one thing to graduate in 1970 with a $1,000 on your back…it’s another, to graduate in 2010 with $65,000 on your back.

Tagged with: career development • colleges • universities • workplace

Future multitouch meeting room — by Oli Mival

On 05/26/2010, in multi-touch, smart classrooms, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: multi-touch • smart classrooms • workplace

Whole brain thinking: Ignore it at your peril — from ASTD

On 05/19/2010, in adult learning, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Whole brain thinking: Ignore it at your peril — my thanks to Stacy Meyn for this resource

Tagged with: corporate training / universities • workplace

Finding research on workplace learning — from Learning Conversations

On 05/15/2010, in training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Finding research on workplace learning — from Learning Conversations

Tagged with: corporate training / universities • journals • workplace

A defense of the LMS (and a case for the future of social learning) — Dave Wilkins

On 05/13/2010, in CMS/LMS, social learning / networks, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

A defense of the LMS (and a case for the future of social learning) — Dave Wilkins

Tagged with: CMS/LMS • corporate training / universities • social learning • social networking • workplace

5 stages of workplace learning — Jane Hart

On 05/07/2010, in blended learning, elearning, formal learning, hybrid learning, informal learning, training / L&D, by Daniel Christian

5 Stages of Workplace Learning — from Jane Hart

I interrupt my series of postings on Collaboration Platforms, to talk a little about the stages of Workplace Learnng

As I have read the comments on my recent postings as well as tweets and postings on other blogs, I’ve identified what I think are 5 main stages of workplace learning. I’ve tried to capture these, in a very rough and ready way, in the diagram below.

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But some of the key mindset changes that will move organisations into Stage 5 are:

recognising that working=learning; learning=working
understanding that informal learning needs to be enabled, supported and encouraged – but not designed or managed
“letting go”, so that there is a move from learner control to learner autonomy
realising that autonomous, independent and inter-dependent, self-directed learners are essential in an agile organisation

More here…

Tagged with: blended learning • corporate training / universities • elearning • formal learning • hybrid learning • informal learning • training • workplace

Excerpts from Future of Learning Technology – 2015 — The Upside Learning Solutions Blog

On 05/07/2010, in educational games / serious games, elearning, instructional design, learning agents, simulations, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Excerpts from Future of Learning Technology – 2015 — The Upside Learning Solutions Blog

5. Games (and simulations) will become integral part of workplace learning. Overall the culture of gaming is becoming pervasive and the cost of game development is decreasing. Both these trends are increasing the acceptance of games for workplace learning, an area where cost of development and delivery have always been a concern. As the focus of learning departments change to being facilitators rather than providers of training, engaging solutions like games will become crucial.

6. Birth of new Authoring Tools. We will also see new authoring tools which allow designers to make application scenarios easily and quickly. Tools like thinking worlds are great for quickly creating 3D based decision simulations (or even simple 3D games). Dr. Michael Allen (creator of Authorware) is working on a new tool called Zebra (which he talks about here — from DSC ID’s should check that video out) that would make engaging eLearning creation easy with drag and drop objects.

Michael Allen describes the future of authoriing

Dr. Michael Allen -- discussing their new authoring tool -- Zebra

7. Emergence of Personal Learning Agents. As the semantic web finally starts to form and common ontologies for various types learning content are developed, intelligent personal learning software agents will emerge as learning content mediators. Having a software agent that runs on a personal computing device such as a mobile phone or tablet and constantly monitors content streams on the internet to provide up-to-date information based on personal preferences, workplace conditions, or for the task at hand will make a good performance support and learning assistance system.

Tagged with: elearning • games • instructional design • Learning Agents • simulations • tools • workplace

The Wisetail Learning Ecosystem and the Evolution of E-learning — from Justin Bigart

On 04/29/2010, in change, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, digital storytelling, digital video, informal learning, learning ecosystem, online learning, social learning / networks, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Justin Bigart, Founder + President
Wisetail / The social side of e-learning
www.wisetail.com / www.learningecosystems.com

From DSC:
While listening to Justin, several things that he said jumped out at me:

Learning is social
Audience engagement is critical
The definition of what is considered training content has to evolve and should be more conversational in nature; more of this material needs to be created by the people in your organization who are interacting with your clients
Your audience is changing

Also:

Use video-based content, built around storytelling
Use people within your organization that are the best at that act or who model that behavior or who are the ambassadors of the concept that you are trying to relay/implement
Make it raw, real, unscripted
Use socially-aware technologies and layer that with advocacy-based / video-based training

Tagged with: corporate training / universities • corporate universities / corporate training • digital storytelling • e-learning • learning ecosystem • social learning • workplace

The 4 C’s – Critical Skills for Success Today — from Learning Objects by Nancy Rubin

On 04/24/2010, in pedagogy, workplace, by Daniel Christian

The 4 C’s – Critical Skills for Success Today — from Learning Objects by Nancy Rubin

According to the recently released “AMA 2010 Critical Skills Survey,” the skills necessary for success in today’s workplace can be identified as the 4 C’s:

critical thinking and problem solving,
communication,
collaboration,
and creativity and innovation.

These skills have been determined to be crucial to workforce preparedness and business success. How do we encourage those skills in our students and our employees (professional development and personal growth)? According to the AMA survey results, 80 percent of executives believe that fusing the three R’s and four C’s would ensure that students are better prepared to enter the workforce. Proficiency in reading, writing and arithmetic is not sufficient if workers are unable to think critically, solve problems, collaborate or communicate effectively. http://www.clomedia.com/industry_news/2010/April/5186/index.php

How can an organization foster an environment where people can think critically, communicate, collaborate, and work creatively? Andrew McAfee wrote this week about the importance of implementing Social Software Platforms; even going so far as to suggest skipping a pilot. McAfee’s rollout plan for Enterprise 2.0 adoption encourages collaboration and communication in the organization. His six steps for deploying Enterprise 2.0 included…

Tagged with: instructional design • learning outcomes • pedagogy • workplace