Synthesis:With the barrage of distractions thrown at these already-overloaded learners, we are faced with the challenge to help them focus on what is necessary, must-learn, what is of immediate relevance and content that is rapidly applicable to their jobs and…
Tag: learning 2.0
Are you an Agnostic or Principled Learning Professional?
Synthesis:As learning professionals, have we analyzed how our approaches affect our learners and their specific learning and performance environments? Why does one choose to adhere to his/her present method? Are you an AGNOSTIC or PRINCIPLED Learning Professional? A deeper understanding…
Is it spoon-feeding or discovery scenario learning?
Synthesis:Scenario- based learning should take learners through a journey of discovery ; involving them in the events that take place at various points in your scenarios. It propels learners to think about the choices presented and not merely determining the…
How to Link Social Learning to Work and Performance
How to Link Social Learning to Work and Performance View more presentations from 3MinuteWorlds. Ray Jimenez, PhDJoin us at 3MinuteWorlds Micro-Learning Community http://3minuteworld.trainingpayback.comhttp://www.vignettestraining.com/http://www.simplifyelearning.com/ “Helping Learners Learn Their Way”
DIYEL #17 Can workers use lessons to solve day-to-day problems?
Introduction Table of Posts Today’s learners are not like the learners of 10 or 20 years ago. Learners today do not have the luxury of attending seminars or eLearning programs and then storing their knowledge for future use. Knowledge is…
Work Literacy of Social Learning Implementors
I have been reviewing the blog discussions on Work Literacy Gap and Frameworks between Harold Jarche, Tony Karrer and Michelle Martin. The discussions are very helpful in formulating my thoughts on the issues of social learning tools, technologies and impacts…
# 1 – Deepening Social Learning to Work Performance – Proposed Model
Series # 1 – Can we use formal learning structure as a framework in implementing Learning 2.0? One of the most challenging issues in implementing a new method, tool or way of thinking is how to replace the prior behaviors…
There Goes the Eye Medicine – Cisco’s Big Move to Social Networking
Application Points: Cisco could be blinding many of us. Commercially viable. Massive solution focuses on technical prowess. Cases still persist on really bad LMSs and Synchronous presentations (virtual meetings). —————————————————————- Many of us are struggling about how to discover the…
Unable to Produce profits. Does It Matter to Us in the Learning and Training World?
—————————————————– Application Points: Not too quick to love the technology of Web 2.0? Let’s ask why they are not making profits. Are we buying into a bubble? So what? Look into providers for training and learning niche of Web 2.0.…
Do You Tell Stories, Rumors or Controversies?
Jakob Nielsen: E-Learning: An Oxymoron? Story Telling, Narrative and Web Reading, and Social Learning Jakob Nielsen Alert Box, June 9, 2008, compares Writing Style for Print vs. Web. ————————————————————- Application Points: Participants in social learning are ALL engaged but differ…
Raymond Always Teaches Me Something New — Nuclear Fusion Project
Raymond, 17, my son, always teaches me something new. He just self-published with Lulu.com his book on Amateur Nuclear Fusion. You can download a free PDF copy – allow more download time, it’s 80 Meg. Raymond teaches me: > Tenacity…
“Humans are suckers for scale” – The Art of Simplexity
In the June 23, issue of Time Magazine, page 61, the article on “The Art of Simplexity” states: “A houseplant, with its microhydraulics and fine-tuned metabolism, may be more complex than a manufacturing plant.” “Humans are suckers for scale. Shock…
Over-rated – The Myth of Multitasking
Christine Rosen writes on The Myth of Multitasking, The New Atlantis, on the different studies debunking the idea that we learn best by multi-tasking. “Discussing his research on National Public Radio recently, Poldrack warned, “We have to be aware that…
From Social Networking to Performance Widgets
Gary VanAntwerp called my attention to this New York Times article At Social Site, Only the Businesslike Need Apply. The article caught my interest because it calls the attention to what LinkedIn plans to do to increase usage or interaction…
