Chris Brannigan of Caspian Learning alerted me to Cognitive Fitness , an article by Roderick Gilkey and Clint ... training is already in vogue, but Gilkey and Kilts (try saying that with false teeth) are aiming this at the executive ... studies bit! Nevertheless, if true, this validates the validity of learning through observation and through play; it also ... a new language, learn to paint, use new technologies, learn a musical instrument. Why I'm keen on all this is because ... , you need a proper work-life balance. The opportunities for informal learning are severely restricted if your life ...

Image via Wikipedia WHY #2 : Social Learning Personalizes Learning. The next verb of Social Learning is that it will personalize your learning.  I don't know how many training classes I have been to that I was told ... ! (or so) So we need to ask ourselves, who's agenda is it that a person learns a particular subject or information.  If ... is discovered by the learner. Like BarCamp, social learning is personalizes the learning to the individual, not to the ... large training class.  Training classes have their place, but I learn MUCH more outside of them than I ever do ...

I've been hit with two separate training courses that I need to go through at the same time (while still doing my full-time job). The first is a DAU course on Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) training. Unfortunately ... be made in the training and education field. I guess I still need to wait for my buddy Mark Oehlert (the self-proclaimed learning technology evangelist) to leave his gaming fingerprint on the COR 222 course. The second is a little ... to your laptop, bookshelf, or noteboard, you still end up reading large chunks of content. These personal ...

... reaction I get every day when I talk about my plans for online training. My personal learning preferences mirror Mr ... of technology-based training do not allow the flex in timing or words or learning style that you have face-to-face. With ... Table from Zhang,D., Zhao, J.l., Zhou, L., and Nunamaker Jr., J.F. Can e-learning replace classroom learning ... the classroom model continues to hold such sway, even when it is not the best solution for learning a particular topic ... "teacher" in front of the room telling them what to think / do. It doesn't seem like "real learning" if it's not. Over ...

8217; content in your training. You know the one…the course/class that is actually training for something that does/did not require training . Remember the mandatory ILT for a group because one person has crappy customer service skills? (And they didn’t think the training applied to them anyway). Remember the off-the-shelf soft skill e-learning to address morale-type issues that are actually the result of a bad manager (yet no training for the manager… ... not a discussion with the one person that the complaint is against? Is it a pattern? If so, will training help ...

Yesterday I deliverd a one day workshop to 20 learning leaders at the beautiful Rancho Bernardo resort in San Diego. This was a great turnout given that this conference caters to high level decision makers in enterprise learning ... learning. Much of our afternoon discussion centered around how to overcome barriers to adoption, whether to leverage open ... . I am very encouraged that the dialogue amond learning leaders has progressed over the past year from “Should we consider this” to “How do we do this.” By the time Training 09 rolls around I predict we’ll ...

I just saw Harold Jarche's post: Adult Learning - pressing issues and where the field is headed, in two sentences . His two (actually three) sentences: The overwhelming majority of the learning needs of Canadian adults are not addressed by formal training and education. In this post-industrial era, adults today require self-directed learning skills to ... trying to do in: Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More ... tools and strategies for adults to learn in a networked information society. I tend to agree that while day-to-day ...

... training specialist - who's not looking at more than training as a model for learning. Here's what he said: I just ... impact on personal learning and formal learning. When you look at the examples from my blog post that he cites ... someone who is a learning professional (especially a training specialist) should somehow care more about these tools than ... Skills ) is that learning professionals (even training specialists) actually have an important responsibility here ... in a myriad of personal learning settings. Learning professionals must be actively promoting (through ...

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... critiquing every last play? In my previous post on the "quality" of training that I'm subjected to, there is an interesting revelation to be found. Note that I did not go into an all out bashing of the learning curriculum like I have seen so many other learning folks do. I've seen so many colleagues that could not get past the lack of ________ (objectives, instructional strategies, interaction, feedback, and the list goes on). It makes me wonder if sometimes we as learning people are so caught up finding the negative things wrong with training, that we actually learn less than the ...

Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 LMS Web 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Personal Learning Informal Learning ... Tools and Strategies for Personal Learning : eLearning Technology ... suggestions like I was trying to do in: Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading ... Tools and Strategies for Personal Learning Permalink: Tools and Strategies for Personal Learning ... better models of our craft. There is no space for "this is the way its always been done" in learning. In sports training ...

I held a Breakfast Byte session at DevLearn for people new to the eLearning field. Here are some miscellaneous tips and tricks I provided during this session to help get people started off on the right foot: Know that the term “eLearning” has an ambiguous definition. Personally, I consider eLearning to be the intersection of learning ... these people after the conference. Learn about them and learn from them. Don't be intimidated. There are hundreds of ... eLearning tools before purchasing them. This applies to authoring tools, simulation tools, Learning Management ...

I don't remember what I was reading, but the post/article differentiated learning as what the learner does and training as what we do to the person - and hopefully they learn. What's interesting is that eLearning has become pretty much synonymous with Online Training as opposed to use of technology for various kinds of learning. In a world: where we ... supporting Personal Learning ? This really relates to the questions being discussed in this month's Big Question ... Training is problematic. This relates to the discussions in Learning Systems and EPSS and ePerformance.

... learning: tools, courses Still-images versus on-line tools; low cost videoconferencing systems for medical application ... computer and practical sessions. NST Tromsø and ITM Antwerp staff will deliver most of the training. Internationally ... the following persons: • holders of a health degree or working in health management for at least three years • ...

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Recently from Robert Scoble , a new communication service called Circle Up . What excites me about this service is the way it integrates to other email clients like Outlook and the way that responses are consolidate when an email is sent to multiple persons. Consider that you need to invite people to events such as a lunch 'n learn, training session, or conference event. This service consolidates all the replys into a structure without any of the recipients having to know anything about the service. Cool huh? Your browser does not support JavaScript. This media can ...

Over on the Big Question, we are discussing Network Feedback which is basically how can you reach out and get help around a question. Almost the same time I posted the question, I received a question from a reader around Language Learning. The person works in a corporation in Turkey and is looking to find eLearning to teach employees English. I know there's a lot going on in online language training. In our brief exchange, I mentioned EduFire and Myngle - but the ... . :) Learning Trends 2008 - Online - Free ...

... about in corporate training? What are the trends for methods in corporate learning? How do they possibly differ from ... : Conference Calls, In-person mentoring/tutoring, Online References, Online Assessments and Testing, KMS, Learning Content ... information about what learning delivery methods were being used and particularly if they were trending up or down. The way ... shows slower rate of growth than classroom. LMS - Learning Management Systems - are growing at one of the fastest rates of any of the established methods. I'm not surprised, but I'm sure there continues to be pain ( Learning ...

... discuss later in this article, training is a wonderful last step in bringing about changed organizational and personal ... And this from a well known Business consultant, and Harvard business professor:  Why (most) Training is Useless .  Jay Cross blogged it here . Stephen Downes blogged it here . Technology4Teachers.com blogged it here . and there are many others just google it. The comments of each are also filled with insightful remarks and the realities of our business. Check out some great followup articles from Stan Malcolm regarding the failures of online learning ...

... a lot of time working on instructor-led training for both in-person classes and live online classes. What I've found is ... Some interesting discussions are going on in the Big Question for February The Learning Circuits Blog: Instructional ... - the design of safety training. This includes topics like driver safety, defensive driving, following rules ... reinforcement of these messages. The reality is that much of the training on these kinds of topics is rather boring and mundane because it assumes that its purpose is to teach the person the information in the first place. This is ...

Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 LMS Web 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Personal Learning Informal Learning ... Improving Personal Learning - A Continuing Challenge for Learning Professionals ... what is coming out in discussions of Informal Learning , Personal Learning Environments , eLearning 2.0 , all of them point that personal learning (or self-directed learning or learning how to learn) is where we should focus our ... top few percent in terms of personal learning, but I would question whether youve thought about how this could help ...

Yesterday, graduate student Matt Monahan and I presented at the Training 2008 conference. Our topic was "Learning in 3D." We had a great group of attendees who stayed with us for the entire 3 hours with no break. We had a lot to cover from how to navigate in Second Life to simple scripting with building, teleporting and designing Second Life training solutions in between. Usually I travel alone so having someone with me was a big help in terms of preparing for the ... a failure at a power plant due to a malfunction of a generator. Each person then must enter into a conference room ...

The Social impact of Personal Learning Environments This may not be ... Personal Learning Environments 1. Personal Learning Environments â?? cause and effect Although the Personal ... Harmelen describes Personal Learning Environments as â??systems that help learners take control of and manage their own ... intertwined with judgement and exploration.â?? This paper examines the social impact of Personal Learning Environments. In so doing, it is difficult to separate cause and effect. Personal Learning Environments can be expected to have a ...

... growing faster than costs 4. E-learning = Training (Show + Tell), Simulation (Do + Consequences), Games (Do + Consequences ... = competitiveness, retiring boomers, job satisfaction and retention, etc.) and discussed differences between training and learning ... , ASTD, Training, etc.), but it was sort of nice to get a way from the assortment of vendor displays and just focus on the ... training that maximizes performance". I've summarized some of the more informative sessions below. I started by attending the "E-Learning Trends" session by Rich Arnold from Unitech (pretty cool website too if you get a chance to check ...

Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 LMS Web 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Personal Learning Informal Learning Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and Metrics ... inseparable from some concept of the personal learning environment (PLE), which captures what you describe in this post. You may ... Training? Economist Article - Impact of Personal Publishing Enterprise 2.0 - ...

When it comes to measuring the impact of training events (ex. instructor-led classes and online courses), there are ... doesn’t tell you if your students learned anything. That’s where user data comes in. User data allows you to dig a level deeper to see the true impact of your training event. This is where we get into Kirkpatrick’s levels ... integrates with your LMS to automate the evaluation process for training events. It records the evaluation data and then it gives ... names of the learners that completed classes.) The next day, MTM sends an email to the person requesting that they ...

EduNeering European Knowledge Summit--invitation only (sorry). I'll be discussing learning trends like, Games, the use of wikis and blogs for Personal Learning Environments, Increased Focus on Assessments, Scenario-based Learning and other exciting happenings in the world of learning as they relate to Gadgets, Games and Gizmos. Then, it is off to Training Tech ... Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning is taking me all over the world...literally. Here are some physical, face-to ... - Utilizing Wikis, Blogs and Social Networking Tools for Corporate Training and Communication Tuesday, Oct 16 ...

... drive for exploration and learning. The same could be said for many corporate training initiatives. Although most ... misunderstood domains. Understandably so, another person's motives are not an easy thing to identify. Therefore the ISDer ... learning field are aware of (or should be aware of) the work of John Keller. He is most noted for his ARCS model of motivational design. In 1983, Keller noted that "our understanding of how to arouse and maintain student interest in learning lags far behind our knowledge of how to facilitate learning once the student has the desire to achieve." He warned that ...

... were to change it slightly, “Do you need to be a trainer or SME to be a Learning Facilitator in the social learning world?”  Then I got thinking, what are the skills of this Learning Facilitator?  How are they different than an instructional designer or a trainer? Here are some initial thoughts.  A learning facilitator will: Connect people ... increase the conversation and learning - technically and the good old fashioned way Be a fresh perspective from their ... what they are and why Be a Simplicity Maker - too often things like this can get too technical too fast.  This person ...

This continues the discussion being had around PLE/PWLEs - see More Discussion on Personal Work Learning Environments ... , for free rangers, and for learning from everything of personal interest. And they are not, therefore, PLEs. A PLE that ... about Personal Learning Environments: So all the talk about tools and maps has struck me as odd. How do we quantify or ... here and help some folks. Certainly posts like Michelle's wonderful - My Personal Learning Environment or even my Personal and Group Learning Using Web 2.0 Tools are helpful in us finding patterns. Andy Roberts posts - More ...