... 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 ... it Help everyone learn how to use the new technology, why they might (and in some cases should) use it Not give ...

I've been an avid supporter of Nintendo for the past two years or so, for their design prowess and dramatic success in widening the appeal of gaming. Indeed they're redefining recreational digital fun to include - shock - the learning of new skills. Brain Training in particular has been a left field success. I bought the game when it first launched in the US back in 2006 and was intrigued by ...

... abstract/theoretical/2D to the live application of the skill in a concrete/practical/3D environment. From a learning and development perspective, the aim of this process is a simple one: to have the learner develop the skills and confidence ... seem. 2D e-learning sims (interpersonal skills scenarios, software sims, business sims, etc.): self-paced, self-study ... I've been trying to understand better where simulation fits within the skills development process and whether ... work, or to their employer. It's possible that there are situations in which these risks are minimal and the skills ...

With the recent dramatic changes in the US and global economies, it’s natural for many of us in the learning / training industry to start looking over our shoulders. As we know, training departments are too often seen as one of the first places where organizations can "trim the fat." It’s ironic, really; we generally see ourselves as ... anything the business throws at us. Harold says… For professionals with skills in analysing business ... ;t agree more. This is a time to sharpen up on all of your skills, and be ready to solve new problems with your huge ...

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… ... fighting. At least I’ve always thought it was. Why? Because your training solution will fail - that’s ...

Clive Shepherd has three great posts about blended learning over on his blog (see the links at the bottom of this post). Clive gives us a well-needed closer examination of how we define and prescribe blended learning. In the past, I remember using the term and concept to help get management away from the idea of only using instructor-led training. This at least opened their eyes to consider using online courses, virtual classroom training, etc. Now I feel like too many people blindly say, “You should create a blended learning solution…” but they can’t describe ...

... project as their skills, focus, and passion shift. Today, people work, communicate, and learn across time zones and ... 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 ...

Screen Capture from America's Army Game which Helped Save a Life. The power of games for learning is that they can teach lessons that the learner doesn't even realized she or he has learned until the time comes to apply those skills ... because knowledge he learned from the game. As the article states: Paxton Galvanek, a twenty-eight year-old helped rescue ... included bruises, scrapes, head trauma and the loss of two fingers. His medical background? None - other than what he's learned ... how to handle himself in an emergency situation. Read the article for yourself at Gamer uses virtual training to ...

Work Skills." Maybe, " Old Work and New Work Skills.")  Where's the Burden for Training ... in the learning industry or an executive looking at the labor horizon wondering what the future holds for required skills. Not to disappoint, Tony gave the summary a treatment that has a larger question associated with it. It's one of ... the changing nature of knowledge work and the new skills required to work it. A key point: "...foundations of knowledge work are changing fairly quickly and most of us learn completely through ad hoc mechanisms..." ...

... not all knowledge/skill/ability (KSA) deficiencies warrant a training solution. ... which leads to boring training filled with too much information and not enough realistic, practical exercises. He notes that framing learning design around this question stops Instructional Designers from overloading the learners ...

The cliche is that training is not important, learning is. OK. And consequently there is one school of thought that suggests we look at the richest possible learning environments, and then replicate them. For me, that is skunk works ... deployment of specific (and hopefully business critical) learning objectives. If training has fallen as a word, so be it ... thing. There is a big difference between learning a lot broadly and learning a given objective really well. Said differently, the focus on, given a learning objective (say, project management), what is the best way of making that happen , ...

Skills ) is that learning professionals (even training specialists) actually have an important responsibility here ... Saw a post by Matthew Franz - where he tells us - I don't get e-learning 2.0 - and it made me wonder if Franz is a training specialist - who's not looking at more than training as a model for learning. Here's what he said: I just don't get why folks are trying to lump in wikis, blogs, rss, etc. as "e-learning." RSS, Blog, Wikis, etc. are fundamental ... someone who is a learning professional (especially a training specialist) should somehow care more about these tools ...

Neuroplasticity refers to our brains ability to change and reorganise itself through forming new neural connections. This is clearly at the heart of the learning process but also shows itself in the remarkable ability to move and redevelop brain function in the event of injury or damage. Indeed, as we specialise and become experts in a specific skill or knowledge area, then the brain area ...

... typical training task, where you want someone to develop a skill and apply this on the job. This may involve conveying some ... Following on from my posting last week, So what is blended learning? , which attempted to define a workable definition for blended learning, I have been trying to clarify in my own mind whether the issue is of any real importance. Is blended learning useful and, if so, in what circumstances? The argument for blended learning is really very simple. Each of the most common approaches to learning and development has its own extensive array of advantages and ...

8220;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 Systems ... prefer, and then surround yourself with individuals that offer the skills you do not have. Contact me. I will do ...

... introduction. So, can this relate to learning? My answer would be absolutely ! My main job is to help people learn (acquire knowledge and skills) and then apply what they know on the job. Sometimes this is done by providing them with the ... taking a class on leadership skills. Imagine if they could pull up Ubiquity and type lms leadership to bring up a ... learning! If you’re using Firefox, install Ubiquity and then take a look at the tutorial . (If ...

... computer skills were also taught. In 2007 and in collaboration with Norwegian Center for Telemedicine (NST) of Tromsø (Norway ... 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 ... basic computer skills: Word, PowerPoint, Excel basics and Internet • being involved in organization of ...

Last night I attended an award ceremony for the UK National Training Awards and was delighted to see one of my blended learning designs for the child development charity Plan International recognised with a national award. The Plan ... conjunction with Learning and Development Manager, Karen Coleman and course tutor, Gary Ford. The solution had not only to be ... collaborative activities, including learner blogs, managed using Moodle . A three-day, face-to-face, skill-building ... tools, the impact of which extends far beyond training.

Actually Donald Clark's post title is Compliance Killing Training . But I prefer mine ;-) Donald nails it. And every now and then it takes a sobering moment to see that 90% of what training organizations do is done out of fear. USERS care about their learning, but they don't go to their training department to get it. Donald sums it up nicely here ... learned anything in the sexual harassment training course. Its only important that there is a report that shows how ... development and LMS industry. Automating the mundane process of compliance training. It has NOTHING to do with learning.

... the facts. Laurie Bassi's research shows that organizations that make large investments in training do much better than others. This is because training has both a direct and indirect effect upon the organization: The direct effect is that employees have the skills and competencies they need to do their jobs. The indirect, and perhaps more important ... that make large investments in training return 16.3% per year, compared with 10.7 for the S&P 500 index. In the Human ... training, and the amount of training provided by commitment as opposed to control-orientated management is ...

I received an inquiry from someone I know, and I'm hoping people who read this blog can make suggestions. I'm looking for vendors who supply off-the-shelf training for basic manager skills such as, time management and delegation. Thus far I've looked at Element K, SkillSoft, Vital Learning, Ninth House, and Achieve Global. What I like about these providers is the scope of what they offer -- many courses to choose from. Are there other providers you'd recommend I look at ... folks would recommend they look at? And why? Learning Trends 2008 - Online - Free ...

I have suggested that there are Big Skills out there, the most important skills for all of us. (The inability of traditional formal learning programs to spread these big skills should be considered a canary in the coal mine both for educators and trainers, but that is a different issue.) Big skills share a lot of interesting properties. One is that ... big skill is the ability to apply the right models, including governing, economic, and value . This includes an ... following lists, in the context of your career, your role in a given project, the training function as a whole, what ...

Learning, Training & Development - Defend Thyselves! - Elliott Masie in HR Management We have an obligation to create an environment where they can learn the skills they need to succeed and we have a critical need to create (and ... Innovation happens when people use things in unexpected ways, or come up against intractable problems. We learn from tolerated failure, without the world is sterile and dies. Systems that eliminate failure, eliminate innovation. The Learning Landscape Model - Will at Work Learning It's helpful to have an overall understanding of what we're trying ...

... need to switch our focus from delivering training to facilitating learning.  Its important to realize that the most valuable information that needs to be learned is extremely dynamic and necessary right now for employees.  That ... From Dave Lee at Learning Circuits We're #3!  We're #3! "It's my belief that an honest appraisal of any good ... target audience meet their learning needs.  They would be the IT Help Desk and the Customer Service Center.  ... competition.  Often without help from the corporate training group.   Throw in a quality OD group or a ...

HPT ensures that training, which is costly, isn’t prescribed unless it addresses a verifiable lack of skills ... groups having the technical skills, resources, and charter to implement the tools supporting informal learning and I wonder ... , Jay Cross , Mark Oehlert , and so many others in the learning blogosphere.  I sometimes wonder if I'm actually ... different direction from my original intent for this blog:  Corporate learning, not simply learning.  The path ... learning field were from the point of view of methods of instruction (how to get subject matter across to captive ...

... join Ruth as she guides you through research and practice on creative skills training, drawing from the 2008 edition of e ... design template for problem-based e-Learning to accelerate expertise and build thinking skills. In this session, you will learn: The features of learning environments proven to build creative thinking skills The research evidence on ... a priority for problem solving (see Allen Schoenfeld ) model thinking process: modeling the own learning skills ... learning outcomes. next case: for your selected problem, sketch some ways you can use eLearning to 1 model thinking skills ...

Prensky noted in his book "Digital Game-Based Learning" (2000) that Instructional Design is actually hurting the learning process. He notes other arguments (some from Training Magazine...others are his own thoughts) such as: ISD is done too much "by the book" and "the book" is not very creative 9 times out of 10, if you see a great training program, it wasn't created by an ISDer Learning styles seem to consume those in the ISD field and they claim these are their ... the most important skill sets an individual needs to have is the capability to teach themselves and learn on their ...

... that process (actually a Thiagi quote from Training magazine in April 2000). and Designing effective learning does not, I ... The latest Big Question for the Learning Circuits Blog is: For a given project, how do you determine if, when ... instructional designer will be able to identify if this is, in fact, a project that requires a training intervention. An ... the skill of the individual instructional designer. Yes...not all instructional designers are created equally. Some are ... implications in a game based environment. In 2001, Marc Prensky wrote a popular book " Digital Game Based Learning " where ...

Learning Learning, in terms of new or improved skills, knowledge and attitudes, is the primary aim of a training event. Learning can be measured objectively using a test or exam or some form of assessed exercise. If a student has ... training and the corresponding e-learning course the ROI of training, although educational establishments can obtain a ... new developments in training - not least online learning - and a possible recession ahead, youre going to need their co ... Assessing the ROI of training by Clive Shepherd If ...

How often have you been in a situation where the training was absolutely wrong for the participant? I don't mean wrong as in, person will never use these skills, or wrong as in, person should be out selling instead of being in a formal learning program, or wrong as in, this is a very basic program for a very senior person, but wrong as in if a person applies the skills, they will do much worse at their job? This might be because the program was not fully tested, or the wrong skills for the person. If the answer is no, that training has never been harmful, then is the corollary ...