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  • E-Learning for Newbies
    ... asynchronous, blended, distributed, performance support tools, etc. Course authoring - knowledge of software (simulation, game ... tech training. Felt like crying frequently due to some steep learning curves. learned how to train online by using an online learning platform (WebEx) by screwing up multiple times and attending a lot of other peoples training (started a ... I thinking? (Did I mention I had zero time)’ left training job and joined Brandon Hall Research full-time. A ...
    Janet Clarey - Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Comments
  • Politics in Workplace Learning
    ... in your company, you have a responsibility to ensure that the learning-and-performance efforts will work. If your training efforts have a bad reputation, the learning will never get the support it needs to move from learning to application ... attack back, disputing the assertions. If your training efforts are impugned or criticized anywhere in your company, go ... fixed the problems. Ask the complainers for their support and ideas going forward. Remind them of your need for resources, support, etc. Help them solve their business problems. If you do get public complaints, see those as a warning sign ...
    Will at Work Learning - Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - Comments
  • Is the case study method of instruction due for an overhaul?
    ... management. In fact, it was derived in the early 20th century from training for the law at Harvard by several members ... include extensive on-line exhibits and support information. Multimedia was once expensive to prepare and difficult to show ... observations. Case discussion is a mix of team and individual learning. The student reads the case and performs ...
    Internet Time - Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - Comments
  • Learning 2.0 Strategy
    ... way that organizations look at the role of a knowledge worker, management, the learning/training organization ... change particular behaviors. I can provide tools and support. I can go in tactical and avoid the culture question.3. ... and performance consultants have good analysis and delivery skills that are an important part of identifying and making ... and practice leaders. They must spot and support tactical implementations. This requires up-front support.5.
    eLearning Technology - Monday, September 29, 2008 - Comments
  • Free - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals
    ... and Performance Support. He has twenty yearsâ¬" experience as a CTO and leader of software development, and eleven years ... , supportive, and responsive to your needs and interests.The goals of this program are to... Introduce you to new tools ... independent consultant who specializes in using social media tools to support learning, and career and professional ... variety of learning interventions. She used online tools such as forums, listservs, and a â¬Svirtual officeâ¬ý to support ... , Project Manager at a university, and Training Development Officer with the Canadian Forces. Tony Karrer is ...
    eLearning Technology - Monday, September 22, 2008 - Comments
  • Free - Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals
    ... e-Learning and Performance Support. He has twenty yearsâ¬" experience as a CTO and leader of software development, and ... professionals in an environment that's fun, supportive, and responsive to your needs and interests.The goals of this program are ... Michele Martin is an independent consultant who specializes in using social media tools to support learning, and career and ... officeâ¬ý to support learning in the late 1990s, and has added tools such as blogs, wikis and social networks. She's a ... -Learning company, Project Manager at a university, and Training Development Officer with the Canadian Forces.
    eLearning Technology - Monday, September 22, 2008 - Comments
  • C4LPT News and Updates
    Book Club. Every month I'll select 5 new, upcoming and/or unknown tools that have potential for education, training or performance support. The tools will either be free or free trials of commercial tools.   Members of the Club ...
    Jane Knight - Saturday, September 20, 2008 - Comments
  • The role of T&D in the 21st Century: itâ¬"s about the method
    ... isn’t it? Or is the role to provide support for pre-set, top-down performance indicators set around the business ... Harold Jarche has a thoughtful post on changing the training and development role in the 21st Century. The short answer (based on my read…and this is a mouthful): support, via bottom-up, workers’ meaning-making activities by providing mechanisms for feedback and by communicating their ‘learnings’ to those that focus on performance ... cheeses (doing what they do best - cooking), the kitchen support staff says to management, “Joe’s ...
    Janet Clarey - Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - Comments
  • eLearning 2.0 -> Informal Learning -> learning 2.0 -> web 2.0
    ... nonformal/formal performance support method. Also see Tony Karrer's response and Clark Quinn's response. Launching in ... experienced peers, rather than the training department, as to what they need to learn through the use of such techniques as OJT ... to the training/learning/knowledge profession? First, we cannot mix one hype (informal learning) with another hype (web ... a nonformal learning method where managers, supervisors, and experienced performers set the stage for the tool's ...
    Big Dog, Little Dog - Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - Comments
  • Performance Support
    Great post by Jay Cross that uses the history of performance support to set up the need for what Jay calls Learnscapes. I've been a long-time believer in EPSS and ePerformance. Jay tells us:Performance support is blossoming in ... that go along with software) as a form of Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSS). Gloria always liked to use ... early definition of Performance Support was:Performance Support empowered novice employees to get up to speed rapidly, to perform with a minimum of outside coaching or training, and to do the job as well or even better than experienced ...
    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - Comments
  • Performance Support
    Great post by Jay Cross that uses the history of performance support to set up the need for what Jay calls Learnscapes. I've been a long-time believer in EPSS and ePerformance. Jay tells us:Performance support is blossoming in ... that go along with software) as a form of Electronic Performance Support Systems (EPSS). Gloria always liked to use ... early definition of Performance Support was:Performance Support empowered novice employees to get up to speed rapidly, to perform with a minimum of outside coaching or training, and to do the job as well or even better than experienced ...
    eLearning Technology - Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - Comments
  • A Better Learning to Performance Model and Job Aid
    For almost a decade I've been building a model of how learning works to prompt performance. Each iteration gets ... performance and results. As a job aid to assign responsibilities and tasks. This graphic ... Courageous Training (which is great by the way, I'll review it within the next month). It also draws from countless ... Laures who commented on an earlier version of this model. Download Learning-Performance_Diagram_v2.pdf. As always ... learning and performance is too complicated to include every factor of relevance. My goal is to create a model simple ...
    Will at Work Learning - Friday, August 22, 2008 - Comments
  • Workplace Learning Today: A Daily (Mon-Fri) Newsletter
    ... research on all aspects of workplace learning, including training and development, performance support, job aids ... , and the politics of the learning industry and government policies. He rarely writes about corporate training, ...
    Janet Clarey - Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - Comments
  • Recommendations Needed on a Sensitive Project
    ... a pretty lousy salesperson on a good day. And a lousy liar. I've trained on too many trash systems to willingly put myself in that position again. One round of training was performed about 5 months ago in an attempt to "implement" the ... all groups are implemented and using the tool, come up with a generic training for new users. Use the custom support ... situation as I see it.- The planning group wants us to take over the training of the new tool.- We have been asking the planning group to help us with our biggest project.- The planning group won't take on our biggest project unless we train ...
    In the Middle of the Curve - Thursday, August 7, 2008 - Comments
  • Big literacy questions
    ... those that are easy to work with. Hence, the major task for learning professionals will shift from training workers to ... arise, reinvents itself and its entire industry. Training people what worked in the past is not going to get us there. We ... effort. Organizational stakeholders better be taking the lead. And we’d better be supporting their vision. Of ... performance is a prerequisite for shaping learning and development from here on out. People who are illiterate in network ... supporting role, not the lead. That’s not the way the world works. At the Online Learning conference ten years ...
    Internet Time - Thursday, July 10, 2008 - Comments
  • New Design for My Smile Sheet
    ... more management support, provide more practice to boost long-term retrieval, or provide a follow-up learning experience (maybe a working-learning experience). I also like the evaluation practice because it supports learning and performance ... training programs throughout the workplace learning industry. Residing at Donald Kirkpatrick's 1st level-the Reaction level ... sense, this is where the rubber hits the road because it asks whether the training is likely to have an impact where it ... and share what they've learned with others. It provides them with follow-up support 2 weeks out if they feel ...
    Will at Work Learning - Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - Comments
  • Creating business value through IT
    ... forecast to build, idea to product, and hire to retire-and configured its systems to support the subprocesses involved in ... consistency throughout the organization and contributed to Cisco's strong performance over the past few years. The new ... investing in IT support of these web 2ish effects will overshadow the returns from ERP, CRM, etc. Human interaction is ... vision of next-era learning in corporations. jay What does this have to do with training? For years, I’ve been saying that it’s not the learning that matters; it’s the performance that results from the learning. I ...
    Internet Time - Saturday, July 5, 2008 - Comments