{"id":2098,"date":"2019-06-13T11:54:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T09:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modernworkplacelearning.com\/magazine\/?p=2098"},"modified":"2019-06-21T13:32:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T11:32:04","slug":"10-reasons-why-you-dont-need-learning-technologies-to-enable-learning-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/modernworkplacelearning.com\/magazine\/10-reasons-why-you-dont-need-learning-technologies-to-enable-learning-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"10 reasons why you don\u2019t need \u201clearning technologies\u201d to enable learning at work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently Jane Bozarth tweeted<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We need to stop calling them \u201clearning technologies\u201d and start asking, \u201cHow can this technology be used to support learning?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jane Bozarth (@JaneBozarth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaneBozarth\/status\/1131533702985601026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So here are 10 reasons why you don\u2019t need dedicated learning technologies to enable and support learning at work. Can you think of any more?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Learning is everyone\u2019s responsibility; not something to be controlled and managed centrally using specialist tools and platform.<\/li>\n<li>Learning technologies separate learning from the work and daily life. My 12-year longitudinal study <a href=\"https:\/\/toptoolsforlearning.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Tools for Learning<\/a> shows that the most popular and the most valuable tools for learning are multi-purpose; i.e. they can be used for many different reasons.<\/li>\n<li>Learning is not something that is done to people, most of it happens through daily work activities and explorations on the Web. Hence work tools and platforms and Web tools and platforms are the real &#8220;learning technologies&#8221;. These are the ones that should be encouraged and promoted.<\/li>\n<li>Learning is about motivation not gamification; it\u2019s about tapping into what motivates people to learn \u2013 empowering them to improve and develop for their own futures (not just the organisation\u2019s) \u2013 and recognising that by doing so there is a win-win.<\/li>\n<li>This means encouraging them to self-select the resources, tools and services that will help them learn in the way(s) that brings them the most value \u2013 not enforcing one-size-fits-all &#8220;solutions&#8221; that rarely suit anybody&#8217;s needs.<\/li>\n<li>Learning is a personal experience; it comes from all kinds of interactions and activities. Learning experiences are not something that can be generated, tracked and managed on one platform.<\/li>\n<li>Team collaboration platforms and enterprise social networks are where the real social learning takes place \u2013 so this is where you should encourage people to connect, converse and collaborate \u2013 not in a separate social learning platform.<\/li>\n<li>When comes to content and \u201clearning opportunities\u201d, don&#8217;t think NIH (Not Invented Here) and reinvent the wheel. Curate what\u2019s already available and make it available as close to the point of need as possible (i.e where people go for other internal content) \u2013 not in a silo (learning platform) that is rarely used.<\/li>\n<li>If some specific (organisational) content is required, then don\u2019t create and impose unpopular and unappealing (e-learning) courses on people; provide short, flexible-use resources that can be produced in a variety of formats.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, it\u2019s not measuring about learning \u201cactivity\u201d \u2013 i.e what people do, it\u2019s about measuring what people can do as a result of what they have learned. It\u2019s about performance change or improvement. A learning platform\/LMS might be useful to track access to mandatory training (if you have a lot of it), but it can\u2019t track performance improvements, and it certainly can\u2019t capture everything everyone learns.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For some this might sound like radical thinking! But learning in the modern workplace requires a new organisational learning culture and mindset &#8211; and, more importantly, new work for L&amp;D. \u00a0Want to find out more? 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