[This article is adapted from two posts published on my own blog] A year ago I tweeted this question: What would happen if there were no Training/L&D department? Your thoughts for an article I am writing. Quotes will be cited. Thx — Jane Hart (@C4LPT) March 30, 2016 Here are some of the responses I […]
News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by – and with commentary from – Jane Hart for the week 12 – 18 March 2017 From around the Web THE OFFICE OF THE THE FUTURE WILL BE NATURAL, CHAIR-LESS AND DESIGNED FOR COLLABORATION – Fast Co-Exist, 12 March 2017 “”I would guess that in […]
News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by – and with commentary from – Jane Hart for the week 5 – 11 March 2017 From around the Web SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING by Jane Bozarth, 7 March 2017 “Recognize that, for whatever reason, motivated adults can do fine at setting learning goals, choosing resources, and […]
When it comes to business transformation, a Harvard Business Review article, What do you really mean by business “transformation”? describes three different “categories of effort” as follows: OPERATIONAL – This is the use of new technologies to solve old problems. However, although operational change can drive business impact, it doesn’t bring about transformation. OPERATIONAL MODEL – This involves […]
Gamification is another HR buzzword; in fact nowadays everything is being gamified. It is big business; gamification vendors abound, and there are plenty of gamification conferences too. But does it actually work? First of all, let’s be clear what is meant by the term gamification. It is not the same as games (or even game-based […]
News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by – and with commentary from – Jane Hart for the week 26 February – 4 March 2017 From around the Web THE FUTURE OF LEARNING: WHY SKATEBOARDERS SUDDENLY BECAME CRAZY GOOD IN THE MID-80S – Forbes Magazine, 26 February 2017 “Seeing Is Learning Another unintended […]
L&D’s traditional role has been to organise, track, monitor and otherwise manage training – firstly as it took place in the classroom and more recently in the form of e-learning. However, now that it is generally recognised that modern professionals learn in many different ways, it is not just a matter of force-fitting these new […]
Now that social learning is a hot topic, many organizations are beginning to consider how they can implement or operationalize it. However, “social learning” is a very different type of learning from traditional training, because it is natural phenomenon (that takes place when people share and collaborate with one another) rather than something that is […]
Published weekly, the MWL Newsletter provides news and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by – and with commentary from – Jane Hart. Sign up to receive the newsletter by email. From around the Web 20 February 2017 SOCIAL LEARNING AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE WORKPLACES from Cisco Blogs “..energizing an organization with digital social learning puts […]
There is a lot of talk about lifelong learning – but most of it focuses on lifelong education – that is continuously taking courses throughout your life. For instance, the recent Economist article, Lifelong learning is becoming an economic imperative, explained how “Technological change demands stronger and more continuous connections between education and employment”. This […]