MWL Newsletter No 7

News and articles about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by – and with commentary from – Jane Hart for the week 26 March – 1 April 2017


From around the Web

WATCH OUT, CORPORATE LEARNING, HERE COMES DISRUPTION  Josh Bersin, Forbes, 28 March 2017

“The corporate training market, which is over $130 billion in size, is about to be disrupted. Companies are starting to move away from their Learning Management Systems (LMS), buy all sorts of new tools for digital learning, and rebuild a whole new infrastructure to help employees learn. And the impact of GSuite,  Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Workplace by Facebook could be enormous.”

JH: Josh Bersin shows how the traditional learning technologies are being disrupted,  and a new market is emerging.


DEGREED CEO DAVID BLAKE WANTS TO REWARD LIFE-LONG LEARNING

“Ultimately, my ambition is that more people have more pathways to pursue their personal development and learning. Skills, which they can use to become upwardly mobile,” Blake says.

JH: This is very positive step forward, and Degreed provides a platform for individuals to manage their own learning and development


This week’s Twitter Poll

From the MWL Magazine

27 March 2017

CREATING A CULTURE OF COLLABORATION THROUGH EFFECTIVE OFFICE DESIGN

“The key to creating a culture of collaboration is nurturing connections, embracing individuality and encouraging openness – and office design can play a key role in this. After all, happy workers are productive workers, and productive workers will help your business thrive.”


Upcoming MWL Workshop

MODERNISING TRAINING AND E-LEARNING

Next workshop runs 8 May – 2 June 2017

There will always be a need for organisational training, but this just needs more relevant and appealing for appealing for today’s workforce. This 4-week online workshop will help you to consider a number off ways to organise modern content and learning experiences – in line with the ways people now learn on the Web.


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Jane Hart
Director, Centre for Modern Workplace Learning