This is an archive of blog posts from the MWL Magazine and the MWL Newsletter.
The 4th Annual Internet Time Alliance Jay Cross Memorial Award goes to Michelle Ockers
This post first appeared in Internet Time Alliance News. The Internet Time Alliance Award, in memory of Jay Cross, is presented to a workplace learning professional who has contributed in positive ways to the field of Informal Learning and is reflective of Jay’s lifetime of work. Recipients champion workplace and social learning practices inside their […]
What new trends and technologies can we use to design and deliver modern training experiences?
This is the question that Jo Cook recently asked me in the Training Journal TJ Talks webinar on Tuesday 25 June. Here are some of the points I made. If we just think about the technology – in particular the (so-called) learning technologies – what I find is that they are primarily used to automate […]
10 reasons why you don’t need “learning technologies” to enable learning at work
Recently Jane Bozarth tweeted We need to stop calling them “learning technologies” and start asking, “How can this technology be used to support learning?” — Jane Bozarth (@JaneBozarth) May 23, 2019 So here are 10 reasons why you don’t need dedicated learning technologies to enable and support learning at work. Can you think of any […]
10 Myths about Modern Workplace Learning
First published in September 2017 Here are 10 misconceptions about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL). 1 – MWL simply means modernising training. No. It is much more than modern training. It means a modern approach to learning at work – recognising and valuing all the ways that people learn at, through and for work – not […]
MWL Newsletter No 101
Here are posts, articles and news about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by Jane Hart for the period 10- 28 February 2019. FROM AROUND THE WEB The world wide web is 30. Here are 8 things you should know about it, Sean Fleming, World Economic Forum, 13 February 2019 What to Do When Industry Disruption […]
Creating modern training, content, events and experiences
Next public workshop runs 4 March -12 April 2019 L&D departments have traditionally focused on training people for compliance or conformance. This has been done in the classroom training and more recently through e-learning. However, in the modern workplace we need more relevant solutions to performance problems, and where training (of some sort) is required, […]
MWL Newsletter No 100
In this 100th MWL Newsletter here are posts, articles and news about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by Jane Hart for the period 20 January – 9 February 2019. FROM AROUND THE WEB Why an MIT professor says we should all learn like kindergartners if we want to succeed Jenny Anderson, Quartz, 29 January 2019 […]
MWL Newsletter No 99
Here are posts, articles and news about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by Jane Hart for the week 13-19 January 2019. From around the Web Does Higher Education still prepare people for jobs? Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Becky Frankiewicz, Harvard Business Review, 14 January 2019 “In short, we believe that market demands clearly call for a […]
MWL Newsletter No 98
Here are posts, articles and news about Modern Workplace Learning (MWL) selected by Jane Hart for the week 6-12 January 2019. From around the Web AI breakthroughs in learning in 2018 Donald Clark, 6 January 2019 “using specific techniques at specific points on the learning journey – engagement, support, delivery and assessment, one can leverage […]
Modern Workplace Learning 2019 now available as a paperback
The paperback version of Modern Workplace Learning 2019 (written by Jane Hart) was published on 4 January 2019. 278 pages Size: 6″ x 9″ (15.24cm x 22.86cm) Black and white with a few (black and white) diagrams. URLs to external resources provided in Chapter endnotes. Price: £25 + P&P (note: the book is printed on […]