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Category Archives: Formal Learning
Is Performance Support Training? Nah, No Way.
Earlier today I wrote about how the word “training” (replacing “learning”) was back in style in L&D. Clark Quinn (a.k.a. @Quinnovator) then asked the question whether performance support was now considered training. My knee-jerk reaction was, “Hell no.” But then I thought … Continue reading
Back in Style
Mom used to keep old dresses along with Dad’s old sport coats, never wearing them but refusing to toss them out. “I’m keeping them for when they come back into style,” she’d say. Sure enough, the overall style would become … Continue reading
Does Vine Have a Place in Learning & Development?
Vine is a mobile service from Twitter that enables capturing and sharing short (six second) videos. It currently requires an iPhone or iPod Touch – it’s not on the Android platform as of this writing – and there’s no third-party … Continue reading
Posted in Formal Learning, Informal Learning, Mobile Technology, Twitter, Vine
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How We Learn
Those of us working in the field of Learning and Development continually look for ways to create meaningful experiences that our customers/employees/co-workers can learn from. It’s often useful to look at how we learn ourselves. Do we learn well from … Continue reading
Posted in design, Formal Learning, Informal Learning, Social Learning
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Why Do We Call Them Learners?
The other day after a Twitter chat, a surprising discussion sprang up between a few participants that also engaged others who hadn’t been part of the chat. At issue was using the term learner to describe those people who participate … Continue reading
Suddenly Social – Recap of My Session at LSCon 2013
I led a session on Day 3 of LSCon called Suddenly Social: A Year of Workplace Learning Using Social Media. As part of the session, I ran a Twitter chat with the audience that also engaged people from my personal … Continue reading