Jane Hart shares her thoughts about new workplace learning trends, technologies and tools
Jane’s Pick of the Day is back – by popular demand! Every day from April 2006 until December 2011 I wrote a short blog post about a new learning tool or resource. Back then I called it Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day when the term e-learning was still pretty new. But since that time, many new […]
I’ve been quietly monitoring the emergence of wearable technologies for the last few years. However, since most of the wearable devices (Google Glass, smart watches, jewellery, etc) have only been available in the US, I’ve not been able to get my hands on them, but things have now changed, as the Google Glass Explorer Program has now come […]
Give your face-to-face training a 21st century technology make-over Most people have a smartphone and/or tablet, and one of the biggest bugbears is that when they go on a training course they are asked to turn them off to ensure there are no interruptions and that they focus on the training in hand. Of course, […]
On Tuesday 17 June I ran an interactive session at the Learning Technologies Summer Forum. The session was live streamed and the recording is available here. I was asked to share the 20 ideas for small changes I suggested in the session, so here they are – together with the 6 features of how we […]
With the advent of e-learning, the death knell of face-to-face training was sounded, and yet as we know, it has survived and indeed it is flourishing. In fact it appears that many people prefer face-to-face learning over e-learning for a number of reasons, for example If they want to concentrate on learning about something, it […]
Workplace Learning has traditionally been all about the “authoritative voice”, that is it has been about experts telling employees what they need to know, and training them in the skills they need to have to do their jobs. The whole concept of “social learning” – of employees learning from one another through knowledge sharing - is frequently viewed as anathema […]
Building and maintaining successful online communities takes time and effort. In this workshop we look at the importance of planning your community, different ways of launching it, and after the first flush of enthusiasm, making sure it remains dynamic and vibrant. Suitable for anyone who wants to run an online community, e.g. a community of practice, […]
Jonathan Anthony tweeted an announcement that it is International Work Out Loud week from 9-15 June. Next week: work out loud week. BOOM. #WOLyo! #WOL #PKyvr33 pic.twitter.com/oJr7yP9WCk — Jonathan Anthony (@ThisMuchWeKnow) June 7, 2014 How can you get involved? In a blog post, Simon Terry advises Start sharing your work in what ever means seems […]
Another interactive infographic – this one form Digital Insights – that lets you tweet the statistics. Isn’t loading? Try this
This is our 3rd Annual Learning in the Workplace Survey. (The survey results from 2012 and 2013 have been widely reported.) The survey asks you to rate 10 different ways you learn at work. Once you submit your own data, you will be able to view the results submitted from over 750 people worldwide – plus […]