During 2019 I shared hundreds of links to useful articles, posts and resources but here are 30 (listed in chronological order) that I believe highlight 3 key themes for 2020.
30 articles from 2019 to take us into 2020
Supporting Continuous Learning from the Daily Work (Online Workshop)
Next public workshop runs: 21 October – 29 November 2019 Although L&D departments have traditionally focused on training people to do their jobs, research tells us that most of what employees learn at work happens as they do their job – it’s just that they are not aware of it or make the most of it. […]
Announcing the Modern Workplace Learning track at LearnTec 2020
I am very pleased to once again have been asked to organise and chair a 3-day English-speaking track (on the theme of Modern Workplace Learning) at the LearnTEC conference taking place in Karlsruhe, Germany in January 2020. LearnTEC is Europe’s No. 1 trade show and congress focusing on digital learning with more than 10,000 participants.
Top Tools for Learning 2019
Top 200 Tools for Learning 2018 now published together with Top 100 Tools for Personal&Professional Learning 2019 Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning 2019 Top 100 Tools for Higher Education 2019 PLUS analysis of how these tools are being used in different context, new graphics, and updated comments on the tools’ pages that show how […]
Jane’s Top 10 Tools for Learning 2019
The Top Tools for Learning 2019 survey will close on Friday 13 September. Have you voted for your favourites yet? If not, you can do so here. You will need to list your top 10 tools and say how you use them – (a) for personal or professional learning, (b) at work or (c) in […]
Building a culture of continuous learning: what it means
We hear a lot about continuous learning. But what does it really mean? It doesn’t mean continuously taking courses – although studying can be part of an individual’s personal and professional continuous learning strategy. It doesn’t mean continuously training people – although training may well be part of of an organisation’s continuous L&D strategy.
The 4th Annual Internet Time Alliance Jay Cross Memorial Award goes to Michelle Ockers
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 organization and/or on the wider stage. They share their […]
What new trends and technologies can we use to design and deliver modern training experiences?
This is the question Jo Cook asked me in today’s TJ Talks. Here is my longer answer
10 reasons why you don’t need “learning technologies” to enable learning at work
Here are 10 reasons why you don’t need dedicated learning technologies to enable and support learning at work.
How to promote daily self-learning in the workplace
There is, rightly, a lot of talk nowadays about “lifelong learning” and “continuous learning” but more often than not, articles focus on “lifelong education” or “continuous training”. In other words, they emphasise the need for continuous formal learning, and, in organisational terms, this implies providing more and more training or access to online course libraries. […]