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May 27, 2009

Recording individual l&d – help!

Has anyone used learning logs, diaries, personal development folders, passports etc with their teams, in a situation where the individual takes responsibilty for capturing their learning and development? would love to hear your thoughts…

2 Responses

mike morrison says:

May 27, 2009 at 10:49 am

centralise or individual?
Hi
Individuals can hold records, but what is the purpose?
many just cannot see the point so wont – many will do it already in their own way.
I have been involved in designing & developing a number of PDP systems for a range of organisations and now advise against it. – although it can work for niche populations.

If the organisation wants records it needs to keep them itself – if as a part of encouraging self development – then it can make the tools (and training in their use) available – but the minute it is mandatory, that is often where it fails.
Just as individuals learn in their own way – keeping records will also be individual in nature
Andrew Gibbons says:

October 31, 2009 at 9:40 am

I have kept a hand written learning log since February 1987

Good to see this issue raised.

I have written a learning log in the same A4 format for twenty two and a half years – 1260 plus entries and well over a million words.

There is a lot of talk about ‘taking resonsibility for your own learning’ about lifelong learning, and the like, trouble is, when it comes to the push, we tend to as a generalisation, to prefer the role of passive participant thn truly active learner.

I see a great deal of value in maintaining my own learning record, and for one thing it differentiates me from a lot of ‘similar’ providers in a congested marketplace.

If this is of interest, do get in touch or download my freebies from http://www.andrewgibbons.co.uk