How to use social media to enhance course learning
John Brooker prompts the community's trainers, facilitators and change agents to think about how they might use social media to extend your message, post course or workshop. Last year, an attendee sent me a note some four months after the course he attended. He had rated the course highly, however, “experiencing your careful and generous […]
The UK: Top of the class for training practices
If you're feeling down about the state of this country's L&D industry. Francis Marshall analyses a few survey results that might surprise you. There is little doubt that L&D has continued to face tremendous challenges during the past year. But despite tight budgets, and a sense of hope that better times lie ahead, our 2013 […]
The art of learning: Why knowledge is no longer enough
Julian Stodd explains why, when it comes to learning environments, we need to add the social aspect. We used to gain authority through what we knew, through what we knew that nobody else did, but no longer. Today, knowledge is no longer enough. In a world powered by search technology, where mobile devices let us […]
Social learning: What does the future hold for the LMS?
How will social learning affect your business LMS in future? We've received a handy infographic from talent management specialists SilkRoad. For the latest whitepaper from SilkRoad click here How will social learning affect your business LMS in future? We've received a handy infographic from talent management specialists SilkRoad. For the latest whitepaper from SilkRoad click […]
How can we increase collaboration using mobile?
Gerry Griffin of Skill Pill M-Learning looks at how to facilitate a collaborative learning environment using mobile devices. Collaborative, or peer-to-peer, learning provides wide scope for organisations to create value through sharing employee knowledge. While collaborative learning is current, it is not a fad. The time has come to join the movement. Collaborative versus formal […]
Implementing social collaboration into your organisation
It's the C word again. Vincent Belliveau reinforces the importance of knowledge sharing. With organisations around the world growing in size due to expansion into new markets and mergers and acquisitions, effective communication and sharing is becoming increasingly important. Recently we’ve seen Apple announce that it now has 72,800 full-time employees, which is up from […]
Five ‘don’ts’ for social learning
Social learning can lead to innovation by harnessing the collective intelligence and collaboration of employees. But there are five things you shouldn’t do, says Martin Addison of Video Arts. We’re all social learners. Each of us has learned to walk, talk and undertake many other complex tasks by observing and learning from, and with, other […]
‘S’ Is For Social Networking
Social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Linked In are fantastic ways to build your profile, get known for what you do and build relationships with people. Despite the reservations that some trainers seem to have regarding social networking I personally believe it is very powerful, it’s going to get more so in the […]
Social learning and the implications for your online learning strategy
Henry Stewart share his thoughts on what an effective online learning strategy should look like in 2012. Formal learning, whether in the classroom or in structured eLearning courses will always have its place in the training world. But we know that only 10% of learning is through formal means. We need tools to help us […]
Training Talk: Social media and workplace training
In this the third edition of Training Talk, elearning provider SkillSoft talk about the impact of social media in the workplace. bits://v/oqI6nJcL-JeYudoL6 For further information about SkillSoft click here watch part two here watch part one here In this the third edition of Training Talk, elearning provider SkillSoft talk about the impact of social media […]
The importance of social media usage for trainers in 2012
Have you integrated social media into your organisation? Ian Gibbins provides an overview. As most businesses are now embracing social media to get ahead of the competition and reach their target audience, should the training and development industry ditch traditional learning methods in favour of networks such as Google+ and Twitter? Well, whatever your view, […]
Will happen or should happen?
Another of our long-serving members to usher in the New Year with a feature, Robin Hoyle has stopped predicting the future and instead gives us his New Year’s wants list. This is the third year I’ve made a set of predictions about ‘what next in learning and development’, simply because the calendar clicked around another […]
2011 – The year of social learning: Five keys to realise true ROI
Why care about social learning? "The interaction between learning and forgetting is like racing down an upward-moving escalator. Just like people, companies can forget the know-how they gained, due to labour turnover, periods of inactivity, or failure to institutionalise knowledge that is being taken for granted. An analogy is tennis. I used to play it […]
Ten L&D Predictions for 2012
Rachel Kay gazes into her crystal ball for the TrainingZone community. More innovation: This buzzword will continue to dominate in 2012 in two ways. First there will be increased demand for L&D providers to include more innovative ways of learning in their core programmes, either in the way they are delivered or the content included. […]
What do you want to be?
The in-demand careers of the future will be very different from those of the not so recent past. Lynda Gratton’s research reveals the must-have careers of the future. Three broad career paths will be of value (beyond those that are always of value) over the coming decade: grassroots advocacy, social entrepreneurship and micro-entrepreneurs. Grassroots […]
Like|Comment – trends in social media and learning
The 2011 Towards Maturity Benchmark provides insights into how organisations are using social media in L&D. Laura Overton looks at the results. Social media has captured much attention in the learning and development community but is it deserved? Over the last eight years Towards Maturity has been monitoring how technology influences both our learning […]
Review of TrainingZone’s Twitter chat on social learning
Here we look at the learning from our recent Twitter chat on social learning. TrainingZone recently ran its first Twitter chat – #tzchat. Jane Hart, founder of the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies hosted the chat, which lasted an hour and looked at the topic of social learning. More than 90 people joined us […]
The social learning process: beyond the little grey cells
Stephen Walker discusses the social learning process in depth, using a comparison with his behaviour change workshops to explore the issues. Somewhere between whiteboard waffle and building a raft out of sugar beet (all copyrights acknowledged) there is a useful blend of new information and experiential learning. The subject matter of our training sessions is […]
Social learning – an impossible dream for L&D?
TrainingZone caught up with Clive Shepherd, one of the UK’s foremost experts on e-learning, at the recent Charity Learning Conference, which he was chairing. Shepherd reflected not only on the conference but on some of the broader themes that have been emerging from recent L&D conferences. His views make for interesting, and potentially uncomfortable, listening […]
Key social learning resources part 4
Jane Hart concludes her series of curated articles on key social learning resources. This is the fourth and final instalment of my weekly articles curating key social learning resources for TrainingZone’s social learning month. 1. This week we start with a posting by Mark Britz, Nature finds a way. In this article Mark shows how […]
