Social learning for sales effectiveness, customer engagement and better onboarding
Social learning can help boost a business in many ways. Naren Patil explores three areas that will help keep your business learning and growing. Why care about social learning? "80% of learning and knowledge transfer occurs through informal, tacit learning activities."The Business Impact of Social Computing on Corporate Learning, Carol Rozwell, Gartner In a rapidly […]
Key social learning resources part 3
Jane Hart continues her series of curated articles on key social learning resources. This is the third part of my four-part series curating key social learning resources for TrainingZone’s social learning month. 1. The first piece this week comes from Charles Jennings, who looks at why the real power of e-learning is social. In this […]
Take part in TrainingZone’s inaugural Twitter chat
As a part of TrainingZone’s social learning month we are planning our first ever TrainingZone Twitter chat. Jane Hart, who is currently curating a series on social learning on the site, has agreed to co-host the discussion. The Twitter chat will take place on the #tzchat hashtag on Thursday 22 September from 16.00 to 17.00 […]
Key social learning resources part 2
Jane Hart continues her series of curated articles on key social learning resources. During social learning month I am writing some weekly articles with some key resources about social learning. This is the second instalment. 1. My first piece this week comes from Michael Rose, who has written an article called Social Learning for […]
Key social learning resources part 1
During social learning month, Jane Hart will be providing some weekly articles curating some key resources about social learning. 1. Social learning has become the latest trending concept in the learning world. Although there have been, and there will be, many articles providing a definition of what social learning is all about, I think this […]
How technology accelerates social learning
What impact are technological developments having on social learning? Clive Shepherd provides some answers. Social learning is, of course, not a new phenomenon. Ever since humans have existed, they have sought each other out to share ideas and solve problems. According to the 70:20:10 model, developed at Princeton University, while 70% of what we learn […]
How gamification can help engage learners
Using the core concepts of gaming can help build engaging learning experiences. Ben Betts shows the way As many of us are introducing notions of social eLearning into the L&D mix, a key question remains; how can we get our audience to meaningfully participate in these learning activities? After all, there is nothing sadder than […]
Seven trends make m-learning inevitable
Mobile learning is an inevitable consequence of seven key trends, says Martin Addison of Video Arts. Here, he offers some key tips for success. With such a wide range of options for delivering learning already available, do we really need another? The simple answer is yes, if we want our learning to have more impact. […]
M-learning: Dealing with corporate culture
Gerry Griffin of Skill-Pill M-Learning looks at who’s helping, who’s resisting and why. Sidebar 1- Six steps to securing organisation-wide buy-in to mobile learning 1. Choose your points of contact carefully 2. Plan the timing of the pilot and roll-put 3. Secure senior management buy-in 4. Manage gossip 5. Remember IT can still make or […]
Mobile learning: Training on the move
Bob Little reports on recent developments in delivering learning via mobile technology. The development and increasing spread of mobile technology is not just changing how we access information and communicate. It is also encouraging greater use of this technology to deliver learning materials. In turn, this is turning the ‘course’ and even the more granular […]
Going mobile: A new definition
Nigel Paine subscribes to a different definition of mobile learning, as we understand it. We’ll let him elaborate. Do you remember when ‘elearning’ was a dynamically sophisticated term that described something radically new in the field of learning and development? I have to admit to being there at its conception, birth and early childhood. It […]
How mobile learning can boost performance
Performance support is a term that’s been around for decades. You’ve almost certainly experienced it first hand at work and in everyday life, but still you may not be quite sure what it is. Andrew Jackson explains. This article helps answer several questions: What is performance support, exactly? How does it fit in with existing […]
Debate: Ideal conditions for mobile learning implementation
Alstom University’s distance learning manager Annee Bayeux debates with Skill-Pill CEO Gerry Griffin about the kinds of conditions corporates need to implement of a mobile learning strategy. What are some of the fundamental unmet needs of an organisation that mobile learning can address? Annee: A basic need is around accessibility and the idea of […]
How the third sector uses social media for learning
Using social media for learning is compellingly cost effective. Martin Baker, founder and MD of the Charity Learning Consortium, explains how charities are harnessing the power of social networking for organisational use. Are you interested on moving your training online? Register here for a free webinar to find out how. The most important starting point […]
LMS platforms to further integrate with social learning
Integrated talent management and social learning software suites are increasingly moving into the mainstream, leading to consolidation at the high end of the learning management systems market. Cath Everett reports. According to HR research and consulting firm Bersin & Associates, large companies in particular are replacing their older platforms with more integrated offerings that enable […]
Social learning requires a step change
Graeme Foux lays out some valuable guidelines and tips when it comes to implementing social learning in the workplace. A meteoric rise in the popularity of social media in recent years has companies scrambling to understand its impact on how they operate. For training and learning within large organisations, social media makes existing practices appear […]
Mobile learning: a roundtable discussion
Some of L&D’s leading learning technologies thinkers and suppliers discuss the advantages of mobile and social learning, and look to the future. Hosting clients from all industries, UKFast sits at the heart of the internet and is responsible for looking after the internet fortunes of some of the world’s biggest brands. Some of L&D’s leading […]
Learning technologies: Improving education for children in developing nations
Steve Dineen explains why those with expertise in learning technologies should apply their knowledge in the developing world and how lessons learnt from corporate training can be applied to help the children of developing countries. Of the 2.2 billion children in the world, 1 billion live in poverty. Over 115 million children between the ages […]
A framework for social learning in enterprise: Pt 5
In conclusion to their series on social learning, The Internet Time Alliance finish off by focusing on the theory of return on investment in interaction. Read part 4 here Sources of knowhow Jay Cross’s class at Harvard Business School has the distinction of being the last not allowed to bring portable calculators to exams […]
A framework for social learning in enterprise: Part 4
The Internet Time Alliance continue with the penultimate part of their series on social learning, this time putting the modern idea of networking in the context of industrial and economic history. Getting things done in networks England’s New Forest is called ‘new’ because it was built in 1079 by that well-known Johnny-Come-Lately, William the […]
