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March 11, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, e-learning 2.0, informal learning, Knowledge work, Performance Design, process Improvement

Kindling for Ideas

I came across another interesting web 2.0 app recently. It’s called Kindling and it allows users to submit an idea, discuss it and then vote on it. From the companies website… “Kindling makes it easy for your group to submit, discuss and vote on ideas. Good ideas naturally rise to the top helping your business...

March 9, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, e learning, e-learning 2.0, Foundations, informal learning, Knowledge work, performance consulting, Performance Design, performance support, process Improvement

The Big Question: Workplace Learning in 10 Years

Nothing like an economic crisis to get us thinking about our future. The Learning Circuits Blog big question for March is “What will Workplace Learning look like in ten years?” Harold Jarche and Jay Cross have questioned the value of the training department in their article “The Future of the Training Department”. Predicting the future...

February 23, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, e-learning 2.0, informal learning, Instructional design, Learning Design

A Delicious Problem-based Learning Resource

I just finished an interesting project developing a Knowledge base to support a new graduate certificate program in Research Commercialization and Innovation for a Toronto Community College. The program incorporates a problem based learning methodology where students are assigned problems they must solve collaboratively. The problem based learning method relies heavily on available learning and...

January 14, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, e-learning 2.0, process Improvement

It’s the performance, stupid

My recent posts on web/learning 2.0 technologies got me thinking about other technology waves that have rippled through learning and performance over the years. Since my first mainframe based e-learning project (ouch, that dates me), technologies from videodisk though PC-based, CD-ROM, client/server, and early web-based learning (web 1.0) have each had their day with associated...

January 6, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, e-learning 2.0, Knowledge work, Learning Design, performance consulting, performance support, process Improvement

Using social media to improve knowledge work

Happy New Year! In my last post (way back in 2008), I mentioned a range of ways Social Media can be used to support formal and informal learning. One of those methods is to wrap social media tools around a job or workflow and structure them to support informal learning. Here I build on that...

December 16, 2008ByTom GramInBlog, e learning, e-learning 2.0, Instructional design

Supporting Organizational Learning with Social Media

As Social Media and Web 2.0 applications make their way from the public/consumer sphere into organizations, learning professionals are thinking about how it will change the way they design, support and facilitate learning. Some of the trends early adopters are seeing: Control of learning content is starting to shift from the few (instructional designers) to...

December 11, 2008ByTom GramInBlog, e learning, e-learning 2.0

Enterprise 2.0, learning and performance

It’s fascinating to watch technical innovations grow in use from early adopters to the point where they “tip” into mass acceptance (apologies to Malcolm Gladwell). This is certainly the case for Web 2.0 applications. Seemingly overnight, web based social media and collaborative tools are everywhere. (It hasn’t really happened overnight of course. Amazon.com for example...

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Kindling for Ideas

The Big Question: Workplace Learning in 10 Years

A Delicious Problem-based Learning Resource

It’s the performance, stupid

Using social media to improve knowledge work

Supporting Organizational Learning with Social Media

Enterprise 2.0, learning and performance

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