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April 24, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, informal learning, Knowledge work, management development, Performance Design

“Ba” for Management Development

“Ba” is a Japanese concept meaning a shared space that serves as a foundation for the creation of individual and collective knowledge. Nonaka and Takeuchi built on the concept in their influential book, The Knowledge Creating Company a few years back. The SECI Cycle of Knowledge Creation In that book they advanced a “dynamic theory...

April 16, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, e-learning 2.0, informal learning, Knowledge work, Learning Design, performance support, process Improvement, social media

For Web 2.0 What’s in the Workflow is What Gets Used

These early days of implementing web 2.0 for learning (or working, or both) is turning out to be a hit and miss affair. While social media has been embraced in the public sphere, attempts to implement in organizations have been met with mixed success. A recent survey by Mckinsey and Company showed as many survey...

April 9, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, e-learning 2.0, informal learning, Learning Design, Performance Design, performance support, process Improvement

Leveraging the Full Learning Continuum

Formal learning (structured and designed classroom or e-learning programs) has been taking a beating these days. The informal learning movement, powered by constructivist concepts of learning and web 2.0 applications is well underway. Carl Sauliner almost got his virtual head lopped off in the blogosphere for suggesting that predictions of the death of classroom...

April 2, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, e-learning 2.0, informal learning, Instructional design, Learning Design, performance consulting, Performance Design, performance support

7 Informal Learning Services for the Training Function

Interest in informal learning by the training function is tangible and growing. The 2008 ASTD State of the Industry report contained a special survey section on informal learning. The report concluded the following: ” Not only did survey participants acknowledge that informal learning plays a role in today’s workplaces, they also predicted that it would...

March 26, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, e learning, informal learning, Instructional design, Learning Design

A Mobile Learning Example on the iPod Touch

Mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) now out number computers 3 to 1. With such a ubiquitous tool the temptation to create mobile learning content is difficult to deny. The media, interactive and internet capabilities of newer devices have moved mobile learning from the back burner to a highly feasible “just in time”...

March 24, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, e learning, e-learning 2.0, informal learning, Instructional design, Learning Design

Learning from Higher Education

I’ve worked in learning design and management in both business and higher education settings and the differences in how e-learning technology is used in these two worlds is striking. Business e-learning has focused on short self-paced, independent, interactive learning module typically delivered via an LMS designed to store, deliver and track progress (think Plateau/SumTotal etc)...

March 17, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, e-learning 2.0, Foundations, informal learning, Instructional design, Knowledge work, Learning Design, performance consulting

Learning in Action

In preparation for a presentation I’m doing on how the learning function can introduce more informal learning services to their repertoire, I’ve been exploring methods that build on the Natural Learning cycle that I mentioned in this post. Action Learning is one such method. It is essentially the process of reflective learning while solving real...

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 27, 2009ByTom GramInBlog, informal learning, Knowledge work, Performance Design, process Improvement

Let Learning Lead

I’ve been reading an interesting book by Mathew May, a senior advisor to the University of Toyota: The Elegant Solution: Toyota’s Formula for Mastering Innovation. The Toyota Production System (TPS) and Lean Production are legendary of course (and becoming more so in light of the self-destruction of the North American car industry) but the book...

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