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e-Learning: What’s hot, what’s not I received a request from a colleague last week who is helping a company put together a learning strategy,  part of which will focus on e-learning.  Her question was this: what’s hot and what’s not in e-learning these days ? I gave it a bit of thought and came up...
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You’ll notice I’ve stripped my web site down to only the blog entries this week.  This is because I’ve decided to take a full time position and close out Gram Consulting as a business.  I have enjoyed my work over the last few years with clients and associates, so the decision was not an easy...
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In an earlier post (For Web 2.0 What’s in the Workflow is What Gets Used), I refered to some ongoing research McKinsey&Company is doing in web 2.0 adoption in the workplace– how and where it is being used and the impact it is having on business. The research is based an an annual survey of...
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Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge Are you ready for Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge (B.O.O.K)?  Apparently “thousands of content creators have committed to the platform and investors are reported flocking to the medium” I learned about the new device through this B.O.O.K MARK while browsing a local supplier of B.O.O.K on the weekend.
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In a Learning 2.0 world, where learning and performance solutions take on a wider variety of forms and where churn happens at a much more rapid pace, what new skills and knowledge are required for learning professionals?” ASTD Learning Circuits big question for July The Learning Circuits big question this month is an important one,...
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In my last post I listed ten strategies for integrating learning with work. They are a combination of concepts and methods that build knowledge and bring learning into day to day activities and workflow.  In this post I describe strategies 4 and 5. Both can improve informal learning without pulling people way from the job for...
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The 15th annual Advanced Learning: This is IT! conference is taking place this year at George Brown College in Toronto May 20-22.   The conference focus is on advanced learning technologies in higher education and business learning. On Friday at 9:00, I will be presenting a session with Robert Luke (Director Research and Innovation at George...
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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...
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Popular Posts from the Archive

Here are some popular posts from Tom’s former blog, Performance X Design. Some older posts contain inactive links and unedited formatting while they wait impatiently for him to update them.