I’ll start this post by issuing a mixed metaphor alert: today, we’re going to talk about an elephant in the room, which also happens to be an 800lb gorilla.
Intrigued? Now read on…
Back in February this year, I wrote the first of my occasional series on Recession and the challenge to e-learning; in that first [...]
Entries from September 2008
Recession, the challenge to e-learning, and HMH in Ireland
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: HMH · challenge to e-learning · digital native · e-learning industry · economic downturn · elearning research and development · ireland · recession
Recession, the challenge to e-learning, and HMH in Ireland
September 15th, 2008 · No Comments
In my view, this investment will prove to be a game-changer. As it is, you could say that HMH are the only game in (e-learning) town – if they manage the innovations and outputs afforded by this R&D centre correctly, HMH will grow to become the Google of e-learning.
Tags: HMH · challenge to e-learning · digital native · e-learning industry · economic downturn · elearning research and development · ireland · recession
Knowledge Worker Information Processing – an Overview
September 12th, 2008 · No Comments
The goal behind this series of posts about knowledge working and knowledge workers is to understand something of the audience that most of the efforts of organizational learning and development professionals are targeted at; the knowledge workers (KWs) themselves. Today, I’m will wrap up the series by concluding my analysis of the William P. Sheridan’s [...]
Tags: Donald Schon · approaches to learning · constructivist learning · knowledge worker · mindmap · performance enhancement · reflection-in-action
Knowledge Worker Information Processing – an Overview
September 12th, 2008 · No Comments
The goal behind this series of posts about knowledge working and knowledge workers is to understand something of the audience that most of the efforts of organizational learning and development professionals are targeted at; the knowledge workers (KWs) themselves. Today, I’m will wrap up the series by concluding my analysis of the William P. Sheridan’s [...]
Tags: Donald Schon · approaches to learning · constructivist learning · knowledge worker · mindmap · performance enhancement · reflection-in-action
Cooliris goes from strength to strength
September 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Back in August I reviewed an application called Cooliris (formerly PicLens). In concluding my review, I said that
…this tool is exciting, [and] exhibits great potential, but needs a little work to get it past the finish line. Having said that, I can easily see it being a common part of the web experience in [...]
Tags: content delivery · cooliris · elearning content · use of elearning
Cooliris goes from strength to strength
September 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Back in August I reviewed an application called Cooliris (formerly PicLens). In concluding my review, I said that
…this tool is exciting, [and] exhibits great potential, but needs a little work to get it past the finish line. Having said that, I can easily see it being a common part of the web experience in [...]
Tags: content delivery · cooliris · elearning content · use of elearning
Thinking like a Knowledge Worker
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Return again to a topic I looked at recently, here’s some insights to thinking like a knowledge worker I discovered while undertaking my research on the subject. The concepts explored here are investigated in much more depth in a paper called How to Think like a Knowledge Worker by William P. Sheridan. I’d love [...]
Tags: approaches to learning · constructivist learning · knowledge worker · mindmap · performance enhancement
Thinking like a Knowledge Worker
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Return again to a topic I looked at recently, here’s some insights to thinking like a knowledge worker I discovered while undertaking my research on the subject. The concepts explored here are investigated in much more depth in a paper called How to Think like a Knowledge Worker by William P. Sheridan. I’d love [...]
Tags: approaches to learning · constructivist learning · knowledge worker · mindmap · performance enhancement
To-Learn Lists: September 2008 Learning Circuits Blog Big Question
September 4th, 2008 · No Comments
This month’s Big Question emerged from a short essay written by James Collins in LEARNING JOURNEYS Top Management Experts Share Hard-Earned Lessons on Becoming Great Mentors and Leaders (2000). The author wrote:
A true learning person also has a “to-learn” list, and the items on that list carry at least as much weight in how one [...]
Tags: Colley · Eraut · Hodkinson · Malcolm · formal learning · informal learning · lcbbq · learning and development · learning continuum · non-formal learning · organizational learning
To-Learn Lists: September 2008 Learning Circuits Blog Big Question
September 4th, 2008 · No Comments
This month’s Learning Circuits Blog Big Question emerged from a short essay written by James Collins in LEARNING JOURNEYS Top Management Experts Share Hard-Earned Lessons on Becoming Great Mentors and Leaders. The author wrote:
A true learning person also has a “to-learn” list, and the items on that list carry at least as much weight in [...]
Tags: Colley · Eraut · Hodkinson · Malcolm · formal learning · informal learning · lcbbq · learning and development · learning continuum · non-formal learning · organizational learning