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364 - Rights and Responsibilities in Learning?
October 21, 2005
Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - Oct 21, 2005.
#364 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
51,561 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Learning 2005: Oct 30 - Nov 2 - Orlando
Learner Rights & Responsibilities.
By Elliott Masie.
This morning, one of our Learning TRENDS readers called my office to talk about the issue of "learner's rights". She was facing a few hot issues in her organization that triggered the call:
* Were the discussions of learner's in a classroom dialogue about a topic like sexual harassment or manager competence "off the record" or "on the record"? How much safety could one of her trainer's give to the learners about their disclosures? If one of them talked about a time when they might have done some less than appropriate things, what were the implications?
* Were coaches of learners expected to be part of managerial discussions about promotion decisions?
She wondered if any organizations had created an explicit set of expectations or "Rights and Responsibilities" for the learning arena.
While I have seen some learning contracts utilized, I really could not point to explicit examples. So, I am asking our Learning TRENDS readers for help.
Could you send me a quick note with any of these 3 items:
* If you were to develop a Learner's Rights and Responsibilities in your organization, what elements would you add?
* What are the ups, downs and possible applications for this concept?
* If you have a document that might relate to this request, could you let me know?
Please use the form at this site to send me your thoughts:
http://www.learning2005.com/rights/
I will summarize these next week and do a PodCast/Article, and we will raise it as a discussion topic at Learning 2005 (October 30 - November 2 - Orlando).
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
Learning 2005 Update: The storm track will take it past Florida early next week much before (and further south) of our event. We are taking hourly additional registrations for Learning 2005. Still time to attend this Extreme Learning event: http://www.learning2005.com
#364 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
51,561 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Learning 2005: Oct 30 - Nov 2 - Orlando
Learner Rights & Responsibilities.
By Elliott Masie.
This morning, one of our Learning TRENDS readers called my office to talk about the issue of "learner's rights". She was facing a few hot issues in her organization that triggered the call:
* Were the discussions of learner's in a classroom dialogue about a topic like sexual harassment or manager competence "off the record" or "on the record"? How much safety could one of her trainer's give to the learners about their disclosures? If one of them talked about a time when they might have done some less than appropriate things, what were the implications?
* Were coaches of learners expected to be part of managerial discussions about promotion decisions?
She wondered if any organizations had created an explicit set of expectations or "Rights and Responsibilities" for the learning arena.
While I have seen some learning contracts utilized, I really could not point to explicit examples. So, I am asking our Learning TRENDS readers for help.
Could you send me a quick note with any of these 3 items:
* If you were to develop a Learner's Rights and Responsibilities in your organization, what elements would you add?
* What are the ups, downs and possible applications for this concept?
* If you have a document that might relate to this request, could you let me know?
Please use the form at this site to send me your thoughts:
http://www.learning2005.com/rights/
I will summarize these next week and do a PodCast/Article, and we will raise it as a discussion topic at Learning 2005 (October 30 - November 2 - Orlando).
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
Learning 2005 Update: The storm track will take it past Florida early next week much before (and further south) of our event. We are taking hourly additional registrations for Learning 2005. Still time to attend this Extreme Learning event: http://www.learning2005.com
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