817 - Talent and Learning Impressions, Mobile Curiosity, Brainstorming
March 12, 2014 Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - March 12, 2014.
#817 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
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Host: MOOCs & Corporate Learning: Symposium & Lab.
1. Impressions from Talent & HR Conversations.
2. My Curiosity Mobile Device.
3. Stormboard - Online Brainstorming!
4. Massive Learning - Less Instructor Time.
1. Impressions from Talent & HR Conversations: Hello from Scottsdale, Arizona, where I have been meeting with senior Talent, HR and Performance leaders at the annual i4cp conference. On Monday, I led a 2 1/2 hour facilitated discussion with 10 senior leaders from companies including Boeing, Yum! Brands, Shell, Agilent and others on Trends in Learning. Although I was the briefer and facilitator, I came away with several key impressions on trends:
* Global Leadership Requirements: We need to take a fresh look at the competencies needed by leaders of global organizations. How do we build global leadership capabilities in candidates who have not lived in multiple countries?
* Talking Talent and Learning at the Same Time: The languages of “Talent”, “Human Capital” and “Learning” are similar but different dialects that address similar issues with quite different words and phrases. Learning leaders will need to find ways to be trilingual in these focuses.
* Lazy LMS: There is widespread frustration with the current agility of Learning Management Systems to meet an ever expanding menu of content models. Most organizations are looking at using the LMS as more of an underneath enterprise system, adding needed functions as software as service or overlays. The best example is the inability of most LMSs to be agile with video as a content mode.
* Learning Personalization: There is serious interest in how organizations build Learning Personalization into current and future programs. The learner is evolving quicker than our designers or learning systems.
If you are interested in exploring these and other Learning Directions, check out my one-day blended program that will soon be offered in New York City, Chicago, Houston and Silicon Valley. Details at http://www.masie.com
2. My Curiosity Mobile Device: I just checked how often I do a Google or Bing search on my mobile phone or tablet. Wow! On average it is between 15 and 30 times a day about thinks like a phrase from a presentation, a name mentioned in a news story or a topic in a conversation. Check out the search history in your mobile devices to get a sense of your own mobile search intensity. While many talk about Mobile Learning, I am more intrigued with how we optimize and personalize Mobile Search - including secure access to corporate intranets - right alongside external search engine results.
3. Stormboard - Online Brainstorming! Check out a new version of a shared brainstorming/mind mapping software. This is highly visual, sharable and there is a free edition for a small team. I am experimenting with it for Learning 2014 team design. Details at http://www.stormboard.com
4. Massive Learning - Less Instructor Time: “How do we deliver short learning to massive numbers of employees - without having to increase the amount of available instructor time?” This question quickly follows most discussions about Massive, Open, Online Courses/Content. The desire for organizations to find new and scalable models for delivering a short program to tens or hundreds of thousands of workers - with a high level of engagement - without the cost of instructor time for each learner is a fascinating aspect of exploring MOOCs.
We will delve deeply into this at our rapidly filling MOOCs & Corporate Learning: Symposium and Lab, to be held from April 2 to 4 in Saratoga Springs, NY. There are a few spaces still available and online registration is open at http://www.learningmoocs.com
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
Host, Learning 2014
email: emasie@masie.com
twitter: @emasie
MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Learning 2014 - October 2014 - Orlando, Florida.
* Learning Directions Briefings.
* MOOCs and Corporate Learning: Symposium and LAB.
* Video & Learning LAB.
* On-The-Job Learning LAB.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
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