832 - CEO on Skills, Curiosity and Learning, I Was Wrong
July 15, 2014 Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - July 15, 2014.
#832 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
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1. Curiosity Rules and Rocks Learning?
2. “I Was Wrong…”
3. CEO on Skills & Workforce - Nick Pinchuk from Snap-on!
1. Curiosity Rules and Rocks Learning? One of the words that we don’t hear a lot in the world of workforce learning is CURIOSITY! You will find it throughout the literature in K-12 education, but it drops out of most corporate learning conversations.
Yet, Curiosity is the Largest Predictor of Learning. From my years as a classroom trainer, I would be able to almost immediately “read” the eyes and spirit of participants to sense their level of Curiosity on the topic. If Curiosity was HIGH, then a decent learning design would work. But, if Curiosity was LOW or MISSING, forget it! Madeline Hunter, one of my heroes on instructional design, would argue that we must concentrate on Curiosity at the start of any structured learning experience.
As learners are given more control and personalization, Curiosity will be even more powerful. I would love to hear from Learning TRENDS readers on how you think about, design for and integrate Curiosity into your learning activities and strategies. Send me a note to emasie@masie.com and I will share a summary next week.
2. “I Was Wrong… “: Last weekend, I wrote a chapter for a new book from Larry Israelite called “Lies About Learning - Part 2”. My topic was Lies about Learning Technology. So, I added several sections about “lies” that I ended up telling - either through over-enthusiasm or not applying a sense of affordance to analyze the real impact of a new technology. In other words, sometimes I got lost in the hype. Here are 3 of my confessions of “lies about learning” that I helped tell:
* Second Life: I predicted that organizations would significantly adopt visual worlds like Second Life as a replacement for conference calls, webinars and even face-to-face meetings. Didn’t happen that way!
* SCORM for Reusability: I was part of the team that pushed the corporate adoption of SCORM in the 1990s. I thought it would lead to widespread simpler design and higher reuse of content. Didn’t happen that way!
* The Perfect Learning Portal: I had 26 CEOs of LMS companies on a stage at my TechLearn Conference in early 2000 and I predicted that a great learning portal would dominate the learner’s perspective. Didn’t happen that way!
Yes, many predictions were on target and some ended up evolving in even better ways. But, it was healthy to say, with some hindsight, “I was wrong!” At Learning 2014, we will have several “I was wrong” activities. Honesty is a key element of being a learner. :)
3. CEO on Skills & Workforce - Nick Pinchuk from Snap-on! I am honored to announce a Special Keynote Speaker at Learning 2014: Nick Pinchuk, the CEO and Chair of Snap-on International. Nick will be sharing a CEO’s perspective on skills: employee skill importance, skills for customers, and skills for developing a future workforce. Nick is also the Chair of the Skills for America Future Advisory Board and a fierce advocate for CEOs to claim a direct stake in skill building and development. Read about his role at: http://www.learning2014.com/index.php/item/nick-pinchok-ceo-on-skills.htm
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
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