Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - May 1, 2015.
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1. Design Help Please - 10 Minutes of Ideas!
2. 10,000 Retirees Daily, Impacts on Learning?
3. Two Language Content Requests Increase.
4. Assistant at MASIE Center - 6 Month Project.
1. Design Help Please - 10 Minutes of Ideas! We are now deep into the Design Stage of building content and activities for Learning 2015 (Nov 1-4 in Orlando, FL).
I would love to get a wide range of ideas on Hot Topics, Content Formats and other elements that will contribute to our Design process for creating my 25th Annual Conference this year. Would you take 5 to 10 minutes to add a few ideas and rank a number of content formats?
Learning 2015 Design Ideas:
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2124283/learning2015ideas
Thanks and your input will be greatly appreciated!
2. 10,000 Retirees Daily, Impacts on Learning: Every day, approximately 10,000 people in their 60’s retire in the United States! This is a huge shift and set of challenges/opportunities for the Learning and Development field. We have been in dialogues with CLOs and our colleagues at AARP about the impact of retirement on corporate employers. Here are a few of the items on our radar screen about this level of potential retirement:
* Lack of Learning-Focused Exit: Many retirees are not embraced as knowledge holders by the organization as they approach their departure date. While they may go through a traditional “exit” interview by HR, that is usually a protective scan. Organizations need to think about ways of capturing, in a useful fashion, the overt and tacit knowledge that retirees have - before they depart. A good example might be to build an infographic of their key networks (internal and external) or their best short-cuts in business processes.
* Career Impacts for Delayed Departures: While we have many retirees, there are also many folks who are choosing NOT to retire. They may not be able to afford it or it may not be part of their life plan to retire at this stage of their career. Their Non-Retirement can often have a disruptive effect on the generation of employees who are waiting for these senior positions to open up.
* Shifting Scope, Roles and Skillsets: There is also a great opportunity for organizations to take a “next chapter” approach to these potential retirees. Many groups are offering shifts in roles, scope of responsibility and even timeframe. Some senior managers may want to become sole contributors. Some experienced employees may want to shift into 1/2 time or more coaching roles. And, others are ripe to go back into the education cycle to gain another set of skills.
The MASIE Center is taking a deep look at the role of Learning & Development for our maturing employees. This year at Learning 2015, we will have a major segment on the learning implications for the 50+ employee. I would love to hear from Learning TRENDS readers on their experiences and perspectives on this topic. Send me a note to emasie@masie.com
3. Two Language Content Requests Increase: More and more organizations are developing multi-language versions of content for a diverse and global employee base. In some instances, the content is flowing to multiple sites around the world where local employees require content in their native language. And, in the United States, a large number of employees have English as their second language and would love to have access to a second version of content in their native language.
We are seeing a desire for Two Language Content from these workforces. As we look at Learning Personalization, there is a framework where learners may want to have two cycles of content. For example, when I was in Beijing last year, many of the learning specialists were building content with 2 screens - Mandarin on one side and English on the other side. They reported that employees often wanted to take the content twice, in both languages, as a way of better understanding the content from a global perspective. Here in the United States, there are companies that have offered content to employees in English plus Spanish.
I am a son of an immigrant from Germany. I understood that my father could speak almost perfect English, but was a much better learner in German. Even in the 1950’s he would often want to read a new piece of content in both German and English. He shared that he felt “smarter” in German but also wanted to fully understand a new concept in English. So, a two language cycle was his solution. It also helped him improve his working and professional English mastery in the process. Interesting to see this approach resurface in 2015.
4. Assistant at MASIE Center - 6 Month Project: We are looking for a person to play a role as an Assistant at The MASIE Center. They would be working in Saratoga Springs, assisting on administrative roles with our team as we ramp up to Learning 2015. They will also have a chance to help out on a number of our Broadway/Theater projects. This is an ideal role for a relative or colleague who is a recent graduate or someone who wants a 6 month intense learning and work experience. Here is the job listing for anyone interested: http://tinyurl.com/orrmcvv
Yours in learning,
Elliott Masie
Chair, The Learning CONSORTIUM
MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
- Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
- Learning Directions - Dallas, Seattle, Chicago and NYC in June.
- Learning Strategies LAB with Doug Lynch & Elliott Masie - July 15-17 - Saratoga Springs, NY
- Gamification & Learning LAB - Led by Elliott Masie - June 23-25 - Saratoga Springs, NY.
- Learning 2015 - Nov 1-4 - Orlando, Florida.
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com - twitter: emasie
May 27, 2015