In a Learning 2.0 world, where learning and performance solutions take on a wider variety of forms and where churn happens at a much more rapid pace, what new skills and knowledge are required for learning professionals? learning professional (or any learner, for that fact. What the heck IS a learning This month’s “Big Question” from Tony Karrer jolted me out of my sun-gardening-induced blogging lethargy to reply to this question: My friends and colleagues already nailed most of what I would write (see links below) , addressing the full range

This time around with something really exciting and truly innovative that has been going on in my mind the entire day, ever since I watched a specific YouTube video that I bumped into from an earlier tweet from the always insightful Mike Wesch referencing an experiment done by Dr . must say that while I was watching through the video I just couldn’t help remembering a blog post I put together a few days back referencing a similar revolutionary change that was starting to take shape in the Learning and Education field. After a couple of days off from my regular blogging activities, as I went on a business trip to Madrid for a couple of days end of last week to share some more thoughts and insights on social software adoption at an internal event, I am now back once more.

And related, a Maise Center report on learning platform adoption which has some interesting parallels! photo credit: d.billy ...Tags: For a number of years I have cringed every time one of my clients tells me that have or are planning to deploy Microsoft SharePoint as a collaborative platform. They say it is their “social media” deployment.

After posting my 4 Meta Skills for Learning Professionals in response to Tony’s July “Big Question,” he commented: was hoping that you would provide insight into the core skills and knowledge around communities and networks that learning professionals should have? What’s the 5 minute and 60 minute learning piece that all knowledge workers should have to go through so they will be better at this? It is hard to let some Tony Karrer disappointment persist. Nancy - I was super excited when I saw that you had posted on the topic.

  It’s funny how we all associate Google with learning , rather than just s earching. But searching and learning are not one and the same. Consider After hours of related search I’m not learning much, relative to the time I put in. Why haven’t more people tried to create learning For specific information, I can see why: a single result for Oxfordian theory , for example, satisfies my needs pretty well. Not bad for a time investment of a few seconds.

Jay Cross states that 80% of learning is informal (in his book informal learning ). Personally, I buy this estimation because it links with the way I personally learn. Nevertheless, I guess other people with different learning styles may get more out of it. At a company, Sara Lee, 20 employees Well, that's a nice figure that I've seen resurface in many places and articles (I even like to quote it myself!). The 80% is backed-up by various sources.

I’m thinking about mobile learning - how it will work, and why it is significant. True mobile learning is personalized learning that unites the learner’s context with cloud computing, using a mobile device. Clearly, electronic devices that allow access (at least intermittently) to the information-cloud are essential to mobile learning. Gary Woodill’s recent paper provides a simple, and helpful description: Fine.

We conducted a week-long experiment with Twitter , for 12 people who were not yet familiar with the tool. In this blogpost, we'll describe the experiment, and we'll summarize the reflections and new ideas for applicability of the tool. Our experiment was introduced with the following instructions (here summarized): Sign up for a twitter account at [link] (in the right upper corner) and add a photo of yourself by clicking on Your Profile and share you twitter I'll also share my own ideas about Twitter in more detail. Twitter is: A global community of friends and strangers

I’ve been thinking recently about “Lessons Learned”, and how widely that term is used and abused, both inside and outside KM and Organisational Learning circles.  How often in the press do we see Government departments, Football managers, Chief Police Officers et al utter the immortal words:  “we will be learning the lessons from this…”? Is a I wonder what this really means .  

Two years ago I blogged about their visions to become University College Learning Hospital, and the efforts that they were making to introduce  After Action Reviews into the culture of the Hospital.  Two years later, they have developed their Learning Hospital – an environment where full simulations  – administrative, board meetings, clinical situations  – could be carried out with actors. I had the opportunity to visit University College London Hospital (UCLH) last week (but not as a patient!).  This very real experience is then the basis for staff to conduct