Prompted by an email form Karen Moran, I had a return to the idea of the LMS as the only place where learning records are held. That message also sparked a thought about the unbundling theme I posted about recently. The idea that all learning activity is stored in a learning management system seems increasingly… Continue reading Unbundling records and tin cans and such
Category: L&D
Unbundle training and what is left for L&D?
Recently, I posted on the theme of unbundling. I threatened at that point to return to the theme. This post makes good on that threat. Having considered open access to ‘bundled learning’ in the form of a MOOC – or open access to formal learning – I would like to pick at the idea of… Continue reading Unbundle training and what is left for L&D?
Bundles of training or unbundles of learning
Having started, I think this theme will require more than one post. This should be read as an introduction to the theme. Or maybe a ramble through its foothills. A little self diagnosis to start. When an idea finds me, or a way of explaining things, I tend to see it everywhere. I am not… Continue reading Bundles of training or unbundles of learning
HR and L&D: Never the twain shall meet?
This blog was originally published on the HRN Blog in May 2016. Much has been written and said about the relationship between the disciplines of HR and L&D. Representatives of both sides have shared views on the topic and on the most useful framing of a healthy relationship between the two. Cases have been made… Continue reading HR and L&D: Never the twain shall meet?
Learning, training, control and choice.
[Warning, this post is something of a stream]. “Control is to training as choice is to learning”. This is a fair summary of how I saw the world of L&D on first entry about five or six years ago. Granted, this is an enormously simplified characterisation and I have variously agreed and disagreed with it over those… Continue reading Learning, training, control and choice.
Strange stories need new formats
Despite its’ relative youth (wiser readers than I will let me know the true age), eLearning has a traditional content format: the online course. There are many routes to the creation of a course but the final destination is pretty predictable: a pop-up window filled with linear content and often some rich video of some kind… Continue reading Strange stories need new formats
What’s in a name? (Ending the struggle with the ‘C’ word).
I think I am reaching peace with use of the ‘C’ word. On first entry to the broad landscape of Learning and Development, I baulked and bucked against the predominance of Courses. Regardless of need or moment, a course (or its grand partner, a Programme) appeared to be the single tool to crack all nuts.… Continue reading What’s in a name? (Ending the struggle with the ‘C’ word).
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