The digital learning industry is growing rapidly. Customers and users are finding it harder to manage technologies, content and understand success. Industry standards can help smooth the way.
Tag: Digital Learning
Learning has been unbundled – what do we do about it?
Perhaps the most important change for L&D in the internet era is the unbundling of learning. The internet has exploded all the parts bundled into a course and allowed open access to them. Everything has changed.
Principles for designing a useful learning service
[This is an extract from an issue of my regular 10L newsletter. You can sign up for it here.] “Too much delivery and not enough design”. Anonymous learning leader This quote from a conversation over the last few months sums up my reservations and anxiety about Learning & Development. And, by design, I mean ‘big… Continue reading Principles for designing a useful learning service
Where is the value in learning products?
Digital learning strategy needs product strategy to be sustainable Since arriving in the learning industry more than a decade ago, I have held a strong belief that product management is one of the keys to its future. (The curious, either of you, can read more of these ideas here). For much of this time, there… Continue reading Where is the value in learning products?
10L: Robin Hoyle
About Robin Robin is Head of Learning Innovation with Huthwaite International and Chair of the World of Learning Conference. He writes books and articles and makes videos for (among others) Learning Now TV. So, what do you do dear? Describe your work to a distant relative. I help people at work to do things better.… Continue reading 10L: Robin Hoyle
Learning Technologies 22 – a not so hot take
“It’s like the last two years never happened”. Anon: LT 22 attendee That is the most memorable quote from my conversations yesterday at the Learning Technologies 2022 Exhibition. (I was not at the conference but my, equally unscientific, polling suggests that it was a valuable two days). There are two ways to take that comment,… Continue reading Learning Technologies 22 – a not so hot take
Six years in and what do I know?
By an accident of timing, the anniversary of starting my consulting business coincides with the tax year. Early April tends to inspire a little self reflection. Last year, these were the thoughts brought to mind. This past year has been spent mostly on helping organisations consider how and if to go about digital learning initiatives.… Continue reading Six years in and what do I know?
The four horsepeople of learning tech?
Who asks you to solve a problem defines the problem as much as the real challenge itself. This phenomenon dogs so many learning technology efforts. The framing of objectives and success by a combination of IT (and its ‘People Systems’ cousin), Finance, Procurement and PMO departments can squeeze the life out of what might be… Continue reading The four horsepeople of learning tech?
Pushing or pulling? (or share of compliance)
Much of my time has been spent in recent months considering useful metrics for learning products and services. What are the handful of measures that tell us how our team/business/department is doing and help us decide what to do next? A fair share of the debate about metrics in L&D focuses on learning metrics and… Continue reading Pushing or pulling? (or share of compliance)
Pragmatism and data – the way forward
Roy and I held this event on the basis that best practice is all well and good, but it is rare. Very rare. Further, best practice is helpful for inspiration and guidance, yet we learn the most from the hard times – those projects and initiatives where the wheels wobble and sometimes come off altogether.… Continue reading Pragmatism and data – the way forward
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