Anyone can do L&D right? What’s to stop them?

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Old yet immature The learning and development industry fascinates in many ways. Many years in and I still wonder how it can seem so established and yet immature at the same time. (Not that we are behaving immaturely, rather that our industry bares few of the hallmarks we might expect of maturity). In large part,… Continue reading Anyone can do L&D right? What’s to stop them?

What do we mean by learning? Whatever…

This post is an extract from my regular newsletter. You can sign up for it here. Language matters. But that much? The last issue briefly mentioned that I have spent some time over the last few weeks attempting to convene a conversation about developing standards for digital learning. This has required what, I believe, is… Continue reading What do we mean by learning? Whatever…

Measures, interoperability and everything else – the L&D standards debate takes shape

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So, what has been learned since posting the initial article raising the idea of developing practical standards for digital learning? It was immediately clear that the words ‘digital learning’ are unhelpful in the context of developing standards for the work we do. Digital as a noun is probably innocent enough on its own, but the… Continue reading Measures, interoperability and everything else – the L&D standards debate takes shape

Should we treat learning like brand marketing?

Seth Godin is a provocative and quotable author. Feeling provoked, I will quote him here and ponder relevance to learning (as many have done before me). As an editorial note, this is very much pondering out loud. I’m interested to know what others think. I have underlined many sections of This Is Marketing over the… Continue reading Should we treat learning like brand marketing?

10L: Giles Hearn

About Giles Giles says: “I’ve done those online tests and I’m bang-down-the-middle left-brained/right-brained. This means I’ve brought both technical and creative abilities to everything I’ve ever done, which is mostly a blessing. So I’ve done marketing, pre-sales, design, software development, customer support, UX & UI, data analysis, graphics, art, photography, video production, music production, voiceovers,… Continue reading 10L: Giles Hearn

10L: Tom Baragwanath

About Tom Tom is the Global Head of Content at 360 Learning and the Founder and Host of the L&D Plus podcast. So, what do you do dear?  Describe your work to an elderly relative.  I lead content for 360Learning, the collaborative learning platform. We are to traditional workplace learning what YouTube is to old-school… Continue reading 10L: Tom Baragwanath