Topic: The SME as Trainer? SMEs as Trainers – Great Idea or Potential Problem? Turning subject matter experts into trainers – Chief Learning Officer forum discussion How to convert the toughest SME Working with SMEs to develop training Conscious Competence Learning Model (Businessballs website) Articles for this Week: MIT’s New Free […]

Topic: End Goal: Learning or Performance? Performance Improvement: An alternative to training? Performance Goals vs Learning Goals: Are we learning or looking good? Learning Goals or Performance Goals? Is it the journey or the destination?     Articles for this Week: A few posts on Apple’s education event (iBook, iAuthor, iTunes U) Apple Education Event […]

  Topic: Learning from failure You Must Fail to Succeed–The Virtues of Intrinsic Failure (Kevin Jones blog)   Articles for this Week: Resources to Learn How to Use Twitter (Misadventures in Learning) Give the Ultimate Gift in 2012: Coaching (Bersin & Associates) Pros in Different Area Codes: How to Train a Remote Employee, infographic (Mindflash) […]

      Topic: Technology tools for learning For this week’s podcast we each picked a technology from the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies list of Top 100 Technology Tools for Learning for 2011 Voicethread Storybird Diigo homepage Here are another 50 Tools that didn’t quite make the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011 […]

  Topic: Embedding learning on the job On-the-job learning: Professional development that works Tips for structured OJT The manager as coach 7 steps to coaching your employees to success   Articles for this Week: 10 Predictions for 2012: The Top Trends in Talent Management and Recruiting (ere.net via ASTD blog) 5 Ways to Lose Clients […]

  Topic: Designing for Learning Transfer How to Increase Learning Transfer Can They Do It in the Real World? Designing for Transfer of Learning Designed for Learning – Transfer of Learning Theories and Implications     Articles for this Week: More pedagogic change in 10 years than last 1000 years – all driven by 10 […]

        Topic: Best  Companies for Leaders Fortune’s Top 25 Companies for Leaders (CNN Money) How Do Great Companies Groom Talent (CNN Money) The 20% Leadership Challenge (TrainingWreck)   Articles for this Week: Virtual Training: Are You Engaging or Boring? (Learning Solutions Magazine blog) Get Your Head Out of the CL-ASS-room: elearning is […]

          Topic: Feedback–It’s Great to Give AND Receive ‘Tis the Season to Deliver and Receive Feedback Effectively (Chief Learning Officer blog) Why Constructive Feedback Doesn’t Improve Employee Performance (Financial Post)   Articles for this Week: Employee Engagement Nearing All-Time Low (Gallup via ASTD blog) 5 Stages of Workplace Learning [revised] (Learning […]

          Topic: The Future of Learning? The Future of Learning (Chief Learning Officer) Understanding Informal and Social Learning (Center for Learning & performance Technologies) The Ubiquity of Informal Learning: Beyond the 70/20/10 Model (Ben Bett’s Stoatly Different blog)   Articles for this Week: Inventing the Collaborative Workspace (HBR blog) Reverse Mentoring […]

          Topic: Creating a Collaborative Environment 3 Secrets to Creating Your Desired Collaborative Environment (Leadership Solutions) Creating the Collaborative Environment (The Revolutionary Assistant) The Impact of Ego on Collaboration (Blanchard International) Building a Collaborative Culture (Social Business Expert blog)   Articles for this Week: Six Tips for Enhancing Workplace Talent (Business […]