One Month to Go!!!
A month from today I sit for the Knowledge Exam portion of the CPLP (Certified Professional in Learning and Performance) certification process. I’ve been studying like crazy for 3 months […]
Category Archives: social learning
My Self-Directed Learning
One of the hot topics in Learning and Development is self-directed learning (SDL). Malcolm Knowles in 1975 defined self-directed learning as: In its broadest meaning, self-directed learning describes a process […]
Social Capital in the Social Age
I’m just finishing the Social Capital unit of Julian Stodd’s Foundations of the Social Age MOOC on Curatr. (I know, I’ve fallen woefully behind in my MOOC studies. Perhaps a […]
Tweet Chats – My Favorite New Informal Learning Technology
Ironic that until about a year ago i was the first person to say, “I don’t get Twitter. Why do people use it?” I would dismissively spout. Well not only […]
2020 Vision for L&D
In her article, 3 Traits That Will Make You a Learning and Development Rock Star In 2020, on ATD’s website, Cheryl Lasse provides a compelling picture of what Learning and Development […]
Trust and Social Learning
One of the underlying principles you run across when looking through everything being written and said about social learning in the workplace is the role of trust in the success […]
Oh, The Conversations We Will Have
… conversations are where trust is built, networks are formed, innovation is born and nutured.
xAPI Data Talks! Page Layout May Influence Interaction
In her post, Supporting Social Learning Through Page Design, on HT2Labs’ blog, Janet Laane-Effron talks about analysis she and her colleagues did on two of HT2Labs’ MOOCs. The question is: How can […]
xAPI Approaches ‘The Chasm’
Before Thanksgiving, I attended eLearning Guild’s DevLearn 2016 conference and the xAPI Camp that was held the day before. One of my primary goals was to add to my knowledge […]
It’s Not the Hammer’s Fault You Smashed Your Thumb!
In a great blog post, Stop Blaming the Tools when Collaboration Fails, Luis Suarez questions why we feel obliged to blame the tools we fail to implement and use properly, rather […]
