Most learning is informal in nature and takes place beneath the waterline, so it is therefore much harder to track and comprehend its impact compared to formal learning. According to the ASTD and i4cp Tapping the Potential of Informal Learning report, informal learning ... More »

Human Capital , Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Career Development , Career Planning , Designing Learning , Informal Learning , Mobile Learning , Social Learning

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I hear the same excuse every time I talk to change resistant learning professionals: Theres a bad cultural fit for new learning approaches here (to which I say, if youre not willing to challenge a stale culture, youre in the wrong profession), we dont have time (but you... More »

Learning Technologies

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , E-Learning , Managing the Learning Function , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Trends

Lets stop pretending that you have a partnership with your IT department. Case in point: At one Fortune 100 company, a learning leader has to ask someone to unlock a hot, nosy and a cramped server closet every Thursday morning to get outside of the firewall and attend o... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Informal Learning , Innovation , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Trends

Just 9 percent of learning executives said Web 2.0 technologies play a major role in the learning function while 32 percent said they play a minor role. ASTD Research has just released the report Transforming Learning with Web 2.0 Technologies sponsored by Booz Allen Ha... More »

Learning Technologies

Designing Learning , E-Learning , Innovation , Managing the Learning Function , Measuring and Evaluating , Mobile Learning , Trends

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