Knowledge & Skills VS. Sustained Capability
The title of this post sort of implies an “either/or” relationship, and I wanted that to come across – at least initially. Why? Because these two outcomes are attained at two different stages of competency development over the span of time that learning occurs. Not only what learning occurs but where, when and how it occurs. There is no shortage of flashy jargon and countless descriptive labels used in the learning industry these days that promise performance impacts, and I am probably guilty of using most of them at one time or another. Funny thing though…if you stick with the running dialog long enough, some of what appears “jargon-ish” actually has a ring of reality to it…and some of it is actually becoming mission critical. Read more…
Difficulties of Scaling Online Schooling
Guest Post By: Estelle Shumann
It’s difficult to count the number of accredited online schools available today because the number is growing so quickly. Yet the Sloan Survey of Online Learning reveals that in 2010 alone, online enrollment increased by a million students. More and more brick and mortar schools are starting online counterparts to better serve the needs of their students with different learning patterns and work schedules. In fact, approximately 66% of all for-profit colleges claim that online education is a strategy for the future. Read more…
Making the Transition from PhD Student to Corporate Employee
The world of academia can be a very insular place. As a result, many people who have had great success in post-graduate studies are unpleasantly surprised at how difficult the transition to corporate life can be, even after they have obtained their PhD. This is natural, as even those who work while attending some of the most demanding and best online PhD programs have not yet experienced the strictures and tedium of corporate management for 8-10 hours a day. By keeping a few key tenets in mind, most PhD students are able to adjust to the differences in corporate life with relative ease, though almost all academics go through an initial culture shock as they leave the ivory tower. Read more…
T.G.I.G.F
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Read more only if you dare…this is a Friday we can thank God for it being what it is…and what it was.
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Upon engagement to my wife, she gave me a gift of a beautiful gold bracelet. Jewelry had never really been important to me, though that bracelet quickly became a favorite. Shortly after we were married, I remember making a comment about not owning any other jewelry beyond my wedding band, and a signet ring on my right hand. For Christmas that year I received the most precious gift of my life. It was a necklace. The pendant was not a talisman, or a good luck charm, it was a small spike about two inches long. It was a reminder. On it; the words “Isaiah 53:5” were engraved on two sides. I never take it off. I can never forget.
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Terrors of Taxonomy
I wish I had a nickel for every time I read a post on one of my networking groups where someone asks what features they should be sure to get on their LMS. Having been down that path multiple times, I can say the chances of finding one with the “best features” are really good, because most LMSs I’ve seen have all of them. My point being this – the LMS is the commodity – the world does not revolve around the LMS – the application in which the LMS is going to be implemented is where the variability that matters is manifested. Being at a state of readiness to utilize your new LMS is of far greater importance than the features that, for the most part, come as standard. I will share several areas where most of the blood we let was experienced; both were external to the LMS, and yet depended upon the LMS for successful implementation. Read more…
Deployment Vs. Implementation – Is There a Difference?
Okay…so my trigger got tripped this morning on a white paper put out by HR.Com…which was very well done, by the way. What tripped my trigger was not what was included in the article, “An Overview of HCM Technology Deployment and Factors Influencing the Strategy”, but what was left out. For me, it was a gaping hole that I had fallen into earlier in my corporate training life – reaching deployment [GoLive] – is not the end of the effort; instead, it marks the beginning of implementation. Read more…
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