Comments for Onlignment http://onlignment.com The art of online communication Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:59:44 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on The 80:10:10 Rule for Selecting Learning Platforms by Barry Sampson http://onlignment.com/2012/04/the-801010-rule-for-selecting-learning-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-534 Barry Sampson Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:59:44 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3999#comment-534 <p>@ Hans, thanks for the feedback. I like the idea of an experimental approach, and it's the kind of things that works well in small organisations (like Onlignment), and we're happy to experiment with tools in order to find the right one. It's harder for large organisations, partly because of cost (which you have already identified) but mainly because they are structured in a way that slows down decision making, and most (all?) of them have reward structures that discourage innovation and creativity. The question is - how do we overcome these challenges? I don't have the answer, but I'm thinking about it...</p> @ Hans, thanks for the feedback. I like the idea of an experimental approach, and it’s the kind of things that works well in small organisations (like Onlignment), and we’re happy to experiment with tools in order to find the right one. It’s harder for large organisations, partly because of cost (which you have already identified) but mainly because they are structured in a way that slows down decision making, and most (all?) of them have reward structures that discourage innovation and creativity. The question is – how do we overcome these challenges? I don’t have the answer, but I’m thinking about it…

]]> Comment on The content creator’s toolkit 2012: part 2 by Prodyot http://onlignment.com/2012/01/the-content-creators-toolkit-2012-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Prodyot Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:52:11 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3429#comment-531 <p>Very good follow-up. I will eagerly wait for an exclusive article on "Desktop authoring tools"/ "desktop content authoring tools". Contrary to the belief that e-learning will be the default format Desktop learning will continue to thrive and actually will maintain the lead for few more decades. Desktop learning has more advantages that e-learning. Thanks for the article.</p> Very good follow-up. I will eagerly wait for an exclusive article on “Desktop authoring tools”/ “desktop content authoring tools”. Contrary to the belief that e-learning will be the default format Desktop learning will continue to thrive and actually will maintain the lead for few more decades. Desktop learning has more advantages that e-learning. Thanks for the article.

]]> Comment on The content creator’s toolkit 2012: part 1 by Prodyot http://onlignment.com/2012/01/the-content-creators-toolkit-2012-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Prodyot Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:47:45 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3427#comment-530 <p>Great write-up. Thanks.</p> Great write-up. Thanks.

]]> Comment on The 80:10:10 Rule for Selecting Learning Platforms by Hans de Zwart http://onlignment.com/2012/04/the-801010-rule-for-selecting-learning-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Hans de Zwart Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:10:46 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3999#comment-529 <p>Hey Barry,</p> <p>You've touched on some of the gripes I have with the current requirements process, so I would also recommend people to heed your advice. I do believe there could be another way of getting there (which I would also term "Front-end Loading", solving the hard problems first): can't we experiment our way to the solution? If we would lower the costs of really trying out systems, then it would be much easier to find out which one would fit the best. This has some complexity (how do you test the integrations for example), but I would love to create a procurement methodology that would allow for much more real experiments... What do you think?</p> Hey Barry,

You’ve touched on some of the gripes I have with the current requirements process, so I would also recommend people to heed your advice. I do believe there could be another way of getting there (which I would also term “Front-end Loading”, solving the hard problems first): can’t we experiment our way to the solution? If we would lower the costs of really trying out systems, then it would be much easier to find out which one would fit the best. This has some complexity (how do you test the integrations for example), but I would love to create a procurement methodology that would allow for much more real experiments… What do you think?

]]> Comment on Strategies for learning – an overview by Learning to Forget | Designed For Learning http://onlignment.com/strategies-for-learning-an-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Learning to Forget | Designed For Learning Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:24:45 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?page_id=3243#comment-528 <p>[...] exposition phase with maybe a little activity in the instruction phase (see Clive Shepherd’s post). Only occasionally do we take it to the higher phases – guided discovery or [...]</p> [...] exposition phase with maybe a little activity in the instruction phase (see Clive Shepherd’s post). Only occasionally do we take it to the higher phases – guided discovery or [...]

]]> Comment on The vision: 3. Learning and development that is scalable by Sydney http://onlignment.com/2012/03/the-vision-3-learning-and-development-that-is-scalable/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Sydney Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:01:50 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3698#comment-525 <p>With this conversation on scalable learning, by default, you are also hitting on a major point which is access to learning for those who are not currently in the workforce. I agree with you, the need for scalable training is being driven by employee mobility and other organizational changes. I wonder what it will take for organizations in large scale to find widely accessible learning worth the investment. The costs may be high for an organization to provide direct learning for appropriate situations in addition to more scalable options.</p> With this conversation on scalable learning, by default, you are also hitting on a major point which is access to learning for those who are not currently in the workforce. I agree with you, the need for scalable training is being driven by employee mobility and other organizational changes. I wonder what it will take for organizations in large scale to find widely accessible learning worth the investment. The costs may be high for an organization to provide direct learning for appropriate situations in addition to more scalable options.

]]> Comment on Transforming learning and development: the need by Megan Chrans http://onlignment.com/2012/03/transforming-learning-and-development-the-need/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Megan Chrans Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:07:36 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3686#comment-511 <p>Thanks for your blog post! I really appreciate what you said and how you articulated it. I guess my response is this...On the whole, many of the shifts that you identified have been made with eLearning content. Are the results bringing the solutions to the problems companies face which you identified at the beginning of the post? Also, is it good that these shifts are "along a continuum" of learning, development, or training practices that are already in place or do we need to rethink learning and development on a completely different level? Thanks for your thoughts!</p> Thanks for your blog post! I really appreciate what you said and how you articulated it. I guess my response is this…On the whole, many of the shifts that you identified have been made with eLearning content. Are the results bringing the solutions to the problems companies face which you identified at the beginning of the post? Also, is it good that these shifts are “along a continuum” of learning, development, or training practices that are already in place or do we need to rethink learning and development on a completely different level? Thanks for your thoughts!

]]> Comment on What’s Yours Is Mine – Copyright in the age of Social Media – Part One by John Curran http://onlignment.com/2012/03/whats-yours-is-mine-copyright-in-the-age-of-social-media-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-507 John Curran Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:36:53 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3821#comment-507 <p>A clear call for us all to consider the Intellectual Property in our training and learning 'interventions'. When I worked in KM we used a number of approaches to model a company's intellectual capital - it's worth revisiting those in the light of all this social sharing! Someone somewhere has to derive value from quality content.</p> A clear call for us all to consider the Intellectual Property in our training and learning ‘interventions’. When I worked in KM we used a number of approaches to model a company’s intellectual capital – it’s worth revisiting those in the light of all this social sharing! Someone somewhere has to derive value from quality content.

]]> Comment on Why training may not always be the right course of action – part 5 by Phil Green http://onlignment.com/2012/03/why-training-may-not-always-be-the-right-course-of-action-part-5/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Phil Green Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:26:11 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3723#comment-504 <p>Since I wrote this piece, my local NHS hospital, the very excellent Chesterfield Royal Hospital, closed its doors to all visitors to adult in-patient wards. They explained, ""This is to try and resolve the outbreak of norovirus currently affecting eight of our wards - with many patients and staff succumbing to the illness." Source BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-17055414</p> Since I wrote this piece, my local NHS hospital, the very excellent Chesterfield Royal Hospital, closed its doors to all visitors to adult in-patient wards. They explained, “”This is to try and resolve the outbreak of norovirus currently affecting eight of our wards – with many patients and staff succumbing to the illness.” Source BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-17055414

]]> Comment on Why training may not always be the right course of action – part 1 by Phil Green http://onlignment.com/2012/02/why-training-may-not-always-be-the-right-course-of-action-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Phil Green Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:43:52 +0000 http://onlignment.com/?p=3702#comment-500 <p>All will be revealed in due course, Craig. However your own observations are very welcome. I am keen to collect examples of how trained people who were non-conformant under pressure, were subsequently helped by on-the-job performance support in its many guises. I'm also interested to probe some of the issues around fear of disclosure - so that near-misses in Medicine, Aviation, Power etc., were kept secret. Of course investigating deviations is a very important part of continuous performance improvement, but some organisations still punish mistakes and I'm sure it would be rare for anyone in an organisation to be thanked or rewarded for sharing a blunder in order to help others to avoid it in future.</p> All will be revealed in due course, Craig. However your own observations are very welcome. I am keen to collect examples of how trained people who were non-conformant under pressure, were subsequently helped by on-the-job performance support in its many guises. I’m also interested to probe some of the issues around fear of disclosure – so that near-misses in Medicine, Aviation, Power etc., were kept secret. Of course investigating deviations is a very important part of continuous performance improvement, but some organisations still punish mistakes and I’m sure it would be rare for anyone in an organisation to be thanked or rewarded for sharing a blunder in order to help others to avoid it in future.

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