Social Learning Systems

A Model of Workplace Learning - Jay Cross

Jay provides a good model of the evolving world of workplace learning.  Please take the time to view the whole article and diagrams here.

"The old model is a wake-up call that says informal learning is important. Instead of acting like it’s not there, we should shape our organizations to nurture it. What’s missing is the how."

via www.internettime.com

Ministry of Education, Singapore: Press Releases

An interesting look at 21st Century Learning Skills in Singapore via Elliott Masie.

The Ministry of Education (MOE) will implement a new framework to enhance the development of 21st century competencies in our students. This will underpin the holistic education that our schools provide to better prepare our students to thrive in a fast-changing and highly-connected world.

 As part of this effort, MOE will strengthen the quality of Physical, Art and Music education. These subjects enable students to develop physical robustness, enhance their creative and expressive capacities, as well as shape their personal, cultural and social identity.

via www.moe.gov.sg

Read the complete article here.

 

Advice from the Virtual Trenches | trainingmag.com

Great tips for virtual presenters from Training Magazine

Take the phones/microphones off of "MUTE," especially when learners are paying for the class. Learners, by and large, want to be actively engaged in the learning process. If you are going to mute them, just e-mail a URL to the recording--I promise they won't watch it.

Focus on the chat and feedback indicators (hand raises, emoticons, etc.). Ignore them once, just once, and learners will probably ignore you for the rest of the session--AND share their feelings with everyone else in the class. Remember, learners have e-mail, private chat, Skype, and Twitter to come up and slap you around (even DURING the session)--without you seeing it coming.

Eliminate your verbal crutches. (Cool, gotcha, you know, umm, aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh). They make you sound less intelligent than you probably are.

via www.trainingmag.com

Read the entire article here.

HOW TO: Build a Social Media Education Program for Your Company

The biggest social media challenge for businesses in 2011 will be to rethink their social media strategies to make them sustainable and scalable. We spoke to representatives at Dell, Intel and Constant Contact to discuss how building social media training programs has helped their companies do just that. Read on for their top tips.

For starters...

Once a team is formed, begin setting program goals by first understanding the organization’s needs. For starters, here a few questions that should be answered:

1. What is our overall social media strategy, and where does the education program fit within it?
2. Where does social media training fit within our current education offerings?
3. How can we make this program scalable globally and across business units?
4. Which employees and business units should we focus on training?
5. Will courses be mandatory for some or all employees, or will all courses be optional to everyone?
6. Will we offer in-person or online courses, or both? And who will teach them?
7. How will we develop the curriculum? And what skills do we want employees to hone?
8. What types of materials should we develop for the program?
9. Where will the training assets be housed?
10. How will we build a collaborative community among social media trainees?
    
    Read the full article here.

via mashable.com