Here is a roundup of what's been happening at the main Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT) site in July.
2010 Reading List
I added over 20 articles and resources to my 2010 Reading list in July. As you can see from the Wordle (above) created from the titles, the dominant themes were social media and change. Here are some of the key articles calling for change in one way or another that I have included.
- Training needs to change or risk irrelevance, Donald Taylor, 28 June 2010
- Learning to change report, Mark Berthelemy, 6 July 2010
- The Social Employee Manifesto, Michael Fauscette, Smart Data Collective, 28 May 2010
- Is the formal traing room obsolete, Laura Overton, TrainingZone, 26 July 2010
- Why focus on informal and social learning? Charles Jennings, Internet Time Alliance blog, July 31
State of Learning in the Workplace Today
I've updated my State of Learning in the Workplace Today piece to describe 10 factors for change in L&D (and referencing all the articles above) and also provided a (draft) model of how I believe L&D could be working more widlely to help individuals and teams - ie from a focus on training to performance consulting.
How to use social media in your job
One of the key features of the way forward will be helping others to become self-sufficient - where they are not already doing so. The tools are already there and being exploited by many; others will need help understanding how they can be used effectively. My guide which shows how social media can be used in your job or professional practice, is now available - by popular demand! - as a PDF to purchase..
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010
At the time of writing, there have been 318 contributors to the Top 100 Tools for Learning list. Have you shared your Top 10 yet?
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