Learning Transfer Research 2017 - INSIGHTS FOR IMPACT is a new research report launched this month, from Lentum Ltd and Lever Transfer of Learning. As the title states, it focuses on making an impact around learning transfer and it's the first in a number of years to look at this issue globally. To discuss this... Continue Reading →
Bob Mosher notes from TLDchat – performance support and more
#TLDChat is a webcast hosted every morning US time (4pm UK time) by Brent Schlenker. A number of different L&D topics are covered on different days. Bob Mosher was the guest today, and I shared several tweets of some of his key messages. I thought I would gather them with some other detail as Bob's... Continue Reading →
Soft skills gap – do appraisals really work for identification?
I was the guest speaker on the Bray Leino Learning webinar, "Identifying and Closing Soft Skills Gaps." You can watch the recording here. Appraisals are often used in organisations to review achievement and also look forward to goal setting for the coming year, which should include identifying all sorts of skills gap and how to... Continue Reading →
Flowering in L&D
Yesterday I wrote this blog post for Training Journal, about how to refresh ourselves in our professional life. It was inspired by seeing a stagnant stream on a walk. This morning I went on a similar walk and saw some plant life that reminded me of two things: blooming in adversity and perspective. Blooming in adversity Where... Continue Reading →
Instructional Design: resources for creating learning solutions that work
A lot of people who work in training or learning and development either haven't heard of the term Instructional Design (ID) or really aren't very sure what it is. What is Instructional Design? ID is about "solving performance problems" according to Cathy Moore in her blog post about how to become an Instructional Designer. Christy Tucker says that... Continue Reading →
Sparking my creativity
I love helping people. I guess it's why I naturally fit into Learning and Development so well and why I felt at home the first time I was delivering in a classroom. It's why my business is called Lightbulb Moment and on Twitter I'm @LightbulbJo - it's the moment of learning, of independence, of insight. I... Continue Reading →
Learning to Learn in the 21st Century – TJ event
News report originally published in Training Journal May 2012 Celine Jacques, Principle Psychologist at CAPP, gave an overview of using positive psychology to understand what makes an “ordinary being flourish and succeed in normal life”. Jacques spoke of “flow”, being so engrossed in an activity that there is a loss of time and self-consciousness, and how a... Continue Reading →
Live online learning: Resistance & ingredients to success – Summary from Charity Learning Commission September User Group Meeting
These are the summary notes of research and references from my recent speaking engagement at the Charity Learning Consortium User Group meeting on behalf of the Learning Performance Institute. "The issue is no longer whether or not online learning is or should occur, but rather how it is implemented" from An Exploratory Study Comparing... Continue Reading →
Action Mapping – summary from Learning Live
These are a few resources from my Learning Live 2014 breakout Inspire session for the Learning Performance Institute. Action Mapping is an approach for designers to identify the measurable performance outcomes a learner needs to perform on the job. Read more from creator Cathy Moore: http://blog.cathy-moore.com Examples in the Learning Live Inspire session were from Cathy's... Continue Reading →
