Editor’s note: The Debunker Club is ‘a community of people working to eradicate learning myths and share proven evidence-based insights’. It provides a set of resources which are useful for helping to challenge learning myths and ineffective practices.
Editor’s note: Here’s a list of what to avoid in order to nurture a learning culture. Much of it is to do with modelling the right behaviours.
Editor’s note: Are L&Ders as guilty as marketers in that they spend too much time on emergent tools at the expense of established ones? Ahead of Learning Technologies 2019, this is an important message. Buyers beware!
Editor’s note: This is a useful video for thinking about how to create a vision for organisational learning. Produced by the CIPD’s learning content team, it provides 12 elements of a future-focused approach to learning.
Editor’s note: Thank you to Andrew Jacobs for sharing this report. Read from page 41 onwards to get insights on what learning to learn means in the age of artificial intelligence. The shift towards matching skills with tasks is an interesting one for L&D.
Editor’s note: This is our New Year trends related piece. The good news it is written by someone who knows their onions and has some evidence to back up the points they make.
Editor’s note: This is a simple list of actions to follow in order to cultivate more innovative thinking. I like the focus on understanding what makes teams work well and codifying that for others to learn from.
Editor’s note: This is a useful reflection on the amount of signal versus noise that we now experience and consume. It is getting harder to distinguish between signal and noise and that represents a challenge for L&D teams.
Editor’s note: Are we right to worry about filter bubbles, especially in the context of information curation? Maybe not according to this research . . .
Editor’s note: Here’s a great, free tool to measure your digital competence. There are 54 questions in total. This could be good for your team and understanding the digital challenges they may have.
Editor’s note: This is an interesting read on ‘foundational’ knowledge – the knowledge you need to know in order to be a more effective learner.
Editor’s note: It’s good to see how an organisation is using virtual reality as a part of its onboarding activities. This approach enables potential employees to look around a virtual hotel and take a look at the different types of roles that are on offer.
Editor’s note: This research, which is mostly based on US respondents, provides a reminder that a large proportion of employees are aware of the need to keep developing their skills in order to develop their careers. And that training opportunities are an important part of the employee value proposition.
Editor’s note: You’ll find this useful if you need evidence to support a case for putting employees at the heart of learning design. Research of 10,000 employees by Towards Maturity shows what employees are looking for from L&D.
Editor’s note: This article suggests that there is a real benefit in linking self-development to employee performance goals. This helps employees focus on the skills they need to be good at their current role and enable them to think about what skills they need to develop to progress their careers.