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Lost and Desperate

Random ramblings that might, or might not, relate to training, learning, development, and management

Category: Learning

Are you just what the Learning Network needs?

Almost a year ago I stood for election for the Learning Network. My tenure still runs for a year but there are a number of vacancies on the board coming up, specifically: I strongly recommend putting yourself forward if you have the opportunity. The role is voluntary and will open up many new experiences to… Read More Are you just what the Learning Network needs?

November 17, 2022November 16, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Prior achievement

There are a number of mechanisms to aggregate and adjudicate on someone’s previous achievement in higher learning. These include: They’re all once and done events. An assembly of certificates, activity, and key incidents. We don’t ask for the same things in workplace learning but insist on ongoing completion of compliance based activity to ‘prove’ competence.… Read More Prior achievement

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Cool learnings

Last week, someone told me I was doing cool stuff. What do we mean by cool though? If cool means relevant, creative, interesting and exciting I’d be happy with that. If the definition of cool is disparaging, overly hip or trendy, I’d be less happy. Is your learning offer cool?

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Get what you pay for

Being in Orlando, I had the opportunity to go to Epcot the other evening. The ticket was graciously provided by the Learning Guild as part of the #Learning22 event. It was drizzly and quite late. I was, to be honest, a little underwhelmed. What I was surprised by was the number of people who were… Read More Get what you pay for

November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Once more with feeling

Buying content from different providers and sticking it on your LMS is not curation. I heard someone suggest this was the case yesterday at Learning 2022 and it couldn’t be more wrong. I’ve mentioned before but a reminder curation is 3 steps: Stop assuming that by just aggregating that you are curating – you are… Read More Once more with feeling

November 9, 2022November 8, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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