Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies

01/09/2020

Top 200 Tools for Learning 2020 list has now been published https://toptools4learning.com

Top 200 Tools for Learning The Top Tools for Learning 2020 was compiled by Jane Hart from the results of the 14th Annual Learning Tools Survey, and released on 1 September 2020. For general information about the survey and this website, visit the About page. For observations and infographics of this...

11/08/2020

Here is my personal selection of the 10 tools that I find invaluable in 2020.
http://modernworkplacelearning.com/magazine/janes-personal-top-10-tools-for-2020/

The Top Tools for Learning 2020 (14th Annual) survey will close on Friday 21 August. Have you voted for your favourites yet? If not, you can do so by completing an online form here or else send a tweet to me, with your top 10 tools. I will reveal the Top 200 Tools for Learning …

23/06/2020

Modern Workplace Learning Practitioner Programme launches. The role of the Modern Workplace Learning Practitioner is to promote, enable and support all the 4 ways of learning at work - not just manage training. The Modern Workplace Learning Practitioner Programme (MWLPP) will help you apply the new practices in your own organisation. https://www.modernworkplacelearning.com/cild/modern-workplace-learning-practitioner-programme-mwlpp/

In today’s workplace there is a need for a new approach to workplace learning; I call it Modern Workplace Learning. The role of the Modern Workplace Learning Practitioner is to promote, enable and support all the 4 ways of learning at work. The Modern Workplace Learning Practitioner Programme (MWL...

12/06/2020

What is Modern Workplace Learning? Here is a short presentation (10 slides) that explains the rationale for a new approach to workplace learning, and its key features. Modern Workplace Learning - in a Nutshell https://modernworkplacelearning.com/magazine/modern-workplace-learning-in-a-nutshell/

Here is a short slideset (of 10 slides) explaining the rationale for Modern Workplace Learning and some of its features. You can read the first introductory section of Modern Workplace Learning 2020 for free here. To access the full resource (25 sections see below) you will need to become a register...

06/06/2020

Incremental Learning – the real continuous learning

When people talk about “continuous learning” or “lifelong learning” they often mean by that term “continuous education” or “continuous training”, i.e. regularly attending courses or programmes, but in this article I want to show how continuous learning is, in fact, a process of incremental learning, i.e constantly adding to one’s knowledge and expertise over time. I also want to show how this is a key aspect of workplace learning that can be enabled and supported in the workplace.

https://modernworkplacelearning.com/magazine/incremental-learning/

When people talk about “continuous learning” or “lifelong learning” they often mean by that term “continuous education” or “continuous training”, i.e. regularly attending courses or programmes, but in this article I want to show how continuous learning is, in fact, a process of incre...

27/05/2020

Many people recognise that they learn at work in different ways – ie from the 4 D’s of Learning: DISCOVERY, DISCOURSE, DOING and DIDACTICS. But they also realise they learn more from some of them than others. So how much of what YOU learn comes from these 4 different elements? Take this short survey and then see the early results. They may - or may not - surprise you! https://www.modernworkplacelearning.com/cild/mwl/how-much-do-you-learn-from-the-4-ds-of-learning/

Many people recognise that they learn at work in different ways – ie from the 4 D’s of Learning: DISCOVERY, DISCOURSE, DOING and DIDACTICS. But they also recognise they learn more from some than others. So what percentage of what YOU learn comes from these 4 different elements? Of course, they w...

22/05/2020

How can employers support online learning? Think differently!
Here is the text of a short talk I gave to the Institute of Learning & Management‘s Virtual Conference, Online Learning: Challenges and Solutions on Friday 22 May. http://modernworkplacelearning.com/magazine/how-can-employers-support-online-learning-think-differently/

This is the text of a 15 minute talk I gave to the Institute of Learning & Management‘s Virtual Conference, Online Learning: Challenges and Solutions on Friday 22 May. Well, the Coronavirus has done what few CEOs have been able to do – it has pretty much overnight changed the workplace and at th...

17/05/2020

Introducing MWL Daily - A daily dose of Modern Workplace
Learning for L&D practitioners.

From Monday 18 May you can get a daily dose of Modern Workplace Learning.

Grab a cup of coffee, sit down and spend some time on your own growth and development.

https://www.modernworkplacelearning.com/cild/mwl-daily-intro/

From Monday 18 May you can get a daily dose of Modern Workplace Learning. A daily weekday post will provide a useful resource (video, podcast, article or something else) to take a look at – this might new content or older influential material a question to think about relating to the resource – ...

02/05/2020

L&D in Lockdown: What’s taking place? Results of my twitter poll, analysis and commentary of how L&D are responding to the current situation https://modernworkplacelearning.com/magazine/ld-in-lockdown/

There’s been a lot written about schools having to adapt almost overnight to a digital world when lockdown was thrust upon them. And from conversations with family and friends, schools seem to have taken very different approaches to this. For some it has involved setting up online classrooms on es...

28/04/2020

The 4 D’s of Learning: A quick illustrated guide to Modern Workplace Learning http://modernworkplacelearning.com/magazine/4-ds-of-learning-quick-guide/

The following is a quick illustrated guide to what you will find in my Modern Workplace Learning 2020 (MWL2020) resource. The 4 D’s of Learning Following the results of my 2019 Top 200 Tools for Learning (13th annual) survey I analysed the 100 tools on the Top Tools for Personal and Professional L...

09/04/2020

From Kevin Thorn

21/03/2020

Helen Blunden and I are offering daily activities and resources to keep you busy during self-isolation. Be curious - Explore - Discover new things - Have fun - Learn.

https://discover2learn.com

06/03/2020

My Learning in the Workplace survey (which asks respondents to rate 12 different ways of learning at work) has now had over 7,500 responses so there is enough data to provide a more in-depth analysis of the ways of learning at work that people value. https://www.modernworkplacelearning.com/cild/mwl/litw-analysis/

03/01/2020

LEARNTEC - Europe's #1 in digital learning! Europe’s largest event for digital education, annually attracts to Karlsruhe over 10,000 decision makers from industry, consulting, commerce, sales and educational institutions. Learn about the potentials of digital learning.

30/12/2019

30 articles from 2019 to take us into 2020 https://modernworkplacelearning.com/magazine/30-for-2020/

Here are 30 articles from 2019 (listed in chronological order) that I believe highlight 3 key themes for 2020. The importance of continuous and lifelong learning – and the need for every individual to take charge of their own professional self-development The new role of managers in the modern wor...

15/10/2019

Supporting Continuous Learning from the Daily Work:
Online Workshop runs: 21 October – 29 November 2019.

Although L&D departments have traditionally focused on training people to do their jobs, research tells us that most of what employees learn at work happens as they do their job – it’s just that they are not aware of it or make the most of it. So, in this 6-week online workshop we look at how to work with managers and their teams so that they learn from their daily working experiences
https://www.modernworkplacelearning.com/cild/workshops/supporting-continuous-learning-from-the-daily-work/

Next public workshop runs: 21 October – 29 November 2019 Although L&D departments have traditionally focused on training people to do their jobs, research tells us that most of what employees learn at work happens as they do their job – it’s just that they are not aware of it or make the most ...

14/10/2019

Announcing the Modern Workplace Learning track at LearnTec 2020 https://modernworkplacelearning.com/magazine/announcing-the-modern-workplace-learning-track-at-learntec-2020/

I am very pleased to once again have been asked to organise and chair a 3-day English-speaking track (on the theme of Modern Workplace Learning) at the LearnTEC conference taking place in Karlsruhe, Germany in January 2020. LearnTEC is Europe’s No. 1 trade show and congress focusing on digital lea...