We used this deck to summarize, present, and test our initial findings in updating our Principles of Workplace Learning

1. Principles of Workplace Learning
2010
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2. Cultivating Experience
Learning is Learning is
Incidental Intentional
The Goal: Increasing the intent to
Hidden learn Visible
Vague Explicit
Insignificant Significant
Private Shared
Short-term Enduring
Lost Harnessed
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3. The Context
Generational, Global and Technological
Community
Pace
Volume
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4. 6 Principles of Workplace Learning
1. Link learning to value for the individual and the organization
2. Connect action and reflection in a continuous cycle
3. Address learners’ attitudes and beliefs in addition to their behaviors
4. Provide learners with a balance of challenge and support
5. Create opportunities for participants to teach as well as learn
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5. 1. Learning Is The Work
“Continuous learning is the only sustainable advantage that
business has got.”
-Charles Jennings,
former CLO of Thomson Reuters
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6. Learning Is The Work
The core content for learning is the work itself
The core method of learning is collaborative, reflective practice (work)
The context of learning needs to be as close to the work as possible
Reflection is essential to insight
The most effective learning ‘objects’ are embedded at the point of need
Learners need help with retention and recall
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7. 2. Role of Leaders in Learning
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately
curious.”
-Albert Einstein
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8. Role of Leaders in Learning
Make their own learning visible
Encourage critical reflection
Publically recognize and value expertise, knowledge and experience
distributed in their workforce
Support ‘fail quickly’ experimentation
Model collaborative learning and constant feedback
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9. 3. Shifting Role of Learning
and Development
“If anything, Learning and Development (is) even more
essential in this new age we are working in”
- George Siemens, Ph.D.,
author and theorist
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10. The Shifting Role of Learning and
Development
Equip business unit leaders as Equip business unit leaders as
“leaders of people” “leaders of learning” and as
“cultivators of experience”
Distributors of learning solutions Enablers of knowledge sharing
and access, and the distribution of
expertise
Focus on curricula and program Focus on learning as a tool to
deployment resolve strategic business issues
Supportive of the talent Central to an integrated talent
management strategy management strategy
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11. Increasing The Intent To Learn:
4 Keys to The Future
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12. 4 Keys To The Future
New media technology exploitation and fluency
Climate, processes and tools for critical reflection
Performance-oriented learning environments that enable retention,
recall and mastery
Cultivated learning networks that support and capture the learning in
the work, and generate reflection, connection, and community
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13. Thank You!
Next Panel Discussion Topic: Integrating Learning and Work
October 15, 2010 1:00 – 2:30 Eastern
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