I am in the process of performing a bit of guerrilla change management. This means walking around and interviewing members of my “in-house” network. Getting a feel for who is doing training in our environment these days – what tools they are using, what they are measuring, what’s working, what’s not. This does a few […]
Use Cases vs Implementation
I will be the first to admit that I am a buzzkill. I see new things and my first thought it – “ok – can I implement this thing?” A few weeks ago, Reuben Tozeman pointed to a couple of resources discussing xAPI. – First was his blog post from January arguing for hooking into […]
Boiling the Ocean
As you all know, I occasionally lose focus. Lose clarity. Get focused on the possibilities. The new. The “sexy.” All the stuff I want to fix. All the things I want to implement. All at once. My Learning Ecosystem will be complex, yet elegantly simple. It will be user friendly for all types of users. […]
LMSs, Push and Groups
One of my fellow higher ed colleagues is looking for a new LMS. “The one foundational requirement is that it be capable of highly granular “push” delivery of learning to incredibly specific audiences based on arbitrary criteria, by administrators distributed all over the enterprise. “ There was a lot of resulting discussion around LMS options. […]
Another Attempt at xAPI Sense-Making
One of my objectives for Learning Solutions was to make more sense of how xAPI (fondly known as Tin Can) might work in my Learning Ecosystem. Thus far – much of the implementation of xAPI has been around “SCORM replacement.” Makes sense – a step in the process of technology adoption is to make the […]
Status Report on the Learning Ecosystem
I’m in the throes of a major learning ecosystem redevelopment project. Much of my radio silence has been the result of time spent “collecting bricks” – the materials I need for rebuilding this thing. Some of the bricks have been material – changing development tools, developing an inventory of toys applications that I can leverage […]
An Attempt to Structure the Problem
I was trying to figure out what big question my little Learning Architecture / Reporting project is attempting to answer. I came up with the following: How do people learn how to do their jobs? I am currently organizing the problem into two architectural pieces: Business Architecture (The Human Piece) – How are people learning […]
Desperately Peeking Over the Silo
One of the bonuses of the Thrash is that I am more open to new sources of input. It also reminds me that my ADD generalist leanings occasionally come in handy. ————————– Our IT department has put together what I am calling a SWAT team of the best and brightest. (Currently) 7 guys with a […]
In the Throes of the Thrash
I’ve mentioned before that I am looking to completely redesign the learning environment at my organization. Why? Because what I am doing just doesn’t work anymore. My clients can’t get the reports we need out of our current structure. And I can’t seem to help them with what I have. Folks are purchasing (often unnecessarily) […]
If You Could Do It All Over Again….
If you could design your organization’s learning/support environment from scratch… No legacy LMSs / Tools / Applications / Spreadsheets No prior Instructional Design methodologies that you “have to” use No audience expectations No politics No one you have to bribe cajole manipulate brainwash convince ….and you had an unlimited budget…. What would it look like? What […]
