The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: Four Ways Social Media is Transforming Workplace Learning (or how to be a space cowboy)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under training & development
The latest Rock.Paper.Scissors e-newsletter is out with a manifesto on how to be a space cowboy (aka how Social Media is transforming workplace learning). If Social Media is like the Wild West, with everyone figuring it out as we go along, then using Social Media specifically for training and development is in another galaxy completely. [...]
Tags: brain rules, compfight, douglas merrill, jeff bulla, john medina, linkedin, pedagogy, social media, twitter, workplace learning, youtube
Are you ‘Educating for a Change?’
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under change management & wellness, training & development
Educating for a change is one of my all time favourite books. It’s a lovely blend of: 1. Explaining what popular education is and why it’s important 2. Example activities that you can use to effect change As a learning and development specialist do you know what your pedagogy is? Pedagogy technically means the teaching [...]
Tags: adult education, andragogy, brain based learning, experiential education, pedagogy, popular education
Learning from a hole in the wall
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under creativity & innovation, Human resources, Social Responsibility, training & development, Travel
Check out the video below about the TED hole in the wall educational experiment (forward to 7:15 min). It’s the work of Dr. Sugata Mitra, of India. His office butted up against a slum and one day he punched a hole in his wall and stuck a computer in it. A computer that faced out, [...]
Tags: alternative education, dr sugata mitra, education, hole in the wall, India, learning, Learning Theories, pedagogy, self-organizing, slums, Social Responsibility, Sugata Mitra, TED, values
Learning comes in all shapes, sizes & venues (including family reunions)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under communication, Diversity & culture, training & development, Travel
Some prefer their learning delivered through stacks of facts. Facts lined up with their edges squared and precise, like the desks in an old classroom. Facts stuffed to (over)fill precious time. Trainers channeling their knowledge into (supposed) empty and (un)willing brains. Others (in the know) realize that learning needs to be coupled with engagement. Learning [...]
Tags: change management & wellness, engagement, family, learning, pedagogy, story