Training & development learning well June blog post round up

If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply peruse & click what’s below. Here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up for the month of June. Learn well in the training & development learning well. Dive deep into the learning well or take a small sip. Shower yourself in training & development […]

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3 steps to harnessing social media for training. Lights, camera, action!©

In this month’s Rock.Paper.Scissors’ newsletter I look at how we can harness social media for training purposes.  Stay tuned for the next two blog posts where I’ll share some resources related to social media, both serious & tongue in cheek. Read the entire newsletter here or download a hard copy of the article.  Not already receiving […]

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The Rock.Paper.Scissors newsletter is out: Four Ways Social Media is Transforming Workplace Learning (or how to be a space cowboy)

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. […]

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Are you ‘Educating for a Change?’

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 […]

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Learning from a hole in the wall

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, […]

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Learning comes in all shapes, sizes & venues (including family reunions)

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 […]

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