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How To Make E Learning Work
The document provides tips and tools for making e-learning more effective. It suggests rethinking the definition of e-learning to focus more on informal learning and collaboration. Learning should improve productivity, not just be about completing courses. Tools recommended include using video sharing, podcasts, wikis, and social networking to encourage self-organized learning and sharing between employees.
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- 1. How to make e-learning work! Tips & Tools CIPD Conference Presentation 23 April 2009 Jane Hart Social Media & Learning Consultant Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies www.C4LPT.co.uk
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- 3. Online courses taketoo much time and money to create; and employees (often) don’t like or fully use them Blended solutions provide limited interaction (communication and collaboration) between learners Systems and tools are costly; and are not paying off or living up to expectations Some of the problems …
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- 5. 1 Re-think yourdefinition of “e-learning” REMEMBER the 80%-20% rule Focus more on the informal Place efforts on formal only where essential (compliance, regulatory training) “ Information, instruction, education, training, communication, collaboration and knowledge sharing” Tom Kelly, Cisco Systems, 2000
- 6. 2 Think aboutproductivity / performance improvement / support as well as training Think JIT not JIC Think on-the-job Think on-demand, workflow-embedded solutions REMEMBER Learning is a means to an end; not the end itself It’s about improving the productivity and performance of individuals, teams and the business Measure success in these terms NOT course completions or test results
- 7. 3 Think PEOPLEnot just CONTENT Help people to help themselves i.e. self-organise (= support a bottom up culture) Encourage people to: Communicate Collaborate Connect (Co-)Create Share
- 8. 4 When consideringtools, think FOSS and Hosted FOSS = Free and/or Open Source Hosted = ASP, SaaS Cloud computing
- 9. 5 Think quick,easy, short and disposable solutions BUT don’t re-invent the wheel! Solutions need to be relevant to their needs and fit with their way of working Working and learning need to merge
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- 11. 1 Video Sharing : YouTube and ScreenToaster www.YouTube.com www.ScreenToaster.com
- 12. 2 Podcasting : Listen to podcasts with iTunes ; and create your own with Audacity www.apple.com/itunes audacity.sourceforge.net/
- 13. 3 Presentation sharing : find and share with Slideshare www.slideshare.net
- 14. 4 Blogging - Keep up-to-date with what’s happening inside/ outside the business and write your own blog - WordPress www.wordpress.com
- 15. 5 Bookmark sharing : find and share links – Delicious www.delicious.com
- 16. 6 Online officesuites : Work/Learn collaboratively – using Google Docs www.google.com/docs
- 17. 7 Wikis : Contribute to wikis; and set up you own with PBwiki www.pbwiki.com
- 18. 8 Real-time communications : with Twitter www.twitter.com
- 19. 9 Social networking: join networks and build one using Ning 25tools.ning.com | www.ning.com
- 20. 10 Social mediaplatform : provide a cohesive approach to formal/informal learning and collaborative working/learning - Elgg www.C4LPT.net www.elgg.org
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