When your talent is spread across a hundred countries, how do you give them a platform to train, brainstorm, and learn together? How do you respond to the learning needs of a diverse, distributed workforce that need to develop into your organization’s future leaders? How does one develop innovative leaders capable of a high level of critical thinking? What are the newest ideas in pedagogy? Here are some ideas and trends which are rapidly transforming L&D.

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Improving workforce
productivity through
effective learning
7 Big Ideas
Transforming
L&D
When your talent is spread across a hundred
countries, how do you give them a platform to
train, brainstorm, and learn together? How do
you respond to the learning needs of a diverse,
distributed workforce that need to develop into your
organization’s future leaders? How does one develop
innovative leaders capable of a high level of critical
thinking? What are the newest ideas in pedagogy?
Here are some ideas and trends which are rapidly
transforming L&D.
The new reward mechanism
01 SWAPPING CARROTS
FOR MEANING AND VISION
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Vice Chancellor at GlobalNxt University,
Dr Lam held senior consulting roles at
Accenture and Logica assisting major
clients with business solutions based on
large scale technology systems and has
published over 80 articles.
Dean of the business school at GlobalNxt
University, Dr Fitzsimmons is a serial
entrepreneur with significant industry
experience.
Professor of Corporate Strategy at
GlobalNxt University, Dr. Esposito
also teaches Systems Thinking and
Complexity Management at Harvard
University. He is the founding director of
the Lab-Center for Competitiveness, a
think tank at Harvard Business School.
Dr. Wing Lam
Singapore,Technology Management
Dr. Jason Fitzsimmons
Australia,Finance & Entrepreneurship
Dr. Mark Esposito
USA, Business Strategy
02 L&D for distributed
teams
Why e-learning really is the future of L&D
Today, 4,600,000 college students are taking at
least one of their classes online. By 2014, this
number is expected to increase to 18,650,000.
Seventy-seven percent of American corporations
used online learning in 2011. According to
a corporate e-learning report, e-learning
increases knowledge retention by 25 percent
to 60 percent. The Towards Maturity Benchmark
Survey shows that 72 percent of the 600 companies
surveyed claimed that learning technologies helped
The last few decades have seen a number of
cultural shifts. The shift from the individual to the
collective, and subsequently to the individualist
collective, along with the movement from
monologue to dialogue, is stimulating a change in
motivational mechanisms—from the extrinsic
to the intrinsic. Today’s young and introspective
workforce values knowledge and professional
growth over financial incentives. Their professional
ambitions are underpinned by a desire to improve
their understanding of their work and the world. At a
time when intrinsic intellectual motivation is replacing
extrinsic obedience motivation, empowering
employees to take charge and play more meaningful
roles in the organization has become essential.

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This is really at the heart of the GlobalNxt learning
pedagogy. In a world where intellect and expertise
trump mechanical efficiency, the focal point of
the traditional learning system is shifting. To
enable learners to absorb, infer, and ultimately
create, course design can now be focused on
creating an environment (regulated, unstructured,
and unpredictable in equal measure) conducive
to emergent knowledge. Achieved through a
combination of reiterated investigative questions and
Amidst all this talk of adaptive, intuitive learning and
flipped classrooms, a transformation that makes for
interesting observation is the role of the teacher.
Formerly an instructor, a behavior controller, and
a tutor, the new pedagogical role is that of an
inspirer, a catalyst for viral contagious learning,
and a game designer. While the methods of
knowledge delivery and acquisition are largely
technology driven, the role of the inspirer isn’t one
to be taken lightly. A ‘moderator’ sets and regulates
the boundaries of these learning systems, to avoid
a descent into chaos and to maximize the potential
for innovation and learning. Traditional presentation
skills have dwindled in importance, only because
in this age of omnipresent data and information,
the need for mentorship and inspiration takes
precedence.
03 SELF-REALIZED,
PARTICIPATIVE LEARNING
The tectonic shift in the focus of education
04 ANTAGONIST TO
SYNERGIST
The changing role of the teacher
05 Adaptive
Learning
Personalized learning solutions that evolve
with the needs of the individual learner
their businesses adapt more quickly to change.
By addressing the pertinent issues of specificity,
expenditure, and scale, online learning is starting
to be seen as a powerful tool, crucial to the growth
of a business. But with this form of learning, the
speed, quality, and consistency of content creation
and distribution pose a challenge. This is where
experienced education partners come in, allowing
organizations the comfort and clarity of a well-
crafted, agile training program, without any logistical
burden. Our Executive Campus solutions have
helped over a 100 international organizations deliver
world-class, rigorous, customized programs that are
relevant to the organization.
learner-generated feedback, emergent knowledge
systems treat a learner’s psyche as a system,
querying and generating, uploading and downloading
data. This facilitates unbiased, self-realized learning.
This new learning ethos instills trust and faith in the
system, and a sense of achievement in the learners.
Once a sci-fi prediction, adaptive learning is
now relevant and crucial to effective learning.
Centered on the premise that every learner
has different needs and intelligences, adaptive
learning systems utilize comprehensive
user data to develop and evolve based on
the strengths and engagement levels of the
learner. Adaptive learning models vary from the
simple (segregating learners into interest-based
groups) to the sophisticated (drawing intelligent
references about a learner’s knowledge gaps
through content analysis). Executive education, in
particular, requires a focus on self-paced learning,
without diluting the importance of collaboration
and teamwork.

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decision-making models, while answering
ethical, and sometimes existential queries.
Learners may now view assessments as
an extension of the learning process, as
opposed to a test of existing knowledge. A
constant process of learning and evaluation
means that the courses of the future will not
be judged by the answers they provide, but
the questions they ask, and the thinkers and
experts they inspire.
A large number of these ideas have been made
possible by technology. However, one change
that unifies these ideas is the shift in educational
philosophy. New-age learning systems have
started to acknowledge that human beings are
not just intellectual entities—but social and
emotional ones, too. Gradually breaking away
from organizational control, which was once
so strong, learning and development is now
focused specifically and entirely on the most
important element of the process—the learner.
Gamification is the act of using game mechanics
to achieve various objectives on your digital
property, site, or community. A gamified
system taps into the innate human need
for validation, accomplishment, and status
to boost learner engagement. Real- time
feedback, a structured progression system,
and transparency are all key features of the
consummate gamified platform. Today, over 70
percent of the Forbes Global 2000 companies
plan to use gamification to achieve their diverse
business goals.
GAME, SET, AND
LEARN!
Gamified systems to boost engagement
through compelling narratives and instant
feedback
06 GAME, SET,
AND LEARN!
LearnEvaluate
EngageShare
PerformCollaborate
GrowMaster
05
GAME, SET, AND
LEARN!
Rich questions, activity sequences, and
ethical dilemmas to develop thinkers and
decision makers
07 ASSESSMENT 3.0
Possibly the most dramatic of the entire list,
this development changes the way learners
are questioned. The initial wave of change saw
the transition from closed questions to test
memory to open, discussable questions that
query perspective and reasoning. However,
this new system of questioning and activity
sequences is less concerned with absolute
answers and more geared towards creating
CONTACT US
GlobalNxt University brings together faculty
from some of the best institutions across the
world.
Our global faculty design and deliver world
class, interactive, individualized and rigorous
management education programs in flexible
study modes.
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| Executive Education for over 100 corporates
Write to us to learn more about our L&D
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For a full list of references, please visit
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corporate-education/big-ideas-LD-references.

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About GlobalNxt University
GlobalNxt University offers high quality interactive education centered
around a global learning community of students and professors,
delivered in a flexible, online, community based format aimed
squarely at working professionals who are committed to fulfilling their
management and leadership potential.
GlobalNxt University brings together professors from leading institutions
across the world, who are passionate about learning innovation. The
academic team at GlobalNxt University works relentlessly to track,
design and integrate with our curriculum, the latest ideas in pedagogy.

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Learning Philosophy
The students are at the center of the learning eco system at GlobalNxt
University.
Constructive Environment: Enabling the learning to build knowledge
and skills from responsive content, peers and faculty experts.
Situating Environment: Preparing adult learners to apply skills in real
world business situations.
Collaborative Environment: Technology that makes discussions and
collaborations enjoyable and seamless for students from across 72
countries.
Evaluative Environment: Continuous learning assessment based on
application of knowledge and not merely theoretical knowledge.

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At GlobalNxt University, learners
can look forward to an engaged,
interactive and enjoyable learning
experience.
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