Robin Petterd
Founder of Sprout Labs, host
of the Learning While
Working podcast and virtual
conference
Sprout Labs builds digital learning platforms that enable you and
your team to author, deliver and measure high impact digital
learning ecosystems.
• Virtual conference
• The Learning While Working podcast
• The blog
• eBooks
• The recordings of past webinars
Other content from Sprout Labs
Work is changing
Per year
Learning while working is the new
normal
70:20:10 is model not a framework
Learning ecosystems design is a powerful
mindset for transforming learning
A learning ecosystem is that it is an entity made up of
components that work together to create a whole
learning experience.
The relationship between the components means that
the overall experience becomes more than the sum of
its parts.
Learning design
Technologies to enable learning
What we have been getting wrong in
building learning cultures
Employee as
self directed
learner
L&D as learning
ecosystem designer
Manager as
learning leader
What does a learning ecosystem designer do?
Does more than design courses
Designs relationships between
the components
Takes into account the current
learning landscape
Designs for the long term
Makes pathways
Building learning cultures
Culture
Mindset
BehavioursVisualisabl
e
Old organisations New organisations
Fix systems and
procedures
Agile and always
changing
Learning culture Internally focused on
‘systems’
Externally focused -
Insight engine
Learning mindset L&D team is
responsible for
learning
Everyone is helping
each other to grow
Learning behaviours Courses Work is learning
We form habits Constantly changing
We transform learning cultures by
designing ways to help to employees
behave differently
Employee as
self directed
learner
self assess and identify
learning needs
find resources and people to
assist them
practise and trial new
behaviours and skills and gain
feedback on performance
articulate and reflect on what
they have learned
evaluate and measure their
own learning.
New podcast series on learning cultures in tech
companies
Teaching employees how to learn
Teaching employees how to coach
Back to Sprout Labs’ learning ecosystem model
We are goal oriented
Performance focused assessment
Capability frameworks
Self assessment tools
Peer assessment tools
Business outcome Business metrics Lagging
Employee
performance
Changes in on the job
assessments
Changes in self assessment
Activity Completions Leading
Podcast: Measuring the impact of learning ecosystems with Steven Foreman
Assessment first approaches
Often the only way to
access the ‘know how’ of
an organisation is through
training
Performance supports
Job aids
eBooks
Curated resources
Could the learner be building these?
Tip - Sophisticated content curation is a great way to
move to a learning ecosystem approach
Learning with peers
Being supported by
managers
Support managers
Nudges e.g. coaching
questions
Building in activities
that involve
managers
Learning with peers
Peer coaching
Action projects
Jam events
Books of knowledge
Structured + Specific
Two important S words to go along with social learning
We need places to practise
new skills
This is what great performance-
focused, interactive learning has
the potential to be
We need places to practise
new skills
Simulations - paper based
Board games
Sandboxes
Roleplays
Mirroring - the learner does the
same task as an experienced
person
Improving what we do
Expanding expertise
Articulating what we have
learnt so we can reflect and
make generalisations
Improving what we do
Prompts - email messages,
mobile notifications to record
and reflect
Questions about what your team
has learnt recently
Expanding expertise
Performance support
integrated
Microlearning
Find more
about
How to | Examples | Practice
This experience is focused on using the software and microlearning about how to do the task
Podcast: A case study on the use of blended performances supports with Melanie Hawkins
getglasshouse.com.au
Dr Robin Petterd
M: +61 419 101 928
E: robin@sproutlabs.com.au

A field guide to learning ecosystems