The document discusses the future of organizational learning. It notes that learning is shifting from formal classroom-based training to informal learning through collaboration and social networks. Drivers of this change include shifting demographics with more millennials entering the workforce, the rise of social media, and dissatisfaction with traditional workplace cultures. The future of learning is predicted to include greater use of gamification, flipped classrooms where learning is done independently before class, and the ARC model of providing access to learning resources, recommending materials, and curating content.

1. The Future of Organizational Learning
Brett Elmgren, March 12, 2014
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“I believe…
through positivity, collaboration and passion we can
change our work and change our lives.”

4. What do I do?
• Evolve our learning and development culture
• Design, develop, and deliver learning
• Curate and recommend informal and social
learning opportunities
• Develop people
• Challenge the status quo

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Our values
What does Cameco do?

6. The Evolution of Learning

7. What is one thing you learned in the
past 24 hours?

8. How did you learn it?
A. Reading online
B. Reading in print
C. Through Conversation
D. Watching a video
E. On the job practice
F. Listening to audio
G. In a classroom
H. Other
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9. How are you Learning?

10. Pre-2000
Classroom
Instructor-led training
(ILT)
2000-2008
Classroom (ILT)
E-learning
Blended (E + ILT)
2008-2014
Classroom (ILT)
E-learning
Blended learning
Collaborative
Formal learning
Individual focus
Social learning
Group focus
Sources: Bersin, From E-Learning to We-Learning, The Conference Board of Canada.
1. Shifting demographics
2. The explosive rise of social media and technology
3. Dissatisfaction with traditional organizational cultures
Drivers:

11. 1. Shifting Demographics
• Traditionalists (born 1925 – 1945)
• Baby Boom Generation (born 1946 – 1964)
• Generation X (born 1965 – 1976)
• Millennial Generation (born 1977 – 1997)
Generational breakdown
Generations
Traditionalists
Baby Boomers
Generation X
Millennials36%
45%
17%
The rise of the millennials
• 50% of the workforce by 2020
Traditionalists
Baby boomers
Generation X
Millennials
Generation 2020
51%
20%
22%
6%
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections.

12. Constantly connected…
On a date…At the movies…During a marathon…On the big day…

13. 2. The rise of social media

14. 3. Dissatisfaction with the Workplace
“A move from command and control, to
encourage and engage.”
- Jane Hart

15. Learning 1.0 to Learning 2.0
A shift from viewing learning as a product created for
learners to a collaborative and connected process involving
learners.
Sources: Learning and Development: 2011, The Conference Board of Canada.

16. Imagine it is 1996, and you are presented
with two business plans…
- Current leader
- Large and
profitable
- Team of highly
paid professionals
- A strategic
marketing plan to
sell to the masses
- Start-up
- No money or
resources
- All contributions
are made
voluntarily
- Revenue is
generated
through donation
- Source: Daniel Pink. Drive, 2009

17. Which Business Will Win?
A. Door #1
B. Door #2
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18. Door #1 Door #2

19. Flat Army
Pervasive Learning
“The switch from a “training is an
event” fixed mindset to “learning is
a
collaborative, continuous, connecte
d and community-based” growth
mindset. - Dan Pontefract
- Source: Dennis Callahan

20. 3-33: Pervasive Learning Model
Source: Dan Pontefract, Flat Army 2013

21. Formal Learning
“A self-contained learning event, occasionally scheduled, typically
tracked, providing a comprehensive approach to a topic.”
Source: Dan Pontefract, Flat Army 2013

22. Formal Learning

23. When was the last time the Toronto
Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup?
A. 1785
B. 1992
C. 1977
D. 1967
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1992
1977
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24. Fastest Responders
Seconds Participant Seconds Participant
2.514 331998
3.733 3B536D

25. Formal Learning

26. Formal Learning

27. Informal Learning
“Learning that occurs primarily
spontaneously and outside of
formal, designed activities.”
Source: Dan Pontefract, Flat Army 2013
“Learning on demand!”
“Learning at the speed of need!”

28. Informal Learning

29. Informal Learning

30. Informal Learning

31. Social Learning
Source: Dan Pontefract, Flat Army 2013
“Social learning can either be
formal or informal, and involves
learning through interactions
with others.”

32. Social learning is NOT social
media. Social media provides
a tool through which social
learning can thrive.

33. Why Enterprise Social?
• Breakdown Silo’s
• Drive innovation
• Foster learning (informal & social)
• Support a culture of collaboration

34. Enterprise Social Networking

35. Yammer Animation

36. Video Sharing

37. What Will Learning Look like in 2020?
1. The rise of gamification
2. The “flipped” classroom
3. The ARC

38. How Games Drive Behavioural Change

39. Gamification
“A business strategy which applies game design techniques to non-
game experiences to drive user behavior.”
Source: Gamification.org
Source: @DanPontefract

40. “Flipping the classroom”
“Assign the lessons as homework, and take what
used to be homework and have students practice
in the classroom.”
- Sal Khan

41. How to “Flip” your Training
• Have your experts record their processes
• Host the videos online
• Direct learners to the video’s
• Allow learners to learn on their own time
• Assess for mastery without grades
• Complete practical application
• Assess practical application for mastery
• Enlist a social community of support

42. “Itunes saved the music industry.”
- Wall Street Journal

43. The Future for L&D: ARC
ACCESS
RECOMMEND
CURATE

44. What will learning look like in 2020?
1. The rise of gamification
2. The “flipped” classroom
3. The ARC

45. Want a Career in Learning and
Development?

46. Which one looks like my career path?

47. What I did in the past 7 days
• Delivered new-hire onboarding
• Facilitated a TED’s on Tuesday Lunch and Learn
• Shared leadership content through social media
• Edited an e-learning program
• Drafted a podcast schedule
• Facilitated a focus group
• Conducted a needs analysis for leadership development

48. How to be Great
• Be passionate about learning
• Learn to collaborate
• Get awesome at listening
• Become technically competent
• Read, read, read, read, read, and then read more
• Master your distractions
• Challenge the status quo
• Fail … and fail often
• Be humble…It’s not about you.

49. “The Real World”

50. “The only way to know the future, is
to create it.”
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