Lessons and Insights from
Ten eLearning Masters
December 8 & 9, 2011
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On the Horizon: Building the
Instructional Designer’s
Relevance in 2012
Aaron Silvers, Advanced Distributed Learning
Lessons and Insights from Ten eLearning Masters
December 8 & 9, 2011
Howwe’llberelevanttoday…
• Identifykeycharacteristicsofhoworganizationallearningis
changingintosocialbusiness
• Differentiatebetweenstrategicdesignchallengesvs.tacticalor
operationaldesigndecisions
• Linkdesignactivitiesinsidetheorganizationtothelargercontextof
businesseffectiveness
• Explainthebenefitsofaninternalinformationcampaigninthe
contextofcontinuousimprovementforanorganization
• Prepareyourpersonal/professionaldevelopmentin2012for2013
andbeyond.
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December 8 & 9, 2011
No,really…
• Takethenext60secondstogetbehindthekeyboard.
• Whileyou’reatit,getapen/pencilandsomepaper
out,too.MostofthegoodstuffisNOTontheslides.
• Thisisgoingtobeanactivediscussionmakinguseof
chat.
• Takenotesandtweet.Bysharing,youalsoreflect:a
doublewin.
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Discuss:Whattrendsor
topicsaredisruptingyour
practice?
UsetheChatwindow!
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Lessons and Insights from Ten eLearning Masters
December 8 & 9, 2011
Showing,nottelling,isthefuture.
JulieDirksen
KevinThorn
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Wheretostart?
“UserExperience,PerformanceImprovement…we’renotgoingtobeinvited
intoconversationsunlesswecanestablishthatweaddvalueintheseareas.”
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Lessons and Insights from Ten eLearning Masters
December 8 & 9, 2011
Startunderstandingwhat’s
relevantoutside oflearningand
development
toberelevantinsidelearninganddevelopment.
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Googlethesepeople
(youhaveaphone)
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AlexBaumgardt
MJBroadbent
RichardBuchanan
BillBuxton
ChristianCrumlish
SebastianDeterding
MichaelDila
RichardFeynman
JesseJamesGarrett
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DaveGray
Shel Kimen
CharleneMcBride
PeterMorville
Jakob Nielsen
DonNorman
DennisSchleicher
JaredSpool
ToddZaki Warfel
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December 8 & 9, 2011
Discuss:Whoareyouserving
inyourorganizationright
now?HowManymileshave
youwalkedintheirshoes?
UsetheChatwindow!
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Embrace“socialbusiness.”
Avoid“school”asthemodel.
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December 8 & 9, 2011
Whatis“Socialbusiness”
“Peopledon’tdobusinesswithcompanies.Peopledobusinesswith
people.”
• ASocialBusinessisengaged
deeplyconnectingpeople,includingcustomers,employees,and
partners,tobeinvolvedinproductive,efficientways.
• ASocialBusinessistransparent
removingboundariestoinformation,expertsandassets,helping
peoplealigneveryactiontodrivebusinessresults.
• ASocialBusinessisnimble
speedingupbusinesswithinformationandinsighttoanticipate
andaddressevolvingopportunities.
http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/socialbusiness/overview/index.html
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HowisBusinesschanging?
Machine
Organism
http://communicationnation.blogspot.com/2011/02/connected-company.html
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December 8 & 9, 2011
Whydoweneedtopay
attention?
Divisions
Connections
http://communicationnation.blogspot.com/2011/02/connected-company.html
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Discuss:howdoesyourrole
changeinaconnected
organization?
UsetheChatwindow!
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December 8 & 9, 2011
Advocateforbetter
knowledgetransfer
Rethinkyourrole’srelationshipwithwhatyoudon’tknow.
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Masterthemediayouuse.
“Fromcradle‐to‐grave,don’tletanyoneareagettoofoggy”
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Lessons and Insights from Ten eLearning Masters
December 8 & 9, 2011
Discuss:
A)Whatdoyouusein
learningexperiences?
B)Whatmediadoyou
personallyconsume?
UsetheA/Bwindow!
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Startyour“Doing”list.
Aswellasyour“StopDoing”list.
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Discuss:
A)CREATEADoing LIST
B)CREATEAStopDoing LIST
UsetheA/Bwindow!
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DisruptYourself.
Beforesomethingelsedisruptsyou
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Discuss:Howdowedisrupt
ourselves?
UsetheChatwindow!
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Lookatthingsinnewways…
 VISUALTHINKING
Anewlenswithwhichtoview
challengesandsolutions.
FormsforSelf‐Improvement
 KATA
 QUESTORMING
Ameansfordrivingtowards
askingbetterquestions.
 BODYSTORMING
Prototypingsystemsand
servicesinreal‐timebyacting
astheinterfaces
 GAMESTORMING
Designtheexperienceofa
groupcomingtogetherto
generateideasandsolutions.
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Lessons and Insights from Ten eLearning Masters
December 8 & 9, 2011
Embracecomplexity.
Oversimplifyingleadstomorechaos.
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ChiefLearningOfficer,
ProblemSolutions,LLC
Thankyou!
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