I’ve just come back from a trip to the UK, where of course I continued my exploration of geeky curiosities. I was delighted to have discovered three excellent museums, from which I will now share some of my highlights.
In an era in which the very existence of the L&D department is attracting evermore scrutiny, the role of the “expert” in our context is becoming increasingly pertinent.
Historically, there was a lot of responsibility on L&D to get it right.
If we didn’t give people the right information, if the manuals were wrong, if the scenario was slightly incorrect – then we fail. So we look for new ways to make sure we don’t fail. Let’s face it, there’s a bit of control freak in all of us!
There’s no point landing the perfect plane at the wrong airport. That’s an analogy someone shared with me several years ago to explain Design Thinking, and it has resonated with me ever since.
From the get-go, a false idol that must fall is the belief that the role of the L&D department is to create all the training to meet the organisation’s learning needs. These needs are so diverse within and across all the different job roles that the task is an almost comical impossibility.
In part four of this series, Dr. David Chandross looks at the factors preventing businesses from using Agile development methods for learning technology.
Creativity and innovation are both critical factors for the sustainability of your business. Find out how you can achieve innovation through eLearning.
Over this series of articles, I’ll examine the flaws in the learning management system and explore the ideas and technologies pointing the way to a superior approach. Then, in my final article, I’ll meld these ideas into a model and re-examine the LMS in light of these ideas to see if it can be reborn, or if it really is time to kill the LMS.