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Whatwedo

• Blendedlearningstrategiesthatembedself-directedlearning

• Howtofostercuriosityandreflectioninyourlearners

• Buildingacultureofcontinuouslearning

Wewilldiscuss…

Learningworkingmanifesto

Change Complexityisthenatureofbusiness

Collaboration

Learnersasconsumers

Whatdoesaselfdirectedlearnerdo?

Slideswiththis iconaresummariesofthediscussionthathappenedduringthewebinar.

They:• areselfawareandsettheirowngoalsforlearning

• areproactive aboutlearning

• thinkabouttheirownlearning

• seekoutfeedback

• arecurious,accountable,alwayslookingfornewways

Whatdoorganisationsdothatgetsinthewayofpeoplebeingselfdirected?

• Organisationspushlearningatpeople

• Organisationstaketoomuchcontroloverwhat,whenandhow

peoplelearn

• Thereisalackofencouragementandsupport

• Resourcesoutofdate

• Thereisoftenaone-size-fits-allapproachtolearning

• Don’tprovideenoughtimetolearn

MeetMary.

SheistheL&DpersonataFinTech company

Wearegoinglookatsomeofwaysshesupportsherpeopletobecomeselfdirectedlearners

Everyonehasquarterlylearninggoals

Maryhasputtogether• Selfassessmenttoolsaroundkey

skills• 70:20:10mapsofhowtodevelop

skillsindifferentareas

Theyhavepathwaysthroughlearningecosystems.

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Hackdays - buildsomethingFAST

Onceamonthall”normal”workisstoppedandthewholeorganisationtakespartina“hackday”

Sometimespeopleworkonprojectsthatarenotdirectlyrelatedtowhattheorganisationdoesdaytoday– theyplay

Thedayfinisheswithpresentationsandprizes

ThesedaystakealotoftimeforMarytoorganise.

Otherapproachesfromtechcompanies

Google’smythical20%timeonsideprojects

AdobeKickbox - aninnovationtoolkitinaboxwithabudgetof$1000touse

Librariesofresourcese.g.LinkedInlearning,Goodpractice

Giveyourpeopleautonomyevenifit’sonlyinsmallways

MeetAmelia

SheistheL&Dmanagerforalarge,highlyregulatedbusiness.

Wearegoinglookatsomeofherchallenges.

Amelia’sorganisationismovingtoa70:20:10learningmodelandshedoesn’tfeelthatherpeoplehavetheskillstobeselfguidedlearners.

Howisthemoveto70:20:10modelgoingtoeffectAmelia’slearners?

They

• mighthavetheperceptionthat(format)learningisbeing

takenaway

• mightnotbewillingtotakesrisks

• mayneedamorestructuredapproachtostartwith

• maynotbeawareofwhatinformallearningopportunities

exist

• willneedalotofsupportduringtheearlystages

Mary’sworldisnotperfect

Theirstaffareoftenyoungandarenotgreatatprojectmanagement.

Shehasdesignedadigitallearningprogramtoimproveeveryone’scapabilityintheprojectmanagementarea.

Learnerscanfreelyaroundthelearningexperience

Theyareincontrol

Intheearlystagestheyarepresentedwithchallengesandthenthereisalibraryofresourcestheycanaccesstosolvethechallenges

It’sspacedoveraperiodof3months

Learnerschoosetoparticipate

Earlystages

Theprogramincludessomeprojectbasedwork

During theprojectstagetheyaregivenresourcesandaskedtobuild summariesanddopresentationtopeers

Embedding –learninghowtolearn

Theyareconstantlybeingsentmicrochallenges

Laterstages

Simulations

Learninghowtolearn

Howto:

• Setgoals• Findinformation• Reflect• Buildtheirownmentalmodels• Practiceinadeliberateway

Makeyourlearners“dothework”

BacktoAmelia

Theorganisationismovingtowardsbeingmorecustomercenteredandsheneedstoimprovecapabilityinthisarea.

Programonbeingcustomercentered

Beingamysteryshopper

Projectwork

Plan·Do-ReviewShadowingwithcolleaguesasengagingwithclients

Peercoaching

Holdafocusgroupwithcustomerserviceleaders

Buildawikiofbestpractice

Interactivevideo

Bitesizeexamplesofgoodpractice

Integratedintoinduction

Howdoesacuriouspersonbehave?

They

• askquestions

• ask'Whatif?'and'Why?’

• arecreativeandcriticalthinkers

• engagewithothersandseekfeedback

• learnfrommistakes

• investtimeandenergyinfindingoutmore

BacktoMary

Theroleofpeoplemanagersistoasklotsofquestions

Whathaveyoulearnt?Whatisnext?Whatdoyouneedhelpwith?

Gettingtopeople’smotivations

Peertopeerlearningexperiences

Critiques

Lessonslearntsessions

Learningcircles

Lunchandlearns

LearningApps

Eachdayeveryoneispromptedtoask“Whatyouhaveyoulearnttoday?”

L&Dsortsandshares

Learninglogsareasimplelowtechwaydothis

Whatotherwayscancuriositybefostered?

• Allowingforpassionprojects

• Inspirepeople

• Givethemtimeandspacetoexplore

• Gamification

• Provideavenuesforsharingwork- workingoutloud,blogging,

resourcelibraries

• Givepeopleopportunitiestobeindependent

Personallearningenvironment

Find

Collect

Comment

Share

It’saboutknowledgeandconnectionstopeople

Personallearningenvironment

Examples

StephenDownes OLDaily newsletterFlipboardEvernoteGoogleKeepSomepeopleuseLinkedIn&Twitter

Ifyouwanthelpwithgrowingyourpeopleinbeingself-guidedlearnerspleasegetincontactandwecantalkaboutpossibleprojects.

Dr Robin PetterdM: +61 419 101 928E: robin@sproutlabs.com.auhttp://www.sproutlabs.com.au