https://blog.elearnmag.acm.org/?p=139 Online Learning and Training Mon, 13 Oct 2014 18:45:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.25 https://blog.elearnmag.acm.org/?p=139#comment-489 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:01:42 +0000 http://wp.acm.org/elearn/2010/11/03/state-of-learning-in-the-workplace-devlearn-2010/#comment-489 I would love to know more about how to help learning and HR departments begin to blend the old w the new knowledge worker practices. What ideas do you or others have about doing this well. Clearly we are in forefront of massive change and can help lead the way. Yet we need tools. Or maybe I should google my question Cheers.

]]> https://blog.elearnmag.acm.org/?p=139#comment-488 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:50:02 +0000 http://wp.acm.org/elearn/2010/11/03/state-of-learning-in-the-workplace-devlearn-2010/#comment-488 I work in a situation where we are obliged to take a lot of online training. Much of it we must take on our own time. I find that much of the content is long (designed by a committee), slightly out of date, and not especially relevant. Yet the personnel folks put great value in completing these courses and earning the certifications. In conversations with colleagues, we agree that the people who have the time to take the courses and get the credentials are not the people who are doing the work. They are the strap-hangers who try to look busy by doing peripheral tasks, such as these online courses. This whole endeavor sounds like an easy answer, but often misses the mark. Adult supervision is needed.
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]]> https://blog.elearnmag.acm.org/?p=139#comment-487 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:30:33 +0000 http://wp.acm.org/elearn/2010/11/03/state-of-learning-in-the-workplace-devlearn-2010/#comment-487 So do you think education meets the needs of modern industry? Should schools start to worry less about the facts people learn annd more about teachhing them to find and evaluate facts.
How would this change assessments? Is the future in companies that design online tests evaluating employees with traditional formats of exams meaning that no one ever truely leaves education, or do we need an entirely new means of assesment?

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