Learning in the workplace 2020Clive Shepherd

clive@onlignment.com

2000HOW FAR HAVE WE COME?

What has changed in the past ten years?

How has the world changed as the result of new technologies??

What has changed in the past ten years?

?What major changes have occurred in the world over and above the technological?

What has changed in the past ten years?

?Meanwhile, what has changed in the world of workplace learning and development?

Q1:

A 200 million

B 2 billion

C 20 billion

Approximately how many internet users are there in the world?

Q1:

A 200 million

B 2 billion

C 20 billion

Approximately how many internet users are there in the world?

Q2:

A Asia

B Europe

C North America

Which continent has the most internet users?

Q2:

A Asia

B Europe

C North America

Which continent has the most internet users?

Q3:

A 1.5 billion

B 2.5 billion

C 4.5 billion

Approximately how many mobile phone users are there in the world?

Q3:

A 1.5 billion

B 2.5 billion

C 4.5 billion

Approximately how many mobile phone users are there in the world?

Q4:

A 2 million

B 200 million

C 2 billion

Approximately how many Google searches are made each day?

Q4:

A 2 million

B 200 million

C 2 billion

Approximately how many Google searches are made each day?

Q5:

A 300,000

B 3 million

C 30 million

Approximately how many English language articles are there on Wikipedia?

Q5:

A 300,000

B 3 million

C 30 million

Approximately how many English language articles are there on Wikipedia?

Q6:

A 20 hours

B 200 hours

C 2000 hours

Approximately how much video is uploaded to YouTube every minute?

Q6:

A 20 hours

B 200 hours

C 2000 hours

Approximately how much video is uploaded to YouTube every minute?

Q7:

A 6 minutes

B 60 minutes

C 6 hours

How much time does the average internet user worldwide spend on Facebook a month?

Q7:

A 6 minutes

B 60 minutes

C 6 hours

How much time does the average internet user worldwide spend on Facebook a month?

E-learning may only be a medium but it supports a wide variety of methods

e-TutorialsGames and simsVideosPodcastsPresentationsSoftware demos

Virtual classroom sessionsWebinarsOnline meetings

Email

Forums

Blogs

Wikis

Social n

etworking

We need less live learning, but not none

SYNCHRONOUS ASYNCHRONOUS

SYNCHRONOUS ASYNCHRONOUS

Less formal learning in groups, but not none

GROUPS SELF-DIRECTED

SELF-DIRECTED GROUPS

Less courses, more resources

COURSES RESOURCES

COURSES RESOURCES

PeopleConfidenceInspiration Materials

Thanks to Nick Shackleton-Jones

Select methods before mediaSelect methods before media

Change isn’t easy…

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”

Peter Drucker

But this is a time for action …

“When the rate of change outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end is in sight.”

Jack Welch

2020HOW FAR CAN WE GO?

What about the next ten years?

How could learning technology have developed by 2020??

What about the next ten years?

?How could the world as a whole have changed by 2020?

We can predict anything except the future

“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”

Charles H. DuellOffice of Patents, 1899

We can predict anything except the future

“We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out.”

Decca executive, 1962, after turning down the Beatles

We can predict anything except the future

“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”

Ken Olson, President of Digital Equipment 1977

We can predict anything except the future

“This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication.”

Western Union memo, 1876

We can predict anything except the future

“Who wants to hear actors talk?”

H.M. Warner,Warner Brothers, 1927

We can predict anything except the future

“I think there's a world market for about five computers.”Thomas J. Watson, chairman of

the board of IBM

We can predict anything except the future

“Stocks have reached a permanently high plateau.”

Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University,

1929

We can predict anything except the future

“While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility.”

Lee DeForest, inventor

Barriers to e-learning there will not be in 2020

Trainers who are currently aged 50+

Barriers to e-learning there will not be in 2020

Trainers who are currently aged 50+

Poor IT literacy / technophobia

Barriers to e-learning there will not be in 2020

Trainers who are currently aged 50+

Poor IT literacy / technophobia

Over-complex hardware and software

Barriers to e-learning there will not be in 2020

Trainers who are currently aged 50+

Poor IT literacy / technophobia

Over-complex hardware and software

Bandwidth

L&D can take one of two routes

delivering formal training

the learning architects

Q: What is a learning architect?

A: Not a learning builder

Learning in the workplace 2020Clive Shepherd

clive@onlignment.com