• Collaboration and community skills are the new workplace skills

  OK, these skills are not actually “new” –  they’ve always been present – but perhaps they have not always been as visible as they should have been, as Oscar Berg explains in The collaboration pyramid (or iceberg). But, as businesses transform into social businesses, the social workplace is going to become more and more reliant on [...]

• Reactions to the non-training approach to workplace learning

  Following my recent post on the case for a non-training approach (NTA) to workplace learning and the launch of my NTA website, I’ve received quite a bit feedback and read a number of blog posts and comments about it. So I thought I would plot all these reactions on the learning technology adoption curve that my Internet Time Alliance colleague, Harold [...]

• The Non-Training Approach to Workplace Learning

  The Training Department (aka the L&D dept) has traditionally focused on designing, developing, delivering and managing instruction – in the form of courses, workshops, e-learning and other training events.  In  fact “a course” in some form or other has now become  the de facto solution to any performance problem in an organisation – despite the [...]

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• Social learning is not a new training trend
• Social Media + Learning = much more than Social Learning
• Do you really need separate social learning tools and platforms: part 1
• Do you really need separate social learning tools: Part 2: 6 ways to integrate learning into the workflow
• 10 steps for working smarter with social media
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• Getting to social: you simply can't train people to be social (0) Harold Jarche So you're now a social business?

  You are engaging with social media for marketing and customer support. You have also put in place a social intranet, with activity streams for sharing information, collaboration tools for work teams and document managem...

• Collaboration and community skills are the new workplace skills (0) Jane Hart OK, these skills are not actually “new” -  they’ve always been present – but perhaps they have not always been as visible as they should have been, as Oscar Berg explains in The collaboration pyramid (or iceberg). But, as businesses transform in...
• Reactions to the non-training approach to workplace learning (0) Jane Hart Following my recent post on the case for a non-training approach (NTA) to workplace learning and the launch of my NTA website, I’ve received quite a bit feedback and read a number of blog posts and comments about it. So I thought I would plot all the...
• The Non-Training Approach to Workplace Learning (0) Jane Hart The Training Department (aka the L&D dept) has traditionally focused on designing, developing, delivering and managing instruction – in the form of courses, workshops, e-learning and other training events.  In  fact “a course” in some form or ...
• 10 steps for working smarter with social media (0) Jane Hart

  Workplace Learning is changing!

  A number of people, my Internet Time Alliance colleague, Charles Jennings in particular, have highlighted the fact that training that simply involves filling people’s heads with knowledge, is ineffective and ...

• Social learning is not a new training trend (0) Jane Hart Article written for e-Learning Age magazine, November 2011

  With the emergence of new social media tools, the word “Social” is being prefixed to old words to form new terms like “Social Business” and “Social Media Marketing”, and of course w...

• Do you really need separate social learning tools: Part 2: 6 ways to integrate learning into the workflow (0) Jane Hart In Part One  of this series of blog postings, I asked the question:
  “As business is becoming more social and we are using new social tools to work collaboratively with one another, do we really need another set of social tools specifically for lea...
• Do you really need separate social learning tools and platforms: part 1 (0) Jane Hart We are hearing a lot about new social learning tools and  platforms that are becoming available – but do you really need them in the workplace?

  As business is becoming more social and we are using new social tools to work collaboratively with one ...

• Social Media + Learning = much more than Social Learning (0) Jane Hart This article was written for the E-Learning Council, and first appeared on 10 October 2011
  Although we learn every day, in everything we do, whether it is in what we read,  watch or listen to, or in the conversations and discussions we have with other ...
• 3 simple tips for setting up online communities (0) Jane Hart On Wednesday I spoke at the World Of Learning 2011 conference in the session on Harnessing the potential of social learning.  My message was the same as usual (and you can see my presentation here) that social learning is not about forcing people to p...
• Social Learning is NOT a new training trend (0) Jane Hart I’ve written a few postings recently (notably Social Learning doesn’t mean what you think it does) where I have tried to show how the fundamental changes in how businesses are operating, require a fundamental change in how the L&D function needs...
• Social Learning doesn’t mean what you think it does: PART TWO (0) Jane Hart Yesterday, in my first posting on this topic, I showed how “social learning” is not just about a new training trend or about adding social media into the “blend” or acquiring the latest Social Learning Management System, but a fundamental chan...
• Social Learning doesn’t mean what you think it does! (0) Jane Hart A few days ago my Internet Time Alliance colleague, Harold Jarche, shared this article, written by Deb Lavoy, with me: Social Business Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does, Neither Does Enterprise 2.0.  The first few paragraphs say it all!
  “Social B...

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Jane Hart is the Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT), one of the world’s most visited learning sites on the Web. Popular resources at the site include the annual Top 100 Tools for Learning list (now in its 5th year) and the Directory of Learning & Performance Tools (with over 2,000 tools listed in 12 categories).

Jane has worked with business and education for over 25 years, providing independent advice on the acquisition, implementation and use of new technologies. Jane’s huge breadth of knowledge and experience – in terms of potential approaches and tools as well as pitfalls – means she is able to offer a wide range of advice and support.

Jane is also the host of a number of communities including the Social Learning Community, a global community of practice for those interested in social learning and the use of social media for learning. She also runs workshops online and offline helping individuals and teams understand the value and power of social media for smart working.

Jane has been blogging for many years, she writes articles for international magazines; and is also an established author. Her most recent book is the Social Learning Handbook and she is now working on a follow-up resource site and book: The Non-Training Approach to Workplace Learning

Jane regularly gives keynotes and invited presentations at conferences and other events, both in the UK and internationally as well as online.

Her other activities include

• Honorary Fellow of the British Institute for Learning & Development.
• Member of the Advisory Board for the UK-based Institute of Learning & Development Professionals (IITT)
• Visiting Lecturer on the MSc in Learning & Technology at Oxford University
• Judge in the BizMedia E-Learning awards 2010 and 2011, Slideshare World’s Best Presentation contest 2010, and ALT Learning Technologist of the Year 2011 award

I enjoyed your contribution at the symposium yesterday very much. Not only was your key-note a good example of how to structure a key-note, but also the content was very nice. Not all new, but it was very nice to see new insights connected to known content.  ~ Patrick Collaris

Thank you for your wonderful contribution and they way you went about inspiring the teachers. It was really quite an honour for us to have hosted you. ~ Janet Thomson

Thank you so much for presenting yesterday I already know that they were thoroughly engaged in your presentation as activity has already commenced! ~ Anne Spencer

Thanks for a very inspiring lecture yesterday. The group really appreciated your insightful contribution. ~ Claus Hellmann Hansen

Thank you for a most enlightening experience and for the opportunity to learn so much ~ Mike Foxon

Jane, this was a truly great tour of personal organisation, collaboration and social media tools. I think you pitched it just right – anyone would find information of real value here without being overwhelmed. Thanks for all your hard work. ~ Dan Mason

Social Learning Handbook’ best professional book I’ve read the last years regarding L&D! ~ Karl-Heinz Thulemann

I appreciate how your book is so much more than just a tutorial on Social Media. After reading it, I really feel like you did a wonderful job of addressing the future possibilities concerning organizational learning. As educators, staying up to date on new media is important, but equally as important is knowing what kind of role it could play in education. Thank you for addressing this, and for not just writing another infomercial/tutorial about SocMe tools and resources. ~ William Lamp