Lasher on Learning

I am conducting an eLearning experiment open to all. It is to coincide with two presentations over the next two weeks, one at the Learning and Skills Group in London and the second at mLearnCon in San Diego next week.

I am presenting on the subject of ‘Just Too Late Learning’, the concept is that there are 4 basic types of learning methods.

1. Want – learning that you want to do. eg I would like to be able to repair my own car so attending a car mechanics course would be ideal for me.

2. Must – Compliance courses fall into this category. eg Anti Money Laundering if you work for a financial organisation. These course you must complete and pass a test to be able to work in your organisation.

3. Need – Often Just in Time learning. Confusing time line on this one for me. eg Going to learn how to do something just before I need to do it….

4. Oh Sh*t – Just too late learning.  eg  I already started working on something and do not know how to finish it.

All too common….

My presentation highlights a new form of learning design and delivery to meet this need plus some ideas for alternatives to be discussed at the Learning and Skills Group and in MOSH Pit in San Diego.

You can be a part of an experiment in social help and assistance starting right now.

On Twitter, use your favourite twitter tool, I use Tweet Deck, search for and follow #ineedtoknow, seems there is a little junk on it already, but I am sure we can take it over!

If you need to know something, anything, then post it here. Do it before you search Google. Let’s see if the people in the experiment can help each other with anything and everything.  Old saying is I don’t know, but know a ‘man’ who does. Get that ‘man’ involved!

I am not sure how this will pan out, and will watch it closely for a few  weeks. Invite everyone you know to take part and lets see if the social learning aspect of helping someone else in need can be as productive as I hope it will.

The results will be published as part of a wider set of research and who knows you may be pioneering something that will become a part of daily activity in the near future.

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