resources - The L&D Forum - DPG Community2024-03-29T07:36:40Zhttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/learning-professionals/feed/tag/resourcesWould you like some help curating useful resources?https://community.dpgplc.co.uk/learning-professionals/would-you-like-some-help-curating-useful-resources2018-03-07T11:23:58.000Z2018-03-07T11:23:58.000ZAdy Howeshttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/AdyHowes<div><p>Curating resources to support learning is a valuable activity. The internet is full of useful articles, videos, documents and discussions that are useful to support people developing their skills and knowledge in any area. As part of the mix in a ‘learning event’, used before or as a follow up after an event or even as an alternative to a workshop, curated resources help a deeper level of learning to take place. Using what’s already out there helps to avoid re-inventing the wheel.</p>
<p>But how do you find the time to curate resources?</p>
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<p><strong>Here’s something that might help.</strong></p>
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<p>Our friend, <a href="https://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/MartinCouzins">Martin Couzins</a> at Learn Patch, has kindly offered us all the chance to make use of beta programme of a new service that provides curated lists for subscribers. You decide the topic for the curated resources you’d like to see and <a href="https://learnpatch.com/learning-lists/">Learn Patch</a> sends them to you. In return for the chance to get involved, you just need to give your feedback on the resources curated by Learn Patch and the service provided.</p>
<p>One of the things that has always impressed me about Learn Patch is the approach in ensuring resources are credible, relevant and appropriate. The approach in making sure the credible stuff bubbles to the top and the nonsensical fake news is weeded out is important when it comes to curating resources. You don’t want to put out any old rubbish in front of the people in your organisation, do you?</p>
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<p><strong>Get involved</strong></p>
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<p>I’m going to give this a whirl and try this out. I’ve chosen the topic of #DigitalSkills given that’s an area I’m hugely interested in. For you, it could be resources to help with training you’re working on, an area that you are working on in your business or perhaps something to do with the industry your organisation is working in. If you are studying on any of our CIPD programmes, perhaps there’s an assignment or topic where curated resources would be of benefit.</p>
<p>If this is something you want to try out too, I’d love you to do a couple of things. First, leave me a comment as to what interests you about this and why. Once you’ve done that, then head along to get started and sign up free at <a href="https://learnpatch.com/learning-lists/">https://learnpatch.com/learning-lists/</a></p>
</div>Stories as a vehicle for learninghttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/learning-professionals/stories-as-a-vehicle-for-learning2017-02-22T10:32:13.000Z2017-02-22T10:32:13.000ZJoy Wilsonhttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/JoyWilson<div><p>Hi,</p>
<p>My last three pieces of work have been designed around stories that put the learner at the heart of decision making to shape the learning journey and make decisions that influence outcomes for the characters in the stories. It works particularly well when there is a need for the learner to understand and navigate both process and manage the emotional reactions of the characters they engage with. I found this free story telling resource for those who are interested in this approach from Pixar/Khan academy. Good stuff.</p>
<p>Enjoy. </p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/pixar/storytelling" target="_blank">https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/pixar/storytelling</a></p>
</div>5 Resources to help you develop yourself in online learninghttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/learning-professionals/5-resources-to-help-you-develop-yourself-in-online-learning2017-01-24T09:14:38.000Z2017-01-24T09:14:38.000ZAdy Howeshttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/AdyHowes<div><p>Many of us are already using virtual classrooms to complement support our organisations learning strategies. If you're not already the chances are you will in the future as more and more organisations tune into this to complement what's already done. Whether it's to support face to face learning, offer bite sized sessions or simply just to collaborate with teams the benefits of reduced cost and time cannot be ignored.</p>
<p>Whilst many of the skills we use in real life translate well to the virtual classroom, it is a totally different environment. Many fall foul to just settling for dumping Powerpoint presentations into the online platform without taking advantage of the various ways to help learners to interact and stay engaged.</p>
<p>So here's a few resources that will help you develop your skills in this area that I'm sure you will find useful....</p>
<p><a href="http://community.dpgplc.co.uk/learning-professionals/three-tips-to-introduce-virtual-classrooms?commentId=6624286%3AComment%3A314099" target="_self">Podcast - Three tips to Introduce Virtual Classrooms</a> - A ten minute interview podcast with Kassy LaBorie</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thelpi.org/events-2/webinars-and-recordings/" target="_blank">Learning and Performance Institute - Webinar events and recordings</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Webinars-Pocketbook-Stella-Collins/dp/1906610800/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485248878&sr=8-1&keywords=webinar+pocketbook" target="_blank">The Webinar Pocketbook</a> - A book by Andy Lancaster and <a href="http://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/StellaCollins" target="_self">Stella Collins</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Interact-Engage-Activities-Training-Meetings/dp/1562869361/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485248963&sr=8-1&keywords=kassy+laborie" target="_blank">Interact and Engage: 50 Activities for Virtual Training, Meetings and Webinar</a> - A book by Kassy LaBorie and Tom Stone</p>
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<p>And if you want an amusing take on a Real Life Video Conference, take a look at the video below from video and web conferencing service <a href="https://zoom.us/" target="_blank">Zoom</a>.</p>
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<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JMOOG7rWTPg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>
</div>Resources first, not just courseshttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/learning-professionals/resources-first-not-just-courses2016-08-05T09:24:56.000Z2016-08-05T09:24:56.000ZAdy Howeshttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/AdyHowes<div><p>A few years back I remember delivering a course. It had been a great day. As I read through them at the end of the day, the happy sheets were happy. But there was one particular piece of feedback that caught my eye. It was from a guy that had been engaged, positive and pleasant throughout the day. On his feedback form he was most complimentary about me. Even more so about the biscuits! But his overall appraisal of the value he’d got from the day less so.</p>
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<p>‘It’s been a good course, well delivered with some good interaction. But I don’t think it was worth spending a whole day on. This could have easily been covered in a couple of pages.’</p>
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<p>Much as I felt guilty agreeing with what he’d written, I did. Was it really worth getting these people to travel to the location, spend the entire day with us and then travel back home later than they usually would? Was it just training for training’s sake? On this occasion, for this particular workshop and for these particular learning outcomes yes, I think it was a waste.</p>
<p>Fast forward a few years to yesterday and I’m logged onto a <a href="https://www.thelpi.org/events-2/webinars-and-recordings/">Learning and Performance Institute webinar</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidInLearning">David James</a> who was talking about how to ‘Become a Digital Learning Pioneer’. The first question set the scene really well.</p>
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<p>Unsurprisingly the answers from most of the almost 100 people attending was ‘Google it’. As you and I both know, that’s exactly how things work nowadays. We don’t tend to wait for the next available course or programme that maybe running in a few months, if one actually exists. We use the technology at our finger tips to find the answer today, right now, at the moment we need it. It might be a document, an infographic, a video, an article, an e-book, an app, a podcast and so the list goes on. But it’s something that’s available to us here and now and may well just do the job.</p>
<p>I think about the things I’ve looked up in this way on the internet. All manner of things from helping me to do my job better, to how to fix things around the house. If, for example, I’m looking how to repair a leaky tap, I’ll no doubt find plenty of resources out there to help me. It’s not going to give me the knowledge and skills I need to completely re-plumb the entire house. For that, I’m better off with some sort of plumbing course, or even better still, a plumber. But for the smaller task in hand, a resource that covers that specific task will be plenty and I don’t need to know the rest.</p>
<p>All too often, L&D departments are tasked with creating that course to satisfy learning needs of our organisations in a silver bullet approach, when sometimes, a resource, or set of resources would have been plenty. A course isn’t always the answer. </p>
<p>Before we get too worried about being replaced by the biggest search engines in the world, let’s stop and put this in context. As David said in the webinar, ‘What google can’t do that we can, is address organisational needs rather than just the individual needs.’ The good news in that is there is a fundamental role to play for L&D. Talking with our people, finding out what challenges they have, creating resources that help people to perform better in their roles are amongst these things. Finding, curating content and helping people develop the skills to do the same are also key. There’s also still a part to play for workshops, programmes, coaching, mentoring and all the other great work that we do.</p>
<p>So all this has got me thinking. What are the resources I could be creating to help people be better at what they do? What are the learning needs that people have previously told L&D that a course is needed when really a resource would have done? How can these resources support and compliment the other learning methods we use? How can we use resources to offer a truly blended approach? What skills do L&D need to develop to be better at producing resources, videos, documents and performance support and no just courses? How can we find out and discover what resources people really need?</p>
<p>You might have some similar questions that pop into your mind too. You might have some comments you want to leave below to get a discussion going. I always welcome those, thanks in advance!</p>
<p>In the meantime, let me leave you with these tips from <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidInLearning">David</a> on creating resources.</p>
<p>But remember, this isn't about resources only. Resources are simply another method in our learning armory. Think resources first, but not resources only.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/378811?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/378811?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"></a></p></div>Albums or playlists? Courses or resources?https://community.dpgplc.co.uk/learning-professionals/albums-or-playlists-courses-or-resources2016-04-28T21:36:03.000Z2016-04-28T21:36:03.000ZAdy Howeshttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/AdyHowes<div><p>I thought I'd finished for the night here as I played through some tunes and had one last browse on Twitter. Then an article '<a href="https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/tag/curated-playlists/" target="_blank">After the Album: How Playlists are Re-Defining Listening</a>' shared on Twitter by <a href="https://twitter.com/martincouzins" target="_blank">Martin Couzins</a> caught my eye. It talks about how the way we listen to music has shifted from albums to playlists.</p>
<p>It's true though isn't it? On the variety of devices, gadgets and services at our fingertips now we build customised playlists of music to suit all manner of different situations, environments, people and occasions. I've still got last years funky BBQ playlist lined up for when the British Summer Time finally decides to make an appearance this year. I've got 'Training Choons' playlists that I have used in various different workshops through the years - a whole mixture of genres, artists and styles from a variety of album sources. Then there's other playlists. Tunes to party to, tunes to go on holiday to and tunes to chill with.</p>
<p>But historically it was albums. A series of tunes, in a particular order. Someone else's order. In a duration they chose and in a one to last track sequential liner journey The needle on the record never did find it's shuffle. The Walkman's of the time were quite frankly a pain to fast forward through and find just the right spot  - (*other personal stereo brands are no longer available either). These limitations weren't always a bad thing though. Sometimes it's nice to hear an artists work in the way they intended it to be. Some albums just don't shuffle well anyway. Either way there has been a a definite shift in how we listen to music.</p>
<p>The interesting part for me, is when you start linking this change in music consumption to the change in knowledge consumption we have seen. The way people learn has undeniably shifted too. So perhaps there's some useful thinking here for our own organisations. Perhaps in some cases it is about the album, the course, delivered in a particular way with a particular agenda. But maybe, there is some space here to provide learning resources from a variety of sources. Our learners would surely be grateful of the ability to build their own playlists of relevant content.</p>
<p>Do you think?</p>
<p>Albums or playlists?</p>
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</div>What book would you love to receive?https://community.dpgplc.co.uk/learning-professionals/what-book-would-you-love-to-receive2014-08-19T08:19:52.000Z2014-08-19T08:19:52.000ZBlake Heneganhttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/BlakeHenegan<div><p>Hi Everyone</p>
<p>I'm working on improving our marketing and one of the things we will start doing is sending free books that our clients might find useful.   As our clients are L&D Managers and HR Managers I thought the community would have lots of suggestions to the books they've found the most useful. </p>
<p>So,  if you were to receive a book what books would you most like to receive and why?   </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Blake</p>
</div>The best list of L&D websites ever..https://community.dpgplc.co.uk/learning-professionals/the-best-list-of-l-d-websites-ever2012-11-09T10:26:39.000Z2012-11-09T10:26:39.000ZAdam Harwoodhttps://community.dpgplc.co.uk/members/AdamHarwood<div><p>Hi All,<br />
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Came across this fantastic list of L&D resources on Twitter compiled by @LisaAGoldstein <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ldglobalevents.com/l-d-resources/" target="_blank">http://ldglobalevents.com/l-d-resources/</a></p>
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There are 100’s of links that feature L&D blogs and free stuff! It has encouraged me to do two things first of all share it with everyone on the forum and second of all add a list of my best L&D websites!</p>
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Just for the record- the DPG Community is at the top for obvious reasons :)<br />
<a rel="nofollow" href="http://adamharwood1984.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/the-best-list-of-ld-websites-ever/" target="_blank">http://adamharwood1984.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/the-best-list-of-ld-websites-ever</a></p>
<p>Enjoy</p>
<p>Adam<br />
@adamharwood1984</p>
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