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OLDaily - Text Edition by Stephen Downes Oct 11, 2016
How Learning and Development Are Becoming More Agile
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As the title suggests, learning and development are
becoming more agile. By this, what they mean is that there
is a much greater use of freelancers. The article draws
from an Accenture study (14 page PDF
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on outsourcing that suggests "HR will need to redefine its
mission and activities—and perhaps create new roles
and organizational structures to maximize the extended
workforce’s strategic value... the best HR
organizations of the future will offer learning
opportunities to extended workers." The article quotes
Patty Woolcock, the executive director of CSHRP, the
California Strategic HR Partnership, says: "The future of
learning is three 'justs': just enough, just-in-time, and
just-for-me." So we're looking at technology-supported peer
learning, bringing together customers and providers, and
focusing on development (growth) rather than deficiencies
(or gaps).
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Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six
Community Colleges
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I'm preparing for a talk on Thursday on learning
communities and encountered this excellent study from 2010.
This is a fairly large study, as the title suggests, and
the report (153 page PDF
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provides a comprehensive overview, including these
observations:
A paid coordinator and committed college leaders were
essential to managing and scaling up learning communities.
As coordinators clarified expectations and offered support,
faculty responded by changing their teaching practices.
Curricular integration remained difficult to implement
widely and deeply.
Student cohorts led to strong relationships among students,
creating both personal and academic support networks.
Additionally, the authors recommend curricular integration
supporting active and collaborative learning, including
collaboration with faculty and student services, with the
objective of promoting student engagement.
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Why It’s Time to Let Go of ‘Meritocracy’
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"Building an education system around
‘meritocracy’ as it is commonly used
post-Thatcher may be a function of those in power being so
privileged that they are not in a position to see their own
privilege," writes Doug Belshaw. "Those who have never
witnessed people having to work three jobs to keep their
family afloat may not understand why parents can’t do
more to coach their children through an entrance
examination." I hear this. I managed to keep my grades up
while working my way through university, but I wonder what
sort of networking opportunities I lost while working at
7-Eleven Friday nights and Saturday nights.
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Long post covering a number of keynote, hands-on and eveen
virtual sessions from last week’s Digital Media and
Learning conference LinkIt's Alan
Levine getting excited about educational technology again,
and when that happens, it's always a good read. He also
talks about his new approach to conferences: "A conference
now to me is a huge serendipity engine that plays off of,
and can amplify the valuable of connections in the online
space. But not on its own. You have to initiate a few
things." This includes talking to people in meal line-ups,
going to sessions without checking the session titles, and
watching the 'ignite' talks for new ideas. He also talks
about the idea of leading into in-person talks with online
talks involving the same audience. All good stuff.
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