Tag: Social Learning

Learning Postcards: The Reality of Learning

The pace of change in Organisational approaches to learning is being far outstripped by evolutions in the reality of learning itself. In the Social Age, technology allows us to access knowledge, and make sense of it, ever faster, and more collaboratively, than before. Today, I want to share some thoughts on four aspects of this change: the rapid iterations of our individual approaches to learning, the rapid diversification of learning support technologies, the evolution of knowledge itself, and the fragmentation of the underlying power that sits behind learning.

If you would like to read the original article, or more of Julian’s work visit his blog at: https://julianstodd.wordpress.com/2018/04/18/the-reality-of-learning/

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Learning Postcards : The Social Age of Learning

I’ve been working with a diverse group of Learning professionals in Madrid today, exploring the Social Age and the ways in which learning has evolved. I sketched this up with a small group, to capture the narrative of ‘what learning is about in the Social Age’ and share it now, not really as a finished or polished framework, but rather in the spirit of #WorkingOutLoud.

If you would like to read the original article, or more of Julian’s work visit his blog at: https://julianstodd.wordpress.com/2016/04/28/learning-in-the-social-age-a-sketch/

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Radical Complexity

When the banks collapsed in the last financial crisis, there was a phrase bandied about, that some were ‘too big to fail’. This week i’ve been pondering something of the opposite: are some organisations ‘too big to succeed’. I’m not thinking specifically of their headcount, their geographical spread, or the physical weight of their buildings, but rather more the radical complexity of their networks, the unknowable nature of their knowledge, and the sheer inertia of their formal hierarchies. Possibly good organisations, probably doing good work, but ultimately doomed to fail through their inability to understand their true dynamics.

If you would like to read the original article, or more of Julian’s work visit his blog at https://julianstodd.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/a-state-of-radical-complexity/

To find out more about Sea Salt Learning go to https://seasaltlearning.com

The Ecosystem of Social Learning

The idea that Social Learning is somehow separate from other types of learning is a misnomer. For me, it represents simply the ownership of, and engagement, with the learning story. ‘Formal Learning’ is a story written by the organisation, and distributed to people: it’s ideal where you need consistency, conformity, where you are trying to build a codified strength, but it lack the context of practice, of local understanding, and often has no space for individual interpretation.

If you would like to read the original article, or more of Julian’s work visit his blog at https://julianstodd.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/the-ecosystem-of-social-learning/

To find out more about Sea Salt Learning go to https://seasaltlearning.com