Comments on: Informal learning and performance technology http://www.jarche.com/2006/07/informal-learning-and-performance-technology/ Life in Perpetual Beta Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harold Jarche » Increased complexity needs simplified design http://www.jarche.com/2006/07/informal-learning-and-performance-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-191061 Harold Jarche » Increased complexity needs simplified design Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:48:48 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=826#comment-191061 [...] Informal Learning & Performance Technology [...] [...] Informal Learning & Performance Technology [...]

]]> By: Techie’s Corner » Blog Archive » Informal Learning - Harold Tells Us Where To Put It - Now What http://www.jarche.com/2006/07/informal-learning-and-performance-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-68985 Techie’s Corner » Blog Archive » Informal Learning - Harold Tells Us Where To Put It - Now What Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:02:29 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=826#comment-68985 [...] post by Harold Jarche - Informal Learning and Performance Technology responding to my post - Informal Learning - Let’s Get Real. His post is the kind of reasoned [...] [...] post by Harold Jarche – Informal Learning and Performance Technology responding to my post – Informal Learning – Let’s Get Real. His post is the kind of reasoned [...]

]]> By: Harold Jarche » Skype Call on Informal Learning http://www.jarche.com/2006/07/informal-learning-and-performance-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-65206 Harold Jarche » Skype Call on Informal Learning Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:06:18 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=826#comment-65206 [...] be discussing informal learning in general, personal knowledge management, various tools and analysis & implementation [...] [...] be discussing informal learning in general, personal knowledge management, various tools and analysis & implementation [...]

]]> By: Harold Jarche » Analysis for Informal Learning http://www.jarche.com/2006/07/informal-learning-and-performance-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-9948 Harold Jarche » Analysis for Informal Learning Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:53:02 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=826#comment-9948 [...] This is a follow-up to Informal Learning and Performance Technology. I’ve created this diagram to show a rather simplistic representation of how you would conduct an analysis to determine where informal learning might fit in to your organisation. This process is designed for larger organsisations, and there is much missing from this diagram that space won’t allow. Anyway, it’s designed as a conversation accelerator on how to start looking at opportunities for informal learning on an organisational basis. [...] [...] This is a follow-up to Informal Learning and Performance Technology. I’ve created this diagram to show a rather simplistic representation of how you would conduct an analysis to determine where informal learning might fit in to your organisation. This process is designed for larger organsisations, and there is much missing from this diagram that space won’t allow. Anyway, it’s designed as a conversation accelerator on how to start looking at opportunities for informal learning on an organisational basis. [...]

]]> By: Harold http://www.jarche.com/2006/07/informal-learning-and-performance-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-5569 Harold Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:39:01 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=826#comment-5569 Dave: I'd be glad to continue the conversation (in any medium), as there is no single truth in this field. As a practioner, I have to deliver solutions to my clients. These may not be perfect academic solutions. The bottom line for me is to base my work on solid research and good practices. Dave:

I’d be glad to continue the conversation (in any medium), as there is no single truth in this field. As a practioner, I have to deliver solutions to my clients. These may not be perfect academic solutions. The bottom line for me is to base my work on solid research and good practices.

]]> By: Dave Ferguson http://www.jarche.com/2006/07/informal-learning-and-performance-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-5565 Dave Ferguson Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:52:18 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=826#comment-5565 Harold, I've been in deep lurk mode for a while, so it's a pleasure to revisit and find you talking about HPT. As you know, I'm interested in finding ways that people are applying "social software" (to me a fuzzy and trendy term) to training (more formal), learning (less), and on-the-job ("performance support). I need to shape this up enough that I can talk intelligently about what I'm setting out to do, and so that I can exchange ideas and questions with people like you and Tony Karrer. I might quibble with "multimedia" and "intranets" as interventions -- the former seems more like a component of some other intervention (multimedia in an online course, for example), and the latter seems more like infrastructure (an intranet being one way to support an internal community of practice). But that's a quibble. -- Dave Harold,

I’ve been in deep lurk mode for a while, so it’s a pleasure to revisit and find you talking about HPT.

As you know, I’m interested in finding ways that people are applying “social software” (to me a fuzzy and trendy term) to training (more formal), learning (less), and on-the-job (“performance support). I need to shape this up enough that I can talk intelligently about what I’m setting out to do, and so that I can exchange ideas and questions with people like you and Tony Karrer.

I might quibble with “multimedia” and “intranets” as interventions — the former seems more like a component of some other intervention (multimedia in an online course, for example), and the latter seems more like infrastructure (an intranet being one way to support an internal community of practice). But that’s a quibble.

– Dave

]]> By: the screaming pages » is informal learning the wave of the future? http://www.jarche.com/2006/07/informal-learning-and-performance-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-5446 the screaming pages » is informal learning the wave of the future? Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:43:36 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=826#comment-5446 [...] Tony Karrer and Harold Jarche have been participating in a cross blog dialog on informal learning. Of course, I was fascinated immediately by Harold’s points relating to Human Performance Technology (HPT) and it’s foundation on training needs analysis. He - far more eloquently than I could ever dream of doing - summed up the basis of my mini-rant yesterday regarding the desperate need to ensure that training is the right fit for the issue to be resolved. In HPT, one of the main areas of focus is the analysis; to determine what the performance gaps are. I was told by an experienced practitioner in the field that only 15% of organisational performance problems can be addressed by training. This is based on about 50 years of research and on the premise that “Instruction & Training” can only address a lack of skills or knowledge. [...] [...] Tony Karrer and Harold Jarche have been participating in a cross blog dialog on informal learning. Of course, I was fascinated immediately by Harold’s points relating to Human Performance Technology (HPT) and it’s foundation on training needs analysis. He – far more eloquently than I could ever dream of doing – summed up the basis of my mini-rant yesterday regarding the desperate need to ensure that training is the right fit for the issue to be resolved. In HPT, one of the main areas of focus is the analysis; to determine what the performance gaps are. I was told by an experienced practitioner in the field that only 15% of organisational performance problems can be addressed by training. This is based on about 50 years of research and on the premise that “Instruction & Training” can only address a lack of skills or knowledge. [...]

]]> By: Harold http://www.jarche.com/2006/07/informal-learning-and-performance-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-5430 Harold Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:17:46 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=826#comment-5430 Tony, the way I break it down is: 1. Performance Interventions are everything that you can use to improve organisational performance (the first bulleted list in this post plus Instruction & Training) 2. Within these interventions you have learning interventions and non-learning interventions. A typical non-learning intervention would be a financial bonus system. 3. Of the learning interventions, some are instructional (training) and some are non-instructional (job aids). They each involve learning, but not instruction. For instance, a job aid can be used after training, in order to remember tasks that need to be done infrequently. An analytical tool to determine what tasks are suitable for training is a DIF analysis: http://www.jarche.com/?p=400 As for the new array of tools, I would include blogs, wikis, social bookmarks, podcasts and collaborative software such as Writely and Gliffy. They are not all that new, but they are now cheap and plentiful. Tony, the way I break it down is:

1. Performance Interventions are everything that you can use to improve organisational performance (the first bulleted list in this post plus Instruction & Training)

2. Within these interventions you have learning interventions and non-learning interventions. A typical non-learning intervention would be a financial bonus system.

3. Of the learning interventions, some are instructional (training) and some are non-instructional (job aids). They each involve learning, but not instruction. For instance, a job aid can be used after training, in order to remember tasks that need to be done infrequently. An analytical tool to determine what tasks are suitable for training is a DIF analysis: http://www.jarche.com/?p=400

As for the new array of tools, I would include blogs, wikis, social bookmarks, podcasts and collaborative software such as Writely and Gliffy. They are not all that new, but they are now cheap and plentiful.

]]> By: Tony Karrer http://www.jarche.com/2006/07/informal-learning-and-performance-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-5428 Tony Karrer Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:45:09 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=826#comment-5428 Harold, Great post! I plan to do a follow-up blog post, but I realized that I'm not all that clear on what you define as Informal Learning vs. HPT. It seems that you are using a fairly classic definition of HPT which has a very broad set of possible interventions. It also seems that you are then including Informal Learning solutions as part of that mix. But, I couldn't tell which parts were considered the Informal Learning stuff in your mind. What are the "new array of tools"? Which of the performance interventions might be considered informal learning? Thanks, Tony Harold,

Great post! I plan to do a follow-up blog post, but I realized that I’m not all that clear on what you define as Informal Learning vs. HPT. It seems that you are using a fairly classic definition of HPT which has a very broad set of possible interventions. It also seems that you are then including Informal Learning solutions as part of that mix. But, I couldn’t tell which parts were considered the Informal Learning stuff in your mind. What are the “new array of tools”? Which of the performance interventions might be considered informal learning?

Thanks,

Tony

]]> By: USJFCOM PAO http://www.jarche.com/2006/07/informal-learning-and-performance-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-5426 USJFCOM PAO Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:36:00 +0000 http://www.jarche.com/?p=826#comment-5426 Wanted to update you about what US Joint Forces Command is working towards in the training field. Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability continues training transformation efforts USJFCOM's Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability (JKDDC) Joint Management Office (JMO) has continued to sharpen its aim to transform training by providing the joint warfighter with the knowledge and information needed to make sound decisions whether in the heat of combat or during major humanitarian crises. http://www.jfcom.mil/newslink/storyarchive/2006/pa071106.htm Wanted to update you about what US Joint Forces Command is working towards in the training field.

Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability continues training transformation efforts

USJFCOM’s Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability (JKDDC) Joint Management Office (JMO) has continued to sharpen its aim to transform training by providing the joint warfighter with the knowledge and information needed to make sound decisions whether in the heat of combat or during major humanitarian crises.
http://www.jfcom.mil/newslink/storyarchive/2006/pa071106.htm

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