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The Learning 2019 conference

I have been to a ton of learning conferences but this will be my time at this conference. I’m looking forward to it and I’m planning to report on all interesting sessions via this blog.

It is now Sunday morning, the conference will officially kickoff this evening. But I have an interesting day ahead.

There is a Dutch group trip to this conference and they have invited me to join them in a…

On October 23rd, 2013 Easygenerator launched the first (free) edition of Easygenerator at DevLearn in Las Vegas. It means we turn 6 today. 

The problem that we set out to solve was that the creation of learning content is too slow, too expensive and that it is very hard to keep it up to date. Our solution is to give subject matter experts responsibility for the creation and maintenance of…

How subject matter experts can create more effective learning

An increasing number of subject matter experts are sharing their knowledge in a variety of ways. One of them is the creation of learning content. Facilitating this is the core role of my company Easygenerator. We provide a hassle-free authoring platform for them to share knowledge effortlessly. We know that the software must be so intuitive that anyone can log in and, without any training, can…

Best practice instead of malpractice

Last month, I required a surgical intervention during which my worn-out shoulder was replaced with an artificial one. During the final preparations, one of the medical staff asked me which shoulder I needed to be operated on and I told her it was the right-hand side. She then got a marker pen out and drew a big arrow on my right forearm pointing towards the shoulder.

This was to make sure I had…

Employee-generated Learning is now mainstream

The main takeaway for me looking back on 2018 is that our approach of Employee-generated Learning (EGL) is becoming more and more mainstream. Let me explain why this is the case.

Knowledge sharing, social learning, and peer-to-peer learning have become household names driving new knowledge acquisition in the workplace. Most research such as Udemy’s Learning Trends, E-learning Guild’s Predictions,…

#DevLearn 2018: The death of the Learning styles, microlearning, and Millennials

Back home after DevLearn 2018 and the one thing that stands out is the annihilation of three big learning buzzwords:  Learning Styles, Microlearning and Millennials.

Learning styles

The e-learning guild published a couple of new reports, I attended a session on them. One of the reports is “The truth about teaching to learning styles and what to do instead” by Jane Bozarth. Here is the conclusion…

This session was about a simple but rather cool idea sending out a spaced course via email. I think it is a cool idea if you do not have an LMS or do not want to use it.

#Devlearn master panel Learning technology, past present and future

An extremely cool panel made out of no less than seven e-Learning guild masters.

#Devlearn. New guild reports presented

Professor Jane lecturing

In this session, three new reports from the e-learning guild were presented.

Jennifer Hoffman about blended learning, Steve Forman about earning platforms and Jane Bozart about learning styles. The most surprising outcome is on learning styles. The conclusion is” They do not matter. Jane states they are only a ‘marketing thing’. Wow!

      I would say download the reports…

#devlearn18 First day review

David Kelly during his opening statement

Looking back on the first day of Devlearn 2018. The first thing I noticed it has become bigger. I missed last year and in comparisson to 2016 it has grown. There are more attendees, more vendors, more of everything. This year is the 15th DevLearn and clearly, it is alive and kicking. despite the growth, it still is a gathering of a guild made out of…

#DevLearn Gary Wise. Point-of-work, new ground zero for learning

Pretty impressive session by Gary Wise. He makes a big point that we spend 80% of our L&D budget on 2.3% of the work time. This presentation was the first time that I saw a complete approach on how to set up and design a workplace support system. I liked “the seven right things” and was most impressed by the details per “thing”. I did not cover all these details in the mindmap, but Gary shared…

What makes a good Learning eXperience Platform

A session about LXP by Ben Betts. He states that we are leaving the era of learning and we are moving towards the era of Performance. I also liked his seven habits,

#Devlearn: David Kelly. LMs, LRS, LXP and more

Interesting session by David Kelly. It contained also the buzzword for the DevLearn 2018: LXP.

A “Learning eXperience Platform”. This  new type of learning platform that is making waves. Some call it LMS on steroids, others social learning platforms, but it is a trend as a new platform next to the LMS.

#Devlearn 18: Curation morning buzz session report

Morning buzz sessions are early morning informal gatherings about a certain topic with a moderator. The first one this year was a session on curation. I noticed one thing during this session and that is that the mindset of most people is really different than it was two years ago (when I last attended). During this session, people were discussing the usage of tools like Slack and Yammer to…

Jane Hart is conducting her annual Digital Learning Tools survey. Always an interesting list to follow. Here is my top 10 list for 2018.

Easygenerator. Yes, I know it’s my tool. But we are using it inside our own company too. Not just because it works, but also to find out what doesn’t work.

Slack. We use Slack for all our internal communication. I have to say that, initially, I was not a big…

More and more organizations today are embracing knowledge sharing as a way to promote learning and development. Our concept of “employee-generated learning” helps organizations move in this direction.

Employee-generated learning is driven by subject matter experts (SMEs) and owned by learning and development (L&D) teams. If implemented in the right conditions, culture, and content, it overcomes…