Experiential Learning - Providing Relevance and Value
Charles Jennings, the former Chief Learning Officer at Reuter and Thomson Reuters, will present a session on 27th January at the Learning Technologies 2010 Conference on the power and potential of experiential learning.
Training and development departments are facing a major challenge as it becomes widely accepted that that the majority of learning within organisations takes place outside formal training and learning events. The continued rise of informal and social learning, and the realisation that today's productivity is in the actions of people rather than in the information in their heads, is driving Training and Development in new directions.
Session Highlights:
This session will highlight the fact that there are many opportunities for organisations to exploit the fact that learning comes through experience, practice, conversation and reflection. Good managers create the right environments and provide experiential learning opportunities in the workplace for their teams on an ongoing basis. Bad managers ignore the opportunities at their peril.
With a focus on experiential learning and in today's "brave new world" of ubiquitous information, training and development directors, managers and employees must unlearn traditional learning methods and develop critical performance-centric "MindFind" skills. Agile minds that can locate information or master skill sets and turn them into action, not simply memorise learning content, will be the winners. Experiential learning is the bedrock for this approach.
Key focus points of this session:
- Why experiential learning is the most-effective solution to strengthen the foundations of employee capability.
- How to maximise the benefits of experiential learning for your organisation, creating increased engagement.
- Examples of experiential learning in action - including how Axia College at the University of Phoenix, with 200,000 students, has successfully embraced advanced technology-supported experiential learning.
- The importance of "MindFind" skills in the experiential learning world, and the demise of the content-centric, knowledge-focused Academy model of training as an effective learning solution.
Charles Jennings' presentation is just one of over forty insightful sessions for learning professionals at the Learning Technologies 2010 Conference. The complete Learning Technologies Conference programme is online along with full conference and speakers details, booking information and the available discounts.
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