LINE to speak on transforming training at Online Educa Berlin
LINE, a leading provider of learning and communications solutions is to speak at Online Educa Berlin 2009 on the topics of training transformation and minimalist learning design. The talks, given by LINE’s Sean Nugent and Steve Barden, focus on ways in which organisations under pressure from current economic conditions can provide training that is higher quality, more cost-effective and which takes less time to deliver. LINE is an active member of The European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), and these themes are aligned with ELIG’s agenda of using new knowledge and learning technologies to boost renewal of European economies as they emerge from recession.
The LINE sessions are as follows:
9:45 am, 2 December
Transforming Training in Defence And Security: A Practical Approach
Speakers: Sean Nugent and Steve Barden
Delivered as part of Security & Defence Learning 2009)
The impact and benefits of transforming training can be significant. Ultimately it can contribute to a shift in organisational culture from ‘training’ to ‘learning’. In this model learners undertake self-directed and distance learning in addition to face-to-face training. The result is that they spend less time off task and less time in the classroom. Training is more consistent, face-to-face training time is optimised and learners can practice and achieve mastery more quickly.
11:45 am, 4 December
Beyond the Nuremberg Funnel: Minimalist Design for E-Learning
Speaker:Sean Nugent
Delivered as part of Online Educa 15th International Conference on Technology Supported Learning & Training)
In 1990 John M. Carroll published a book called ‘The Nurnberg Funnel - Designing Minimalist Instruction for Practical Computer Skills’, followed by a number of other publications on the subject over the subsequent years. Carroll demonstrated that the minimalist approach outperforms the standard 'systems approach' in every way - the learner, not the system determines the model and the methods of instruction. Applying certain aspects of Carroll’s theory to e-learning could lead to higher quality, lower cost training with a significant reduction in training time.
Ian Leader, LINE’s MD, Central Europe, said "The big question facing our industry across Europe is how well we can articulate our worth against the important criteria of speed, cost and learning effectiveness? We have been focusing on exactly these areas in our work with clients for some time now and continue to be active, not least through our membership of ELIG, in promoting the importance of learning innovation to help ensure a sustainable recovery."
Richard Straub, Secretary General of ELIG, said, “With new ICT enabled tools we can tap the brainpower of knowledge workers in new ways. It is only they who can deliver the creativity and innovation that will bring a new leap in innovation and hence growth”.
ELIG will host a pre-conference workshop at Online Educa entitled 'Moving beyond the crisis powered by knowledge and learning solutions - what is the NEXT practice'. This workshop is a call for a group of thought leaders and key stakeholders to come together to not only discuss the future vision but to establish signposts for the 'NEXT PRACTICE'.