“Back in business and starting off with some winners!”
Ger’s Learning Notes #36
Learning from winners
You might be wondering why it’s taken so long since the previous edition of my learning notes. First, because of the COVID lockdown, we decided to spend our time serving the community with our free ‘miniMOOC’ on Online Social Learning.
Then, in late September 2020, I was hit by a severe stroke and was in hospital for half a year. I needed to learn to swallow and walk again for the second time in my life. I’m very grateful to have recovered quite well after nine months.
The first work-related activity that I could pick up was around the ‘aNewSpring Most Inspiring Learning Journey Awards 2021’. I had the privilege of being part of the team of judges. We selected the top three candidates, and the audience voted for the final gold, silver and bronze positions.
Afterwards, I asked the winners to share a resource with me that inspired them the most or a resource that is related to their award-winning work. I can now share these with you. Enjoy and learn from the winners! (Next episode will be: Inspiration from the judges!)
(1) The GoodPractice podcast
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Suggested by:
Gold winner Jet Zantvoord from GITP
Some remarks
A great and rich resource! The GoodPractice L&D podcast (now renamed the Mind Tools L&D podcast) is, in my opinion, ‘the Mother of all L&D podcasts’. It’s been out there for many years and contains 248 (Yes! 248!) episodes. A wonderful one for summertime.
Where to find it?
(2) A blog post describing the starting points of their winning approach
Shared by:
Silver winner Rakesh Maharaj from ARMSA Academy
Some remarks
Get inspired to make more use of performance support. At ARMSA, performance support is high on the agenda and often used in their learning design blend. In their award-winning case, they connected different versions of performance support related to decision-making to different rules in the process. This was very smart and highly appreciated by the judges (and audience, I guess). Please allow me to make a bold statement: a blended learning design is never complete when it doesn’t contain performance support.
Where to find it?
Decision-making in the workflow: how on-demand support optimises performance
(3) Next-generation blended learning methodology
Shared by
Bronze winner Rob Hubbard from LearningAgeSolutions (LAS)
Some remarks
This next-en blended learning methodology captures so many smart elements and seems to me like the crystallisation of all the knowledge and experience available to the multi-award-winning LAS crew. Smart, brilliant and very practical. That’s the way (aha, aha) I like it!
Where to find it?
(4) The value of awards for training providers
Written by
Co-host at the awards event, Jos Berden
a write-up of the event and video presentations of all three award winners!
Some remarks
Jos created a nice and inspiring overview of how joining an awards competition can be of great value. Scroll down to see the video presentations of the winners during the final. Take advantage of this blog, and go get an award somewhere soon! (And let us know!)
Where to find it?
Ger Driesen
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