tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post114941178903168023..comments2023-11-03T06:03:50.388-07:00Comments on The Learning Circuits Blog: Herding Cats or Managing Informal Learningjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271633210993298646noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-13796575680772394922007-06-16T05:41:00.000-07:002007-06-16T05:41:00.000-07:00I just linked this page to my own blog. Fantastic...I just linked this page to my own blog. Fantastic ideas, right on the money! Here is my blog's link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1149992871045815392006-06-10T19:27:00.000-07:002006-06-10T19:27:00.000-07:00Don: If you didn't catch Jack Gordon's editorial ...Don: If you didn't catch Jack Gordon's editorial in Training Magazine last month (May 2006), you should check it out. He points out that if you add up all of the studies on inefficiency in the workplace, you'd come up with a total of "at least 25 hours a day, seven days a week."Dave Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858983999952168681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1149570548476969962006-06-05T22:09:00.000-07:002006-06-05T22:09:00.000-07:00I plan on reading into this deeper tomorrow, but o...I plan on reading into this deeper tomorrow, but one thing that I noticed is the statement: <BR/><B>According to CIO<BR/>Magazine, workers spend <BR/>over 7 hours per week<BR/>seeking information. What<BR/>can you be doing to make<BR/>that a quicker and easier<BR/>process?</B><BR/><BR/>Ok -- let's say that the information is now automatically piped into them and they can now get it in 30 minutes. Would they then find reasons to get more infomation so that they can get their full seven hours of curiosity and socialization fulfilled? <BR/><BR/>I say this because to me, the actually act of getting information is in the "hunt" itself. Without the hunt, it just becomes another boring routine.Donald Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980740206430947090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1149492072906538312006-06-05T00:21:00.000-07:002006-06-05T00:21:00.000-07:00Dave,I second you on your concern with calling inf...Dave,<BR/>I second you on your concern with calling informal learning cheap. As we know, there's no such thing as a free lunch, and most of us know what a cheap one tastes like!<BR/><BR/>One of the biggest purely cultural problems with e-learning has been the message put forward by vendors who claimed that their expensive software would produce cheap learning. People who sell cheapness cheapen the object of their sale (while maintaining the price of their "unique" product). The result of all this is to confirm in many people's minds that the ultimate goal with training and learning is the minimalist one of doing whatever has to be done (N.B. not "needs to be done") for the lowest price possible. <BR/><BR/>Informal training requires investment, but less in product than in organizational culture. That means effort and concerted action on all levels, because what is at stake isn't so much mere efficiency of process as collective long-term productivity. Unfortunately, many people confuse productivity and efficiency and end up seeing saving money as an easier and more manageable expedient than building the foundations of authentic productivity.Peter Isacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11345466329362975451noreply@blogger.com