What we can learn from across the ditch by Robyn Viljoen
Monday June 20, 2011
Having been a Learning and Development practitioner for more years than I can remember, I found the Australian Institute of Training and Development 2011 Conference in Melbourne hugely refreshing. I arrived home bubbling with excitement and ideas.
This conference had key note speakers that challenged every dimension of my L & D comfort zones. It inspired me to let go of past materials that I had clung to realising that some of them were from the B.G. (Before Google) era. I left with a new approach and felt excited about the opportunities before us.
I have shifted my paradigm to realising that “when the student is ready, the teacher will appear”. That “Teacher “ more often than not is an online learning intervention or a social networking conversation or link. The days of two day workshops are numbered as we move to the mobile learning world of 7 minutes ...is all I need to learn something new.
Here are two of the presentations that are available online for you to view. I hope this gives you some insight into the approach we need to start embracing if we want to be leading and not lagging.
Tim Legge General Manager for Learning Seat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yswtL_3cb_g
Didier Elzinga