Training Industry Quarterly - Winter 2013 - (Page 27)
Delivering on the Promise
of Social Learning
social learning is The noTion ThaT whaT we learn besT, we learn by observing oThers
t has been only a little over a decade since the workplace PC was first connected to the Internet and since then the workplace has experienced successive waves of constructive changes; almost all of them impacting our work processes. Numerous junctures of technological innovation have generated disruption, often requiring learning organizations to rapidly respond with creativity and enthusiasm. With the proliferation of technology-enabled communication tools and online collaboration platforms, the corporate landscape con-
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tinues to change dramatically. Embracing social learning will enable learning organizations to produce the precise training the workforce requires as it adapts to these changes. If you have been part of a training organization for any time at all, you have likely experienced several of these junctures. The most recent and, considered by many, the most disruptive of all is the mobile device. Just about everyone has at least one, and it has changed the way people access information and each other. It changes our expecta27
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