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September 2009

Transferring Learning Outcomes to the Workplace

Conrad Hamer at Jenison believes that more needs to be done to ensure that web deliverable learning really starts changing the behaviour patterns of the individual. This helps them to achieve the underlying goals of the learning, which is, in most cases, the number one real objective for many organisations.

He has recently completed a one year post graduate elearning design course at the University of Sussex. One of the key messages that came out of the course was the importance of application and reflection, or Mirroring as Conrad calls it.

Mirroring needs to be integral in what the individual experiences whilst working through their learning. At the outset they need to be asked how they feel the learning outcomes apply to their role. Further down the line they need to reflect, ensuring that the path they feel they should be following is in fact the most appropriate. It is a simple process that ultimately ensures that the knowledge they acquire has a fighting chance of going from their short to their long term memory store.

What Conrad has actually observed over the 10 years he has worked in the online learning market is that more often than not the instructional design methodology that has been used to develop learning has not taken this mirroring process on board: This lack of Mirroring doesn’t just relate to inexpensive generic courses, where it is more likely, and perhaps excusable, to have occurred. It also occurs in top end bespoke modules where there is little or no reason why the project team should have omitted such a key feature.

In the cold light of the corporate day, Conrad recognises that it is very difficult to take existing content and start building in Mirroring features. If the content hasn’t been created using self-authoring tools then even if it is technically possible to take the content apart, rebuilding it would almost certainly be prohibitively expensive for the organisation. If this is the case then an option to consider is to look at the learning management system or virtual learning environment that is being used to deliver the content to see if the organisation can create Mirroring features for individuals with the off the shelf functionality provided in the platform.

Conrad believes that it is important to ensure that moving forward is a key requirement of any new learning development, whether it be open source, mobile, collaboration, bespoke or indeed new generic material. He also believes that mirroring should sit at the top of the feature agenda. If this doesn’t happen we will all miss an opportunity to ensure that the individual or group finish the content with a real sense of how they are going to change their behaviour. To recycle one of Franklins’ best known one liners; Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.

News Archive

February 2009

Here is an extract from an email we recently received from a global utility company
“Discussions with another major elearning provider....that began before the credit crunch...we are now having to watch our expenditure.....unless they change their business model.....we will go elsewhere.

Commenting on this historical problem of inflexibility within the online learning market, Conrad Hamer, Sales Manager at Jenison, reflects; For a number of reasons we are uniquely positioned to overcome this problem; we own the learning portfolios and LMS we offer, have been supplying learning for more than 12 years across all industry sectors and have always worked with the client to provide a flexible model to meet their needs. In terms of how this can benefit the client it means we don’t insist on a minimum number of courses, we don’t dictate long contract periods and perhaps most importantly in these difficult economic times we can sit down and work out a flexible cost model to meet their requirements.

If you would like to discuss how our flexible model could help you provide learning resources to staff across the web then please get in touch.

    March 2008

    Introducing elearning at The National Trust
    The National Trust realised an elearning strand could benefit their development strategy and have implemented the 'ontrack training' brand for their online training across the organisation. Using the CheckPoint Learning Management System together with the Impetus IT range from Jenison they successfully supported the launch of their new Microsoft Office Suite to a geographically dispersed staff by using 'joined up thinking' in their communications programme [find out more]


    Launch of Marketing Resource Pack CD
    Jenison have launched a comprehensive Marketing Resource Pack to help customers in promoting their training and development courses to the learners and managers in their organisation. Providing insights into making elearning work, the pack contains tips and tools to help to present elearning in the best way to appeal to potential users. Including an internal marketing element in an elearning strategy can increase the likelihood of achieving the programmes objectives [find out more]


    Greater accessibility for Management Milestones'Essentials
    Jenison have increased the flexibility of Management Milestones'Essentials, the interactive online management portfolio for new and developing managers. The courses can now be purchased to be used in a number of ways:

    • used across an intranet by being installed on aLearning Management System
    • installed on a PC to be used stand alone
    • run directly from the CD Rom

    This new development increases the learners ability to use elearning wherever and whenever they want to learn and can now be accessed whether they have an internet connection or not [find out more]

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