OK, these skills are not actually “new” –  they’ve always been present – but perhaps they have not always been as visible as they should have been, as Oscar Berg explains in The collaboration pyramid (or iceberg). But, My Internet Time Alliance colleague, Harold Jarche,  refers to this as modelling, not shaping. Social learning MORE >>

These findings are of course in line with study after study that shows that most learning in the workplace happens outside of formal training. I call these the Course  and Control hurdles – and they are closely related. 1 – Course hurdle. defining “learning” as only about acquiring knowledge or skills that you have been taught. MORE >>

I did an interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education on Why Universities Should Experiment With ‘Massive Open Courses’. The interview ran over 30 minutes, but was edited down to 12 minutes, so some of my discussion about the history of open courses (Wiley, Couros) was not included in the final version. Corporate entities? MORE >>

I was recently involved in a discussion about 21st Century learning skills in one of the LinkedIn Groups. Your Chief Learning Officer (although of course they were not known by that name then) reviewed the feedback on your classes and workshops, thought that you were doing a good job, and all was right with the world. MORE >>

After posting my 4 Meta Skills for Learning Professionals in response to Tony’s July “Big Question,” he commented: Nancy – I was super excited when I saw that you had posted on the topic. And, this is one of the bigger skill gaps that exists. I don’t think community skills reduce to 5 minutes. But learn them? MORE >>