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2010 ElNet Connect Events
**Rescheduled**
July: Towards Maturity
Laura Overton - Towards Maturity
Thursday 8th July 6.30–8.00pm AEST
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All ElNet Connect events are free
Over the past Laura, along with Howard Hills has conducted research with over700 UK-based organisations (including many multi-nationalorganisations) in an effort to identify implementation practices that positively influence the business impact, staff impact (includingmotivation) and uptake of learning technologies. This work has led to the development of a model of e-learning maturity designed to help businesses identify their implementation strengths and weaknesses. This Maturity Model was described in Issue 1 (December 2009) of ElNet's new journal of applied research in workplace e-learning, Impact journal.
This sesson will explore through Laura's research and long list of case studies the implications for learning and development professionals. For example, What should you do or do differently to implemente-learningsuccessfully? We'll make a link between the Maurity model and the elearning framework Laura introduces in her paper "Whatevery L&D professional needs to know about e-learning"
 Laura Overton is the Managing Director of Towards Maturity – a not for profit organisation that provides research and online resources to help organisations deliver effective learning interventions at work. Her work is based on 20+ years of practical experience in implementation and strategy is backed by her independent research over the past 6 years with over 700 organisations and 3000 learners.
Laura is the co- author of ‘The Towards Maturity Impact indicator’ (2010), ‘Driving Business Benefits’ (09) and ‘Towards Maturity’ (07) – three independent studies looking at the effective e-learning practices in the workplace. She is also the author of ‘Linking Learning To Business’ – one of the first studies with both organisations and learners looking at good practice of successful implementations (Jan 04).
With over 2 decades of experience of implementing learning technologies in the workplace, she works with government policy makers representing employer interests and has contributed to initiatives associated with the UK’s Sector Skills Councils, the European Commission, the UK’s Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and Becta both in her current organisation and as a member the original advisory board to the LSC.
Laura is a founding ambassador for Next Generation Learning in the workplace, a national initiative in the UK backed by Becta to promote the effective use of technology in learning, training and development in the workplace, colleges and schools.
Laura is a Fellow of the Institute of IT training and of the British Institute of Learning and Development and is a popular industry commentator having published over 70 articles and case studies. She sits on the steering committee of Online Educa Berlin and has been a track Chair for the UK’s Learning Technology event for the past 8 years. In February 2010, she was awarded the Institute of IT Training’s prestigious Colin Corder Award for services to IT training.
 http://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraoverton
www.towardsmaturity.org
July: Connect DownUnder
Ever wanted to join one of those cool e-learning webinars in the UK or the US, only to find it’s on at 3am? You’ll catch the recording later? – yeah, right.
ElNet presents our Connect DownUnder webinar series. Simple: we arrange for some of the best webinars on e-learning from around the globe to be presented at Oz-friendly times. Call it live time-shifting. Here’s our first:
Beyond the LMS
Bill Bruck Q2Learning
Thursday 20th July 9.00am AEST
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All ElNet Connect events are free
The Learning Management System (LMS) has brought great advances to the training industry. eLearning has allowed many changes and tremendous cost savings. However at the same time there have been many important aspects of good Instructional Systems Design (ISD) that have not been able to be used with LMS’s. In this webinar we will discover the “Next Generation Learning Systems” that are available to produce a perfect Blended Learning environment. This Blended Learning approach leverages the advantages of the LMS, and eLearning as well as the advantages of Social and Informal Learning to create an training program that works well. Tremendous ROI, retention and a fast speed to proficiency are some of the resultant benefits. If you are interested in Social Learning, Informal Learning, eLearning, LMS and/or Blended Learning you will want to participate in this Free Webinar and learn about many of the new advances that are available to you.
Free registration - https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/793217138
 Bill Bruck is the lead solutions architect and general manager of Q2Learning, a leading provider of social learning software and solutions. In this role, he guides the development of the eCampus learning system and take the lead on new speed-to-proficiency solutions. Bill is a leading SME is the effective use of both Social Learning and Informal Learning. Bill has spent years working with Social learning, informal learning, organizational use of social media, Instructional design, online collaboration and Web 2.0 Tools.
8 Reasons Why You Should Focus on Informal and Social Learning
Charles Jennings - Duntroon associates
Thursday 29th July, 4pm AEST
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All ElNet Connect events are free
This 1-hour webinar will explore 8 key benefits of focusing on informal and social learning. Specific case studies and strategies for implementing informal and social learning will be explored. There will be adequate time for questions and discussion at the end of the webinar.
Research suggests that most organisational learning takes place outside the classroom. Formal training and learning events contribute to employee development to an extent, but they are minor players in the scheme of learning and development overall.
The majority of employee learning, whether for individual contributors, managers or senior executives, comes from the new and different experiences they have in daily work, from practice, and from interaction with others (‘social learning’) and from taking the opportunity to reflect on successes and failures.
This development outside of the formal classroom/curriculum model – whether those classrooms are physical or virtual ones – is generally known as ‘informal learning’.
Organisations that harness and exploit informal learning approaches will succeed. Those that don’t will fail in their endeavour to build a workforce capable of delivering to business objectives in today’s dynamic world of work.
Organisations that ignore informal learning will also fail to retain their best employees when the world economy turns upwards.
More importantly, informal learning is a key cog in the engine for ‘getting things done’ in organisations. However, it needs to be ‘nurtured’ and supported if it is to add value. Training and Development and HR staff need to understand the key levers that are available to them to help embed a culture of informal learning in their organisations.
 Charles Jennings
From 2002 until the end of 2008 Charles Jennings was the Chief Learning Officer for Reuters and Thomson Reuters where he had responsibility for developing learning and performance strategy and leading the learning organisation for the firm’s 55,000 workforce.
He is a leading thinker and practitioner in human capital development, change management, performance improvement and learning.
His career includes roles as head of the UK national centre for networked learning , as a Professor at Southampton Business School, in senior business roles for global companies, and as an evaluator for the European Commission’s learning, performance and eCommerce research initiatives. He also sits on steering groups and advisory boards for national and international training and learning bodies.
Charles has an impeccable record of developing and implementing leading-edge performance solutions spanning more than 25 years. In 2008 he was honoured with the UK World of Learning ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Learning Industry’ award in recognition of his work on performance improvement, and 'just-in-time' and informal learning.
Fellow of the British Institute for Learning and Development (BILD), Member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), Member of the Steering Committee of Online Education, Berlin. OEB is the world’s largest global Learning Technologies conference for the corporate, education and public service sectors, Member of the Advisory Board for the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG), Member of the Advisory Group for the UK Government’s Next Generation Learning @ Work initiative, Member of the IADIS Mobile Learning conferences Program Committee, Member of the judging panel for several leading Training and Learning organisations, including: The Institute of IT Training awards, The Brandon Hall awards, The World of Learning awards, The UK National Broadcast Industry Training awards
Charles Jennings is a well-known speaker at Learning, Learning Technology and Business events around the world.
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