From content to community - how L&D is changing

Jane Hart, of the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies, will present at Learning Technologies 2010 (now in association with Learning and Skills) in January looking at the effects of technology-supported social learning on organisational learning and development.

In the past year social learning seems to have grown up. From outsider status it has come to the centre of a great deal of learning activity - from content creation to performance support. With the key concern of the quality of learning increasingly being answered by robust processes, it's now time to take a step back and consider the big question of what impact all this will have on corporate learning and development.

Jane Hart, looking ahead to her presentation at Learning Technologies 2010, said: "People naturally learn from each other and as technology-supported social learning becomes main stream we can expect it to have a considerable effect on organisational learning and development. Social learning offers the L&D function great scope for widening its impact, and increasing its effectiveness, but it is also a potential threat as people will use social media regardless of L&D to solve their own business or performance problems, so at Learning Technologies in January I want to look at where this leaves the L&D department of the future."

Session highlights. 'From content to community: how L&D is changing', Jane Hart, Social Learning Consultant, Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies:

- Social learning: Evolution or revolution?
- Which technology to consider and which to ignore
- Should social learning be top down or bottom up?
- The role of L&D in a world of social learning
- Do courses have a future?
- A case study of a very successful corporate implementation of social learning

Jane's session, 'From content to community: how L&D is changing' is one of two sessions being run by Jane at Learning Technologies 2010. The other, on day two of the conference, also focused on social learning looks at collaboration tools, including Twitter, Facebook, blogging tools and wikis.

Donald H Taylor, Learning Technologies 2010 Conference Chair, said: "Jane Hart brings significant experience to the Learning Technologies conference through her work on helping organizations to implement social media and social learning environments. Jane's sessions, along with several others also covering social learning, will provide an important dimension to the January conference."

There are more than forty insightful sessions for learning professionals at Learning Technologies 2010. The complete Learning Technologies Conference programme is online along with full conference and speakers details, booking information and the available discounts.

About Jane Hart
Jane Hart is a Social Learning Consultant, with a long track record of helping business and education understand how new technologies can be used for learning as well as to improve job and business performance. Jane currently focuses on helping organizations implement social media and social learning environments. Jane is the Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies at www.C4LPT.co.uk  where she provides a number of free resources including the Directory of Learning Tools, the Top 100 Tools for Learning, and the Connexions Directory of Learning Professionals Online.
Jane Hart's biography

About Learning Technologies 2010
27 and 28 January 2010, Olympia 2, London

The Learning Technologies Exhibition and Conference is Europe's leading showcase of the technology used to support learning at work.

With 130 exhibitors, 50 free seminars, more than 3,000 visitors and over 400 conference delegates, Learning Technologies is the must-attend event for all learning and development professionals.

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About Learning and Skills 2010
Learning and Skills 2010 is being co-located with the established Learning Technologies Conference and Exhibition on 27 and 28 January 2010.

The Learning and Skills Exhibition will showcase the entire spectrum of methods products and services available for workplace learning and employee development with a focus on people development, learning and performance, learning resources and HR systems and services.

Built around a multi-streamed programme of more than 50 free seminars, Learning and Skills will be the must attend event for the HR and L&D community.

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