Mapping & Activating Learning
How do we learn? Are we aware of how we learn to grow?
To perform better and improve ourselves. Like in artistic and sporting activities, it takes discipline, patience, stamina, and challenges.
Education often focuses on homework and discussions in the classroom. In the workplace, it is not so different.
Another way to learn is by chatting during offline and online community chats, social networks and focus groups.
How about reflection?
How about reviews?
How can we keep up with what’s new outside the organization?
“So a continuous learning environment is not a platform but a workplace where everyone is constantly acquiring new knowledge and skills in many different ways – both planned and unplanned, formal and informal, at work and outside work” — Jane Hart
The 70:20:10 model brought by the 70:20:10 Institute helps evaluate how much time, effort and money we spend on the 3Es: Education, Experience, and Exposure.
I am convinced that:
Education = Learning on our own – going deep through courses, programs, books, podcasts, videos, guides, and how-to.
Experience = Learning by doing – projects, immersions, missions, playing with new tools, approaches, and practices.
Exposure = Learning by engaging within teams, networks and communities of practice.
The 3Rs supercharge the 3Es: Rewind, Reflect, Refresh.
Rewind = Stepping back on thinking, doing and engaging.
Reflect = Stepping back by writing, visualising or capturing by audio or video the insights from learnings.
Refresh = Stepping back by updating the 3Es and 3Rs of our Learning Operating System.
How do we map our learning ways?
“Learning and work are becoming the same thing. I call it netWork. All day long, you extract lessons from the workflow by talking with colleagues and taking on new challenges. Maybe I should say life flow. You learn to do things in the course of doing them. It is whitewater learning.” — Jay Cross in Real Learning
How do we work with the 70:20:10 lens?
“Using the framework at face value is straight-forward. Given a learning objective, we consider whether a course or a resource may be suitable; whether a social forum might be of use; if matching mentees with mentors would be worthwhile. Perhaps it would be helpful to develop some reference content, or provide a job aid. When looking through the lens, we see alternatives and complements beyond the usual event-based intervention.
Yet we can see more. Consider not only the elements in the framework, but also the interactions between them.” — Ryan Tracey
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