UnCertain Times: Let's realistically recognize uncertainty from budget, planning and morale Perspectives. Benchmark how organizations are adjusting Learning strategies accordingly and provide support for coping with stress and dramatic adjustments to the Learning field.  

 

ReSkilling!: Join a national (and global) discussion about ReSkilling. We'll host conversations with leaders in training, learning, higher education, government, private industries, K-12 schools and community organizations about this critical issue. Explore your own ReSkilling needs in this changing economy and workforce.

 

Social Learning: Increase your knowledge of how Social Learning can be developed and brainstorm social elements for classroom and e-Learning design. Create a working network of Social Learning designers and implementers to help prepare our organizations for the expectations of new hires.

e-Learning Update: Take an in-depth look at the current and future states of e-Learning for organizational Learning. We'll compare and benchmark varied approaches to e-Learning and explore how it will evolve over the next 12 years.  

Global Learning: We need to prepare our organizations for increased global learning. Increase your knowledge of global Learning & Training approaches and expand your perspectives about how people learn. 

 

Learning Leaders: This series of sessions dedicated to senior Learning Leaders (CLOs, VPs of Training, Learning Executives) will provide structured and open format opportunities for Learning Leaders to network, learn and benchmark. Explore a conceptual framework for the changing roles of Learning Leaders, access research on Learning Leaders' impact on organizations and reframe Learning budgets in these uncertain times.  

Learning Systems: Gain a comprehensive perspective on the changing roles of the LMS and LCMS, along with a forum to discuss and explain future directions of Learning Systems. Benchmark and network on key Learning Systems factors while exploring the economics and marketplace pressures of Learning Systems.  

 

Leadership Development: Reframing Leadership Development and Training models is a pressing issue for many organizations. We'll provide a forum for benchmarking experiments around different approaches and link research/evidence-based Learning exploration related to Leadership Development. We'll also compare and contrast changing Leadership and First Line Manager competencies.  

Mobile Learning: Explore research, current experiments and marketplace innovations in a non-commercial environment. Compare working examples from organizations and take a deep dive into Mobile Learning hurdles and acceptance blocks. 

 

Learning Marketplace: We'll create a unique Learning Marketplace for buyers and suppliers, treating participants as colleagues - not sales prospects. Together, let's define future products and services needed for Learning innovation and drive benchmarking among Learning implementers for context. 

 

Performer Support: We need to increase organizational agility in deciding on Performance Support vs. Learning Development. Explore Performance Support (Learning at the Moment of Need) and develop a road map of its future. Benchmark and compare Performance Support approaches (including human-based Performance Support) and budgets. 


Learning Agility: We will explore Learning Agility on 3 levels. Organizational Learning Agility: How effectively can we adjust our learning activities with changing business realities?  Individual Learning Agility: How nimble are our learners at adapting to new roles, structures and resources?  Technology Learning Agility: Deploying evolving Technology and Systems for learning.

UserContent: How are organizations deploying, harvesting and targeting User Created Content for learning?  From organizational "You Tubes" to "Work Around Videos" to collaborative knowledge assets (wiki, Sharepoint and user ratings). How can Learning Designers add value to the User Content resource?