Have you gotten a text message yet that your career as a classroom trainer could be over?
Recent remarks* by Tony Bingham, CEO of ASTD, suggested that much of the formal classroom with intructor-led training has gone the way of scheduled classes, blackboards and overhead projectors. Replaced by the 'pull' of social media from the digital natives who will become more than 50% of the USA workforce by 2015.
Digital natives, Millennial Generation (born 1980) and Generation i (born 2000), have grown up digital. Their life experiences have been digital instead of analog which created values different than more seasoned generations. These 'Net Generations' will expect, require and demand a more digital learning experience.
How do we make the career transition to a more digital-based, social media-inspired learning profession?
How will employers recycle the classroom trainer?
What will be the career model of learning professionals for Net Generation learners?
More questions than answers about the transformation of a learning from formal to informal.
*Tony spoke at the Southwest Learning Summit & Exposition hosted by the Dallas Chapter of ASTD. He showed several videos to accent his talk which you can see at:
http://bit.ly/djIkc4 Social Media Revolution
http://bit.ly/K1Z0Y A Vision of K-12 Students Today
http://bit.ly/dCl8hV Don Tapscott "Growing up Digital"
Thanks for visiting the Lone Star State, Tony.
1 comment:
In corporations that I work with, many are transitioning to web-based instructor-led training, interactive Skype sessions, and "WebEx" sessions. Some are also using cloud-based programs that allow for participant and instructor real-time interactivity.
But most of my clients still are using an on-site ILT approach. The big differences are that they are using e-simulations in the classroom to reinforce learning, and are using slides with NO text, but animated graphics instead. Very few of my clients use PowerPoint anymore; most use Adobe Presenter or some other tool, and have their own in-house graphics designers create flash animations and simulations. In other words: if you're a wall-reader using static slides, your days are numbered.
Only one of my clients is using the old PowerPoint approach--and their presenters are the old "wall readers."
Finally, I have about a half-dozen clients who have purchased iPads for their ILT classes, so that participants can access and use relevant apps to reinforce learning points.
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