So, I did a thing. Yes, I wrote yet another book! Well, it’s shorter than my (already short; I’m either terse or lazy ;) existing books. So, it’s an ebook only. But why? Well, that’s worth a small story.
When we (Learning Development Accelerator; LDA) run our Learning Science conference, we regularly get plaudits and requests for more detail on putting learning into practice. It’s also the reason we run the Learning & Development as Ecosystem conference (going now, next week are the live sessions; not too late. but time’s running out). Which covers everything else besides learning design.
But what I didn’t feel existed properly was a book addressing the pragmatics of doing L&D. There are strategic books, and process books, but not just the nuts and bolts. So I wrote it.
So that’s why I have put out the ebook Designing for Learning in the Real World. It’s my personal take on the things I’ve seen, from my perspective as a sort of ‘outsider’ to L&D. That is, it’s about how to do all the things L&D should be doing. It’s learning, of course, but also the performance ecosystem – job aids, resources, community – and all the other things: tech infrastructure, culture, etc.
It’s short, it’s focused, and it’s now available ;). There are lots of ways to find out my thinking, e.g. this blog, previous books, etc. This is just a very condensed look at everything I have seen about how to do a good job. My thoughts, encapsulated. We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog, already in progress…
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