Organizational Training & Development:Past, Present, & Future

Robert E. Isaacson, Ph.D.

University of Kansas

Edwards Campus

Organizational Training & Development Timeline

Age of Instructional Design

The Age of Message Design

The Age of Simulation

The Age of Learning Environments

1940’s WWII Military Training,

Instructional Media

Development, Edgar Dale’s

“Cone of Experience”

1950’s Behaviorism

(Skinner), Learning

Taxonomies (Bloom),

Programmed Instruction

1960’s Instructional

Systems Development,

Cognitive Movement,

Conditions of Learning (Gagne)

1970’s ID Models Maturation, Task

Analysis, Component

Display Theory (Merrill)

1980’s Personal Computers, Electronic Support

Performance Technology

(Gilbert)

1990’s Constructivism, Online & Web

Based Instruction, ADL- SCORM

2000’s Mobile Wireless

Communications Devices

Present Trends

Advances in software applications and Internet capability

The ubiquity of mobile devices and mobile learning

A culture of connectivity and information sharing

Shifting demographics in the workplace

Increased ability to use and collect “Big Data”

Increasing globalization

The impact economic volatility and uncertainty

Past, Present, & Future Computing Paradigms

(Verplank & Moggridge, 2011)

Evolution of The User Interface

(Sketch note of talk given by Dennis Wixon tracking the evolution of interfaces: interface types and their characteristics.)

Web 2.0

The Digital Ecosystem

Hinman, R. (2012). The mobile frontier : a guide for designing mobile experiences. Brooklyn, NY, Rosenfeld Media.

Convergence of Activity, Media & Technology

Hinman, R. (2012). The mobile frontier : a guide for designing mobile experiences. Brooklyn, NY, Rosenfeld Media.

Convergence of Technology & Mobility

Hinman, R. (2012). The mobile frontier : a guide for designing mobile experiences. Brooklyn, NY, Rosenfeld Media.

Device Shifting

Hinman, R. (2012). The mobile frontier : a guide for designing mobile experiences. Brooklyn, NY, Rosenfeld Media.

Technology Platform Options

Hinman, R. (2012). The mobile frontier : a guide for designing mobile experiences. Brooklyn, NY, Rosenfeld Media.

Future Trends In Higher Education

Fast Moving Trends:

Online, Hybrid, and Collaborative Learning

Social Media Use in Learning

Mid-Range Trends:

The Creator Society

Data-Driven Learning and Assessment

Slow Trends:

Making Online Learning Natural

Agile Approaches to Change

(NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition)

Significant Challenges In Higher Education

Urgent Challenges:

Low Digital Fluency of Faculty

Relative Lack of Rewards for Teaching

Difficult Challenges:

Competition from New Models of Education

Scaling Teaching Innovations

Wicked Challenges:

Expanding Access

Keeping Education Relevant

(NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition)

Tin Can

What is a Learning Record Store (LRS)?

Tin Can

Statement freedom: the structure of “statements” using nouns, verbs and

objects lets you record almost any activity. Think: “I did this.”

History freedom: the Tin Can API allows LRSs to talk to each other. LRSs can

share data and transcripts with one another, and your experiences can follow

you from one LRS (or organization) to another. Learners can even have their

own “personal data lockers” with their personal learning information inside

them.

Device freedom: any enabled device can send Tin Can API statements

(mobile phones, simulations, games, a CPR dummy, the list goes on). A

constant network connection isn’t necessary — occasional connectivity is fine.

Workflow freedom: tracking learning events doesn’t have to start or end in an

LMS, it can start wherever the learner is and on whatever device they choose

to use. Your content isn’t tied to an LMS.

ASTD Competencies

“College towns such as Boulder, Colorado; Ann Arbor, Michigan;

Charlottesville, Virginia; Champaign-Urbana, Illinois; and

Lawrence, Kansas, number among the nation’s leading

centers for start-up activity on a per capita basis….The strength

of these smaller centers suggests that the future does not

belong to large superstar cities alone.”

– The Atlantic Monthly, October 2013