Blending 2.0 Format and Informal Learning at the “Moment of Need”

Blending 2.0 Format and Informal Learning at the “Moment of Need”

THE HUGE HIT OF TECHKNOWLEDGE 2011

Mount Diablo ASTD, NCHRA, SBODN & Sacramento ASTD Invite You to This Interactive Webinar

• September 28, 2011
• Noon – 1:30pm PST
• Members: Free Non-members: $27

Are you ready to provide learners with the resources they need when they need them?

Research suggests that up to 80 percent of learning in the workplace occurs on an informal basis. And yet, most corporations spend more than 80 percent of their training budget and effort on formal training.

This interactive webinar will show you how to better understand and deliver informal learning, including the effective use of:

• E-communities (forums and synchronous environments)
• Electronic performance support systems (EPSS)
• Emerging and nontraditional methods that are filling this much-needed training opportunity.

In this session you will come away with an understanding of how to:

Presenter: Bob Mosher has been an active and influential leader in the learning and training industry for over 25 years and is renowned worldwide for his pioneering role in e-learning and new approaches to learning. Bob joined LearningGuide from Microsoft, where he was Director of Learning Strategy and Evangelism, a global business at Microsoft Corporation featuring innovative learning products that help individuals and organizations learn more and go further using Microsoft technologies. Bob helped guide and communicate the direction of Microsoft Learning’s products both externally to their customers, and internally throughout Microsoft. Before that, Bob was the Executive Director of Education for Element K where he helped direct and influence their learning model and product.

Bob has acted as an influential voice in the IT training industry by speaking at conferences and by being an active participant within industry associations such as ISPI, ASTD, the Masie Consortium, and the e-Learning Guild. Bob has received two lifetime achievement awards in the Training industry. In 1997, Bob received the ITTA's Eddy Award for Excellence, awarded to individuals who exemplify excellence in the IT education industry. And most recently he received the Institute for IT Training’s 2006 Colin Conder award presented to a person who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the IT training industry. He is the co-author of two books: Training for Results and Innovative Performance Support: Tools and Strategies for Learning in the Workflow. Bob also spent five years as a teacher in New York's public schools, and has a master's degree in computer education from Nazareth University in