Rachel Burnham writes: This work the Learning Technologies Exhibition and Conference #LT24UK has been taking place on 17 & 18 April at ExCel in London. I was attending the conference as part of the social media team and contributing to the social media coverage for the event by Sketchnoting sessions. I will include in this blog all my Sketchnotes for the sessions I participated in over the two days.
With a keynote address on each day and up to 5 streams of
sessions for the two days, a lot of different topics and takes on those topics
have been explored over the two days. Each
participant will have chosen to participate in a mix of sessions, with differing
formats and will have come with a range of experience and from varying contexts,
so each person will have their own view about what the conference covered and how
valuable it was. My experience was that
all the sessions I participated in were thoughtful, interesting and of
value. Of course, there are some points
made by speakers that I disagreed with, some things that weren’t new to me but familiar
territory and also lots and lots that challenged, inspired and intrigued
me.
Here are my Sketchnotes from across the two days. I have included both the titles of the
sessions and the hashtags based on the session numbers so that you can look at
other social media coverage on these sessions if you wish:
Opening Address Wednesday – A world in flux: AI
and the forces transforming work, and what we can – and should – do about it
Daniel
Susskind was looking at how AI is disrupting not just blue collar jobs, but
also professional roles. He identified that this happening at the task level
for a wide range of professions, rather than replacing the job as a whole. He
also identified that AI tackles tasks differently compared to the way a human
does, but may still be able to do specific tasks more effectively than a person
does. It was a pity that he seemed
unaware of the way that modern L&D works and the range of ways in which
effective learning can be supported.
#T3S1 The Case for Rethinking Organizational Learning
Here
is my from the interactive session led by Dr. Nigel
Paine and Dr.
Celine Mullins on rethinking Organizational Learning.
The point that resonated with me particularly was
about focusing not on knowledge but on knowing. With Sketchnoting I find the
value is in 'the doing' and the insight this gives rather than in the
Sketchnote produced.
#T4S3 Instructional Design in the Real World
Andrew
Jacobs chaired a fully interactive session with a
fabulous panel made up of Jane
Bozarth, Julie
Dirksen and Cammy
Bean. The session was exploring designing learning for
the way people learn and work and addressed questions from session participants
- by doing this it modelled one of the points made in the session that
relevance leads to engagement.
It was fascinating that so many questions related
to managing relationships in order to be able to design effectively eg with
SMEs or other stakeholders. Lots of practical approaches for doing this were
shared by the panel.
Opening Address Thursday – What on earth will
people do next? Understanding human behaviour now and in the future?
Lively,
informative and helpful keynote from Thimon De
Jong at the start of the second day of the Learning
Technologies Conference. He focused on the implications for learning of two key
areas - mental health and our response to the introduction of new technology. I loved his use of metaphors – being stranded
on a sandbar and the elevator – a gift for a Sketchnoter!
#L2S1 L&D and Sustainability
I was
very glad that I was able to take part in the lunchtime session yesterday on
'L&D and Sustainability' L2S1 with Rob
Hubbard, Bryan
Hopkins, Natalie
Ainsworth and Jodie
Pritchard. There is a lot we can be doing in L&D to be
contributing to sustainability in our organisations - we need to put our hands
up, find out what is already going on in our organisations, talk about it and
remember that we have useful skills in changing human behaviour which is so
important to this work.
#T1S5 VR in Learning
Lots
of practical advice and experience shared from two very different organisations
about when, how and when not to use VR for effective learning.
Really liked the DICE mnemonic for situations in
which VR can be a good option shared by Charles
Neuner and the practical examples for when to use the
real thing, video or VR from Matt
Day. The session was chaired by Stella
Collins who kept the questions flowing.
#T4S6 Al Literacy for L&D
This
session at yesterday's Learning Technologies Conference by Jon Fletcher of the The
LPI (Learning and Performance Institute) was informative, challenging and got behind the
hype about AI and into sufficient detail to be practically helpful. It focused
on what knowledge and skills L&D professionals need to be developing in the
next months/year to be able to both use AI effectively in our own work and also
to be able to support our organisation/clients at they adopt AI technologies.
In addition, he helpfully identified existing skills of L&D folk which will
be useful in working with AI.
There is a lot for us to be learning, but Jon set
out a map of what that looks like at present and by doing so gave us a great
starting point.
Rachel
Burnham
19
April 2024
I help
individuals and organisations to use visuals to think, learn and work more
effectively, particularly though using Sketchnoting and drawing.
