Kern successfully organizes the Training 2.0 workshop

Last week, Kern successfully conducted the first of a series of workshops that focus on using web 2.0 technologies for training. Organized exclusively for HR and Training heads, the workshop emphasized the cost effectiveness of using these tools for learning at the workplace.

To give a brief overview of the workshop, we started out by understanding the philosophy of web2.0 technologies, underlining aspects such as sharing, collaboration, and interaction, which differentiate it from the earlier web1.0. Discussions that followed tried to correlate these tools with the characteristics of the current day corporate learner. We also explored virtual worlds in some detail, allowing participants to experience the virtual world first hand. To round it all off, we exchanged ideas on how web2.0 tools can be fit into the existing training context of the organizations that the participants represented.

From the trainer’s point of view, it was interesting to see perspectives change through the course of the day. We started the day with a round of expectation setting to gauge participants’ approach to training and their opinions on web 2.0 tools in general. While nobody was entirely critical of these technologies, acknowledging their social networking potential, they were unsure about their application for learning and training. They also expressed some interesting views on the draw backs of existing teaching strategies within the class room and as e-learning modules.

Through the course the day, their opinions about web2.0 tools were liberated in a sense, with case studies showcasing the potential of these tools, and discussions that helped them visualize the use of these technologies in their own organizations. By the end of the day, they seemed more convinced about blending web 2.0 technologies with their existing training strategies to enhance learner motivation and to ensure that learning is a continuous process that takes place long after a course is completed.

We captured their feedback in this video!

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