SANDEEP MAHAJAN

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  • Microlearning: Revolutionizing Content Strategy

    Microlearning: Revolutionizing Content Strategy

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    Microlearning is a transformative approach to skill development, delivering concise, engaging content tailored to individual needs. From childhood to the workplace, it’s been a natural part of our learning journey – brief, accessible, and practical. With its focus on multimedia, personalization, and interactivity, microlearning revolutionizes training, shaping a skilled and agile workforce.

  • Improving Training Outcomes – Personalized Learning Paths

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    In today’s business world, personalized learning paths are essential for individual growth and organizational success. Tailoring learning to employees’ skills and goals empowers them, leading to better outcomes and job satisfaction. This approach also makes companies more agile and competitive, aligning skills with industry shifts. Leveraging technology enhances personalization and holds the promise of creating…

  • Skills Taxonomy Basics: A Primer

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    The Fourth Industrial Revolution has reshaped our work landscape, ushering in disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence, automation, and the Internet of Things. As organizations grapple with these changes, companies and individuals need to find ways to quickly and effectively re-skill and up-skill. To navigate this complexity, organizations are increasingly turning to a concept known…

  • Skill-Based Hiring: A Timeless Concept in a Modern Context

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    In recent times, we’ve come across the revolutionary concept of “Skill-Based Hiring.” Is it truly a new idea, or is it old wine in a new bottle? I would argue that skill-based hiring is a timeless principle, finding its roots in the medieval periods when humanity transitioned from hunter-gatherer societies. In those ancient times, individuals…

  • Navigating the Future with Skill-Based Organizations

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    In the rapidly evolving landscape of modern industries, skill-based organizations stand out due to their strategic focus on developing and harnessing specific skills within their workforce. The journey toward becoming a skill-based organization involves gradual steps that reflect both structural and cultural changes, centered around enhancing adaptability, improving collaboration and boosting overall efficiency. This transformative…

  • Skills Horizon 2024: Key Concepts to Watch

    Skills Horizon 2024: Key Concepts to Watch

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    LinkedIn’s Global Skills Report 2023 indicates a surge in demand for green skills across industries, outpacing the rate at which individuals acquire them. Simultaneously, research from the BCG Henderson Institute underscores a critical shortage of green energy workers, projecting a skills gap of 7 million by 2030. LinkedIn’s Global Skills Report for 2023 indicates a…

  • DIY Report Cards – Designing the reflection experience

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    This is Part 2 in a series of blogs on DIY Report Cards.  We have decided to experiment with students preparing their own reflection journey, through DIY Report Cards, in video format. We are excited to see the eventual outcome of this experiment.  In Part 1, I had indicated that DIY Report Cards are an…

  • DIY Report Cards – Powerful tool for students’ to reflect on their learning

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    I read about the DIY report card idea in Daniel Pink’s book ‘Drive‘ and found the idea very interesting. This idea has been like a seed in my head for many months now and has taken roots. I am designing the distance learning program of a very unique, one-of-a-kind program that empowers youth with limited…

  • Are our education priorities letting down Generation Z?

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    Rising unemployment – recent events and recessions A few days ago, I came across an informative article on how Generation Z (Gen Z) is hard hit by the financial fallout of COVID. Gen Z are folks born after 1997, the eldest members of this group are now graduating into the labour market devastated by the…

  • COVID – Adoption of distance learning solutions

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    There has been a very sudden turn in the delivery of learning. COVID-19 has been the biggest disrupter of the education opportunity in 100 years, with 1.5 billion students out of school in 170+ countries and territories. This has necessitated that educational institutions adopt a new way of transacting the classroom learning experience. For teachers’…