Last spring I created a video to pitch a platform for workforce and skills initiative. The relevancy for these programs remains the same, if not with an increased urgency. Biden’s infrastructure plan includes adding 19M new blue collar jobs. (New blue collar jobs suggest jobs not necessarily requiring a college degree.) Currently, there is legislation… Continue Reading
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New uniform theme and styles across five learning Label apps on Google Android.
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Significantly updated the Learning Labels App for learning practitioners. This combines the five Android Apps into a single app, with shared resources and login. The Windows 10 App works well on larger desktops, laptops and Surface tablets. The application is not perfected in the sense of being enterprise ready nor having enough substantive content in… Continue Reading
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A decade ago, when I started doing my work in skills, I thought and designed concepts to allow learners to manage their tasks (learning) and monitor their skills. Finally, got to building and release an app that accomplishes this in Android, Microsoft Windows 10, and website application. The application is not perfected in the sense… Continue Reading
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Released a new version of the book on the Learning Labels system to manage and track skills. Added five chapters (21 pages). Argue the need for a pervasive system across platforms and devices, not choosing one exclusively from another. Give this a read:
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Access Skills Emblem. Graphic showing real time summary of Skill Points, hours spent, and tasks in queue and completed on a skill by skill basis. Graphic (PNG) is downloadable. (With enough label content) A future use of a Skills Emblem could be to represent real-time skill achievement on a resume, personal website, or social media.… Continue Reading
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A decade ago, when I started working in skills as a medium to express learning expectations and job preparedness much of my focus was on the learner / worker. My first book, Skills Based Approach, is an effective guide for planning an education and / or a career (directed at a young adult). As I… Continue Reading
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While introducing the learning labels system, top suggestion I get is to verify the expectations (remove the arbitrary) with peer reviews. I agree. I push a scientific analogy of defining learning expectations and job requirements with skills and Skill Points like defining atoms and coefficients to substances. A peer review interface was built into the… Continue Reading
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After the February 2021 release, got some questions and feedback. I suggest viewing the 20-minute video release on the new features and apps with the learning labels (at the top of the page): www.skillslabel.com . Here are some of my responses: http://www.skillsculture.com/Blog/Display?name=QA-February-Learning-Labels-Release
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In the last few months, my team released three Android applications and a Microsoft Windows 10 application. Before that, I added significant features with the web application. I wanted to do a typical in-person release (fun), show how they work and get some live feedback. But given the current restrictions, this cannot take place. Instead,… Continue Reading
