By Craig Weiss2022 Turkey Awards

Properly, hiya there. Do you know Turkeys are on the endangered species listing? That’s proper. In keeping with Turkeys in all places, that is what they inform uh, turkey farmers. That’s the reason, this 12 months, you must swap to Spam or Tofurkey or Soylent Inexperienced.

The Turkey Awards brings out the very best for consideration of this superb award. It isn’t only one award, relatively totally different awards for various classes with the large one tying round studying programs. There have been a number of well-known winners up to now years, with just one time repetitive winner. That claims one thing about your entire course of.

Let’s take a short have a look at this 12 months’s classes. BTW, whereas it’s supposedly true that Ben Franklin wished the Turkey because the Nationwide Chicken, it is extremely true that he spoke with a British accent. Come to consider it, all of the patriots of that point, together with George Washington spoke with a British accent of some form. That is why, I name on filmmakers to make a George Biopic starring Christian Bale, talking in his native tongue. George solely had one actual tooth (very true), so Bale can do a number of gumming meals.

Classes

• One Time period that must be kicked to the curb – At all times a reader favourite. This 12 months, we now have some actual candidates deserving. I can’t wait.
• One Studying System Phrases/Varieties that isn’t what you suppose it means – Oooh, that is all the time a favourite, as a result of it all the time journeys up folks.
• One performance that must be despatched to the solar, with no return journey – So many to select from, will we now have a repeat winner?
• Studying System of the Turkey Yr 2022 – It’s like the very best of the worst, I promise this one features a true story, that’s simply too onerous to fathom, effectively not likely, however critically, it was a stunner. Oh, and never the primary vendor I’ve seen this route, however that was greater than a decade in the past. This one? This 12 months.

As all the time – right here is our official Turkey Gobble Icon

One Time period that Ought to be Kicked to the Curb

Nominees

• Kirkpatrick – I had an amazing dialogue on this time period simply yesterday (11-9) with a few readers, that had been in whole settlement. Kirkpatrick is one thing that many people, Coaching included, and undoubtedly L&D are informed is the best way, the one method for studying. Properly, I assume for ILT, and even then as time has developed, it hasn’t. Undoubtedly not for WBT now often known as e-learning. I really consider that almost all of individuals in our house have no idea what the time period is, or entails, or cares. There are distributors who pitch they’ve it, and there are people who oversee L&D who nonetheless consider in it. What anybody must be doing is Affect of Studying which makes L&D and Coaching right into a enterprise companion. IOL has been out there, as a way since 2004. I used it.
• ROI – Anybody who oversees L&D and Coaching, is aware of this time period isn’t actually tangible. I imply there isn’t any meat to it, extra like feathers. We are able to manipulate or spin that X = Y, ignoring different variables which may influence that and go – see ROI. It it onerous to point out as a knowledge level, that persons are glad after they study, or that the #1 purpose folks go away firms is as a result of lack {of professional} growth. ROI sounds good, it’s extensively used, however it doesn’t make you right into a enterprise companion. What does? And what can present these knowledge factors? IOL.
• 70-20-10 (for on-line studying) – I do know Charles, and he is a superb man, and he is aware of that I don’t consider that 70-20-10 is relevant to on-line studying. I bear in mind him saying to me that it isn’t concerning the quantity, the quantity might be something – which after explaining it to me, made extra sense. Too many individuals are caught on the quantity 70, but he famous that they’ve discovered that with gender, the quantity adjustments. I believe casual/formal was designed and fitted to ILT, not e-learning, as a result of from the times of Company in 2000, you may do casual along with your LMS. There have been programs that supplied it. And in 2002, many extra – I used Geolearning – it supplied plenty of casual choices. Lastly, it’s what the consumer needs to do with the system, not the opposite method round. I’ve by no means been a fan of assigned studying (formal), so I not often did it – apart from compliance. Others are massive followers of it. People neglect that the LXPs – practically all supplied – formal studying, and right this moment, these upskilling platforms? All of them have it.
• Formal/Casual – Talking of which, dump it. Once more, a number of people have no idea what is basically means, you will have folks in Advertising and marketing, Product, HR who have no idea what it means – they usually might be those overseeing the training system, amongst different coaching/studying. Does it actually apply to buyer training/companion coaching/channel companions, B2B? I’m not seeing it. I by no means thought in these phrases of formal/casual, as a result of coming from academia, why would I? Sounds great, however so does Vegan Turkey that tastes like Turkey – which simply isn’t the case.

And the winner is

Kirkpatrick

Why isn’t there a cartoon with Turkeys battling creatures from one other world? I’m seeing income right here. Must be higher than seeing has-beens and by no means shall be people dancing to tunes.

One Studying System Time period/Sort that isn’t what you suppose it means

Nominees

• LXP – Apart from the time period which means Studying Expertise Platform, the performance and capabilities will not be what exists in programs that word they’ve an LXP. Or that they provide an LXP module. I’ve written about what an LXP truly is, however the best way it’s getting used now isn’t shut. Distributors who push it, see it as a content material market (might name it eLearning market, which sure, eLearning must be hyphened and decrease case e-learning) – which consists of third social gathering publishers/suppliers. Some studying programs embody their very own content material (they created or acquired)and provides that away fro free, however the remaining is fee-based. The consumer pays for it (some distributors have a digital pockets, so the top person should buy it- however the credit come from the consumer) or the consumer buys the content material or content material platform – suppose all you’ll be able to can eat buffet mannequin, after which everybody will get it free of charge. Plus, they – the programs are inclined to tie it with content material curation. That’s just about it. There are distributors who present it as a playlist or provide a number of playlists. Some present the playlists as just like “a job function” or expertise, word a beneficial playlist, trending, hottest – and thus in these distributors they’re practically an LXP – the metrics is what stops that. Thus when you have executed a number of analysis on LXPs, you might be considering this manner, they usually – a piece of distributors will not be. Enjoyable truth – the 2 earliest entries and largest gamers within the LXP house, not refer nor market themselves because it. One calls themselves an LMS with Study and Abilities, the opposite? Upskilling platform.
• Worker Engagement Platform or Workforce Improvement Platform or comparable – the place studying is a core element. To all of those, I say yuck. No person is sitting round their zoom name nor the convention room, saying, “you already know for studying, we’d like an worker engagement platform”. Most individuals say “LMS”. No matter what you consider an LMS, and distributors who pitch they don’t seem to be, normally have most if not the entire normal options, plus many don’t know why they had been created within the first place(not for compliance BTW or formal), it’s spin right here. Except you might be actually a expertise growth platform, which makes up 50% or extra of your system, however studying is in there – you’ll be able to confer with your self as a TDP or expertise platform or one thing comparable. Oh, and there are distributors who say they’re a coaching administration platform, however except they focus solely on scheduling, they aren’t.
• Expertise Platform whereas it’s all tied round studying with job roles tapped to ability growth, and perhaps some alternatives (inner) which might be one offs reminiscent of a venture supervisor function, or transfer to a different division or upward function (which aren’t one offs). Once more, that is beginning to confuse people who suppose Expertise – the phrase itself is aligned to a full blown expertise administration/efficiency administration system, however except they (the patron) buys extra modules (widespread follow), then it’s not. It has been for greater than 20 years, that expertise should embody success planning, management growth, aim administration, and mods that begin bordering an HCM (however typically lacks two mods). Increasingly studying programs, are beginning to provide workforce growth capabilities (as I confer with it), that embody aim administration, succession planning (might not be full-blown), management growth – which you may do in an LMS, going again to 2000, ditto on the SP facet.
• Micro-Studying. I proceed to be surprised at distributors who pitch their system as a micro-learning platform, ignoring the “hyphen” so it reveals up as microlearning. That isn’t the complete stunner although, the larger one, is that they suppose it is a new idea, and thus one thing so totally different, than what they are saying are lengthy programs. I received’t get into why WBT was created, nor the size of the course, besides to say, folks study otherwise, so even when the course is brief, it doesn’t imply I’m going to finish or concentrate on an space for X time. Regardless, micro-learning isn’t new. I need to stress this. You might do it in 2000. It simply means quick. Can you will have a number of quick mods? Sure. Can you will have a TOC? Sure. Are you able to bookmark and rumble again at a later date? Sure. It relies on the way you construct it. Oh, and right here is the kicker – EVERY LEARNING SYSTEM can do micro-learning. Each one among them. Even video studying platforms. There have been a few “microlearning” platforms at DevLearn, and one man was incredulous after I informed him that this wasn’t a brand new idea. Don’t purchase into this spin that it’s new, or distinctive. It’s 100% NOT.

And the winner is

LXP

Put a fork in it already. Or a type of prongs I noticed in a Copenhagen restaurant. At first, I’m like, that is bizarre, why would I exploit this? By the top of the evening, I wished to purchase one. They didn’t promote them – it was personalized designed for them. Ought to have simply walked out with my new prong buddy, however guilt stopped that.

One performance that must be despatched to the solar, with no return journey

Nominees

• Dialogue Boards – Yep, a repeat nominee. Why are this stuff nonetheless in any studying system? Half the time no one makes use of it. Those that do, might or might not get a response to whomever is overseeing it – like within the EdTech house (which implies Okay-12 and Increased Ed), and it’s so dated. I had one on a website I in-built 1994. 1994. You understand who else had dialogue boards? AOL and CompuServe. Precisely.
• Nugatory knowledge which means nothing to anybody attempting to determine success/work in progress for studying or coaching. The massive one is “views”. Except your studying system is a search engine, this implies nothing. It tells you nothing. So I seen the course. What does that imply? Did I take it? Did I am going into sure chapters versus others? Did I truly view it, or was I browsing the web on the identical time (there are some shoppers who’ve required time intervals for every web page, which is nugatory – see above as purpose). Licenses. Why is that this on the house web page? This must be in settings. And for those who say licenses, then don’t say seats in your pitch. Seats are licenses, however most people say seats. Keep on with one time period. Regardless, having it on the house admin web page is about as priceless as Turkeys who can’t fly. Which is all of them.
• Assigned studying – nah simply kidding or am I? Personally it ruins studying and coaching IMO, and may solely be used for compliance. So, yeah, I might boot that into the solar. In case you are utilizing a system with an algorithm or not, however it pushes out hottest or most used as the advice – effectively, it’s skewed – as a result of what shall be that precisely? All of the assigned studying. Then that again finish knowledge you depend on? Additionally skewed.
• SCORM listed as SCORM on the admin facet. Okay, contemplating that the majority people in L&D and Coaching, have by no means recognized precisely what it does or is, and contemplating that 20% of your people overseeing the system, include zero background in L&D or Coaching, even when they’re in training – background or in any other case, SCORM isn’t a widely known time period in EdTech. Plus, what model of SCORM is it? 1.2? 2004 third version, SCORM? Can I add AICC? If sure, the place is the AICC button? What about xAPI? One vendor reveals the button on the learner facet, like they’ll know what this implies. Dump it, and as a substitute simply have “add course/content material” – I might do drag and drop personally. If the system can do that behind the scenes – i.e. determine the course or course requirements it accepts, then no matter you add whether it is alignment will work. Tada. Easy. Easy. And but, distributors proceed to make issues tough for the admin, the individual overseeing the system. Once you practice people – you’ll be able to say, hey, we settle for blah blah blah varieties of content material – if you might want to say SCORM wonderful. If the client asks do you settle for XYZ, and also you do – then say sure. Then throughout coaching, you’ll be able to say, we do that through add content material – which additionally takes different varieties of content material too – video, audio, e book, PDF, and so forth. Once more, why have numerous buttons for content material. One for all, all for one. If the Musketeers might do it – so are you able to.

And the winner is

Nugatory Knowledge

Views on the house web page or wherever and licenses/seats on the house display. Oh there are a number of programs which have such nugatory knowledge on the house display – yep, views.

Turkey of the Yr 2022

I do know what you might be considering – okay, followers of the earlier 12 months, will he put SAP SuccessFactors on this listing as soon as once more? They’re in any case, two time winner. It’s tempting I admit, however this 12 months, they missed the reduce.

Nominees

Microsoft Viva Suite – Yeesh. A few of you is perhaps considering, effectively Viva appears to be extra of the system I would like, however in order for you analytics dubbed insights, and their “subjects” factor which they’ve pushed from day one, then Suite is the one possibility. If in case you have LinkedIn Studying Enterprise, you then get all of the LinkedIn content material as a part of your answer. The Value Level isn’t low cost at $9 per person/month – that equals $108 per person, per 12 months, and it’s only a main hyped studying system that hasn’t taken off. It’s a must to use MS Groups for it. It’s interface jogs my memory of EdCast inside Groups, which BTW is much better. You get to buy third social gathering content material/programs – however you are able to do this in lots of studying programs. Sure, you get a 60-day trial, however in case you are actually excited about a studying system vendor, most provides you with a 30 day trial. I’ve seen 60 days, too – for a few customers. This was an ill-timed launch IMO, and I by no means understood the advantages of going with them. I nonetheless don’t.

Linkedin Studying – We’re speaking the training platform right here – pitched for enterprise, and as ability constructing. Excuse me, whereas I cease laughing. I’ve written an extensive review on LinkedIn Studying, which granted it’s from a number of months again, however from the performance standpoint and method it hasn’t modified that a lot. I’m not a fan of the content material – it simply isn’t nice, not to mention good, however I perceive how folks would love, and prefer it. That’s cool. However why pray inform would you purchase the training platform? What knowledge does it present that basically advantages? Views? On one other web page. Completions? Okay, however for those who simply need people to entry it, and you don’t care about completions. Licenses? On the principle residence admin web page. That ability constructing? So deceptive. Identical to their preliminary pitch of workplace hours, which was completely not. Sure they’ve comparability expertise knowledge, which is good, however the entire “hub hoopla” was a joke. The playlists are so skewed, I might prepare dinner veggie kabobs with them.

Workday Studying – Final 12 months’s winner of the Turkey award. This 12 months? I’ll simply say no. No don’t purchase it. A number of studying programs right this moment, can combine simply wonderful with Workday. Why purchase this turkey? BWAAAAHHHHH.

Adobe Studying Supervisor – True story. Earlier this 12 months, a prime govt from Adobe (whose title and function weren’t the standard individual in command of the LOB LMS per se) reached out to me asking to know extra concerning the LMS market (as they famous – “convey me in for LMS insights”). They wished to schedule a name to know extra concerning the house, and many others.. Anyway, I believed to myself, why would this individual be asking about different LMSs (and actually the training system market), when Adobe has their very own LMS? We by no means received to that time of their aims for searching for some data (they anticipated the decision to be free, and it’s fee-based, which they declined).

Apart from the above story, the system is so behind the occasions. LXP? No shock they pitch as what I famous additional up, about the entire content material angle. What they outline as “headless” isn’t what “headless” – actually means – to see that – go take a look at my latest weblog (and FWIW, different websites determine headless know-how as the identical method). Though they now provide this piece the place the weather of the entrance might be embedded or one thing comparable with the opposite Adobe providing – it’s not actually separate “and thus headless”. As for the back-end? Nope.

Based mostly on how Adobe defines it, guess what – most programs can do precisely that – and sure, some word this as headless (anticipate headless to be a very talked-about time period within the trade). The system as an entire, seen that many occasions over. The information has some attention-grabbing issues on it, however not sufficient to say, let me purchase it. In truth, Adobe generates some huge cash with all their different choices mixed. They might simply make investments hundreds of thousands and make Adobe Studying Supervisor (which screams L&D, despite the fact that additionally they goal buyer training), superb. However they haven’t. And that’s one other issue on why they’re right here. They will’t declare funding points – effectively, I assume they’ll.

And the winner is

Microsoft Viva Suite (and Viva Studying)

A combo effort. Look, might Microsoft made one thing unbelievable? Sure. Did they stumble out of the gate with this, too early, than it actually prepared for prime time? I consider soundly sure. Is there any WOW issue on this? No. Does it value rather a lot? YES (I do know they’ve quantity reductions, however nonetheless). Except you’re a hardcore Microsoft reseller/companion or somebody who thinks all the things Microsoft makes is the very best, then I can’t see why, you’d need this. I exploit Microsoft360, have for years, and prefer it. Albeit the Reserving app isn’t good. However, even in my early assessments, I by no means noticed the attract of Viva Studying. At one time, they had been considering of getting a well being element as a module. That disappeared – because it ought to have. In order for you LL content material, however haven’t bought LL platform, you then pay for it. Once more, as you must, however uh, Microsoft has a stake in LinkedIn, so they may simply toss that in. The cash is the system on this case. I believe they’re just like Adobe on this method – they generate some huge cash with their different choices, and simply might make investments a number of $$$$ into Viva Studying to take it to the subsequent degree, however what I’ve seen up to now, that isn’t the case.

Backside Line

This 12 months’s Turkey Winner, will obtain a particular profit – I shall be making a $200 donation to an animal shelter. The shelter I’ve chosen shall be Wildlife Rescue. For the donation, I get to pick any animal – so I chosen a chicken…. Yellow-Headed Amazon.

On behalf of everybody right here at TCWG (aka as The Craig Weiss Group) I want every and everybody of you, a superb tiding over this vacation season.

E-Studying 24/7

Please word, there is not going to be a weblog subsequent week – Week of 11-14. Nonetheless, there shall be a weblog put up on the twenty third of November. The DAP put up has been moved to early 2023.