Chad Lowry
@chadlowry.bsky.social
L&D and Customer Education leader and creator. I can spell most words.
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Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
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this is how i spent my friday evening
June 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
this is how i spent my friday evening
Great "seeing" everyone tonight. Thank you for the insights and the laughs. Being instrumental instead of incidental to informal learning will only raise L&D's profile and value within an organization. It will happen with or without us. #LearnChat
LET'S WRAP THIS UP!
Thanks for being part of tonight’s fast-flowing chat. Any last thoughts, resources, or plugs to share with the #LearnChat group?
Thanks for being part of tonight’s fast-flowing chat. Any last thoughts, resources, or plugs to share with the #LearnChat group?
May 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Great "seeing" everyone tonight. Thank you for the insights and the laughs. Being instrumental instead of incidental to informal learning will only raise L&D's profile and value within an organization. It will happen with or without us. #LearnChat
As I meet with my audience, I want to ask them about the last time they learned something at work without attending a formal event: How did they learn that, and what did they think of the experience? Hopefully I can build on that to make it even better for them. #LearnChat
Q7 Looking back on tonight’s convo: What’s one idea or insight you’re taking into your learning practice this month? #LearnChat
May 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
As I meet with my audience, I want to ask them about the last time they learned something at work without attending a formal event: How did they learn that, and what did they think of the experience? Hopefully I can build on that to make it even better for them. #LearnChat
As useful as I find the AI tool at work, I would still prefer a DAP. Using the AI requires me to shift foucs to that window, then perhaps to a window with a resource, then to the window where I'm working. A DAP meets me where I am. #LearnChat
Q6) What one shift would help make “learning in the flow” a true habit across your org or team? #LearnChat
May 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As useful as I find the AI tool at work, I would still prefer a DAP. Using the AI requires me to shift foucs to that window, then perhaps to a window with a resource, then to the window where I'm working. A DAP meets me where I am. #LearnChat
An easy-to-follow interface with a limited feature set. #LearnChat
Q5) Think of a moment you didn’t even realize you were learning—until later. What made that moment so seamless and effective? #LearnChat
May 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
An easy-to-follow interface with a limited feature set. #LearnChat
I mentioned earlier the AI tool we have at work. One of the smart things they did is build in a Connect button to allow people to reach specific help desks when the AI can't answer their question. Keeps people from giving up. #LearnChat
Q4) What role does AI play in supporting or derailing flow-based learning? Have you seen any smart uses—or misuses—so far? #LearnChat
May 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I mentioned earlier the AI tool we have at work. One of the smart things they did is build in a Connect button to allow people to reach specific help desks when the AI can't answer their question. Keeps people from giving up. #LearnChat
If you have a Teams channel, you can add a page with a link to a OneNote file with FAQs. #LearnChat
Q3) In hybrid and remote settings, how can informal learning and peer coaching actually show up in the workflow? #LearnChat
May 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If you have a Teams channel, you can add a page with a link to a OneNote file with FAQs. #LearnChat
Tying the learning to a strategic company goal, not what might seem like a random topic. Learners will see you're there to assist them in promoting them as they achieve outcomes w/ real business impact. Focus on "What can I do with this thing," as @usablelearning.bsky.social would say. #LearnChat
Q2) How can we design workplace learning that feels like a feature, not an interruption? Any tools, formats, or vibes that help? #LearnChat
May 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Tying the learning to a strategic company goal, not what might seem like a random topic. Learners will see you're there to assist them in promoting them as they achieve outcomes w/ real business impact. Focus on "What can I do with this thing," as @usablelearning.bsky.social would say. #LearnChat
I hope it's changed to being able to rely on AI or a DAP (e.g., Walkme, WhatFix) to receive real-time assistance without having to stop your work to also stop someone else from working and ask them, "How do I do this again?" #LearnChat
Q1) What does “learning in the flow of work” mean to you in 2025? Is it still relevant—or has it evolved? #LearnChat
May 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I hope it's changed to being able to rely on AI or a DAP (e.g., Walkme, WhatFix) to receive real-time assistance without having to stop your work to also stop someone else from working and ask them, "How do I do this again?" #LearnChat
Chad from Chicago. We have an in-house AI tool at work that can answer how-to questions with about 90% accuracy in my experience. Makes it pretty easy to go from novice to semi-useful in minutes. #LearnChat
Q0) Let’s kick things off with intros! Who are you, where are you joining from, and what’s one microlearning or on-the-job moment that stuck with you recently?
#LearnChat
#LearnChat
May 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Chad from Chicago. We have an in-house AI tool at work that can answer how-to questions with about 90% accuracy in my experience. Makes it pretty easy to go from novice to semi-useful in minutes. #LearnChat
Remember, too, you can use deck.blue to more easily follow the conversation and replies. #LearnChat
How #LearnChat Works - A series of questions will be shared over the hour. Feel free to join in the chat and share your answers and/or respond to others' answers. Remember to add the hashtag #LearnChat to each post so it shows in the feed & follow the official feed :
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This is a heavily interactive web application, and JavaScript is required. Simple HTML interfaces are possible, but that is not what this is. Learn more about Bluesky at bsky.social and atproto.com.
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May 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Remember, too, you can use deck.blue to more easily follow the conversation and replies. #LearnChat
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Tonight's #LearnChat is at 8pm ET. Join us to discuss "Learning in the Flow of Work 2.0 — From Distraction to Design".
With AI, notifications, and hybrid life reshaping our focus, how can we design learning that blends into the workday rather than pulling people away from it? Let’s explore.
With AI, notifications, and hybrid life reshaping our focus, how can we design learning that blends into the workday rather than pulling people away from it? Let’s explore.
May 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Tonight's #LearnChat is at 8pm ET. Join us to discuss "Learning in the Flow of Work 2.0 — From Distraction to Design".
With AI, notifications, and hybrid life reshaping our focus, how can we design learning that blends into the workday rather than pulling people away from it? Let’s explore.
With AI, notifications, and hybrid life reshaping our focus, how can we design learning that blends into the workday rather than pulling people away from it? Let’s explore.
I appreciate hearing from everyone tonight! Thanks for an insightful and fun chat; I'm already looking forward to next month. #LearnChat
LET'S WRAP THIS UP! Thanks for joining us tonight. Feel free to share final thoughts and share any new/plugs/events that might interest #LearnChat
April 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I appreciate hearing from everyone tonight! Thanks for an insightful and fun chat; I'm already looking forward to next month. #LearnChat
I'm a fan of pre-tests. Rather than assuming all people need training on an entire curriculum, test people on real-world problems (in a simulated environment, if needed) until they reach a point where they can no longer succeed. That's where that person's training begins. #LearnChat
Q6: What are some ways organizations can help employees understand the skills they already have and those they may need to grow? #LearnChat
April 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I'm a fan of pre-tests. Rather than assuming all people need training on an entire curriculum, test people on real-world problems (in a simulated environment, if needed) until they reach a point where they can no longer succeed. That's where that person's training begins. #LearnChat
Two keys to success: 1) As noted already, give people something to do, do not just tell them things. 2) Make it easy for them to recognize their progress. I am not trying to bring back badges, but a sufficiently designed ripple of ever-increasing challenges will work as well or better. #LearnChat
Q5: Personalized learning paths based on skills sound great, but what makes them actually work in practice? #LearnChat
April 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Two keys to success: 1) As noted already, give people something to do, do not just tell them things. 2) Make it easy for them to recognize their progress. I am not trying to bring back badges, but a sufficiently designed ripple of ever-increasing challenges will work as well or better. #LearnChat
We need to inisist on specificity and personalization of skills. "Communication" cannot be a skill writ large for an entire company. What does it mean to be a good communicator in Marketing vs IT vs Product Management. How are those skills evinced in measurable ways? #LearnChat
Q4: How can L&D teams support the identification and development of transferable skills across departments? #LearnChat
April 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We need to inisist on specificity and personalization of skills. "Communication" cannot be a skill writ large for an entire company. What does it mean to be a good communicator in Marketing vs IT vs Product Management. How are those skills evinced in measurable ways? #LearnChat
Most management roles are like this, as it's difficult to quantify the evidence of power skills removed from outputs but that nonetheless lead to team growth. #LearnChat
Q3: Have you ever been in a role where your skills mattered more than your formal job description? What was that like? #LearnChat
April 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Most management roles are like this, as it's difficult to quantify the evidence of power skills removed from outputs but that nonetheless lead to team growth. #LearnChat
I don't think I do, really. It's more about stacking what I can do that's new on top of things I already know how to do. #LearnChat
Q2: How do you personally keep track of your own skills growth over time? #LearnChat
April 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think I do, really. It's more about stacking what I can do that's new on top of things I already know how to do. #LearnChat
It's about teaching the parts and not the whole, with the expectation that the learners have the agency and intelligence to demonstrate the skills as a competency. #LearnChat
Q1: What does a "skills-based approach" to learning mean to you personally or professionally? #LearnChat
April 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
It's about teaching the parts and not the whole, with the expectation that the learners have the agency and intelligence to demonstrate the skills as a competency. #LearnChat
Chad from Chicago. Recently took a new role training employees on various software platforms. #LearnChat
Q0) We like to start the chat with a round of introductions. Please let us know a bit about yourself: who you are, where you are from, what kind of work you do, and maybe share something you have learned this week.
Don't forget to add #LearnChat to each post/response so it shows up in the feed.
Don't forget to add #LearnChat to each post/response so it shows up in the feed.
April 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Chad from Chicago. Recently took a new role training employees on various software platforms. #LearnChat
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#LearnChat tomorrow (Tuesday 8 April)! Topic: "Skills". Join @tracyparish.bsky.social , @lnddave.bsky.social and @janebozarth.bsky.social along with guest @kpagano.bsky.social . See you at 8 pm ET, 5 pm PT.
April 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#LearnChat tomorrow (Tuesday 8 April)! Topic: "Skills". Join @tracyparish.bsky.social , @lnddave.bsky.social and @janebozarth.bsky.social along with guest @kpagano.bsky.social . See you at 8 pm ET, 5 pm PT.
Attn: @ddmeyer.bsky.social, in case you need a topic for next week's blog post.
Chrisman Frank, one of the educational entrepreneurs who wants to build a new generation of Elon Musks, thinks teachers are “glorified babysitters” and that AI is superior; he says his AI-based app will be a “neutron bomb” for education www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Meet the educational entrepreneurs who want to teach a new generation of Elon Musks
The billionaire's admirers and ex-employees have launched online schools and an “unapologetically elitist” AI tutor.
www.motherjones.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Attn: @ddmeyer.bsky.social, in case you need a topic for next week's blog post.
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My family issued the following after Medgar Evers was partially removed from the Arlington National Cemetery website under the direction of the Department of the Army.
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
March 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My family issued the following after Medgar Evers was partially removed from the Arlington National Cemetery website under the direction of the Department of the Army.
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
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Wish i was a little bit smaller, wish i was a baller, wish i had a chitinous shell, id be a crawler
A beautiful pill scarab that I found in dead leaves in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Ceratocanthine are known for their ability to conglobate: rolling into a nearly perfect ball to avoid predators. They use the ball-mode even during inactivity - perhaps it's a way for them to rest too.
March 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Wish i was a little bit smaller, wish i was a baller, wish i had a chitinous shell, id be a crawler