LTGR Ep. #16 - Vocabulary Lessons
In this episode, Dan seeks help translating academic online learning vocabulary into corporate training lingo, and vice versa. Susan taps into her experience as an ESL (English as a Second Language) instructor to offer some tips, and the hosts look to listeners for their perspectives.
Show Notes:
Dan has a new job and needs to figure out the vocabulary! He is now working in the corporate world on developing online training and needs to find a way to communicate.
Examples: Synchronous and asynchronous become real time and self-paced.
Facilitator led becomes instructor led training (ILT).
Should Dan not introduce the education lingo or is there a way to gently bring in his academic language (and ideals)? Susan asks if he should bother. Will using the language bring about change? They agree on the value of opening oneself to models and methods other than behavioral. If you borrow language from another environment, will you be criticized for not talking the talk?
In education there is more space for people to talk about learning (even among content experts), but in business, few people have that shared reference.
Dan introduces more vocabulary: scorecard, KPI knowledge performance indicator, SPOC single point of contact, SPOA single point of accountability (the go to guy or facilitator). The quicker you can learn, the quicker the natives understand.
Susan asks if there are reliable sources to ask questions of. She gives very little help, but suggests putting new language in a context and rephrasing/internalizing.
Dan wants to know from listeners if they’ve crossed over from academia to corporate training (or vice versa) and how they adapted!
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March 4th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
I am in the academic environment right now as a student, but I am in school to become prepared for the coorperate world. My question is that after listening to the podcast, I am wondering if i am being prepared with the language of the academic world to only confuse people in the cooperate world when I use this vocabulary. I think it is important to adapt to a language that people will understand in the environment that you are working with otherwise what’s the point of trying to teach something? Also, I feel that eventually these two languages will have to collide to become universal since people often go from one to the other, but for now I think that knowing what the acronyms or word usages stand for will help with that adaptation and make it easier to explain to people unfamiliar with the concepts.
March 4th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Sorry, I was typing fast, what I meant was corporate.