Workplace Learning with

Podcasting
Presentation to the Executive
Committee
Medtronic Corporate Education &
Training
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Presented by
Mark G. Bearss
Education & Training Program Manager
Workplace Learning with
Podcasting

 Mark G. Bearss, BS, MS

 Education & Training
Program Manager,
Medtronic RST
 Graduate student,
Walden University
Ed.S. Program,
Educational
Technologies
 Workplace Learning with
Podcasting:
Is there a need?

Take..
 A large diverse group of

 Mobile workers in

 Multiple time-zones with

 Unpredictable schedules

…..and EDUCATE THEM.

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The Adoption of Podcasting
 Workplace Learning with
Podcasting:
Business Rationale
 The Predicate Technology: Apple
®
iPod
 No re-inventing the wheel
 Improved workforce efficiencies
 Cost effectiveness
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Workplace Learning with
Podcasting:
Implementation
 Beta-test or “Pilot-Test” Group
 Training
 Reflection_Collection of Feedback
 Re-assessment
 Refinement
Workplace Learning with
Podcasting:
Implementation & Adoption
 Workplace Learning with
Podcasting:
Implementation & Adoption

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 Workplace Learning with
Podcasting:
Implementation & Adoption
Strategies:
2. Relative Advantages of
Podcasting
 Promotes learning efficiencies
 Promotes timeliness of communications
3. Ease of use

Uses current technologies

Uses adopted methods
Workplace Learning with
Podcasting:
Implementation & Adoption
 Promoting adoption of podcasting

Rate of
Adoptio
n

X
• Change in perception
• Behavior shift
• Offset complexity with
training
Promoting adoption of podcasting
Workplace Learning with
Podcasting:
Implementation & Adoption
 Championing
 Insure reliability of the technology

Insure end-user is knowledgeable
 Serve as an advocate for use and
benefits
 Assure relative advantages
 Contingencies
 Institutional support

Management support
 Workplace Learning with
Podcasting:
Confirmation
 User feedback to
1. Identify benefits of using the
innovation
2. Identify improvements to insure
sustained use
3. Present plan for post-market
surveillance
Commercialization!!