Taruna Goel 🇨🇦

#notskillsgapbutrecognitiongap #recognition #skills #rpl #plar #skilling #credentials #skillsbasedhiring #skillsfirstsystems | Taruna Goel This was an interesting read. The "Credential Fluency" report, while framed around non-degree credentials and hiring strategy, is in my view, fundamentally documenting a recognition problem at scale. ...

What is often called as the 'skills gap' is actually a 'recognition gap' i.e. the gap between acknowledging that competence exists outside formal education, and actually building the infrastructure to assess and recognize it. www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...

The em dash has had a rough year :) This whole 'blame the dash' is a cultural phenomenon that says more about our anxiety than about the punctuation itself. Still, I am glad that stylistic choices are getting their moment. I have always enjoyed good punctuation — and I am rather fond of mine.

GLOBAL SENTIMENT SURVEY 2026 - Donald H Taylor | Taruna Goel I finally read Donald H Taylor's L&D Global Sentiment Survey (GSS) 2026 report last week, and I haven't been able to put it down. No, it didn't have all the answers but what it did say confirmed somet...

I finally read @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social L&D Global Sentiment Survey (GSS) 2026 report last week, and here are some of my thoughts after reading and digesting it! www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...

RPL: Where Rigour Meets Relationships

Where Rigour Meets Relationships tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2026/02/rpl-... #RPL #PLAR #Recogniton #Competencies #Learning

Experience Alone Does Not Guarantee Learning Over the past few days, I have been mulling over a very simple concept: learning doesn’t automatically result from experience. But John Dewey (1933) said it better: "We do not learn from experience.

In RPL (and life), it's important to clarify what counts. If we count experience over learning, we may end up validating years instead of validating competencies.
Here's my take on why we call "RPL" Recognition of Prior Learning, not Recognition of Prior Experience. lnkd.in/gyk5g-yx

7 Tips for Writing Realistic Wrong Answers in Branching Scenarios - Experiencing Elearning How do you write realistic wrong answers for branching scenarios? Learn 7 tips for making plausible and authentic choices.

7 Tips for Writing Realistic Wrong Answers in Branching Scenarios christytuckerlearning.com/7-tips-for-w...

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL/PLAR) is Opening Doors for Many One of the most common misconceptions I often hear about Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) or Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) is that it's a shortcut. That it's the easy way out tha...

PLAR/RPL is not a shortcut. It is another door that offers an opportunity to recognize & validate competencies. The standards don't change; the path to demonstrate the standard becomes flexible. www.linkedin.com/pulse/recogn... #RecognizingPriorLearning #PriorLearningAssessmentAndRecognition

Designing for Unpredictability of Use | Taruna Goel Do you think about the unexpected use(s) of the learning products/ services you create? Do you imagine how your “learning product” may be reused, reshared, or remixed in serendipitous ways? When Roy...

Do you think about the unexpected use(s) of the learning products/ services you create? Do you imagine how your “learning product” may be reused, reshared, or remixed in serendipitous ways? www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...

Personalization of Learning: A Nuanced View Personalization of learning has become one of the most frequently discussed trends in L&D. Beyond the usual methods of tailoring content to specific roles and tasks, commercial, adaptive technologies ...

Contrary to popular belief and savvy marketing lines, personalization doesn’t automatically transform mediocre training into something impactful. www.linkedin.com/pulse/person...

#Learning #Personalization #Training

The real impact of our work as L&D lies not only in what people learn but in how they behave/perform and how they connect, with themselves, with each other and with the work they do.

Looking Back, Moving Forward As the year comes to a close, I have been reflecting about the people, the ideas and the conversations that stayed with me throughout 2025. Competencies and Recognition of Learning This year, much of ...

Reflecting on 2025 - Looking Back, Moving Forward
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The TIDES 2026 Playbook: 23 Leaders on the Future of Human Work 2025 was about the tools. 2026 is about the soul of work.

Happy to be in such good company! Lots to think and mull about when it comes to the future of human work >>

The TIDES 2026 Playbook: 23 Leaders on the Future of Human Work open.substack.com/pub/tidespod...

Digital Learning Strategy Vodcast: Day 3 - Taruna Goel | Taruna Goel If AI were a song, movie, or book title, what would it be? Well… I definitely have an answer, but you will have to watch the vodcast to hear it! I had such a great time chatting with Britt Dzioba, M....

If AI were a song, movie, or book title, what would it be?
Well… I definitely have an answer, but you will have to watch the vodcast to hear it! #BCcampus #DLSF2025
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I will be speaking at the #DigitalLearningStrategyForum!
Join me to connect with educators and leaders across B.C and explore strategies to support digital learning and teaching practices!
November 18–20, 2025, Virtual, Free
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From Choice to Judgment: Redefining Self-Directed Learning for the AI Era

From Choice to Judgment: Redefining Self-Directed Learning for the AI Era tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2025/11/from...

One of the key elements of culture that fuels positive coaching experiences is the capacity of the organization & leadership to talk about learning from mistakes and failures. #coaching #culture #learning

I am all for the human-AI partnership. The more we say "Augmented" Intelligence, the less we will outsource our thinking to "Artificial" Intelligence.

I appreciate his idea around speed vs. thought and if AI is needed or if human is needed. I have seen how sometimes having an efficient solution quickly can give an illusion that its also effective. Keeping the human in the loop is a conscious and intentional step.

Attending the CLO Symposium with Ryan Decoste kicking things off with "What it Means to Stay Human in an AI-Driven World"

Thursday thoughts:
Communication and Understanding are completely different things.
What you communicate may not ever be understood.
What you understand might have never been communicated.

The Real Work of Training Lies Beyond Knowing and Telling tarunagoel.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Cover | Taruna Goel I want to spotlight a powerful resource for anyone in learning and development, curriculum development, or institutional change: "Pulling Together: A Guide for Curriculum Developers." This is an op...

How to integrate Indigenous epistemologies and pedagogies meaningfully (rather than superficially).
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I am not in the business of 'learning' or 'training'; I am in the business of maximizing 'performance'.

If a colleague has sent you low-quality output that looks AI-generated, you may be the victim of workslop. 40% of people report receiving workslop in the past month—and spending nearly 2 hours per… | ... If a colleague has sent you low-quality output that looks AI-generated, you may be the victim of workslop. 40% of people report receiving workslop in the past month—and spending nearly 2 hours per cle...

Workslop - low-quality output that looks AI-generated and needs to be cleaned up. Via Adam Grant www.linkedin.com/posts/adammg...

Cathedral Thinking - Designing for the Next Century | Taruna Goel When we think about designing learning, work, or recognition systems, we often focus on what we need today, or at most, for the next few years. "Cathedral thinking" asks us to stretch that horizon. I...

How might we use Cathedral Thinking to design not just for today, but for future generations?https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tarunagoel_cathedral-thinking-designing-for-the-next-activity-7375955413994971136-DjyW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAABJjUEBW9TnTx4DmBoCLa-rznBR-qzeh08

Busting The Myth of Learning Styles The idea that different students have different learning styles pervades education, but cognitive scientists say there is no evidence learning styles exist.

Until the myth exists, us myth busters need to keep working!

Busting The Myth of Learning Styles www.techlearning.com/news/busting...

Is generational stereotyping limiting your leadership potential? Are you falling into the generational stereotyping trap? The challenge isn't managing different generations – it's letting go of age-based assumptions

"The real challenge isn't managing different generations – it's letting go of age-based assumptions that may be limiting leadership potential." trainingzone.co.uk/is-generatio...

“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr.

My take on the #Blimage Challenge: Learning is A-Mazing! | Taruna Goel Throwing it back to 2015! Seven years ago, I participated in the #Blimage challenge. It was a creative exercise that combined visual inspiration with reflective writing on learning. The concept was s...

Throwing it back to 2015! #Blimage #Learning #ReflectivePractice #Throwback #Lrnchat www.linkedin.com/posts/taruna...

Was at a concert yesterday and the Artist (Kailash Kher) shared that instead of dishing out knowledge (‘gyan’), we should focus on paying attention (‘dhyaan’).
What people often need isn’t more information, it is someone who truly listens and connects.