Corporate eLearning

August 5, 2015

Why Learning And Development Is The Most Important Department

The most important part for someone in Learning and Development to understand is that the world around us is causing your department to be more important than ever.

by John Eades

July 30, 2015

Trust And Online Training As A Two Way Street

You and a partner face the same direction, one person behind the other. Your arms are crossed, and your eyes are closed. You begin to lean on your heels and eventually fall backwards, hoping the person behind you likes you enough to catch you before your head hits the ground. You’ve played this game before. It’s a trust test. But that trust has to be established before testing. When a new kid on the block enters corporate America or takes on new responsibilities in their role, building trust starts in online training. In this article I will explore the relationship between trust and online training and suggest 3 ways to make it stronger.

by Mitchell Causey

July 29, 2015

Active Learning In Online Training: What eLearning Professionals Should Know

Active learning is one of the most effective ways of learning indeed, but creating an online active learning environment requires careful attention. In this article, I’ll explain what active learning is, what are its best practices, and most importantly, how to integrate it into your online training course in order to increase your employees’ engagement, motivation, and performance levels.

by Christopher Pappas

July 29, 2015

6 Strategies For Popularizing eLearning Within Organizations

Many corporate eLearning initiatives lose their luster after the launch’s initial euphoria is over. This article suggests 6 strategies for popularizing eLearning and making it an interesting and engaging experience.

by Vinayak Khadye

July 29, 2015

Learning And Development’s Vital Role In Nurturing Engaged Employees

When it comes to top learning organizations, we found that they commonly possess 7 habits that build staff engagement. Read this article to find out what these habits are and how Learning and Development can help foster more engaged employees in today's ever-changing environment.

by Laura Overton, FCIPD, FLPI

July 28, 2015

Aligning Learning To Business

In order to align learning to business, Learning and Development has to understand what the business wants and needs and how to then deliver it. Read this article to find out how Towards Maturity's research is revealing the steps Learning and Development professionals need to take in order to partner for success with the business.

by Laura Overton, FCIPD, FLPI

July 26, 2015

Innovative Training Solutions For Banking And Financial Services

While Banking and Finance industries have been early adopters of eLearning, only in recent times is mLearning being considered. In this article, I will outline how mLearning can be one of the most meaningful training solutions for Banking and Financial Services. Additionally, I will share my insight on “learning as a continuum” and how eLearning or mLearning-based formal training can be effectively supplemented through Performance Support Tools (PSTs).

by Asha Pandey

July 24, 2015

Why Online Collaboration Is The Solution To Your Learning And Development Team's Efficiency Problem

Are you an eLearning manager working with a talented but large or distributed team? Looking for ways to increase the efficiency of your team? Read on to learn why online collaboration might be the answer.

by Li Whybrow

July 23, 2015

Employee Online Training: Back To School For Corporate America

Back to school! Back to school! Bells are ringing. Birds are chirping. But inside the office, it’s just another Monday. People are indifferent. Now’s the time to relive the back-to-school nostalgia with annual employee online training. Below is some A+ advice for gearing up.

by Max Yoder

July 22, 2015

The Ultimate Cheat Sheet On Training Millennials

Employers today are full of anxiety over the growing population of Millennials in the workforce. Millennials make up almost half of the total workforce, with numbers still rising. At the same time, the generation of Baby Boomers is rapidly retiring. Business Insider reports that millions of these Baby Boomers have retired just in the last six years and 10,000 of them turn 65 every single day. With the Millennials coming in and the Baby Boomers going out, the climate of the workplace is shifting. While companies of all kinds want to appeal to Millennials and hire Millennials, they aren’t quite sure how to adapt to their differences. Read why training Millennials is a challenge worth taking.

by Laura Payne

July 22, 2015

Albert's Successful Training Story

Albert drove home from the board meeting feeling very pleased with himself. He had been praised by his chairman for the work he had put in since joining the firm two years ago, and had been given a complete endorsement for the five-year training plan that he had presented to the board that afternoon in Mumbai, India. As he drove home, he reflected on those two tumultuous years. Prior to joining his current company, he had worked for five years as production manager in a small company that manufactured plastic coat hangers in his native Gujarat, and had made a name for himself there. When he arrived here, the company was barely profitable, with high absenteeism, shoddy work practices, and little or no quality control. He immediately saw there were two problems; low morale and lack of training. Here is how his successful training method helped increase productivity.

by Heera Edwin

July 18, 2015

Creating eLearning Solutions For An Enterprise-Wide Global Audience: 4 Challenges And How To Overcome Them

Creating global eLearning solutions is full of challenges; in this article I will share some of the best practices in eLearning content development that a corporation can follow in order to avoid mistakes and create effective eLearning content for international learners.

by Heena Nanda