Corporate eLearning Trends

February 27, 2015 | Sponsored

Sharing Experiences: A Stepping Stone To Social Learning In The Workplace

A powerful social learning strategy that creates an environment of learning is through sharing experiences. Experiences are personal – but there is a lot of learning that can be derived from them as well.

by Heena Nanda

February 26, 2015

The Buzz About Social Learning

Social learning—everyone’s talking about it. And if everyone’s talking about it, that means it must be fun, right? Like a party or an ice cream social? Add some sprinkles, and all your employees will be running to this mandatory training session. While social learning can be a fun, less intense approach to corporate training, it’s a serious learning strategy that can have huge results.

by Christie Wroten

February 23, 2015

The Rise Of Personalized Learning

In the last couple of years a new trend named "Big Data" has become very popular. A large number of start-ups specialize in collection and analysis of huge amounts of data. Large corporations are also not far behind, currently working to establish new departments and teams in order to develop products of this kind. It’s important to understand that the intention is not just to collect large amounts of data, but also to handle it effectively.

by Michael Treser

February 22, 2015

Online Training: Evolution Or Revolution?

There isn’t a business in any industry today that doesn’t feel the heat to transform themselves on a yearly, quarterly, monthly, or even a daily basis. The eLearning industry is no different. So this begs the question: Is the online training market in an evolution or a revolution?

by John Eades

February 20, 2015

Go Engage The Modern Learners. Here’s How

By joining modern learners on their own turf and adjusting for shorter attention spans, increasing job demands and information overload, modern trainers can engage modern learners in new and more effective ways.

by Carol Leaman

February 11, 2015 | Sponsored

Creating A More Meaningful Customer Experience With Mobile Learning Devices

More than a third of every dollar spent in the US is influenced by consumers’ digital interactions. With 84% of US shoppers using their mobile devices before or during a shopping trip, it is becoming increasingly important that the in-store experience matches up to the way we shop online. Introducing a digital element to the physical retail environment is a way to leverage the power of digital for a more meaningful customer experience

by Mike Alcock

February 6, 2015

Can HR Software Become a FitBit? And Gamification?

Mark Andreessen said in 2011 that software is eating the world. It certainly is – even in sectors where it was not considered an option - and it seems that together with cultural changes emanating from the wearable technology world, software is going to eat HR too, changing performance management and creating a new role for enterprise gamification.

by Gal Rimon

January 29, 2015

Quick Tips to Boost Your e-Learning ROI

“An organization’s ability to learn and translate that learning into action rapidly is the ultimate competitive advantage.” This quote by Jack Welch, the former Chairman & CEO of GE, is a perfect summary of why e-Learning is so important. Companies all over have turned to online training—with great success. IBM created an e-Learning program for managers and discovered that participants learned nearly five times more material through e-Learning—without increasing time spent training. That’s incredible ROI!

by Stephanie Ivec

January 19, 2015

Are MOOCs and eLearning Just Fads?

The Massive Open Online Course, aka MOOC, is an online course designed for unlimited participation and open access via the web. MOOCs have made a mark because the history of learning has now changed. Anyone with an Internet connection can take MOOCs, at no cost, from a top university. MOOCs, just like eLearning and Virtual Training, show how the nature of learning - be it in the education sector or Learning and Development in the business world - is changing. But just like the principle of MOOCs, which some will dismiss as a fad, the principle of eLearning is that it’s cost effective, efficient and can deliver great results. It’s all a matter of how you use it.

by Mark Rose

January 9, 2015 | Sponsored

Top 5 Benefits Of Investing In Collaborative Tools

Our workspace is an extension of our world and thus imitates the world around us. No wonder then, as the world gets smaller, boundaries in the workspace also decrease making collaborations faster and easier. In today’s competitive market, collaborative tools promise to give all organizations a strong competitive advantage.

by Heena Nanda

January 5, 2015

4 Innovative Companies That Gamified eLearning

In an era when over a million students drop out of high school every year and workplaces suffer from contagious, chronic disengagement, getting people to invest in their own learning is of paramount importance.

by Aleksandr Peterson

December 30, 2014

4 Important Reasons To Encourage Social Learning

We live in a world of voyeurs and exhibitionists. We like to watch and we like to be watched; and in watching we learn. In this article on social learning, I will give you 4 important reasons to encourage social learning in your organization or educational institution.

by Heera Edwin