Corporate Training

September 25, 2015

Ubiquitous Learning: What Every Education Organization Needs To Know

While a variety of platforms have been developed and tested in the eLearning space -blended learning, flipped classrooms, gamified learning, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), and more- the perspective of ubiquitous learning has rarely been applied in a concrete way to real online/computer-based educational efforts. This article presents a broad view of ubiquitous learning in the Professional Education context and some quick ways for education organizations to begin building ubiquitous learning efforts.

by Ashish Rangnekar

September 24, 2015

10 Key Components Of A Successful Learning Transformation Strategy

In this video I suggest 10 attributes of an effective corporate learning transformation strategy; attributes that are common to world class learning organizations and which we as learning professionals need to keep in sharp focus.

by Howard Stafford

September 23, 2015

Lifelong Learning In Companies Of The 21st century

Lifelong learning and especially continuous training in the business world is becoming increasingly important in a world of constant renovation and change. It is precisely these changes what makes us live in an accelerated way and expect everything to be immediate. In this article we will see which characteristics workers demand in the corporate training processes and how some platforms are addressing corporate training through microlearning.

by Juan Carlos Sánchez Aparicio

September 21, 2015

Is Bite Sized Learning The Future Of eLearning?

Rapid proliferation of mobile devices, shrinking training budgets, and time constraints have changed the way eLearning is designed, developed, and delivered. Traditional methods have given way to the development of new bite sized learning modules. Is this going to be the future?

by Ayesha Habeeb Omer, Ph.D

September 16, 2015

Learning Communities As A Vital eLearning Component

People are social animals. In every single day, in relation to various professional or non-professional activities, we enter to and exit from various communities. Sometimes such a community lives for a very short time, like 10 or 15 minutes (eg. group of people waiting to the dentist). Sometimes, however, we become members of communities of much longer time of living and of much bigger learning power. These are the learning communities.

by Marek Hyla

September 15, 2015

eLearning Solutions For Successfully Extending Learning Networks: An Impactful and Effective Case

While it is easy to create eLearning opportunities within the organization, reaching out to external partners is often a daunting challenge. While most organizations try to arrange eLearning solutions and instructor-led training sessions for their external partners on a regular basis, this approach often falters on many levels. Creating Learning Management System based solutions to deliver extended learning can be beneficial for learners as well as the organization as a whole.

by Heena Nanda

September 11, 2015

Rise Of Remote Working And How A Startup Used A Learning Management System To Train The Employees

Amid different practices followed by companies to ensure a healthy work culture, work from home is one that’s gaining fast attention. Embedding trust and flexibility in the process, organizations have started to include remote working in their work cycle. But what about other areas of working such as training the employees? How can a Learning Management System (LMS) help in the learning and developing the skills of the scattered segment of remote workers? This article focuses on how a startup relied over a Learning Management System to meet the training and knowledge transfer requirements.

by Srilakshmi Janardanan

September 6, 2015

The Benefits Of Custom Mobile Learning Solutions For Your Company

In one of my earlier articles, “Top 5 Tips For Innovative eLearning Development”, I had touched upon two significant challenges that Learning and Development teams face today. First is, how to enhance efficacy of learning; second being what learning strategies should be adopted to ensure both learning and business mandates are met. Adopting custom mobile learning solutions for your company could be one of the measures to mitigate these challenges.

by Asha Pandey

September 4, 2015

Blended Learning ≠ eLearning Course + Workshop

Blended learning could be a very powerful approach to building competencies. I see, however, a major problem - many of educators still understand it as a simple conglomerate of an eLearning course, used as a pre-work or post-work, with traditional training. In this post I will discuss this issue and present an example of an excellent blended learning process.

by Marek Hyla

September 2, 2015

Is eLearning Ageist?

We live in a world where being young is seen as a positive bonus in itself and seems to be a prerequisite for entry to, and advancement in, many industries today. This is particularly true in computer and hi tech industries, but is rapidly spreading to other traditional industries too. While the world is in a tizzy spin trying to “catch ‘em young”, I wonder about the eLearning Industry’s take on catering to the not-so-young.

by Heera Edwin

September 1, 2015

7 Tips To Expand Your eLearning Participation Rates

So your latest eLearning course has been released to the organization amid much anticipation and excitement. All of the time and energy that went into developing this new training will now finally begin to pay dividends. However, the hoped-for participation and interest on the part of the workforce just never materialized. What went wrong? Is the course too long? Is it too difficult? Maybe our research into the type of training the employees want was off. Whatever the explanation, this is often the fate of new eLearning initiatives. But it doesn’t have to be. Check 7 ways in which you can expand your eLearning participation rates.

by Andrew Hughes

September 1, 2015

Demonstrating Value: 12 Valuable Metrics For Learning And Development Teams

Business alignment is a key part of demonstrating value. But what if you don't have any evidence to show how well aligned you are with business activity and organizational goals? Here's 12 valuable metrics that Learning And Development teams can look at in order to capture and track the evidence they need to prove their value.

by Laura Overton, FCIPD, FLPI