Creating training materials from scratch, scheduling and coordinating training sessions, manually enrolling participants, and keeping records of attendance, progress, and completion. Does this sound familiar? If so, the good news is that a more scalable approach to compliance training is possible. Compliance training is a crucial part of every organization’s... more
Keeping up with ever-changing business and technical landscapes can be challenging for employees and leaders across industries. For this reason, education and training are essential in every field. However, instructional designers are often expected to deliver professional development resources on short notice, or with limited resources. Creating instructional materials under... more
Litmos’ Chief Learning Officer, Dr. Jill Stefaniak, recently conducted a live webinar about how professionals can apply instructional design principles to their Learning & Development (L&D) programs to better address learner needs and improve learning outcomes. In this informative virtual session, Dr. Stefaniak also discussed the importance of aligning instructional... more
Look at almost any list of soft skills employers want in a new hire and you’re likely to see it near the top: critical thinking. Critical thinkers are prized for their ability to see problems clearly, set aside preconceived notions, and come up with solutions. They question team members and... more
With so many demands for employees to upskill and stay up to date with changes in their fields, there has been an intentional shift in how we view L&D in the workplace. Traditionally, employees would participate in mandatory compliance and onboarding training, either in traditional face-to-face settings or through eLearning... more
Compliance training: you have to assign it, your learners have to take it, and you probably don’t think it’s anyone’s favorite flavor of workforce learning. You might be wrong, however. While compliance training falls firmly into the must-do category and isn’t nearly as fun as the nice-to-have training (meditation and... more
You don’t have to tell Learning and Development (L&D) leaders that learning measurement is not their biggest strength. Brandon Hall Group™ research has established this year after year after year. One of Brandon Hall Group’s clients calls learning measurement “our unslayable monster,” and that pithy little phrase became the inspiration... more
84% of employees surveyed by LinkedIn agree that learning adds purpose to their work. But what makes workplace learning actually stick? We all remember the learning experiences that shaped us. Maybe it was an assignment that opened our eyes to a new interest, or a moment that reinforced something you... more
There are a variety of reasons why learners participate in workplace training, ranging from mandatory compliance requirements, upskilling, to career development. While different goals might have different timelines for completion, learners often have time to complete them at their leisure or over an extended period. Just-in-time training is a time-sensitive... more
Bridging the Gap Between Learning and Doing In the past two months we have talked about why people learn, and how people learn. In this next installment of our “Foundations of Learning” blog series, I’ll explore what we know about WHEN people learn. This is a topic that came up... more
