Even with the many changes to the learning-technology space in 2018, I do believe that 2019 is the year the lens will focus, and companies truly begin to understand the possibilities in front of them — just in time for all those 2020 predictions to come to fruition. This will be the year organizations realize […]

We perceive time subjectively. The past year simultaneously crept along at a snail’s pace and flew by, and here we are in 2019! Things that happened in January 2018 feel like last week but events from a month ago seem like ancient history. This annual paradox makes me want to look back to try to […]

It’s that time of year again, when we get to give and receive gifts. How festive and how fun, regardless if you’re four or forty! We love tearing those ribbons and wrapping paper off and enjoying the surprise of what lies beneath. Of course, we usually just share these experiences with our loved ones, but […]

Are you prepared for 2017? Is it going to be business as usual for you and your team? Or is there something big happening? Before you begin designing your plans for next year lets take a look at a few data points. There are 3 very high-level areas I often review to get an idea […]

Do you work? Or do you go TO work? Is your work a place or an action? Technology is changing our workplace and making it… well… less of a place. Technology gives us access to the people, content, and tools, we need to get work done. Most of today’s knowledge work can be done from […]

Perhaps not everyone is as into the NBA finals as we are at Litmos HQ (Go Warriors!) but everyone in the L&D industry likely has appreciation over one thing: the art of training when it comes to professional sports. Whether you're cheering for the Warriors or Cavaliers in the finals, you have to acknowledge the fact […]

  Disruption is an easy word to toss around in casual conversation. But it's much tougher to actually live in the active storm of technology disruption. And that's exactly where we are. Some of us enjoy the chaos and embrace the change. We see opportunity where others see the improbable, and impossible. No matter how […]

CES2016 was an interesting experience. And to experience it with an interest in eLearning made it even more interesting. It's much bigger than the eLearning events I'm used too, and even though it's not about elearning, it's filled with just as much technology based learning innovation. I've already posted my initial thoughts about the event […]

At CES2016, Ginni Remmity, CEO for IBM, delivered her keynote focusing on one trend: Cognitive IoT. It's the overarching term she uses to cover analytics, cloud, mobility, security, wearables, and all the other individual trends in technology today. She refers to digital as the foundation for all of it. But when everything is digital, the new challenge […]

This year’s CES2016 is a glimpse into the near future of tech, but a further future for eLearning. It’s easy to get excited about technology after an event like CES. Many of the really cool products will never get to the hands of consumers, and others won’t go mainstream for several years. And that means […]

The Consumer Electronics Show displays technology available today as well as dreams of future tech. And while most of the eLearning industry is driven by software, it's the hardware that changes how we interact with that software. I wrote a little more about this in last Monday's blog post, and need to revise my thoughts on […]

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (#CES2016) is happening in Las Vegas all week. It's one of the largest events in North America showcasing the latest in tech gadgetry from all industries. The eLearning community doesn't normally bother with hardware innovations because hardware products are mostly directed towards consumers of non-educational products. However, as Trish Uhl pointed out […]

As 2016 quickly approaches we all look into our crystal balls and pontificate about the coming year. Whether we do it in a blog, or during New Years parties, or just thinking to ourselves, it’s an exercise in hoping for a better tomorrow. The L&D world can participate in this annual custom, but it can […]

2015 was a great year for Litmos.com and the eLearning Blog. As we reflect on the past year, the Litmos team would like to highlight the most popular post from each month and recognize the efforts of our blog contributors. It's been interesting to review the entire year of blog posts to see what has resonated with […]

Do you make teaching part of your learning strategy? Probably not. It might be on HR's list of things employees at higher levels should do.  But I'm not sure we take teaching into consideration as part of a learning strategy. The typical instructional design process separates these roles into subject matter experts and learners. It's an […]

The Artificial Intelligence trend will take the L&D industry by storm. Or by surprise, depending on how open you are to believe it. AI is not something any industry enjoys discussing because it usually means "machines doing the work that humans used to do.” We’re all excited about technologies that help us do our jobs […]

If you want to know what the future workplace employee looks like, just take a look at what K-12 educators are doing. I used to think there was very little connection between k-12 education and corporate training. And while I still see significant differences, I look to our education system often to see what type […]

It's Thanksgiving in the U.S. And so I've taken a few liberties with today's blog post. In essence it's just me sharing an experience and a few thoughts. I hope it makes your think a little, and inspires you to start or join conversations around training. Happy Thanksgiving! I recently wrote "Why You Should Produce […]

There are many ways in which we’re not using technology in good ways, and yet there’s still the excitement over new technologies. We’re naturally excited by the new and shiny, but is there any substance behind the hype? Let’s investigate, with a keen eye on real learning potential. Most of these technologies, for reasons of […]

Mobile phones have come a long way over the last few years. Even if your phone is a few years old it still has the ability to record video. And for that matter digital cameras and digicams have come a long way as well. But you shouldn’t be deciding to use one or the other. […]

Introduction Today's guest post is written by Tom Spiglanin. He was one of the first in my network to identify, and embrace, the trend of micro videos for learning...or microlearning. He's a regular speaker and advocate for the production of shorter learning content. I'm very pleased he agreed to share his tips on producing microlearning. […]

Blab.im is the latest social media phenomenon. It's a fantastic live streaming system that runs in browsers or on their mobile app. It's similar to Google Hangouts but is far superior in its usability. There are so many use cases for a tool like blab and I want to figure out how we can apply […]

Technology is shifting again. It all started with a live-casting app called Meerkat at this year's SXSW event. It was quickly followed by Twitter's entry called Periscope. Google couldn't be left out so they launched YouNOW. And most recently Facebook entered the race with Mention. Unfortunately, Facebook made their early launch only available to celebrities. So, […]