The size of the remote workforce has grown significantly over the past few years and even with many organizations shifting back to on-site work, the remote population will remain large enough to change the ways organizations manage many of their processes, procedures and workflows. Learning and Development teams became acutely... more
My Internet Time Alliance colleague, Charles Jennings, pointed me to this interesting article by Andries De Grip, titled “The importance of informal learning at work” that has interesting implications for the design of learning experiences, particularly when employees are not desk-bound, and/or in high-turnover situations. The key is to get... more
The term “blended learning” certainly isn’t new. That goes without saying. The reason for saying it, however, is that this term has received particular scrutiny over its true, current meaning. Questions remain about whether learning professionals share the same perspective on its definition. If someone asked you what blended learning... more
I recently blogged about modular design, presented on modular course design, and will be presenting more on modular design at #ATD2016. Are you using modular design? It doesn’t really matter what tools you are using. But when you are designing/developing learning content, are you chunking content into loosely joined modules?... more
Blended learning for corporate training is not only cost effective, but it is also a more natural way to learn and work at the same time. In this article, I’ll reveal 7 top blended learning benefits for corporate training, so that you can empower employees to become active participants in... more
This week Litmos announced the Litmos® Boost app for wearable and mobile computing devices including the Apple Watch. The application, unveiled at CallidusCloud’s annual C3 Conference in Las Vegas, NV, will allow users of the Litmos Learning Management System to receive “booster” questions and reminders through their Apple Watch, iPad, iPhone... more
Have you ever asked your target audience of learners how they prefer to learn? Given the choice, would they prefer a day long training session or a self-paced online experience? You can probably guess how most would answer. It depends! And yes, I’m one of those people. There are a... more
In a recent blog post I introduced the idea of training course patterns to kickstart your LMS. The needs of every department will vary, but that’s the beauty of patterns. Patterns are broad enough to give you ultimate flexibility in your final design. As I look back on my career of... more
Let’s assume you have something you do for fun outside of work; how did you get good at that? I’m willing to bet that it wasn’t through formal courses: you may have taken some but you also practice, talk with others, read magazines or books, watch videos, attend meetings, hire... more
Blended Learning Webinar The webinar on Blended Learning recently delivered live is now available on the Litmos YouTube channel. In the video I covered the following: How do we define blended learning? The history of blended learning according to @bschlenker. 21st century blended learning is part of shifting to an iterative development... more
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