I learned a little more about the Merrill Lynch pilot mobile learning program (called GoLearn) that was so successful a few years back. The pilot involved 2100 Investment Bankers and the course created was focused around compliance content. It was rolled out on the BlackBerry with the necessary design configurations, and the results that came […]

  Presented by Aaron Silvers and Mark Oehlert in the Social Learning Camp, I knew this topic was going to be interesting. The discussion started with a question, that was never really answered. In fact, as suspected this whole topic is pretty airy fairy because in order to measure social learning, you have to first […]

The eCommerce features within Litmos offer learning professionals the opportunity to advertise and sell courses they create within our system. The features include a course listing page which automatically populates with eCommerce enabled courses, student self-sign up and payment processing which means it's as low-touch as you want it to be. For some time now […]

A new report has just been released by Ambient Insight called "The US Market for Self-paced eLearning Products and Services: 2009-2014 Forecast and Analysis.". The report forecasts expenditures for Self-paced eLearning products and online training services across 'eight customer buying segments: consumer; corporations and business; federal civilian and military government; state and local government, Pre […]

We've recently become involved with an ambitious new initiative called the 'Life Game Project'. It's the brainchild of Warehouse CIO Owen McCall and has come about as a result of his desire to "develop life skills and positive lifestyle choices" in young New Zealanders, through the use of games technology. McCall has assembled a small […]

In a progressive move the UN has launched online training as an aid to combating terrorism. The 6 week training program is highly interactive and will be completed by 50 applicants in 45 countries. The online training  is one of 'many technical assistance activities undertaken by UNODC to strengthen Member States' national capacity to counter […]

Rick Bell of Workforce Management has published some interesting employment findings from a survey released August 25 by CareerBuilder.com and Robert Half International Inc. Judging by the statistics, it seems the recruitment market is on the up: 'Fifty-three percent of employers plan to hire full-time employees in the next 12 months, and 40 percent plan […]

Some of our Litmos customers may have noticed this new feature already, but it is definitely worth a mention. We have now added an "Advanced Settings" area on the video upload pop-up box. This means that you can now change the preset video settings to set your own height, width and bit rate for the […]

As a follow on to my last post on writing effective training material, these are some simple ideas that anyone can incorporate in to their writing to make emails, documents and training information more concise and effective for the audience. 5 Helpful Tips for Presenting Information: Establish a flow for your document so the information […]

I went to a talk today on Information Mapping® presented by Jennie Martins of Tactics. The approach she advocates has been around for 40+ years and is used to transform business or technical information in to effective documents, including training materials. By definition Information Mapping® is a 'systematic approach to analysing, organising and presenting written […]

As a follow on from yesterday's post which introduced our latest new customer feature - personal course listing pages - here's some further detail on how to incorporate your personal course listing page in to a website or blog. Can I insert my course listing page in to my blog or website?You can! Check our […]

Until now the only way to advertise the courses Litmos customers had created and wanted to sell was via their own website. But things have changed. Today, we've released a feature which now gives each and every one of our customers their own personal course listing page! But it doesn't end there. Each page is […]

It's been talked about for years, but 'Social Learning' is more recently becoming the big buzz word in learning, and you should probably pay attention because it's being pegged as the next generation of eLearning (heavily debated of course, as is everything in learning). My definition of 'social learning' as I understand it is learning […]

Moving your classroom-based training sessions to an online platform, is pretty much just outsourcing your training delivery method. There are many benefits associated with outsourcing some of the services your business requires. Small companies might outsource because they don't have the expertise, while larger companies may outsource to save money. Whatever your reason, outsourcing your […]

Highly mobile desert communities are quite common in Australia. In fact, they account for about half a million people. If you then factor in the number of people visiting the outback like tourists, contract workers and researchers you've got a fairly large populous in an area which is not yet widely accessible by quality Internet […]

Could there be another industry out there more reliant on training than franchises? From start to finish, it's about ensuring a high-quality, consistent experience every time, to every person, in each location, and that requires a clear strategy, explicit policies and procedures, and an entrenched learning culture. I read that the worst-case scenario is customers […]

I just read a great article from David Becker called "What's Your E-Learning Strategy for Compliance Training?" which you can find on the eLearning Guild website. You'll need to login to read it though, so I thought I'd post up the most important points I've extracted. It's a timely article about being cost-effective with compliance […]

This week we attended a Microsoft Panel Event to discuss what the ICT industry, Unions, Government and training partners are doing to help re-tool and upskill the public in this economic downturn. Microsoft were excited to announce the release of their Toolshed which has been developed to help people get their hands on the 'right […]

You'll probably be hearing a lot more of the term 'electronic water cooler', if you haven't noticed it already. It's a reference to the ideas and discussions that come up while hovering around the office water cooler, that are now happening online. Any social media tool (blogs, wikis, Facebook) could represent an electronic water cooler, […]

I stumbled on an interesting post today by eLearning Designer Jeffery Goldman called "Perceived Advantages and Disadvantages". Goldman has compiled the results of some recent input from trainers and training managers at a classroom-based session he conducted, on what they perceive to be the advantages and disadvantages of eLearning. Here are the 12 disadvantages (or […]

Call centres have many defining characteristics; the most stand-out being they have large numbers of staff, high volume of incoming phone calls, and a wide range of companies, products and services to represent. The key to success in a busy environment like this is efficient, professional, happy and knowledgeable customer service representatives. Unfortunately, one of […]

An industry that's booming right now is online language teaching. There are a number of new entrants popping up in this market and it looks like it's really buzzing. You only have to consider British council estimates that there are over 1 billion people currently learning English worldwide to understand the potential of this market. […]

Jeremy Vest knows video design. Having been a teacher, marketer, art director, author and instructional designer, his company xTrain are leaders in online video training having won Emmys for incorporating award winning television production with software-based training. The following is a summary of his slightly longer post that he brought to my attention today - […]

No, of course they don't. But a recent article on Workforce Management "Training is Taking a Beating in Recession, Studies Find" quotes Bersin & Associates as having reported that the average company expenditure on an individual's training has "dropped by 11% from $1202 per learner in 2007, to $1075 per learning in 2008." My first […]