5 Ups and 5 Downs of Training for External Learners
The ups and downs of training content are all good. By “ups” I mean the business elements that are increased...
5 Tips for Improving the Value of Training in the Enterprise
Allow Employees to Create Learning Content Allowing everyone to create content is a unique idea in most L&D environments. It’s hard...
The New Enterprise Learning Ecosystem is About People, Content, and Technology
Enterprise Learning Culture Puts People Before Technology Your people are at the core of the new enterprise learning ecosystem. They’ve...
Increase Employee Engagement and Happiness with Training
I’m not talking about creating a training course about employee engagement and happiness. I believe the training department can directly...
Why the New Workplace Learning Culture Demands an LMS
Do you work? Or do you go TO work? Is your work a place or an action? Technology is changing...
3 Top Reasons to Learn from Coupa at Dreamforce
The rapid shift in the technology landscape is interesting. The tech industry shifted to the cloud quickly. Legacy learning management...
Learning Live London 2016 – Litmos UK
Learning Live 2016 was another great success. What a fantastic group of L&D professionals! If you tend to judge the...
The Path to Effective Assessments in Corporate Training
At heart, learning is action and reflection, and instruction is designed action and guided reflection. As instructional designers, we should...
The Best Live Streaming Setup for Live Online eLearning Events
This post is about preparing for the world of live online streaming video. You’re probably more familiar with the term...
Why Courses Should Be Longer…Not Shorter!
Learning is a long term process. Traditional training is mostly approached from the content perspective. People need to learn how...
Why You Need to Understand the Business of Training
Do you struggle running the business and administrative side of your training department? I know many of you do because...
Why L&D Should Lead Organizational Culture Change
As the pressure of increasing change drives a need for organizational agility, the cry for innovation is heard. Executives recognize...
Training Professionals Should Never Learn to Code
That’s only one side of the story. The other side is that everyone in our industry should, at the very...
L&D Talk: New Cohost and New Name for Mondays!
Monday’s just got a lot more fun! Join your L&D and Training colleagues in blab.im to discuss the disruption in our...
Why Training Must Align with Organizational Goals
Organizational Imperatives The pressures on organizations aren’t lessening; the pressure to be more agile and adapt continue to increase. And...
The Art of Training: Tips for the Accidental Trainer
This post is from our newest featured blogger Shannon Tipton. She will also be presenting on this topic in an upcoming...
Training Department Success: Start Small and Scale up Fast!
Training departments have always had to do more with less. Today, getting more done with fewer resources is much easier....
How to Become an eLearning Freelancer or Startup Business
Message from the Editor: This post is written by one of our contributing bloggers, Ant Pugh. In it he shares...
15 Serious Tips for Serious Learning Designs on a Budget
The strong result being seen in elearning is that our designs are not reflecting what’s known about good elearning. This...
The Reality of Disruptive Technologies in Training, Learning and Development
The L&D industry is being disrupted by new technologies…like every other industry. But what does that mean? It’s easy to...
Videos in Modular Training Course Design
Video is a hot topic in the eLearning industry. Not because it’s an effective learning medium, because most will tell...
Powerpoint in eLearning: Part 2 – PPT Becomes Critical App in Course Development
In my previous post I reviewed the beginnings of Powerpoint in relation to Authoring tools. I wrote from my own...
Powerpoint in eLearning: Part 1- Presentation Pushed Aside by Authoring
Powerpoint is one of the most popular business tools in use today. And when it comes to making presentations I’ll...
Why Instructional Design is No Longer Trending
Instructional Design has been in slow decline since 2005. Why has the interest in instructional design declined over the...