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...
The Future of L&D in the New World of Work
This article from HBR.org got me thinking more about how Training, Learning and Development fit into the future of work. Over...
Snapchat: A Possible Future for Learning and Development
2016 has been the year of Snapchat. For those of you not following social media trends, what has happened is...
The SXSW Interactive Experience with L&D Perspective
SXSW Interactive is a massive event. Even writing that statement doesn’t feel like I’m doing justice to the size of...
Thinking Differently about Learning Content Development and Maintenance
If you spend anytime on the web, specifically looking at product or service sites, you probably have noticed some interesting...
eLearning Development is a Sprint Not a Marathon
If your course development projects are taking longer than a week or two you may need to rethink your strategy....
How to Improve Learning Retention by Over 300% – Hint: Don’t Bore me!
I attended the Edtech day of Phoenix Startup Week last week. And today some of the presentations went live on slideshare....
Free Your Training Content from the Chains of SCORM
If you’ve been in the eLearning industry for any significant period of time you know the industry thorn that is...
Upgrade Your Franchisee Training Program with Mobile Learning
In yesterday’s blog post we covered the importance of managing your franchisee training program with a learning management system. Today,...
The Ultimate Mobile Learning Video Production Studio
Earlier this year I attended CES2016 (Read more here, and here.) and discovered some very cool new tech. One of...