Connect Thinking

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Education: Teach people how to use the new technology, using examples that are meaningful to them. Communication: Work with corporate comms (if you have one) to choose the best vehicles for communicating your new learning technology initiative (e.g. newsletter, poster, road-show etc)). Be sure to educate both the concept and the process.

Change 198

Change Management Adoption Adopt 198

Connect Thinking

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

For example, Managers may be required to approve learning through an LMS workflow. Implementing a successful e-learning strategy requires high and sustained manager engagement. It requires managers to learn the technology being used so that they can understand what their staff are doing online and how it relates to workplace practice.

Management 150

Management Change FAQ Learning Strategy 150

Connect Thinking

JANUARY 16, 2013

Take OpenSeseme as an example of a business shaking up the distribution of e-learning. Online business models are changing rapidly – new alliances, new distribution channels. What this means is that your ‘go alone’ approach to developing e-learning courses may not be viable long-term.

Streaming 140

Streaming Diversity Training Develop Instructional Design 140

Connect Thinking

JULY 21, 2012

One excellent example is Ryan Tracey and his blog E-Learning Provocateur. The best ‘real’ development available for organisational trainers and learning professionals are workshops , conferences and coaching , but these don’t really satisfy the immersion into e-learning design and development required to become an expert.

Compliance Training 180

Compliance Training Agile LMS Confidentiality 180

Connect Thinking

JULY 21, 2012

One excellent example is Ryan Tracey and his blog E-Learning Provocateur. The best ‘real’ development available for organisational trainers and learning professionals are workshops , conferences and coaching , but these don’t really satisfy the immersion into e-learning design and development required to become an expert.

Compliance Training 180

Compliance Training Agile LMS Confidentiality 180

Connect Thinking

JANUARY 4, 2012

For example, providing new staff the opportunity for self-assessment using the tool (with help available if required), followed by a presentation on how the organisation supports different kinds of learning, including key messages about the role of learning in the organisation. Induction is a good time to introduce such an exercise.

Coaching 111

Coaching Roles Services Management 111

Connect Thinking

JULY 27, 2013

For example, some Flash interactions such as many games are currently no longer usable as they cannot be read by text to speech readers such as JAWS. What does WCAG 2.0 compliance mean for e-learning design and development? Arguably, interesting and innovative e-learning design can be compromised to ensure WCAG 2.0 compliance.

Compliance Training 178

Compliance Training Compliance Informal Guidelines 178

Connect Thinking

MARCH 31, 2012

There are 2 broad types of video for this scenario: Key messaging: for example, from an executive sponsor. They are generally cost effective to make (compared with most e-learning) and can be applied and reused in different parts of the business to capture different staff workflows (e.g. Intranet, LMS, DVD, embedded in an e-learn).

Strategy 149

Strategy Video Virtual Classroom Courseware 149