Torrance Learning

APRIL 1, 2016

As the chart shows, in a training culture, responsibility for employee learning resides with instructors and training managers. Employees and their managers assume that if new competencies are needed, they should rely on this centralized function. What’s the difference between a “training culture” and a “ learning culture ”?

Culture 100

Culture CLO Training Train 100

Torrance Learning

APRIL 22, 2014

It’s our project management approach that combines the best of Agile methods with excellence in instructional design practices. Our business is custom elearning development, not project management training. You see, we have this thing called LLAMA: the Lot Like Agile Methods Approach.

Custom eLearning Development 100

Custom eLearning Development Agile Teach eLearning Developer 100

Torrance Learning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

They said I was micro-managing them.”. With Agile-based methods – including the Lot Like Agile Methods Approach, or LLAMA for learning – the project manager is not making the plan. They said I was controlling every minute of their lives with these very small tasks and time estimates on everything and checking in all the time.

Agile 127

Agile Free Micro-Learning Work Team 127

Torrance Learning

JANUARY 5, 2015

We take an Agile project management approach to estimating: We break things down into small pieces. One of the biggest cultural shifts that new team members at TorranceLearning face isn’t our casual-every-day dress code or the lack of enclosed offices. It’s not the open book finance or the daily sync up sessions.

Agile 100

Agile Budget Communication Culture 100

Torrance Learning

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

And now you can learn our Lot Like Agile Management approach in the November issue of TD at Work. LLAMA is everywhere! The Association for Talent Development (ATD, formerly known as ASTD) publishes this very practical series every month, with techniques ready to implement. This month, it’s all about Agile.

Agile 100

Agile ASTD Adoption Adopt 100

Torrance Learning

APRIL 11, 2016

Smart courses work closely with delivery platforms that many larger organizations already have: either learning management systems upgraded with what’s known as learning record stores, or a stand-alone learning record store.

Compliance Training 100

Compliance Training Corporate eLearning Corporate Learning Association Learning Management System 100

Torrance Learning

MAY 15, 2014

As a team of project managers, instructional designers, trainers and leaders, we do like our big box of tools and techniques we can wield at a moment’s notice. “Lean Coffee is a discussion facilitation technique that helps a small group agree on topics and a structure for a discussion that otherwise has no specific agenda.”.

Instructional Design 100

Instructional Design Discussion Methods Instructional 100

Torrance Learning

JULY 8, 2013

The Training Impact Map offers learners and their managers an opportunity to connect individual learning needs through the training event and on to departmental and organizational goals. One of our favorite concepts around that preparation is from Rob Brinkerhoff & Anne Apking’s book, High Impact Learning.

Diversity Training 100

Diversity Training Performance Support Teach Learning 100