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The Value of a Virtual Academy

CLO Magazine

When Microsoft needed a more efficient way to deliver education to its global finance function, it tore down the classroom walls and created a flexible, Web-based learning model. Instead, Young created Microsoft’s Finance Academy — a learning portal for the company’s finance professionals.

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How Cohort Learning is Changing the Game for Future Leadership

Acorn Labs

As opposed to self-paced learning, where learners undertake solo learning at their own pace, participants in cohort-based learning actively engage in shared learning activities within a fixed period of time. Who uses cohort learning? Strategically impactful L&D needs to be impactful for employees, too.

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Free L&D webinars for October 2017

Limestone Learning

Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 12PM – 1PM PT: 5 Lessons from Microsoft's Leading Edge Corporate MOOC Innovations The challenge facing most organizations: transforming at scale and at speed. Thursday, October 19, 2017, 12PM – 1PM PT: Closing the Employee Skill Gap Job openings are up (4 per cent) and hiring is down (3.5

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