With reduced training and travel budgets, Learning and Development (L&D) teams across the world are being pushed to re-evaluate their existing instructor-led training (ILT) delivery. Adapt to their preferences and learning styles. Clearly, both these aspects converge to an increase on: Online training: Particularly mLearning or mobile learning. Blended learning. Create highly engaging and interactive learning sessions with your learners. Truly Collaborative. MORE

Companies with an adaptive culture that is aligned to their business goals routinely outperform their competitors. The Harvard Business Review described culture as “ the glue that binds an organization together…it’s the hardest thing for competitors to copy. Creativity is what breathes life into a business and gives it a unique flavor. Jenna Goudreau, contributor to Business Insider, mentioned that Apple, FedEx, and Sanofi are “ among the world’s most creative companies.” MORE

For the past month, I have been conducting a survey on learning platforms and specifically learning management systems. . On the total number of employees, over 44% were from businesses 500 or less employees. Do you have a LMS/LCMS/Learning Platform. Back in the early 2000′s, LMSs often had content mgt features built within their system, but called themselves learning management systems. What Features are essential for your LMS/LCMS/Learning Platform? MORE

With reduced training and travel budgets, Learning and Development (L&D) teams across the world are being pushed to re-evaluate their existing instructor-led training (ILT) delivery. Adapt to their preferences and learning styles. Clearly, both these aspects converge to an increase on: Online training: Particularly mLearning or mobile learning. Blended learning. Create highly engaging and interactive learning sessions with your learners. Truly Collaborative. MORE

Where Corporate Learning Came From 3. Corporate Learning Today 5. Training is not the same as learning 6. Chief Learning Officers know training is not working 7. Real learning takes place elsewhere 8. The Collaborative Organization 12. Collaborative Culture 15. Collaborative Motivation 16. Collaborative Infrastructure 17. Collaborative Learning 18. Industrial organizations are morphing into collaborative organizations. MORE

Once again, Clayton Wright has been nice enough to compile an incredible list of conferences focused on use of technology in learning. crw Another source of major eLearning conferences is: Tom King's eLearning Google Calendar. link] cfp_edu.htm January 5-8, 2009 College Teaching and Learning Conference and Applied Business Research Conference sponsored by the Clute Institute for Academic Research, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. MORE

No matter what kind of business you run, one thing is certain (well, two if you also count taxes, but that’s a different story): your employees do not work in isolation. It’s even evident in how we name our businesses: a company is, among other things, a company of people working together. And all of those different parts of your company, on the micro- and the macro- scale, collaborate towards your end goals. That, apparently, is how people best learn things too. MORE

The answer is “by delivering mindfulness training via multimodal learning.” Because, an LMS allows company leaders to implement multimodal employee training on mindfulness via mobile learning, webinars, peer-to-peer learning networks, and even live, onsite training. An LMS is an excellent tool for delivering mindfulness training through multimodal learning, and therefore promoting mindfulness in the workplace. LMS Features that Facilitate Multimodal Learning. MORE

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. Social learning has become a buzzword in the workplace learning space, and every other organization is claiming to have “social learning” as a part of the mix. The catch is that “social learning” cannot just be implemented or enforced. MORE

Do you wish to make the best use of your e-learning materials? Well, you need to use a Learning Management System (LMS). An LMS is a computer system that enables you host, manage, and track your e-learning courses. It can be used to facilitate seamless access to technology-enabled learning courses and generate certificates upon their successful completion. One of the most widely used LMSs is Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (MOODLE). MORE

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. Social learning has become a buzzword in the workplace learning space, and every other organization is claiming to have “social learning” as a part of the mix. The catch is that “social learning” cannot just be implemented or enforced. MORE

Some examples of competencies organizations might use would be business acumen, emotional stability, interaction with others, problem solving, use of software tools, and work ethic. Notice that they are a combination of both skills such as ‘business acumen’ and ‘use of software tools’ and behaviors such as ‘emotional stability’ and ‘work ethic.’ Blended learning is another type of training that can be useful. Employee competency is beyond valuable in today’s global workforce. MORE

Mobile Learning. Sadly though many still are in the dark on true mobile learning – i.e. not accessing their platform via a mobile web browser. Sure there were exceptions on the desktop side – most notably Articulate Storyline, but overall until desktop vendors see the advantages of SaaS, especially with real time collaboration and peer review, tablets will be slow going. eLogic Learning. exact learning. OnPoint Digital – M-Learning platform. MORE

What we are drawing on here is the collabing that makes the biggest impact on your business. It’s the collaboration between your workforce and their peers. This generation of learners is more social than they’ve ever been before. Social media, and namely YouTube, have changed the game and made everyone more accessible. We use sites like YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook not only to connect with each other, but to learn from one another. Digital Learning Trends MORE

I have been writing about social learning and its related concepts – communities of practices , working out loud and skills for the networked world for quite some time now. Social learning has become a buzzword in the workplace learning space, and every other organization is claiming to have “social learning” as a part of the mix. The catch is that “ social learning” cannot just be implemented or enforced. MORE

Companies with an adaptive culture that is aligned to their business goals routinely outperform their competitors. The Harvard Business Review described culture as “ the glue that binds an organization together…it’s the hardest thing for competitors to copy. Creativity is what breathes life into a business and gives it a unique flavor. Jenna Goudreau, contributor to Business Insider, mentioned that Apple, FedEx, and Sanofi are “ among the world’s most creative companies.” MORE