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Designing virtual learning to deliver application and impact: 20 powerful techniques

CLO Magazine

Executives want virtual learning to drive impact, as demonstrated by specific business measures. Multitasking inhibits learning. It’s a myth that a person can multitask and still absorb in-depth knowledge and information. Research shows us that multitasking actually reduces a participant’s ability to learn.

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Measuring the impact and ROI of virtual learning

CLO Magazine

Studies show that many virtual learning programs break down when measured at the application level (participants not using what they learn) and impact level (the business impact connected to application). To secure the support and funding that virtual learning needs, the programs must deliver business results. Both are necessary.

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Managing negative L&D trends in 2022

CLO Magazine

1: People are overloaded, fatigued and ‘too busy to learn’ The key takeaway from the survey findings was that people are exhausted and professional development has suffered because of it. Break-out groups keep virtual learners engaged and discourage them from bailing on the class or multitasking.

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Virtual learning after the pandemic

CLO Magazine

At least for most programs, there was no apparent business connection. It explains why so much of learning is viewed as a necessary evil and not a business driver. Multitasking. Though learning providers, expert designers and skilled facilitators have tackled this issue feverishly, rampant multitasking remains a huge challenge.

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Designing virtual learning for application and impact: the missing ingredient

CLO Magazine

Participants react to the program, learn the program’s skills and knowledge, apply the skills and knowledge in their work setting, and have a corresponding impact, which is a business measure. Serious multitasking takes place with virtual learning. We all know that multitasking inhibits the learning process.

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Be a Triple-Threat CLO

CLO Magazine

Blanda’s gridiron performance makes a great metaphor for the kind of multitasking Sobel said is demanded of modern educators. Shifts in the economic and competitive landscape have not only brought about an evolution in the way the world does business, but also they are changing and intensifying the business of workforce development.

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Information Overload: The Plague of Learning and Development

CLO Magazine

To keep up with customers, many business leaders have recognized that having great products isn’t enough. In interviews conducted with CEOs and other business leaders, my team and I asked the question, “What do you think you get from the money you spend on your support? Or on the people who create learning for your employees?”