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Adult learning theories for instructional designers: Transformative learning

We often hear about "A-ha!" moments in corporate learning, but not everyone knows how to create them intentionally. Instructional designers strive to make these happen because they are extremely power...

Adult learning theories for instructional designers: Andragogy

Lately, I’ve seen a lot of the focus moving towards technology rather than learning itself. While trainers have to preferably keep up with the latest developments and trends, there is a lot to be saiz...

How to use an LMS to engage your employees beyond training

In today’s corporate world, most companies are using an LMS or some sort of learning platform to train their employees. Professional skills development is a constant endeavor, regardless of department...

How to go about skill development for remote leaders

Remote work has transformed overnight from a job perk to a (seemingly) permanent necessity. We can’t even predict how the business world will look a few months from now. However, what's certain is tha...

Building an employee training program in 6 steps

An employee training program is necessary for all organizations since it provides proper guidance to employees about their day-to-day duties. Initially, training programs depended on standalone course...

5 Tips for organizational leaders on how to communicate effectively about change

Change is most often not a pleasant process to go through. In a corporate context, it’s even less likely that people involved have positive feelings about it. Add in a general climate of economic and ...

Getting ready to include adaptive learning in instructional design

There’s a joke going around about COVID-19 being the single most important factor driving digital transformation in organizations. You know what they say, “it’s funny because it’s true.” For years, co...

The role of leaders in building trust within the organization

Trust is the glue that holds relationships together, regardless of their nature. Businesses are made of people and for them, so trust is essential for the organizational culture. I don't believe this ...

What to consider when designing virtual training sessions

It’s hard to believe that by now, whoever is reading this has not attended at least one virtual training, workshop, or even team-building attempt. It’s been a year since almost everything has become r...

4 Key LMS analytics every trainer needs to know

One of the benefits of using an LMS for online training is that it reduces trainers' workload, especially when tracking learner progress and training outcomes. A learning management system (LMS) provi...

Building efficient questions for learning program evaluations

Evaluating learning programs is a continuous challenge for instructional designers and L&D specialists. There seems to be a consensus that the higher you go on the Kirkpatrick model, the better. Yet, ...

How the No Silo Rule boosts organizational innovation

When we think about innovation and innovative business approaches, it all comes down to “thinking outside the box.” Easier said than done! Especially since innovation is not something you can stop doi...

Designing online training that focuses on experiences, not events

In my last piece, I have talked about the need for corporate training and learning to become more user-centric and less business-oriented. People learn better when there is a powerful emotion (ideally...

Corporate L&D needs better training outcomes

There are different opinions and statistics about how much information sticks once a learning intervention comes to a close. Regardless of the differences, none of these predictions are flattering for...

8 Practical skills remote employees need to develop right now

The world of work has changed tremendously during the past months, along with many aspects of our lives. Even though not all jobs can be performed remotely, quite a lot can be adjusted to the virtual ...

Digital fluency and why it matters for the success of your organization

Digital transformation has been an organizational goal for quite some time now. Recently, companies being forced to move their operations online proved to be the ultimate digital transformation test. ...

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