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3 tips on how to get instructional designers to do e-learning outside the box

Whenever putting out a hiring ad, companies ask for innovative people who can think outside of the box. Creativity seems to have become the number one prerequisite for pretty much everything. The 'box...

Maximizing your training budget: instructor-led training, e-learning, or both?

Typically people who know they need some sort of company training will tell you what they want: We need an instructor-led training course developed to [insert desired training outcome]. Or We want a 2...

Why every company should consider training the extended enterprise

You know how the saying goes: It takes a village to raise a child. I don't know who was the first to figure this out, but boy was that a wise person! You just can't do it alone — raise a child or grow...

Micro learning – the big wave of mobile education

I remember my first mobile phone: brick-sized, big antenna and weighing around 400 grams. Then I got my first clasp phone and it seemed tiny and awesome. My current phone is slim, light and wonderful....

Learning in the new workplace — how to meet the needs of the modern employee

The learning organization — the scholar approach The concept of learning organization is not new. It dates back to 1990 — the year when, in no particular order, Germany reunited, the Hubble telescope ...

Recruitment crisis or retainment crisis? Which is companies’ biggest pain?

Raise your hand if you have heard this speech at least once in the past few months: “We want to hire great people at our company, but the talent pool is really limited.” Maybe you heard someone on TV ...

How to put to good use wearable technology for training employees

There was a time when a phone was the size of a brick (and just as heavy) and all you could do with it was to make and receive calls. Later a flashlight was added, then a calculator, and some games. R...

What are your options when creating multilingual training courses?

People are actually planning to go on Mars. If the minimum distance between Earth and Mars is about 54.6 million kilometers — and people are seriously considering this journey — then the distance of 1...

Machine learning – the secret ingredient to personalized training

Artificial Intelligence is the talk of the day when it comes to new methods of training and workplace learning. AI is a very wide subject, covering many aspects of technology like big data and the Int...

Micro-learning — at the crossroads of education, learning and technology

People's desire to learn and largely available good quality education is a wonderful mix, almost magical. It’s enough to look at the timeline of technological advancements — it is staggering to see ho...

Gamification – a cross-generational affair

The traditional workplace was like a friendly, somewhat dusty, familiar, gentle giant. It had very clear and unmovable hierarchies, the nine to five schedule with weekends off, the occasional office p...

Training environment vs. simulations for IT training — and how to get it right

When designing training for new software users, a question that will inevitably arise is: Should you go for simulations or for the training environment? This is always an interesting topic. And nothin...

4 Benefits of using VR in training

I did bungee-jumping in my living room. And I screamed. I screamed so loud my next-door neighbor thought I was being robbed or something. When she came rushing into my apartment she found a bunch of p...

Decision trees vs. real life scenarios in e-learning

Decisions, decisions... When I was a kid I couldn't wait to grow up and decide things on my own. Now that I'm an adult I sometimes wish to be just a child and let others take responsibility for all th...

The impact of the right office furniture on employee motivation, engagement and productivity

What is more important in a business than increasing the motivation, engagement and productivity of employees? There are several ways that companies can improve their employees’ work efforts in the wo...

Top 7 TED Talks for L&D professionals [Infographic]

This post has been updated on January 30, 2020. If you know how to use a browser and you're interested in the things that happen within and around you, I bet you've stumbled upon at least one TED Talk...

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