Learning Management & Talent Development Insights
Latest trends, ideas and reports in the world of talent development, learning management and edtech
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The What, The Why and The How of Responsive Employee Training
Many businesses are looking at ways they can better harness the power of technology for improved talent management and employment training. One of the big buzz-phrases floating around is responsive design, but training managers may be asking themselves whether or not this is really something they should be focusing on.
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Make Your Resolution To Stay on Top of Employee Training and eLearning Trends in 2016
We’re marking the end of another year. 2015 was a fascinating year where technology continued to be the leading topic of conversation in the business world. At the head of technology discussions? eLearning, online learning and corporate training.
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Understanding and Improving Employee HIPAA Training
Exploring the Basics of HIPAA
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How to Create a Culture of Innovation
Increasingly companies are encouraging employees to think outside the box and become innovators and entrepreneurs, rather than merely following a set of orders to complete assigned tasks. Google’s Quest for Employee Innovation Back in 2013 Forbes looked at one such company working to create innovation in the workplace: Google. Google is considering one of the […]
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Understanding The ASSURE Model and Tips to Apply It To Employee Training
When training employees with e-Learning, it can be valuable to explore various models of learning which can make the process more efficient and improve the return on your investment.
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The Key to Overcoming Minuscule Attention Spans When Training Employees
If you think your employees have a dwindling attention span, you’re probably right. But don’t be so quick to judge, because it’s not just your employees suffering from this problem. Consider these facts, cited by the Statistic Brain Research Institute: The average attention span in 2000 was 12 seconds. Now in 2015 that has dropped […]
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Exploring Navigation Styles and How to Improve Your e-Learning Usability
Regardless of how great content might be, if your e-Learning course doesn’t feature a strong design you’re not maximizing its value. One of the biggest benefits of using e-Learning as an employee training tool is the ability of learners to direct themselves. Self-paced learning tends to be more engaging, and learners have a better outcome […]
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Your Guide to Working with a Subject Matter Expert (SME)
If you’re in the process of developing new employee training, it may be useful to look at the skills and knowledge of a subject-matter expert, or an SME. First things, first. What does a subject-matter expert do? Much as the name implies, an SME is an expert in a particular area, so regarding employee training, […]
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The Case for Soft Skills Training and Best Practices for Delivery
Soft skills—buzz phrase or something you should be focused on? There’s debate floating around about whether or not soft skills training is valuable.The Value of Soft Skills Consider this research regarding the value of soft skills: A Salesforce study showed that of all new hires who fail at their position within the first 18 months, […]
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Should You Hire Inexperienced New Hires? And If You Do, How to Train Them?
Newbie job seekers often hold the fear that they’ll be passed over in favor of more experienced talent. Sometimes this is true: employers are looking for the most experienced talent available, but there is also something to be said for fresh, inexperienced employees. Advantages of the Underqualified Hire Perhaps one of the most obvious advantages of […]
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Exploring How to Train Employees in a Flexible Workplace
A flexible workplace is one of the most talked about things in talent management and the corporate world right now. Flexibility in the workplace is something the majority of Millennial employees don’t just prefer, but in many ways are demanding. WorkplaceTrends.com, in collaboration with CareerArc, released the results of a study entitled the “2015 Workplace […]
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Turning Digital Distraction into Digital Learning
In 2014, Science published a study on digital distraction that reached a potentially alarming conclusion—a majority of people do not enjoy having time to themselves free of their electronic devices. Indeed, the authors of the study discovered that many of their participants were so agitated when left alone in a room with nothing but their […]
