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E-Learning is a uniquely transformative force which has direct bottom line impact. However Elearning has to be done right to ensure its vast advantages are realized in organizations. Get the latest thought leadership in Elearning.
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The ROI of Learning Part 3: Additional Considerations
In the first two articles of this series on the ROI of learning, I covered many of the barriers that prevent learning professionals from fully engaging with measuring learning’s impact. I also covered a number things to keep in mind when figuring out where to start. In this article, I’ll cover a number of additional […]
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The ROI of Learning Part 2: Where to Begin
Corporate life is often frustrating. When you take two steps forward and one step back, the way forward feels arduous. When things get really bad, it can feel like you’re taking one step forward and two steps back. When executives suddenly call for proof of your learning programs’ effectiveness, the result is often a deer-in-the-headlights […]
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The ROI of Learning Part 1: Barriers
Whether the delivery channel is traditional instructor-led classroom, eLearning or mLearning, every learning professional feels a certain amount of pressure in proving that their programming has a real bottom-line impact to the company. Sometimes that pressure is self-imposed, while other times it comes from higher up in the organization. The Holy Grail of learning would […]
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Training Remote Work Teams
In the past, employers and employees knew each other, worked in the same office and of course, in the same cultural context and time zone. Today, as remote offices, mobile technologies and peer-to-peer recruitment platforms converge. A growing number of businesses have no physical base at all and in some cases, employers and employees never […]
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Training in the Age of the Internet of Things: Part 2
In an earlier blog post on the Internet of Things, we examined what the Internet of Things is, how it will change work, and its broad implications for education and training. This blog post outlines some of the more specific ways in which the Internet of Things promises to transform education and training in the […]
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Your 2015 eLearning Reading List
Staying on top of the latest and greatest thinking on corporate eLearning is important for anyone striving to stay at the top of the game as an eLearning professional. Below you’ll find my top four picks for some of the most recently and about-to-be published books that will keep you on the leading edge of […]
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Small is Beautiful: Bite-Sized eLearning
The days of set times where employees take classes to learn the skills, behaviors, and knowledge to move your company up the ladder to success are quickly fading in the digital age of the 21st century. Meeting the eLearning needs of your company in a rapidly-changing environment where it seems no one has the time […]
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The Triple Bottom Line, eLearning-Style
You’ve probably heard about the triple bottom line approach in business to focus on more than just the money involved. It’s sometimes explained as social, environmental, and financial aspects of business or as a triple focus on people, planet, and profits. I’d like to suggest that there’s a kind of triple bottom line to pay […]
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Media Production Part 3: A Broad View
In the first two articles of this series on media production, I focused entirely on video production considerations for eLearning leaders and practitioners. I did this because there’s no way around the fact that video content is probably the single most important channel for rapid eLearning to happen in organizations today. But video isn’t the […]
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Media Production Part 2: eLearning Practitioners
In the first part of this series on media production, I focused on the issues that should be on the radar screen of eLearning leaders concerning the use of video in the eLearning environment. Now it’s time to get down to brass tacks when it comes to video production for eLearning practitioners – the people […]
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Legal Ground Rules for Screening Employees
Whether your organization decides to carry out a prescreen internally or to hire a third party, it is important to know the ground rules for prescreening employees without stepping across a legal line.
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Can social media help you do your job better?
Although first and foremost associated with entertainment or socializing with friends and family, social media now pervades nearly all aspects of the modern workplace. From recruitment to training to promotions, social media is an integral part of how people carry out their everyday work, but does social media necessarily help us do our jobs better?
