As Bill O’Reilly’s high-profile sexual harassment case reveals, sexual harassment is still alive and well in the American workplace. Indeed, it even continues to be tolerated by many executives who would rather pay off victims (on the condition that they withdraw their complaints and remain silent) than fire high-profile employees. Continue reading →

Here are some facts to ponder.

96% of users admit that their LMS affects their ability to track learner progress, positively.

55% of LMS users use a cloud-based system for advantages of faster implementation, and the ability to access the system remotely.

Only 9% of users say that their organization accesses its LMS with a smartphone.

The market for LMS software will reach $11 billion globally by 2020 Continue reading →

Over the past decade, internships have continued to gain popularity. The National Association of College of Universities 2015 survey reported that over 60% of students now complete at least one internship while completing their degrees. While students often consider internships a great way to gain job skills while still in school, for employers, interns can pose notable challenges and even risks. Continue reading →

Over the past twenty-four months, eLeap has reported on the many ways that virtual reality (VR) promises to transform education and training now and in the near future. Among other applications, VR promises to put learners into situations that would otherwise remain inaccessible (let’s say, Ancient Greece) or too dangerous  to replicate (let’s say, a Ebola outbreak). But what is the current status of VR?  Continue reading →

When it comes to training and development, most employers focus on immediate concerns—for example, ensuring their employees have the knowledge and skills needed to stay in compliance. Training and development, however, are about much more than ensuring employees can do the job at hand. On a broader level, training and development are about promoting what Dr. Carol Dweck, a Stanford University psychology professor and author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, calls the “learning mindset.”  Continue reading →

Over the past decade, we’ve rapidly moved from onsite workshops and paper manuals to elearning and mlearning. The advantages of adopting a learning management system for training are obvious. LMSs make trainee testing, training administration, content creation, social learning and gamification easier and more affordable. More importantly, there’s a growing body of research that suggests money invested in training nearly always results in a strong return. After all, effective training reduces employee attrition, reduces employee errors and subsequently, reduces the cost of hiring and training new employees down the line. Continue reading →