Learning Management & Talent Development Insights
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Training Essentials for the Manufacturing Sector: Part 1
In the manufacturing sector, training was once primarily carried out informally and on the job. In short, it was a sector where new workers were often expected to learn the ropes from experienced workers on the shop floor, often with little guidance or oversight from managers. Today, a growing number of manufacturers are developing formal […]
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eLearning TrendWatch: The LMS and the Cloud
In this edition of the eLearning TrendWatch, I tackle what’s happening in general with the learning management systems, and specifically look deeper into what’s happening with the cloud-based LMS options.
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eLearning TrendWatch: Personalized Learning
Every learner is a unique human being with his or her own needs, interests, skill levels, and so on. The challenge for learning professionals has always been to what degree learning can be tailored to the individual learner.
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Closing the Digital Divide One Step at a Time
Recently, President Obama announced plans to connect thousands of low-income Americans to the Internet with the roll-out of a new program designed to bring Internet access to Americans living in public housing. ConnectHome is an extension of the government’s already established ConnectED initiative. President Obama’s announcement coincides with the Council of Economic Advisors’ new report […]
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eLearning TrendWatch: APIs
One of the most important and challenging situations facing learning professionals today is the integration of the LMS with other systems, applications, and platforms. This is typically achieved by utilizing an API or application programming interface, a set of tools, routines, and protocols that can be used to facilitate communication between applications as well as […]
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eLearning TrendWatch: Automation
In this edition of eLearning TrendWatch, the topic is automation. We are all painfully aware of how time-consuming sometimes downright tedious the learning content creation process can be. It should come as no surprise that learning professionals often find themselves wishing that content creation could somehow be automated.
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eLearning TrendWatch: Augmented Learning
In this latest edition of eLearning TrendWatch, it’s time to see what the latest developments are regarding augmented learning. If you haven’t kept up with it, augmented learning is a kind of learning that is both on-demand and one in which the environment adapts to the learner. There are all kinds of ways to make […]
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Making the Grade: Food Compliance and Training
In an effort to ensure that all food service establishments from bars and bistros to doughnut shops and diners are in compliance with health regulations, many major cities have introduced letter-graded inspection systems. While the systems are meant to encourage restaurants to comply with health standards, this approach to compliance has drawn criticism, especially from […]
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eLearning Trend-Watch: Corporate MOOCs
The eLeaP blog often reports on the latest trends in eLearning and corporate training, but with the rapid evolution of such trends, it’s important to keep you up-to-date on the latest developments beyond our initial reporting. That’s what the eLearning TrendWatch is designed to do. In this first installment, it’s time to take another look […]
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Agility in the eLearning Environment
Agility has become something of a buzzword in the business world in recent years. But what does it really mean and how can it apply to the world of corporate learning and eLearning? Most dictionary definitions of agility highlight two different aspects of agility’s meaning, including the physical (being able to move quickly and easily; […]
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Aligning Compliance and Training Efforts
In 2014, the Wall Street Journal described compliance officer as one of the “hottest job in America.” Notwithstanding the hyperbole, there’s no question that the demand for compliance officers continues to grow and so does the compensation for compliance officers. While compliance officers and other people who address compliance issues in the workplace (e.g., construction […]
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Top 5 Signs You Need a New LMS
Having the right learning management system (LMS) in place at your organization makes a huge difference in ensuring that your learning efforts add real value to the company’s bottom line. Sometimes you just know you really ought to have a new LMS, but all kinds of things get in the way, especially time and money, […]
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