You may wonder: “What is compliance management, and why is it so important?” Well, the first thing you should know is that compliance management is vital for any business because it ensures your adherence to legal and industry standards. In this guide, discover how you can transform your...
Emotional intelligence (EI) involves understanding and managing one’s emotions while being aware of and empathetic toward others. It’s fundamental for healthy communication, teamwork, and strong relationships in the workplace. However, the need for EI is even greater for remote teams because...
The world has witnessed unprecedented changes due to the pandemic. Businesses have been affected globally. Those previously operating in what was then the normal manner, now embrace a way of life defined by remote working, hybrid work, and more. Learning and development (L&D) professionals...
For many years, training professionals have faced the challenge of improving learners’ retention after they leave the classroom or through online training. The problem is often observed due to the phenomenon of learners forgetting information they have been exposed to during the training...
Organizations today need to go beyond finding ways to more efficiently share existing knowledge. In a world that’s less predictable, they need to figure out how to create new knowledge. To do so, managers should understand five essential distinctions: explicit versus tacit knowledge; learning...
During a meeting at Cambridge University around 30 years ago I was thoroughly chastised by a Cambridge academic. I’d used the phrase “learning delivery” when describing computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) approaches. CSCL was one of the hot pedagogical approaches of the day – when...
In this post you'll find a helpful list of the top 11 learning mistakes you'll want to avoid. These tips will allow you to circumvent the pitfalls of learning design and development, so that you can move forward on the path to learning success. Top 11 Learning Design and Development Mistakes There...
Ever come back from a training course only to not remember the core points shortly after? Or, have you sent staff off on an expensive 2-day training course just to have them forget the content only weeks later? Can learning technology help us to mitigate the forgetting curve? Efficient...
In Part 2 of the eLearning Champions series, explore two methods to integrate eLearning into the training framework, either in a "blend" or as curriculums. Integrating eLearning into Your Training Strategy In Part 1 of this 3-part series, I introduced the persona of an “eLearning Champion” who,...
It is recognized that there are optimum times to learn and optimum pacing for that learning. The same is true for testing, but this is often ignored to the detriment of both the learning outcome and the credibility of the learning process. Testing Learning and Delivering It: Why Are Both...
When it comes to new information, our brains have a strict ‘use it or lose it’ policy. And too often, training content is forgotten within the first hour of employees learning it. Don’t let this be you! Find out how to use microlearning and spaced repetition to make your training results last. How...
The biggest challenge for any learning program is to ensure retention of learning. If learners do not retain what they learned in the program, the program is not very useful. Foster Knowledge Retention with Spaced Learning For a long time, educationists researched methods to increase the retention...