L&D professionals face a barrage of buzzwords, technologies, and techniques. Despite doing their best to embrace change, many organizations lag behind academic institutions in the extent to which they have allowed technology to improve training.
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Knowledge transfer is the process by which experienced employees share or distribute their knowledge, skills and behaviors to the employees replacing them.
User-generated content refers to content created and shared by users — typically employees, customers or community members — across digital platforms. This can include videos, posts, discussions, how-to guides and other resources...
Collaborative learning is a process in which two or more individuals obtain knowledge together, or in a group setting. Such events may include participation by an individual who facilitates the...
Social learning refers to the process of gaining knowledge through interaction with others. It happens when individuals share insights, ask questions and solve problems together, both in person and through digital platforms.
According to ASTD (2011 survey), organizations spend $1228 and 31.9 hours on average per employee on training, yet senior managers don’t think learning and development (L&D) impacts business results. Roughly, 76 percent of line leaders in various...
With ever-changing technologies, new techniques and new strategies continuously surfacing, e-learning and training are consistently growing and are full of new possibilities and potential for organizations.
As learning professionals, we know the importance of learning on employee engagement and turnover. According to the National Research Business Institute, 23 percent of employees leave for lack of development opportunities and training. The costs...
If you were in the training industry in the mid 1980's, you may remember one of the earliest LMS products to hit the market. Since then, the technologies have changed considerably, and I believe we are entering a new evolution of LMS technologies.
This is the second in a series of three articles on the secrets of SaaS training. The first article, Secrets of SaaS Training: Design, explored approaches to designing SaaS training, and how it differs from traditional models. This article explores best...