eLearning Blog
The Learning & Development world didn’t do a lot of things last year. The COVID-19 pandemic kept us from going into the office, from conducting training in person, and pretty much from seeing anyone who wasn’t our immediate family. It kept us from doing something else as well – connecting in... more
It’s summer and you know what that means? Blockbusters! They all have a few things in common, right? Heroes, high stakes, and big disasters. Well, the learning and development industry isn’t that different. The last year has had all of those things: there was a world-changing pandemic, very high stakes,... more
The last year has seen organizations making an heroic effort to switch their Learning and Development programs from in person to online, remote learning. For example, the Tauranga City Council converted their learning program to digital learning in less than a month at the start of the pandemic, rolling out... more
Now that people are increasingly vaccinated, they’re on the move again. Is your learning ready to keep up? According to the latest report from the U.S. Travel Association, nine in 10 American travelers have plans to travel in the next six months, while nearly 75% of businesses feel their employees... more
The working world moves fast. The half life of a learned skill is five years. The average lifespan of the commercial software used by workers is between six to eight years. Devices start becoming obsolete in three years. Risks, industries, and social pressures are constantly in flux, so it’s not... more
Compliance training: you have to assign it, your learners have to take it, and you probably don’t think it’s anyone’s favorite flavor of workforce learning. You might be wrong, however. While compliance falls firmly into the must-do category and isn’t nearly as fun as the nice-to-have training (meditation and yoga... more
What do learners want? It’s the eternal question, asked by Learning & Development (L&D) leaders throughout the industry. The answer is important because research shows that when learners are delivered learning that meets their preferences, they do better. Training Industry’s most recent Learner Preference Report found that training programs delivered... more
Retraining workers post-pandemic has become part of the national conversation in the United States. We’ve often written about reskilling on this blog, particularly in the wake of COVID-19. The pandemic changed the economy considerably. Suddenly certain workers were classified as essential; many people had to learn to work from home... more
A year ago, when everything stopped and we were all getting used to staying home all the time, I wrote a piece based on my experience as a remote freelance writer, hoping to help others make the adjustment to working from home. Turns out, even with years of experience working... more
It’s been a full year since Zoom became a tool most knowledge workers use daily. Despite this, not everyone has upped their skillsets on video conferencing best practices, and if you’re leading a group — in a webinar or virtual instructor-led training (ILT), for example — it can be nerve... more
