eLearning Blog
With a growing need for training to be intentionally woven into employees’ everyday practices, Learning & Development (L&D) professionals need to think about what strategies can be integrated into workplace learning to support the effective transfer of role-relevant knowledge and skills to employees. With more emphasis being placed on providing... more
Regardless of how instruction will be delivered, L&D professionals need to be mindful of how their learners will interact with the content they are presented. Social learning is an approach that leverages interpersonal connections to facilitate knowledge acquisition and skill development. Collaboration, interaction, and shared experiences are emphasized within the... more
In a rapidly evolving world, keeping information up-to-date and aligning it with the latest industry standards is a constant struggle. Keeping in mind the importance of helping employees see the relevance and utility of training, L&D professionals need to design content that meets learners where they’re at when they need it.... more
With so many demands for employees to upskill and stay up to date with changes in their fields, there has been an intentional shift in how we view L&D in the workplace. Traditionally, employees would participate in mandatory compliance and onboarding training, either in traditional face-to-face settings or through eLearning... more
There are a variety of reasons why learners participate in workplace training, ranging from mandatory compliance requirements, upskilling, to career development. While different goals might have different timelines for completion, learners often have time to complete them at their leisure or over an extended period. Just-in-time training is a time-sensitive... more
The process of instructional design can be likened to the design of a blueprint for a building. Just as architects carefully plan and design every aspect of a building, from the foundation to the fixtures, instructional designers (IDs) meticulously craft learning blueprints to support learning performance. Within these blueprints, it... more
L&D professionals are ultimately responsible for designing experiences that facilitate learning and improve performance, whether those learning experiences relate to onboarding, upskilling, succession planning, or compliance. The more information we can obtain about our organization’s needs and the needs of the learners who participate in workplace training, the better positioned we are... more
