Key Takeaways: Humans are hard-wired for storytelling, making it a powerful tool in instructional design. Making purposeful decisions about perspective, setting, and narrative structure in eLearning can lead to impactful educational experiences. Effective storytelling in eLearning courses follows a journey of discovery, similar to the Hero’s Journey. Vonnegut’s “Man in... more
Onboarding is a critical process that shapes an employee’s initial experience with a company. For HR and L&D professionals, ensuring a smooth employee onboarding process is not just about compliance. It’s about facilitating learning, fostering engagement, and setting the foundation for long-term success. The complexity of onboarding can overwhelm new... more
Mental models are invaluable tools for helping learners make sense of complex information, solve problems effectively, and retain knowledge over time. Mental models are simplified representations of the world that people use to interpret data, make decisions, and guide behavior. For L&D professionals, understanding how to design for mental model... more
L&D professionals often face immense pressure to design and deliver programs quickly, especially in today’s fast-paced work environments. Business needs, technological advancements, and changes in organizational strategic goals can require rapid upskilling or reskilling, leaving little time for meticulous planning and development of training content. Instead of spending months fine-tuning... more
Adaptive learning is gaining attention in workplace learning because it can customize learning to create a more personalized approach to support employee development. It allows organizations to offer customized learning paths that address the specific needs and skills gaps of their employees. For instance, new hires might receive more foundational... more
Over the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has garnered attention from multiple industries in terms of its potential to revolutionize the way we work. AI offers the possibility to increase efficiency by automating routine tasks carried out by learning and development (L&D) professionals such as content creation, generating assessments, and... more
Litmos recently held a LinkedIn Learning Break with Robyn Rodrigues and Nicole Rebic, People Leaders from Lindt Australia, a chocolate manufacturing company. The discussion revolved around how Litmos has helped Lindt Australia’s lean L&D team launch scale its eLearning program and how leveraging the tools and techniques for L&D has... more
Many L&D conversations are focused on making L&D easy for the learner, but what about the individuals who design, coordinate, and facilitate those learning experiences? When L&D professionals begin a new design process, they often think about ways they can improve efficiency, effectiveness, and ease of learning. Addressing these three... more
Learners are the focal point of everything we do as learning and development (L&D) professionals. Oftentimes, our attention is placed on providing them with content that is relevant and engaging. While several of our most recent blogs have focused on ways we can make L&D easy for our learners, we... 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
