Coffee briefing: Empowerment, accountability and developing “machine intelligence”
We've spent the past week consuming as many blogs, thought pieces and newletters as we can to bring you some of the more interesting articles out there. Here is this week's pick of L&D news & opinion – let us know what you think in the comments below, or tell us what you've enjoyed reading this week! […]
Bite the bullet – stop regurgitating the same old L&D solutions
Reengineering learning content towards a blended approach I was talking to a client recently about their aspirations to deliver truly blended learning solutions. Even though they know what they wanted to do they were discovering it was not that straightforward to actually achieve. With a little bit of prompting they explained that they have a […]
Coffee Briefing: Collaboration, neuroscience & creating a culture of learning
Pull up a chair and pour yourself your favourite beverage – it's time for this week's round up of L&D news, opinion and blogs. Tell us what else you've enjoyed reading recently, and let us know what you think about these stories in the comments below. The future of learning – What learning professionals must become, […]
Top tips for engaging webinars
How often do you engage others via a virtual platform? We live and work in an era where improved communication technology means we no longer need to be in the same room to interact with others. Examples may include: • Internal business meetings• Meetings/sales calls with clients or customers• Training interventions or employee briefings There […]
Coffee Briefing: Offboarding, virtual reality & managing distractions
We're back after a long weekend, and so if you're feeling as groggy as we are, reading through a few interesting articles over a cup of coffee is exactly what you need. Here are some of the blogs, features and opinion pieces we've enjoyed in the past week – let us know what you think, […]
6 Key Blended Learning Benefits For Corporate Training
“To blend, or not to blend?” – is this your question? Or, perhaps, you ask it this way, “what training strategy is the most effective for our business needs?” Whichever way you ask, the answer just might be that you need a mix of training strategies to deliver the best result and blended learning could be […]
How To Design an E-course That Delivers Results
E-courses have become quite a hype lately – they are cheaper to deliver, could be used with larger audiences and taken by the participants at any paste and any time. While developing an e-course is similar to developing a regular course or in-house training in many ways, there are certainly some specifics you should mind. […]
Is your LMS “old skool”?
A technological revolution in electronic learning has seen sizeable changes over the years. Many years back, companies used to distribute eLearning content to customers by CD ROM, so that it could be handed over to learners to use on their PCs or, if the infrastructure was there, on an internal server for learners to access […]
Engaging with learning
Why bother? You’ve been through school and possibly university, you’ve got all the professional qualifications you need, why bother to sign up to yet another training course? Surely you’ve earned the right to sit back, feet under the desk and just get on with your job? Well if you think that then despite all of […]
Standing at the front is dead scary!
Over the years, I've observed a lot of practitioners delivering training to groups. Recently, we've been working with a Careers company where, as part of their Level 6 qualification, the Managers had decided to choose: "Plan, deliver and evaluate career-related learning in groups" as an Optional Unit. The reason being to stretch, challenge and develop staff and […]
Is eLearning right for your blended programme?
Blended Learning is the latest puzzle facing L&D professionals. My colleague at Bray Leino Learning, Stephanie Morgan examined this recently in her blog, As Stephanie said, for some it seems simple enough – take a training course and stick a piece of eLearning before it (as prior learning), after it (as a refresher or test of learning) […]
Management Development Reading List
Hi, In an attempt to not deliver all management development face to face or elearning, I'm keen to purchase in some good eBooks to support our framework. Any good recommendations in areas such as managing change, problem solving, delegation, quality conversations. Many Thanks Hi, In an attempt to not deliver all management development face to face […]
Listen! Not everything’s visual. Use more podcasts!
People should use podcasts more in learning and development. It’s a very easy and accessible way of creating additional content to complement face-to-face learning events. A podcast is just an audio file. You can listen to a podcast online, or, more usually, download it and listen on your phone when commuting or out running or […]
Has your organisation got social learning to work?
We’ve been experimenting with social learning and have come across a few challenges. I’d love to hear from other organisations; what has worked well and what hasn’t? Also which tools are you using? We’ve been happy with how with how our staff have engaged. But we’ve had lots of conversations with clients who struggle to […]
Should You Flip Your Training?
I once was a trainee at a course given by a famous trainer. The course was pretty expensive and I was excited by the subject matter, so I took their suggestion of reading a whole book before going to the training seriously. By the time I entered the training location, I was enthusiastic, ready to […]
Is your learning in the dark ages?
The New Year always starts with a fresh sense of optimism. Most of us have an idea of what we are looking to achieve this year in our work and personal lives – some more than others. For L&D departments, some will be continuing with their current programmes of learning and some will be striving […]
What is Blended Learning?
What is blended learning? When I started my career in L&D, a blended learning solution was any programme that went beyond a face-to-face event, by including a questionnaire or some pre-reading for example. Nowadays, more often than not people associate blended learning purely as any learning that has some sort of digital element to it. […]
Infographic: 10 E-Learning trends to watch for in 2016
Being in touch with trends is crucial for anyone responsible for managing and delivering E-Learning and training within their organisation. So we’ve prepared for you our predicated 10 key E-Learning trends and foresights to watch out for in 2016. Download our top 10 E-Learning trends to watch in 2016 infographic Read a full overview of […]
Training for 2016
This time last year when we sat down to write our roundup of 2014 we called 2015 a year of hope, one in which the digital challenge would really start have an impact and in which “technology frees us to work collaboratively for the good of all.” Have our predictions come true? Well as with […]
Will 2015’s best L&D practices carry over into 2016?
At this time of year, we have loads of discussions with fellow L&D professionals – customers, contacts and connections – and inevitably the conversation turns to ‘what do you expect to happen next year?’ I thought you’d be interested to see what is being said. Fascinatingly, there is some dispute especially in relation to the […]
