Is it time to “rebrand” Learning and Development?
Rebrand learning and development? I know what you’re thinking – it sounds a little dramatic. But, I can’t help but think that learning and development, in general, is currently suffering from a mild form of identity crisis. Learning is moving at a fast pace and organisations of all shapes and sizes are seeing a shift […]
Future Engagement
How do you build an organisation in which all of the employees are fully engaged and aligned with the strategy and values of the business? If you want the long answer, well that could easily fill a book so perhaps we’ll spare the Training Zone website from being overloaded and instead concentrate on one particular […]
L&D news round-up: 26 Nov
The Teacher as the Learner: Professional Development for Online and Blended Learning – Forbes Demystifying the science of coaching – The Bangkok Post Dexterity – Leadership in the 21st Century – AllAfrica.com 5 Ways to Take the Wind Out of Your Future Leaders’ Sails – Entrepreneur UK economy could gain £12bn by investing in digital skills – Computer Weekly Self-Developing […]
How to kick-start a blended training
I was recently – rather suddenly – asked to help introduce Scrum to a management team of a large multinational. So I suddenly had to prepare a training course for an overworked management team with little time and little patience. No time and high expectations… you’ve probably been there at some point or the other.In […]
Learning platforms and business development content for law and accountancy firms
Hello, We are looking to turn our face to face business development workshop material into online learning content. We specialise in training lawyers and accountants in business development skills Can anyone recommend learning platforms and content providers? Or anyone with past experience who would be interested in joining forces with us? Thanks,Matt Hello,We are […]
Training Leadership
How old are you? Okay, I admit that is a bit of a personal question but please bear with me for a short while. You see, depending on your age you will have had a very different learning experience at school. For example, if you are of a certain age you may have learnt history […]
Thinking of Delivering Training Webinars? Tips for getting it right
Webinar software provides a great opportunity to deliver training to geographically dispersed learners that is effective, flexible and cost effective. Despite this many trainers are yet to engage with webinars as a tool to deliver virtual learning. For those who are planning to add webinars to their delivery methods it can be rather daunting when […]
Why Adding a Digital Arm to your Training Business is Good for Business
As L&D wrestles with how to modernise in a world where most employees go to Google as a first port-of-call, what’s the opportunity for suppliers and coaches in all of this? In short: Greater value and increased revenue. Let me explain… I’m seeing more companies are now asking their suppliers to include a digital learning […]
Is 70:20:10 like Viagra – all hype and little effect on performance?
70:20:10 is a really interesting model for structuring learning within organisations to achieve improved performance. But the question to ask is, is there a lot of propaganda surrounding it, when the result is very little effect on performance? Of course, it is not new – I have papers relating to my great-grandfather being indentured as […]
News: Learning Design Live launches at World of Learning
L&D professionals involved in learning tech design can learn about the latest trends and techniques and network with key experts and peers in their sector at a new conference. learning design live takes place as part of the World of Learning event on 29 and 30 September at Birmingham’s NEC. The comprehensive conference is free […]
A successful approach to blended learning
Blended learning is a cost-effective learning approach that enables more individuals within your organisation to learn. Virtual Ashridge's Maddie Brooks tells us more. The term blended learning was only created in the late 90s, despite the concept being present since the commencement of instructional design. The growing accessibility of digital learning and the continued need […]
Measuring the ROI of corporate training
In keeping with our monthly theme, John O’ Brien returns, this time focusing on return on investment. Following a significant reduction in budgets for training in recent years due to the recession, organisations globally are once again focusing heavily on training as a means of improving performance and increasing ROI. Training Industry reported in 2013 that […]
How the world of training can develop online
Nicole Plinston takes a look at the sales industry and the impact of the world of sales moving online. As we have seen in recent years, the way that businesses adapt to the internet is the biggest challenge in the 21st century. We can now buy cars online, get a degree from a university in another […]
More than blended learning
Clive Shepherd explains how to design world-class learning interventions. The concept of blended learning will already be familiar to many of you. After all, people have been blending learning methods and media for as long as there have been things that people need to learn and others willing to teach them. Yet somehow, it is […]
Blended Learning
Does anyone have experience of designing blended learning programmes? Please can you tell me a bit about your experience? What components did you include in the programme? How did you go about designing it? How did you evaluate it? Does anyone have experience of designing blended learning programmes? Please can you tell me a bit […]
Corporate Training: From eLearning to bLearning
Consider this scenario: a sales manager is returning from a client meeting. She checks her mail while waiting to board her flight at the airport, and comes across an introductory video link to a training session that is going to be conducted later in the day. She has nothing else to do, so she takes […]
Death of the classroom: Will elearning kill it or save it?
Is elearning responsible for the death of the classroom, or it the unlikely saviour? Daniel Griffin makes the case for the blend. The elearning market is the fastest growing market in education, standing at $91bn in 2012. This is largely influenced by developing technology and the 870% growth in internet users since 2000, resulting in […]
TrainingZone interviews: Julie Wedgwood
Blended learning is a technique that will mean something different to the individual learning practitioner. Julie Wedgwood's BlendIt programme aims to offer trainers a pathway to success. Why did you create BlendIt? What did you feel the L&D industry was missing, if anything? The BlendIT programme was originally created in response to a customer request […]
5 ways to bringnvirtual classroom events to life
Many organisations are keen to maximise the impact of their L&D budgets and seem increasingly willing to explore different ways of interacting with the learner. This is all good stuff in my mind, allowing providers to use a wider range of interventions in delivering effective learning. One such approach that we are finding an increased […]
Is your elearning platform out of tune?
Angela James of Worksmart gets technical in the world of elearning platforms. There are a large number of different elearning platforms on the market that all have advantages and disadvantages depending on its application and use. Because of this, learning and development managers often find their system doesn’t always function as well as they would […]
