Workplace change impacts the way we learn
Maddie Brooks tells us why different businesses require different learning strategies. The workplace is changing, resulting in lower participant attendance in physical classrooms. Organisations must manage the varying learning platforms and remember that achieving a disparate L&D approach through the use of these differing platforms will not lead to an improvement in employee performance. Therefore, […]
Soft skills need analysis
Leading off our month of behavioural skills is this piece from Paul Russell, proving that you can put some metrics in place. Soft skills, the oft-maligned gentler cousin of technical skills is emerging from the wings to take their rightful place on centre stage. The business advantages of soft skills in the workplace are now […]
New models of learning to support business agility
Laura Overton publishes her final piece round this year's Towards Maturity Benchmark. In the previous two articles in this series on using evidence to drive change within L&D, I looked at delivering an L&D strategy fit for a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world and how L&D teams can align with the business and at […]
An HR insight into the future of digital learning
Ashridge asked the HR community what they thought the digital learning environment would look like over the next three years. Maddie Brooks tells us more. Increase in learning technology expectations With 78% of organisations expecting to increase the amount they spend on learning technologies in the next three years and 20% expecting to spend the […]
Recommendations on how to train the trainer?
Hi, I am part of a small team of systems and process trainers in a large company, most of us have been in the job for at least 3 years. We have an opportunity to request funding support to obtain professional qualifications, only there are so many options out there! I would appreciate some opinions […]
How training empowers a successful extended enterprise strategy
Supply chain? Business partners? Extended enterprise? Tobias Blickle talks training across the whole business and further afield. The concept of the extended enterprise, recognising that success is dependent on partner relationships outside your own workforce, is increasingly becoming an agenda item for many corporates who are challenged with upskilling their external frontline staff on the […]
The importance of rapport in coaching
Coaching is vital, yet often undersold. Its success depends on the strength of the relationship built between the coach and coachee. Diane Coolican highlights the importance of building a strong rapport in coaching. The most crucial part of a learning and development process is the coaching. Coaching offers the chance to put learning into practice, […]
Brand new start
Good morning, Ive been part time with a company for six months helping administer a culture engagement survey, and have had positive feedback in my time here. In my time here we've had a increase in engagement from 35% to 75% (which I know is partly because I'm a new flavour!) and a increase in participation rates […]
Five actions of an outstanding trainer
Another short tips piece from Paul Russell, this time focusing on how to be a better trainer. Training – a necessary evil or an enhancing, uplifting experience that can improve our professional persona considerably? Well, whether it is the former or the latter depends greatly upon the skills of the course or workshop trainer. We’ve […]
News: 3rd Ed-Tech Europe takes place this week
EdTech Europe was founded in 2013 with the mission of bringing together the key decision makers within the global Education Technology industry. During the annual summit, there will be keynote speeches, fireside chats, panel discussions as well as a new programme track, the Innovation Showcase, in which the best accelerators, incubators, and startup awards highlight a […]
The evolution of L&D roles and skills
Ruth Stuart shares findings from recently published CIPD research, in partnership with Towards Maturity, outlining how L&D roles and skills are evolving and the ways in which practitioners can ensure they’re not left behind. Key drivers of change We live and work in a time of unprecedented change, where disruptive trends are commonplace and profoundly […]
Five communication errors we all make
Sometimes to solve a problem it's just a simple matter of good communication. Paul Russell gives us a quick guide to communicating well. Most of us consider ourselves great communicators. After all we communicate all day long through email, telephone, social media channels and blogs – we live in the communications age, don’t we? But did you […]
Physician, heal thyself!
Clare Riding discusses how training professionals can help themselves up the career ladder. Eight in 10 Britons are overworked, with almost a third 'burnt out' or 'very overworked' in pursuit of a pay rise or promotion, according to a new survey [1] from The Open University. Employees believe that working longer hours is one of the […]
Seven ways to create time for digital learning
Every individual will find different ways to make time for digital learning, but the one thing that remains consistent is that to ensure learning continues on a frequent basis it takes practice. These seven ways will help you identify how to create more time to dedicate to your own self-development. “There was a woodsman who […]
Lifelong elearning: Time to start studying again
Wayne Janse van Rensburg talks about the benefits of lifelong elearning and how learning needn’t stop when you leave school or university. The learning journey Today, education is for everyone from all walks of life. To learn and gain more qualifications you can be old, young, employed or unemployed, a stay at home parent or a […]
Training for the future: The challenges faced by today’s school leavers
Fay Gibbin offers her views and advice on the many challenges faced by school leavers when considering which academic path to take – especially in light of the current lack of support available to them when choosing their career options. In a competitive employment market saturated with young, qualified and ambitious job seekers, it becomes […]
Insight: Nearly half of young people want better business skills
New figures find nearly half (48%) of young people believe they are not being taught the skills employers will be looking for in entry level candidates in the future. This latest research used the findings of the Future Work Skills 2020 report, which identified the skills employers would look for in entry level recruits over […]
How to test elearning across multiple devices pt2
Amit Garg concludes his essential feature on multi-device testing in elearning. The multi-device testing process The sheer number of device-OS-browser combinations makes the testing process complex. Here’s a simplified process for testing multi-device/responsive projects: Target environment and approach For a precise, limited specification, i.e. a very specific and narrow target device range, defining a testing […]
How to test elearning across multiple devices
How does your elearning work across different devices? Upside Learning founder Amit Garg give us a decent checklist to ensure it all goes smoothly. Elearning development is not the same as it was a few years ago. Flash used to be the default development environment, which insulated your elearning from the vagaries of browsers and […]
Introducing immersive learning environments to the corporate world
Virtual worlds are back on the agenda. Did they ever leave it? Tom Symonds explains why they're still relevant. From the moment we wake up, to checking our train time on our way home, reviewing work documents on the go and even monitoring our sleep quality, technology has now become an integral and habitual part […]
