All variations of the hybrid workforce are emerging as employees head back to the office--or not. Many high-tech companies have granted flexibility for workers to continue to work remotely. For example, Twitter and Facebook have announced that employees can continue to work remotely forever, while Google has proposed that "around 60 percent of employees come to the office a few days a week, while another 20 percent will work in new office locations and 20 percent will work remotely. Download below to learn the options companies are offering and lessons they're learning.

As video becomes more integral to how businesses communicate, how teachers teach, and how we all share ideas and information, many organizations are finding that now is the right time to review how they’ve managed video content in the past and how they plan to do so in the future. That’s because video is unlike any other content:   Different video recorders often produce different types of video files, many of which cannot be played back on other devices Video files are much larger than text documents and quickly exceed maximum file size restrictions on common LMS and CMS solutions And video files are traditionally impossible to search, limiting the value of any recording to anyone looking for specific content But even in the face of these challenges, the popularity of video is exploding. Academic institutions are individually recording 80,000 hours of video every year. 76% of executives already watch a business video at least weekly, and Gartner Research predicts in the next few years, every employee in every company will interact with video at work three times every day. The growing prevalence of video has prompted Forrester Research to recommend organizations "Plan for video content, not just videoconferencing." Doing so offers a variety of rewards, from reducing the cost of meetings and events, and improving training and executive communications, to enhancing remote employee engagement and encouraging internal social learning. Delivering those returns starts with finding the right video platform. For many organizations, however, this is a no small task. The video platform market is young by enterprise IT standards, meaning feature-for-feature comparisons can be difficult to research. And details crucial to successful implementation are all too often obfuscated by video technology standards and industry jargon. Finding your next video platform doesn’t have to be complicated. All you need are the right questions in your next Request For Proposal (RFP). A sharp video platform RFP will make it easy to sort out the contenders and spot the options that can best meet your video needs, both now and for the future. So what are the right questions to ask in a video platform RFP? Here are our top ten recommended (jargon-free!) inquiries to include.

Many companies approach orientation like it's a formality. It has to be done, but no one wants to waste too much time on it. So, new employees are ushered in, given a quick tour of the office and a rundown of the benefits offered, and then they're expected to get right to work. It seems leaders assume that more detailed information on things like the company's processes and customers will simply be absorbed by new hires as they go along.  

"Getting by" calls for answering some age old questions in a brand-new year. As the American economy continues to try to recover, many workers begin to wonder if another round of layoffs will occur in their companies. While jobs are being added in the government sector, the growth of new jobs in the private sector has been slow.  Businesses, even those doing well, have shown a reluctance to invest when there are so many uncertainties.  

As training leaders look ahead and assess new technology, a big question is on the table. How can companies create a learning environment where employees become a competitive advantage? Many look to technology to provide that advantage. However, survey results show strong dissatisfaction with HR technology.   A 2016 Brandon Hall technology survey indicated that 47% of respondents were dissatisfied with HCM technology Only 9% of HR professionals believe that HR technology has revolutionized their businesses according to a 2015 SilkRoad survey Download this article and learn of new approaches to overcome the challenges of old school learning solutions and new solutions that truly serve business goals.

What will classrooms of the future be like? Emerging technologies such as cloud computing, learning analytics, artificial intelligence and wearables are paving the way for the future of learning. These promising technologies will change the way we deliver learning and empower us with the data and analytics needed to increase the consumption and efficiency of learning within the law firm. Click below to download this article.

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The comparison between training games and videos (or lectures, or textbooks, or e-learning, or webinars, or any other training technique) is as meaningless as comparing apples and oranges.

The real benefit of e-learning is being able to create a design that improves learners’ skills and behavior while simultaneously achieving the operational advantages that e-learning offers organizations. Yet much e-learning is composed of largely wasted opportunities for useful interactivity. What most people fail to understand about e-learning, is that the mere presence of technology in a learning environment does not change the essential aspects of how people learn. Learning does not occur passively. In live teaching, lecture formats with minimal activity on the part of the learner do not work very well. Yet some e-learning designers tend to create e-learning lessons that are little more than exercises in listening or reading. Learners need to be intellectually engaged for learning to happen. Lasting change requires meaningful and compelling mental engagement and interaction.

As emerging technologies and methodologies reshape corporate training, one phrase "adaptive learning" is among the biggest of the buzzwords. I get asked all the time what exactly "adaptive learning" means. Most know the technology has something to do with elearning, personalized education, microlearning, badging, gamification, cloudbased learning, etc. But what does it really mean? How feasible is it to implement? And where can you get your hands on it? Download the full article below.

The education game market continues to grow rapidly, and mobile learning games are the dominant force in this market. Newzoo provides the insights for the generic games market; the Serious Play Conference released its annual report showcasing the huge growth specific to the education and corporate training sector. The compound annual growth rate in the U.S for corporate learning games will be over 20% between 2017 - 2022 and about 35% globally with the U.S. and India being the top two markets for serious gameplay. Newzoo predicts the overall mobile game market across all game types will grow 40% between now and 2020, a significant growth increase. Click below to download this article.