What Do We Mean by Connected Learning? Connected learning is a term we are using to describe the convergence of two critically important themes in the evolution of digitally enabled learning—two themes that are combining to deliver game-changing opportunities for learning and organizational performance, right now. Digital learning has come a long way. An industry that started out with a focus on providing efficiency, consistency, and increasing reach and speed (what we sometimes call ‘digital learning 1.0) is maturing into a fully networked, data-led and measured set of tools, processes and deeply relevant and engaging learning content for every learner at their point of need. These are learning ecosystems that also now finally put the learners and their powerful and personal relationships with each other in the center of the picture-building again, the way people have learned for many millennia—is this digital learning 2.0 perhaps? Click below to download the eBook.  

Are you just getting started with Adobe Captivate? Looking for some solid foundations to build your eLearning content? Join Dr. Pooja Jaisingh for this fun and easy introduction to Adobe Captivate for first time eLearning developers. You'll get a simple introduction to the software - aimed at helping you get started with creating eLearning courses.

It’s very easy to get distracted by the latest trends and buzzwords in the digital learning world. But that can be pretty risky if your goal is to create effective, engaging learning. How can you cut through the hype to ensure you create digital learning that works? Read on to find out.

People are fractured. Our audience must navigate competing, often real-time demands with fewer resources. Efficiency becomes critical. For this reason, participants lose interest and refocus on other problems—if they aren’t engaged. That is a big problem because no one learns if they aren’t engaged. 

There’s now an amazing array of innovative learning technologies and media approaches available, but each comes with a different value set for our learners and organizations. Some seem exciting, most seem complex, and some just sound like hype. Do you ever wonder if, and how, you should be using them? 

In today's fast-paced world, rapid development can be the key to your e-learning success. Rise allows you to create beautiful, responsive courses using just a browser. Courses look gorgeous on PC, tablet, and phone with NO programming knowledge needed! In my first session, you saw the basics of how to create and publish beautiful and engaging e-learning using Articulate 360 Rise. The perfect tool for the accidental e-learning instructional designer! In this session we will pick up where we left off and tackle a few of the more advanced features of Rise.  

As the business world continues to change, so do organizations and their learning functions. Whether you’re developing classroom instruction, an e-learning course, or an on-demand performance support solution, following sound instructional design processes will help you be more successful.  When an organization needs training solutions, the instructional designer must understand the business and individual needs that underlie the training initiative. Download ATD’s Foundations of Instructional Design: Methodologies and Learning Theories guide to explore through the basics of this process, the pros and cons of different approaches, and more.

Your employees are distracted, burnt out and overwhelmed! But you need to train. Games are the solution. Gamified training engages learners, increases attention, improves confidence and, ultimately, drives success. The Game Agency has invited Harry Friedman, Emmy® Award-winning Executive Producer of Jeopardy!Ⓡ and Wheel of Fortune to discuss how the Jeopardy! format is perfect for assessing knowledge. Christina Lorenzo of CHEST will demonstrate how she uses simulation games to train pulmonologists.

We've heard stories about how artificial intelligence is taking over all kinds of industries, from legal to aerospace. Fear not, the Jetsons aren't about to fly off with your training department. But there are some ways that AI can help you deliver a more customized, curated learning experience to your employees.

Instructure commissioned The Harris Poll to conduct research among Employees and HR decision-makers to better understand the employee development landscape - what employees seek in a potential employer, what motivates them to move in their careers and what tools and resources will make them successful.  The results discussed in this summary are based on two surveys conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Instructure - one among HR decision-makers and one among employees - both administered online to those in the United States. 

When building a learning program, we often see companies skip a crucial step - getting to know their learners. Understanding your learners on a more personal level goes beyond knowing their strengths, weaknesses, and daily tasks. To take personal development to the next level, learning professionals must understand their employees' career goals, and align those goals to career paths with a learning platform that supports individual growth and long-term success.

As an introduction to a more robust process, this webinar will open up discussion with questions like: Who do you envision yourself being as a trainer? What paths will lead you to mastery? What contributions will you make to yourself as well as your stakeholders as an educator? What are your personal goals as a trainer and how do they map to your goals as an employee?

Welcome to the "The Case for Mindfulness" video lesson intended to provide basic information on being mindful. This video lesson is the first of two in the "Achieving Mindfulness at Work" series, which explains how to be a more mindful and productive member of the workforce. In this lesson, viewers will review the problem of partial attention at work and learn what mindfulness is. Ultimately, learners should understand, generally, what it takes to be more mindful at work.

Research shows that how we approach situations and how we feed our brains can significantly improve our mental horsepower. As part of an ongoing drive to be better every day, this lesson explores actions and habits that we can develop for daily improvement of our mental capacities and readiness. These ideas include mental, social, and physical concepts that contribute to our brain power. This lesson will help you understand that you CAN get smarter, learn that doing so shouldn’t be complicated or stressful, and provide important ideas that you might add to your daily routine.  

Welcome to the "5 Traits of a Great Workplace Description" video lesson designed to outline the key traits to an outstanding workplace—meaningful mission, fulfilling work, positive culture, people focus, and transparent communication. This lesson describes how each of these traits should be implemented in the workplace and why they contribute to a desirable workplace. The lesson also shows how companies ultimately benefit from cultivating a great workplace.

Being able to assess employee performance is critical, but are you also articulating clear expectations for their advancement? Talent spotting is all about identifying potential over performance. In this white paper, get answers to questions like: What is talent spotting and why is it so important to get it right? How can hiring managers and HR departments get talent spotting right? What it takes for talent spotting to be successful?

You wouldn't trust YouTube with a video that held your personal credit card information. But right now, a quick YouTube search turns up 815,000 videos for "internal meeting," 310,000 more for "product roadmap," and 168,000 for "confidential training". Hopefully, none of those are yours.

CHAPTER 1. CHANGING THEIR MIND? In my work over the last twenty years, I have observed a disturbing truth, supported by data. Most traditional professional development doesn’t work. There is very little change in habits, behaviors, perceptions, practice, or outcomes of participants. An Example. In 2016, there was a series of articles that touted the EEOC research that sexual harassment training is ineffective and may actually be harmful. What was fascinating is that there was no discussion of how the training was done. What was the content? How was it delivered? What were the expected outcomes? How many designs and presentation models were utilized? None of those questions were answered in any of the articles I read. Click below to download the First 3 Chapters of the Book.

Participants come with vast experiences, vast diversity in how their brains work. How do we tailor to each of them, deliver specifically designed content for how their brain learns? Mindset Scaffolding does all that and more.

Ready or not - digital transformation is here. Read this eBook to discover the talent development best practices you - and your people - need in order to future-proof your organization while putting your people in the driver's seat of their own experience. You'll gain insights into: Determining your organization's level of digital transformation preparedness Coaching strategies to prep your workforce for digital transformation How to champion a culture of learning to enable ongoing employee skill development

ROI of Training and Learning has been a contentious source of debate in the L&D industry. There are those who propose elaborate and expensive methods to capture measurements of training impacts while others are content with the smiley sheets to gauge the "happiness" of learners. The fundamental problem with both approaches is that the metrics are historical views and do not help workers impact work. The measurements are for administrators and not for the workers and learners.

You can't be available to provide coaching and feedback 24/7, but an intelligent chatbot can! All over the world, people are using artificial intelligence to manage their bank accounts, book travel, and find great products, so why not use this same technology to help people learn new skills and advance their careers? You might have already considered using artificial intelligence to bring the "wow factor" to your next project, but it can sound like a complicated and expensive endeavor—especially for your first time.

Online training is broken, with next to no engagement, poor completion rates — and you can forget about ROI. To get the learning outcomes you’re after, you need to make sure learners move from a passive mindset to an active one. Instead of just reading information or watching videos, learners need to take action.  Shifting from content-based training to action-based training can increase your training engagement and completion rates by more than 2,000%. This infographic outlines the benefits of action-based learning and how it can help create greater impact. 

"Met police accused of wasting £10m on leadership development training programme as crime soars." This front-page, headline news on the London Telegraph sparked a flurry of concerns about how London's metropolitan police were allocating resources, given the needs of the community. This type of concern is not isolated to London. Organizations worldwide spend billions on leadership development; yet, for many organizations, little evidence exists that those investments are paying off.