MICROLEARNING Important Trend, or Flashy Fad? What the Science Says And How to Spot Vendors Selling You with Junk Science Microlearning as an idea has been around for a while. Now that the term has been made popular, vendors are falling over each other to convince companies that they have the best microlearning. But few vendors actually understand the science justifying the use of microlearning, let alone how it bears on instructional design. We present some of that objective research here, making the argument that microlearning is extremely effective, if it is done correctly. Click below to download this White Paper.

In this video Dr. Ray Jimenez provides some provocative ideas on what micro-learning is and how it may change the face of learning completely in the future. 

What Are The Most Effective Tips For Successful Learning Management System Implementation?  By Tridib Roy Chowdhury I've had the opportunity to work with numerous clients over the years. Each had their own unique requirements, budgets, and list of must-have features. Regardless of their differences, I always share the same LMS implementation tricks to ensure a smooth and stress-free LMS implementation process. Click below to download this White Paper.

Making Leadership Happen   More than ever, in a fast-changing and interconnected world, organizations feel the need for leadership. As a result, managers get a lot of advice on how to be more effective leaders. Articulate a clear vision, engage your employees, develop talent, have a global mindset, think strategically, create win-win solutions, leverage diversity, communicate effectively, hold people accountable, be an agile learner.    On one level, all of this advice makes great sense. Who could argue with it? At another level, it can be overwhelming.  We think it’s time to step back and take a different approach. Click below to download this White Paper.  

What is the #1 problem with every training event?  People forget. Research shows that the natural process of forgetting can have a materially negative effect on productivity, budgets, and time. Why? Because decades of research show that people can forget up to 80% of training information in a mere 30 days after a training event takes place.  But the fix is here, and it’s easy.  Download this white paper to learn:  1) Download this white paper to learn: How to augment your training programs so forgetting is minimized 2) What format of learning has the most impact across any learning demographic 3) How the techniques of Retrieval Practice can quickly increase knowledge retention by 90%+ Click below to download this White Paper.

Use this report to help you consider the best tools and technologies for helping workers (aka "learners") get stuff done and get it done well. Identify tools you want to keep using, stop using, start using, or improve how you use them. Here’s what you’ll find: Information about what L&D professionals actually did in 2017, and what they plan to do in 2018. Emerging trends for 2018 and beyond. Top roadblocks to delivering effective training and how those have changed over time. The training topics L&D professionals view as most important in 2018. Our insights into the data.

ILT represents 70% of training today. Efficiently managing it is crucial, but it is fundamentally different from e-learning: it involves more complex back-office processes and a wider range of resources, and as such cannot be managed with the same tools. This checklist will guide you through the elements needed to improve the efficiency of your Instructor-Led Training activity.  It will help you assess the performance of your current technology in each domain.

Is your organization ready to take advantage of all the benefits the world of on-demand training offers? In this guide, we’ll look at the top three challenges companies face with training their workforces today, and how to effectively implement on-demand training options into the organization’s overall culture of learning and employee development. Click below to download this White Paper.

As learning departments are faced with resource and budget challenges along with increased demand to correlate L&D with business impact (specifically, ROI), the pressure has never been greater for learning and development teams to perform. it's important to see what the future of these departments have in store. In this paper, we share results of a survey from learning and development professionals, revealing the major challenges learning and development currently face, how departments are rating their performance, what will influence the way learning changes in the next 5-10 years, and what professionals will prioritize and work to improve in 2018.