If you haven’t attended a virtual instructor-led-training (VILT), sign up for one now! As learning and development professionals, having some VILT knowledge and experience will increase your tool set and give you an opportunity to show your organization how to embrace this cost-effective, flexible, and efficient way to train many learners in diverse locations. I’m […]
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I’m sure this has happened to all of us at one time or another when taking an e-learning course. You sit in front of your computer, coffee in hand, and unconsciously click through each screen without giving the content a second thought. You just want to get to the end and check off on your […]
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My husband and I recently bought our first home. We were so excited about our purchase but were absolutely dreading the moving process. The master bedroom in our new place can be reached only by a metal spiral staircase, and the ceilings are 25 feet high. Carrying our solid wood furniture up into a loft […]
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OK, that may be taking it a little bit too far. … I recently came across a comic in my newsfeed that caught my eye. It’s based on a quote from Kevin Smith: “Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist […]
Read MoreLet’s face it, we’re social beings. We don’t live in isolation, and most of us don’t work in isolation. Even if we work alone, we connect with others through various ways. There’s now an entire body of evidence about the impact that social interaction has on us: namely the Social Neuroscience of learning. As we […]
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In 2013, if someone had asked me about a change at the Vatican or President Obama’s second term, sadly, I would have had no idea what they were talking about. In fact, at that point in time, I most likely wouldn’t have been able to converse on a single top news story. I was so […]
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As a whole, our society is shifting how we live, learn, and interact with others. We are now, more than ever, living in the micro. We receive and post news via microblogging on Twitter; we learn new ideas through microlearning; and we dine at single concept “pop-up” restaurants and coffee shops. All just in time, […]
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As a graphic designer, my workweek consists of creative tasks as well as production-related work. In the corporate learning community, the ILG graphics team does its best to make every project engaging for the learner. However, if you’ve been in the business as long as I have, you know that sometimes you have to work […]
Read MoreWhen I think of opportunity, I think of an old story I’ve heard several times. It goes something like this: Many years ago, two salesmen were sent by a shoe manufacturer to another continent to investigate and report back on market potential. The first salesman reported back, “There is no potential here — nobody wears […]
Read MoreI think it’s safe to say that at one time or another, all of us have probably been in a situation where we’ve created a really “great” training program, and the training just doesn’t stick. We end up asking ourselves, “What could I have done differently to ensure my learners effectively applied their new skills and knowledge on their jobs?”
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