Winning Hearts and Minds in the Global Classroom

Prakash Santhanam

Despite the injection of e-learning, plus other technologies and self-learning initiatives, classroom training is the most widely known, broadly preferred, and commonly used method of training for many of us. And training employees across the globe is an enormous challe... More »

Obstacles Abound When Adding Social Media to Corporate Learning

Luis Estrada

In 2007, I attended a learning conference that dedicated many of its sessions to the introduction of social media tools. I noted that the presenters’ focus was on the features of the tools; however, the strategies for integrating these technologies effectively int... More »

Prototypes Are Essential to e-Learning Design

Richard H. Sites

As many of my colleagues are at ASTD TechKnowledge 2013 enjoying the California weather, I am stuck here in the Atlanta airport – dodging tornadoes and dealing with weather delays. For those of you at the conference, I hope you have been able to attend some of the... More »

Do Online Agents Improve Learning?

Ruth Colvin Clark

In a recent blog post, I discussed the benefits of social presence during learning. Higher social presence leads to higher course ratings, and if properly implemented, also improves learning. I think that asynchronous self-study e-learning demands special attention beca... More »

Collaborative Culture and Keeping L&D in Style

Juana Llorens

A random tweet led me to revisit a few-years-old TEDx talk on intellectual property and the fashion industry. Fashionista communities  thrive on the fact that clothing designs are without copyright protection. This reality spurs plenty of design knock-offs of ... More »