In last week's post, “What Unintended Messages Do Your Learning Solutions Send?", I raised a challenge for designers to push back on stakeholders and clients who wanted to make inappropriate design decisions, urging designers to "not be afraid to bring your expert... More »

Learning Technologies , Learning & Development

Designing Learning , E-Learning , Training and Development - General , Business Impact

This is where you stop thinking that I'm cool, if you ever did. Here it goes: I read Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People when I was a teenager. Yep, I did, and I'm not too proud to say that it had a profound effect on me, even to this day. The anecdote ... More »

Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Communication , Competencies , E-Learning , Designing Learning

Are you up-to-date in the field? Do you read professionally? Do you do it often? Do you do it efficiently? Do you know where to look for tasty morsels? Are you contributing yourself? More »

Learning Technologies , Career Development

Designing Learning , E-Learning , Training and Development - General , Trends , Career Development

I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. Last month, we took a look back at 2012. This month, I’d like to look ahead. So, what’s on the horizon for the Learning Technologies Community in 2013?  More »

Learning Technologies

E-Learning , Designing Learning , Mobile Learning , Trends , Simulations and Serious Games

ASTD announces the keynote speakers for the upcoming 2013 TechKnowledge Conference & Exposition:  danah boyd, one of the preeminent experts on social media; Nick Bilton, the lead technology writer for The New York Times; and Rives, the “first 2.0 poet.&rd... More »

Learning Technologies

Designing Learning , E-Learning , Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Social Learning , Mobile Learning , Training and Development - General

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