TechKnowledge 2014 Request for Proposals is Now Open

Justin Brusino

Next year’s ASTD TechKnowledge Conferenece will be held in Las Vegas from January 22 – 24. We will be at the iconic Caesar’s Palace, right on the strip. We are now accepting session proposals. So if you have some fresh ideas or new approaches, we wa... More »

The Big Data Talent Gap

ASTD Staff

Big data—the massive amounts of information companies routinely collect through web crawlers, social media feeds, server logs, customer service databases, and other sources (CIO editors, 2012)—is quickly becoming big business in today’s competitive mar... More »

Interactive Elements in E-Learning

Vanessa Bailey

We’ve all seen it…the “page-turner” style e-learning module that shows you slide after slide of text.  Sometimes the text may even be accompanied by a picture or some audio.  Whatever the content, you find yourself hitting the “n... More »

Visual Elements in E-Learning

Vanessa Bailey

In recent years, emerging technologies that enable instructional designers to integrate previously unheard of elements into training, such as augmented reality and certain game components, are causing a shift in the industry from a more rapid development paradigm to a n... More »