Workforce development brings its own set of opportunities and challenges to Learning 2.0. During my life I have seen major technology shifts and failures. I remember my first Sony Walkman, Sony Discman, and Ill never forget my first Apple iPod. I also remember school le... More »

Learning & Development , Workforce Development

Delivering Training , Informal Learning , Innovation , Leadership Development , Management Development , Training and Development - General , Trends

Humans have conveyed short messages, long with meaning, for as long as 40,000 years. Smoke signals have traversed the airways. Expressive quips filled the Seinfeld show. At all stages and ages, we move forward in small bursts of communication. Some people just dont noti... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Beginner Level Content , Delivering Training , Engagement , Informal Learning , Innovation , Mobile Learning , Trends

Here are four ways to make role plays in virtual worlds more effective than role plays in the real world. As training professionals are forced to move education from the front of the classroom to online, they have discovered many challenges. How do you keep participants... More »

Career Development , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Informal Learning , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning , Trends

Many of our cherished and successful learning strategies and practices are not as relevant today under most circumstances as they have been in the past. Organizations are creaking under the strain of structures that get in the way of the rapid learning, communicating, c... More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Managing the Learning Function , Training and Development - General , Trends

In 2003, I began a masters program in performance improvement and instructional design. On the first day of my human performance technology class, I introduced myself to classmates and discovered that I was the first police officer to have participated in the program. A... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Advanced Level Content , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Europe , Human Performance Improvement , North America , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General , Trends