The desire to improve business analysis prompted NYSOSC to create an integrated, strategic educational program focused on the transfer of best practices. From the moment students start elementary school all the way through college, they are taught concepts mainly throug... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Managing the Learning Function

Research indicates that as much as 70 percent of workplace learning is informal, occurring outside the classroom and in the spaces between formal training events. Social media is one way for the training department and the training practitioners to get into those spaces... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Beginner Level Content , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Informal Learning , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Students

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

As of yet, there are few schools, certificate programs, or even seminars available to provide step-by-step instructions for conducting educational sessions in 3D virtual immersive environments. Absent those formal, standardized guidelines here are lessons learned from v... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Designing Learning , E-Learning , Engagement , Informal Learning , Intermediate-level Content , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning , Students , Trends

Knowledge management systems that consistently yield the most effective results for their organizations typically have a few factors in common. More »

Learning Technologies , Learning & Development

Informal Learning , Intermediate-level Content , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Training and Development - General