Blending Formal and Informal Learning

Skillsoft

Over 80% of learning that happens in organizations is informal, with just 20% occurring via formal methods. Claire Schooley, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research explains how organizations with the best learning cultures blend both for optimal results. More »

Why Organizations Need Social Learning

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Laurent Pacalin

The world has changed people now live and work in a world where Google gives the answers, where a mobile phone is the lifeline to the Web and to your GPS location, and where Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter link people to each other in their own way. By leveraging these ... More »

Where’s Your Source Code?

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Shawn Stiles

Courses are built and published every day, but what happens to their source codes? Does the following scenario sound familiar? XYZ Corporation has had a web-based training course for a number of years that focuses on how to support a key application used by many employe... More »

Six Trends That Will Change Workplace Learning Forever

Paula Ketter

Changes to the workplace, the competencies for leadership development, and technologies will alter the way learning professionals approach training design and delivery. Change can be scary. If you agree, then 2010 has been a scary year. Along with the challenges of the ... More »

Keeping Up with IT Training

Marianne Cherney

Companies will need to continue to adapt their training programs at a much more rapid pace than ever before if they want their IT departments to continue to stay ahead of the game. Can you imagine living during a time when you did not have access to find out what was ha... More »