If you want to take a peek into the future, then you should look no further than APIs and what they bring to the table. Unfortunately, too many vendors in the e-learning space have failed to see the power and potential of this capability, and have decided to ignore ... More »

Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Trends

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 »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies , Senior Leaders & Executives

Business Impact , Change Management , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Global Workforce Development , Informal Learning , Innovation , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Training and Development - General , 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

When discussing the future of learning, there are many advocates and descriptors, but far too few concrete definitions. To one expert, the future of learning is a kind of workplace community; for another, its a new application of social media to an existing business pro... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Informal Learning , Innovation , Social Learning , Trends