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 »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Managing the Learning Function , Training and Development - General

When we add a virtual environment to the challenges associated with training across cultures, misunderstandings can easily be exacerbated, often because they will go unnoticed by the facilitator for a longer period of time. As discussed in an earlier In Practice article... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , Engagement , Global Workforce Development , Training and Development - General , Training for Multiple Cultures

To understand social learning, we must first understand social media. Social media is a set of Internet-based technologies designed to be used by three or more people. Its rarer than it sounds. Most interaction supported by technology is narrowcast (one-to-one), often w... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Engagement , Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Mobile Learning , Social Learning , Training and Development - General , Trends

The last decade has brought a multitude of changes in technology and in the learning function. What will the next 10 years have to offer? Ten years ago, we had just come out of one of the most costly IT investments of all timethe Y2K scare. Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder o... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Career Development , Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Mobile Learning , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning , Trends

Thinking about the design elements of serious games and simulations is not as complex as you might believe. Educational simulations are a broad genre of immersive learning simulations focused on increasing participants mastery level in the real world. They differ from c... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Engagement , Simulations and Serious Games , Training and Development - General