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 »

Career Development , Learning Technologies

Business Impact , Career Development , Curriculum Alignment , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Global Workforce Development , Social Learning

A customized learning event was designed to illustrate the power of mobile learning by putting the devices into the hands of competing teams. In a part of the world where television plays no major role and other mass media falls short, mobile devices have become the kin... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Advanced Level Content , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , E-Learning , Global Workforce Development , Mobile Learning , Simulations and Serious Games , Social Learning , Training for Multiple Cultures

Through virtual training, the Global Service Department of one prominent workforce solutions company responds quickly to meet the needs of the business and delivers measurable results to the bottom line. Kelly Services was established in 1946 by William Russell Kelly, f... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Advanced Level Content , Business Impact , Competencies , Curriculum Alignment , E-Learning , Global Workforce Development , Managing the Learning Function

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

David DeProspero is an employee of the Rome City School District, in Rome, New York. Over the last decade of employment with the District, he has seen first-hand the computing difficulties faced by individuals with physical disabilities. Davids ongoing research on emerg... More »

Learning Technologies

Global Workforce Development , Innovation , Training and Development - General