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January 17, 2012
Conference Highlight: Thinking about Mobile Learning?

Mobile learning can bring valuable content to learners when, where and how they need it. But if you are considering your own mobile program, there is something you should know first.

 

Training 2012 Conference & Expo speaker Scott McCormick explains the first thing you need to know about building your own mobile learning campaign:

October 7, 2011
Is Technology Fulfilling Its Promise?

How has access to training technology affected your ability to hold onto workers? Is it enabling them to do their jobs better? Several trainers consider whether their investment in training technology has been worth it.

By Margery Weinstein

October 7, 2011
Soapbox: iPad Takes on Sales Mission

Cognizant created a learning application—the iPad Sales GYM application—based on the principles of collaborative learning with a focus on performance enhancement.

By Sairaj Vaithilingam, Director, Content and Design Services, and Ramanathan Srinivasan, Senior Consultant, Learning Solutions Group, Cognizant Learning Solutions Group

Why can’t I learn what I want, when I want? This is a common question posed by the sales personnel at Cognizant.

With the company growing at an industry-leading clip and expanding its workforce,

October 7, 2011
Talent Tips: Training on the Go

Mobile learners appreciate good-quality content designed to save them time and that provides immediate accomplishments in small chunks. Keep it short, but use all the media—video, audio, exercises, simulations, games, etc.—to “show” and not just “tell” how work can be done and skills developed.

By Roy Saunderson, President, Recognition Management Institute

Are we ready to train employees through iPods? Some organizations already do so with great success. Yet there are important principles to consider in getting mobile learning right.

In the fast-moving world we live in, we stay connected through a growing number of mobile devices we’re glued at the hip to. Now imagine having training follow you around and be available whenever you are ready to learn.

October 7, 2011
Training Today: Tech Talk, Sept/Oct 2011

Find out about the latest advances in training technology.

  • Panopto Inc.launched Panopto Focus 4.0 and Panopto Unison, the next generation of end-to-end video and multimedia capture and management Web service solutions. Both solutions provide a video and multimedia search, editing, and viewing experience from any desktop or mobile device. Panopto Focus 4.0 brings lecture capture, while Panopto Unison improves asset management by enabling users to upload existing recordings to their Panopto libraries.
July 12, 2011
Guiding Principles of Effective Instructional Design

Learners get excited when exposed to learning experiences that go beyond teaching by telling. However, learning is a complex process that requires, for each learner, a repertoire of multiple types of instruction. The instructional designer’s role is to discover what motivates people to increase their knowledge and skills and improve their performance.

By Carol Ansorge, Senior Project Manager/Instructional Designer, Computer Generated Solutions, Inc. (CGS)

To help formulate an effective instructional strategy that addresses the changing needs of business and learners, use the following guiding principles:

June 6, 2011
A New Day for Corporate Learning

The time is now to take a different look at how mobile, gaming, and social media are being used within our organizations. And that’s the focus for Training’s upcoming Learning 3.0 Conference—Get Mobile. Use Games. Be Social. Drive Engagement—to be held October 4-5 in Chicago.

By A.J. Ripin

October 1, 2010
Soapbox: CMS vs. LCMS

Content Management System or Learning Content Management System—
do you need both? The answer in most cases is “Yes.”

By Massood Zarrabian

Organizations often are confused as to why they need a learning content management system (LCMS) if they already have a content management system (CMS). The confusion usually starts with the similarity in their names and continues due to not understanding the roles of two such systems and the synergies that can arise from them working together.

September 1, 2005
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Advanced Web-based Training Strategies

Advanced Web-based Training Strategies