More Bad News for For-Profit Colleges
News last week that an accreditation group for for-profit colleges may lose its federal recognition has prompted many L&D leaders to re-think their strategy of making courses from such programs available for their employees. According to the Associated Press, an advisory panel to the Department of Education (DOE) has voted to recommend the government sever […]
The Art of Doing Less
‘The most important resource our people have is their time,’ says an HR leader from a well-known media and technology company, in a recent interview with Josh Bersin of consulting firm Deloitte. ‘So what I’ve learned after nearly 20 years in HR, is that we need to do away with almost 75% of the things we do.’ How […]
Easing the Pain of Course Design
It’s tough enough figuring out what learning and courses employees need. Then, the L&D team needs to build them. Responsible for ensuring that employees are acquiring the skills they need, today’s learning leaders are tasked with delivering all necessary learning — quickly and at scale. For broader or more fundamental knowledge, many L&D leaders have […]
Can You Really Speed Up Instructional Design?
With more and more responsibility falling on the shoulders of today’s learning and development leaders, the process of course development does not have the luxury of time and other resources it once had. What is the beleaguered L&D executive to do? Instructional designer Diane Valenti, in the article, 6 Secrets for Speeding Up Instructional Design, published […]
L&D Will Be Responsible for the Survival of Organizations
As organizations fight to survive, their learning and development (L&D) teams will lead the way. This is a position taken in a recent blogpost by eLearning Industry columnist and Tata consultant Sahana Chattopadhyay. The war for talent will continue to increase, as companies struggle to identify, hire and retain individuals with high-demand skills. Ten years […]
The Softer Side of Goldman Sachs
The Wall Street Journal reported today that investment bank Goldman Sachs is shaking up the way it handles performance reviews for its 35,000+ employees. The firm has decided to do away with a company-wide grading system (where staff would each be rated on a scale of one to nine), and will soon incorporate an online […]
STUDY: High Performers Share Knowledge
A recent study by the Association for Talent Development (ATD), Building a Culture of Learning: The Foundation of a Successful Organization, uncovered insights of high-performance organizations regarding their learning and development initiatives. The report found that in the best companies, employees share what they know. In such organizations, employees are four times more likely to share […]
Pencils Down: Why Testing Still Matters
Sure, employees want to learn. But they dread having to take a test afterwards. Let’s face it: we live in a testing culture, and it’s not abating anytime soon. From high school students sweating through the SAT to exams qualifying employees for the Six Sigma Black Belt certification, testing will always be a part of […]
People Still Want to Learn from Others
We all love our devices and the always on nature of the Internet and apps, but experts agree: we need social interaction when we need to learn. A recent interview with L&D experts, published in Chief Learning Officer magazine, found that employees prefer to learn by observing, reaching out, and interacting with others. “That social […]
Microlearning Is the (Not So) New Buzzword
According to a recent article in TD magazine, microlearning is defined as training that is delivered in a bite-sized format that puts individuals in control of what they’re learning. Not exactly revolutionary, of course, as companies over the past few years have come to recognize the value of presenting training in shorter formats, that employees […]
