Introducing Cognota’s new VP, Product: Darren Card
Over the last couple of years at Cognota, we’ve been busy growing a dynamic and driven team. From sales and marketing to client success and engineering, we’re proud of the team we’ve assembled and can’t wait to continue adding to it. As a start-up, we’re used to a fast pace and constant change. In fact, […]
Try This Training Request Process Flow Chart for Efficient Training Intake
Managing training requests efficiently is often far down the list of learning and development priorities. But taking control of the training request process can yield hugely beneficial results in terms of your team’s capacity, productivity, and alignment with organizational performance. To save valuable time for your training team and to make sure you’re prioritizing high […]
What is Content Analysis in Instructional Design?
It can be nerve wracking to publish a new eLearning course or launch a new series of instructor-led trainings. How can you be sure your learners will like it? More importantly, how can you be sure they will learn effectively as a result? While there are several tasks that fall under the analysis conducted as […]
How to Develop an Iterative Learning Design Process
If you’ve been feeling the push to ditch more traditional models like ADDIE for a while now, it’s no surprise. Many traditional instructional design processes are no longer serving their purpose – at least not in the way they are usually used. As L&D teams find it increasingly challenging to keep up with the speed […]
What is Storyboarding in eLearning?
The storyboarding technique is used across lots of different types of production, particularly in creative industries with design and video elements. The idea behind a storyboard is to create a highly detailed plan, vision, or story about what you are trying to create. That could be a film, video, or animation. In this case, it’s […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021 at Cognota
For over 100 years, the world has been celebrating International Women’s Day to commemorate the struggles of women in the past, spark conversation about challenges we still currently face, and identify opportunities for change and improvement for women all over the world. The women of Cognota decided to commemorate International Women’s Day 2021 by discussing […]
Best eLearning Project Management Tools to Try in 2021
Managing or participating in an eLearning development project can be full of potential pitfalls and challenges. Going beyond instructional design processes and authoring tools, there are lots of areas of eLearning development that need a helping hand from technology. When there are so many moving parts to keep track of, even learning and development projects […]
Black History Month: The Journey to VP, Engineering in the Tech Industry
In honour of Black History Month, we sat down with Lumi, our VP, Engineering here at Cognota to hear about how he has navigated the tech industry and how his success has driven him to give back. From his family roots in computer science, to getting his first start in the industry, Lumi’s journey through […]
Practical Tips for Digital Transformation Planning for L&D
As the speed of business continues to pick up and global events keep proving how vital an agile business model is to success, organizational leaders are starting to place increasing emphasis on the achievement of digital transformation. For L&D, the trend of digital transformation is more significant than ever. Corporate learning teams are far more […]
Black History Month: How Tech Companies Are Honouring BHM
Although lockdowns due to the ongoing pandemic have put a hold on many in-person events, tech companies around the world are finding new and innovative ways to celebrate Black History Month online in 2021. Here at Cognota, we’ve been (virtually) celebrating Black History Month by sharing facts, stories and additional resources that honour and celebrate […]
