Game On: The Do’s and Don’ts of eLearning Gamification
In a world where employees have more information and content flooding their devices than ever before, instructional designers are having to get increasingly creative. Learners are spending time on websites, social media, and other apps that have become exceptionally good at holding their attention and earning their engagement. So, how can instructional designers keep up […]
7 Emerging Learning and Development Skills in 2020 and Beyond
Learning and development skills are just like any others across the organization: rapidly changing and evolving all the time. In LinkedIn’s 2020 Workplace Learning Report, 51% of L&D pros said they planned to launch upskilling programs in 2020 while 43% said they planned to launch reskilling programs. This is in line with several other studies […]
4 Ways You’re Managing Training Projects Wrong
L&D teams work hard to deliver training that inspires and engages learners while delivering performance-driving organizational impact. So it can be frustrating when you’re managing training projects and continually finding it stressful and challenging. Some of those frustrations include missing deadlines, struggling to work efficiently with stakeholders, dealing with moving goalposts when it comes to […]
How to Diagnose Organizational Training Needs Using Your Training Intake Process
In LinkedIn’s 2020 Workplace Learning Report, understanding what skills to build or what courses to develop was listed as a top 10 challenge by 22% of learning professionals. Meanwhile, 21% cited demonstrating the value of learning as an obstacle and 17% said earning executive buy-in was a top challenge. These numbers paint a picture of […]
Why L&D Needs to Ditch Disparate Tools for Purpose-Built Technology Solutions
For some time now, learning and development has been experiencing a deluge of new technology and tools to enable training teams to make the leap into online learning and digital content creation. Most of the technology available (LMS’s, authoring tools, etc.) focuses on the creation and deployment of learning. L&D have embraced these tools enthusiastically. […]
The Road to a Learning Culture Starts with Training Intake
The concept of a learning culture has never been more relevant or more essential than it is right now. When teams are dispersed and are lacking the usual form of in-person interaction, it makes casual on-the-job learning much more difficult. When organizations are challenged with budget freezes and having to navigate through tough times, it […]
Why Subject Matter Experts Need to be Part of Your Capacity Planning
When learning leaders are analyzing their plans for training projects and whether their team has the capacity to fulfill the demand for training, it’s imperative to include more peripheral training project team members in the equation. Subject matter experts (SMEs) are essential to the creation of effective training solutions. In a time of increasingly high […]
International Music Day 2020: Check Out The Cognota Playlist
Today is International Music Day! Since we’re missing our shared music experience in the office, we decided to put together a playlist that we could all listen to together remotely. So here is the Cognota playlist! Did any of your favourites make the cut? The Cognota Playlist Mojito – Jay Chou Never Seen the Rain […]
National Coffee Day: Is Your Training Program a Pumpkin Spice Latte or a Flat White?
Now that summer is firmly behind us, the leaves are starting to turn and the days of pumpkin spice lattes have rolled around once again. What a perfect time to celebrate National Coffee Day! We love our coffee here at Cognota, but we all have our own tastes. Some of us like drinks that barely […]
The New L&D Gameplan: How to Safeguard Against Uncertainty in Uncertain Times
During a panel discussion with Nick Howe, Chief Learning Officer at Area9 Lyceum, and Fernando Sanchez-Arias, Chief People Officer at CLICK Institute, we gathered valuable insight and actionable tips on how to navigate the future for L&D. Discussion points included what COVID-19 and all the disruption of the last few months means for L&D, why […]
