Cognota Secures $1.5m Usd To Accelerate Partnerships Amid Increased Demand for Remote Learning Solutions
BDC Capital and Existing Investors Provide $1.5 Million USD in a Seed II Round for Toronto eLearning Startup Toronto, Aug 20, 2020 – Cognota, a provider of software to increase the productivity of learning and development teams, today announced they have secured $1.5M USD in seed II financing from BDC Capital, and existing investors Ripple Ventures, […]
Agile Learning Design for Beginners: Get Started in 3 Steps
The speed of business was already accelerating in a pre-COVID world. But now that we are all feeling the full economic and operational effects of the pandemic, it looks like the way businesses operate will never be truly the same again. While Agile had already been capturing the attention of learning leaders previously, now it […]
Cognota Collaborates with Telus Employer Solutions to Provide Virtual Training Platform for Remote Learning
TELUS Employer Solutions to leverage Cognota robust remote web-based software to improve learning management solution for collaborative corporate development for customers Toronto, Aug 13, 2020 Cognota, a provider of instructional design software, today announced an agreement with TELUS Employer Solutions (TES) to deliver a robust corporate virtual training solution to be integrated with the company’s […]
Why did the SME cross the road?
The punchline? They didn’t – and they won’t. Selecting the right subject matter expert for your training project is only half the battle. Once you know who you want to work with, you need to get them on board. Not only that, but you need to make sure they stay on board for the duration. […]
National Lazy Day: 5 “Lazy” Instructional Design Tips
Ever heard the phrase “don’t work hard, work smart”? It’s not about shirking duties or cutting corners, it’s about finding the most logical and efficient way to get done what needs to be done. Well, to celebrate today’s National Lazy Day, we’ve put together some “lazy” instructional design tips to help you work smarter, not […]
More Than Just a Training Request Form: You Need a Training Intake System
A training intake system is important to understand the needs of your learners across the organization. Its goal is more than simply to serve as a digital repository of training requests left as Post-It notes or casual conversations during a meeting. A proper training intake system can, in some ways, serve as a measure of […]
The 8 Secrets of Effective Resource Management in L&D
Effective resource management in learning and development is one of the most important elements in delivering training projects on time, on budget, and to the expected quality. But resource management takes a little bit more expertise than blindly assigning instructional designers and SMEs to whatever training project comes up next. Making the most out of […]
Which Agile Learning Methodology is Right for Your Training Team?
Learning and development teams have really begun to sit up and take notice of the benefits of Agile. But admiring from afar and actually implementing Agile methodologies and practices are two different things. If you’ve been thinking about adopting Agile for your training team, this guide is here to help. You’ll learn the ins and […]
4 Capacity Planning Challenges in L&D (And How to Overcome Them)
Capacity planning may exist for your L&D team or it might be something you’ve never really considered. Either way, most training teams are estimating their availability to fulfill training requests with a quick mental calculation to see if they have room for more work. But guessing your team’s capacity only leads to frustration for all. […]
Ready, Set, Scrum – Applying Scrum Methodology to Training Projects
If you have settled on the Scrum methodology to manage your Agile Learning training projects going forward – congratulations! You’ve chosen one of the most popular forms of Agile to incorporate into your training project teams. But before you dive into your first Sprint, it may be useful to get a more in-depth view of […]
