Proving Corporate Training ROI: 5 Steps to Aligning Learning With Corporate Goals
It’s a challenge the learning and development community has been struggling with for years: how can we prove a tangible ROI on corporate training programs? Budgets have increased and studies have shown that the importance of training programs is being recognized by executive level management more and more each year. However, while learning analytics and […]
You Don’t Need Dragon Glass to Slay an L&D Project – Just Watch Game of Thrones
The much anticipated Season 8 of pop-culture favorite Game of Thrones is (finally!) here. They say life imitates art, but in this case, we think art imitates an L&D department pretty well! We’re such big fans of the show here at Cognota that we couldn’t help drawing comparisons between some of our favorite characters and […]
Overwhelmed, Distracted, Impatient: What’s an L&D Department to Do About the Modern Learner?
Today’s employees are dealing with more demands on their time and attention than ever before. Read on to find out what L&D departments can do to create positive training experiences for the modern learner. According to an infographic published by HR consulting firm Bersin by Deloitte, today’s employees are overwhelmed, distracted, and impatient. That employees are […]
Your Employees Are Your Best Source of Learning Content
While we’ve blogged before about the need to leverage internal talent as subject matter experts (SMEs) to create courses, we always feel the need to reiterate the importance of establishing this internal best practice. Indeed, there may be times when you will need to hire outside talent to assist in the development of learning materials […]
Using A Learning Design System to Scale Corporate Training Development
While there are many challenges when trying to scale corporate training development, two of the most fundamental problems that must be solved for learning and development (L&D) departments are automating instructional design and streamlining collaboration with subject matter experts. As Josh Bersin stated, “we have entered a new era that is not only a shift […]
Instructional Design or no Instructional Design… that is the question!
There have been many articles written about the Death of Instructional Design. Whether you believe Instructional Design is a dying breed or one that is evolving into something new, the question is really “Is instructional design a skill or a job role?” What is clear is that the current model where all training requests are […]
Cognota Feature Update: Tasking and Commenting Updates
We’ve rolled out a new version with exciting changes, features, and improvements! Here’s what’s new: Tasking and Commenting Updates We have combined comments and tasks into a new, simpler view. You will now see all your assigned tasks as soon as you open the Tasking and Commenting Tray. To see other tasks, simply click on the […]
