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Learning Strategy Master Plan
By Mark Harrison
Once you have aligned your learning initiatives, you need to get the most out of the limited budgets that you have at your disposal. Efficiency has been a major driver behind the adoption of new technologies and continues to be a major catalyst for change in both the private and public sectors.
In this, the third of four Insight Briefings, we look at the main characteristics (identified by the American Society for Training and Development) that are consistently present in the most successful learning organizations. Learn More
Unbolting the Chairs: Making Learning Management Systems More Flexible
By Michael Feldstein and Patrick Masson
In the physical world, it goes without saying that not all classrooms look the same. A room that is appropriate for teaching physics is in no way set up for teaching art history. A large lecture hall with stadium seating is not well-suited to a small graduate seminar. And even within a particular class space, most rooms are substantially configurable. You can move the chairs into rows, small groups, or one big circle. You can choose to have a projection screen or a whiteboard at the front of the room. You can bring equipment in and out. Most of the time, we take these affordances for granted; yet they are critical factors for teaching and learning. When faculty members don't have what they need in their rooms, they tend to complain loudly. Learn More
Solving the Talent Paradox
Too much talk and not enough action inhibit an organization's ability to compete in the talent wars. "What distinguishes the high-performing companies from the average performing was not better HR processes, but the fundamental belief in the importance of talent."- Michaels, Handfield-Jones and Axelrod
This fundamental finding from the McKinsey research in "The War for Talent" is beautiful in its simplicity. You have to believe in something before it can happen. Just as the first step in building an effective global organization is the leader's belief in the value of the global enterprise, a global mindset, so the key to building a successful, agile and innovative organization in today's environment is a talent mindset. Learn More
What Lies Beyond E-Learning?
By Marc J. Rosenberg
This article is based on Marc Rosenberg’s new book, "Beyond E-Learning: Approaches and Technologies to Enhance Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Performance," just published by Pfeiffer.
Just when we thought we had e-learning all figured out, it’s changing again. After years of experimentation and the irrational exuberance that characterized the late 1990s, we find our views of e-learning more sober and realistic. This is a good sign; we can make more rational forecasts of how the field will evolve. It also presents some challenges, and the direction we are heading may not be the path we originally thought we were on. Learn More
Research and the Creation of Training Intelligence
By Irving H. Buchen
Research is like innovation. Both optimize. In particular, research drives business to be not just knowledge based but also knowledge creating, not just research users but research providers. It compels the next step, the road not taken, the inquiry not pursued. Increasingly, before savvy professionals embark on any new venture, they ask four related questions: “Want do we know?” “What does the research show?” “Who in our industry is doing what?” and “Does the problem and the solution have a future?” If the answers to any or all the above fall short in range and depth, some companies opt to do the research themselves. And on that decision hangs this analysis. Learn More
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