The aim of technology, according Quora, is ‘to fulfil more of our needs and wants with less resources and to do more in the short time we have on this planet’. Whilst there will be […]
Modern Learning in Practice
Posts by David James (@DavidInLearning)
Micro-learning is BS
The thing that irks me most in L&D at the moment is the comparisons made between ‘eating’ and ‘learning’ formats. Whether it be ‘bite-sized learning’, ‘snacking’ or the hideous term ‘feasting’ to describe traditional formal […]
Learning & Development On-Demand
The image above. taken from Degreed’s How the Workforce Really Learns in 2016 report, has recently become the most popular item I’ve shared on LinkedIn, by quite some way, and its interpretation has been much […]
How ASOS got their people wanting more online learning
I heard a Learning & Development leader from a major international brand remark recently that despite launching a new suite of online learning programmes to their business, only 5 people had accessed them at all. […]
What Social Learning Looks Like in Practice
Social Learning is the preeminent term in Learning & Development at present. It is, however, as mystical in practice as it is prominent in rhetoric. The problem with understanding what Social Learning can do for […]
Help Employees Get Outstanding Results: Go Beyond the Limits of Courses
2015 was a big year for mobile—and 2016 is going to be even bigger. It is well documented that last year mobile Internet usage surpassed all other devices. Smartphone usage alone surged by 394 percent, […]
Tips for Increasing Engagement in Online Learning
Often times, tips for engaging learners in corporate online learning include external features and novel delivery methods. These range from using animations, “real-life” scenarios, game-design, leaderboards, and badges. But with learners actually spending more time […]
E-learning: Is that how YOU learn?
It seems to be the perennial challenge for L&D leaders: how do you get your employees to want to engage with e-learning? It’s comparatively easy to get employees to complete online compliance training – you just threaten them. But for building the capability of knowledge workers, I still think e-learning is yet to deliver on its promise.
Five Tips for Introducing Mobile Learning
The potential for mobile learning is to engage employees on their terms and provide useful learning in a format that they recognise and want. But we know this, because we’re mobile users ourselves, and that […]
Why Adding a Digital Arm to your Training Business is Good for Business
As L&D wrestles with how to modernise in a world where most employees go to Google as a first port-of-call, what’s the opportunity for suppliers and coaches in all of this? In short: Greater value […]