Bill Brandon
Editor, Learning Solutions, The Learning Guild
Bill Brandon is the editor of Learning Solutions. He has designed, managed, and delivered instruction since 1968, and has been an e-Learning practitioner since 1984. Before becoming the editor in 2002, Bill held instructor and management positions in the United States Navy, Texas Utilities, Atmos Energy, TGI Friday’s, and The Sales Consultancy. The co-author of eight books and the author of dozens of articles on technical topics, he has also developed programs for major conferences and owned a consulting business. He is a past president of the Texas Chapter (now the Dallas Chapter) of ISPI, and for 10 years led the Learning Technology SIG of the Dallas Chapter of ASTD. Bill is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and now lives near Dallas, Texas.
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Skill-based Hiring and Experience-based Learning for the Win
Skills-based hiring practices and experience-based learning work together to build a better workforce by ensuring that hiring is aligned with actual job requirements and that employees are equipped with relevant, firsthand experience.
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Upskilling for Digital Transition
As your enterprise or government organization evolves toward the digital future, it is important to keep your digital training and digital literacy up to date.
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Ethics and AI
Have you ever wondered what ethics has to do with artificial intelligence? Let’s look into this intriguing question.
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Learning Style Alternatives
This article examines two research-supported alternatives to the traditional learning styles (Dual Coding Theory and Universal Design for Learning). These approaches promote inclusivity and flexibility, allowing all students to enjoy successful learning experiences.
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Use AI Tools to Improve Onboarding
Incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance the onboarding experience.
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Beyond AI: Why Technical Skill Development is Your Next Strategic Advantage
Artificial intelligence is only one of the important tools for organizations in the next five years. For L&D, a focus solely on AI misses a crucial element: employee technical skill development.
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The AI Revolution: A New Era of Collaboration in Learning Development
Rather than replacing instructional designers, the emerging role of AI is collaborative. AI will augment and empower the roles of IDs, ushering in a future of personalized, data-driven, and intelligent learning experiences.
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All AI’s Are Not Alike: Some Basic Differences
All AIs are not the same. Each of them has subtle differences in the way they respond to prompts, the way they handle context, and how they format output. The differences are important.
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Use AI to Help with Employee Performance Evaluations
Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers features and capabilities that can help managers with time-consuming, repetitive work. Employee evaluations are one such chore.
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Review of Adrian Bilan’s Confident UX
Adrian Bilan’s new book on user experience, Confident UX: The Essential Skills for User Experience Design, contains everything from an explanation of the work of a user experience designer and the skills required, to a method for moving from one’s current occupation to user experience design.