Jane Bozarth
Director of Research, The Learning Guild
Jane Bozarth, the director of research for the Learning Guild, is a veteran classroom trainer who transitioned to eLearning in the late 1990s and has never looked back. In her previous job as leader of the State of North Carolina’s award-winning eLearning program, Jane specialized in finding low-cost ways of providing online training solutions. She is the author of several books, including eLearning Solutions on a Shoestring, Social Media for Trainers, and Show Your Work: The Payoffs and How-To’s of Working Out Loud. Jane holds a doctorate in training and development and was awarded the Guild Master Award in 2013 for her accomplishments and contributions to the eLearning community.
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“Effective Instructional Strategies”: Let Me Google That For You
“Which instructional strategies are most effective?” Google can help, but expert advice from researchers highlights better answers.
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Guild Report Answers Frequently-Asked eLearning Questions
Jane Bozarth responds to frequently-asked questions from eLearning members on instructional design, mobile learning, professional training, and more.
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Let Me Google That for You (LMGTFY)
Jane Bozarth responds to questions from Guild members that range from instructional design terms to empirical data regarding the effectiveness of eLearning.
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Nuts and Bolts: The Dangers of Oversimplification
Practitioners new to the latest technology for learning really want to find out more about it. They are not well-served by oversimplified examples.
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Nuts and Bolts: What is Human?
It’s easy to let a new tool or approach draw us to the next shiny object—such as AI. The trick is to be sure that we don’t lose sight of the human.
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The Human Side of Technology & Learning
Jane Bozarth explores the ways technology is supporting, enhancing, augmenting and sometimes replacing humans, and what that means for learning professionals.
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Nuts and Bolts: Do Personality Instruments Measure Anything?
Personality instruments claim to help people “understand differences” but their value in predicting performance, ability, or skill is questionable.
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Personality Inventories: Fiction, Fact, Future
This research report by Jane Bozarth reviews key literature on personality assessments, and discusses why organizations continue to use them despite lack of value and validity.
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Nuts and Bolts: Authoring Tools—Realities and Concerns
The eLearning Guild has released its 2019 research report on asynchronous authoring tools.
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Authoring Tools 2019
Jane Bozarth uses survey data and feedback from vendors, freelancers, and design shop owners to report on current asynchronous eLearning authoring tools.