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Let Content, Not “Learning Styles,” Determine eLearning Format
The learners’ needs and prior knowledge, as well as the content—not learning styles—should guide choice of eLearning format.
By Pamela Hogle • -
In Real Life: How to Make Smarter Learning Tech Decisions
Choosing a new learning platform is an important decision. How can you make smarter learning tech decisions? Here are some principles to guide you.
By JD Dillon • -
CloserStill Media Acquires Majority Stake in The eLearning Guild
CloserStill Media, the London-based exhibition and conference organizer, has acquired a majority stake in The eLearning Guild.
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A Measured Response: VR May Offer Key to Mitigating Anxiety
Triggering fear in a VR experience might hold the key to creating engaging training that can change behavior and mitigate anxiety.
By Pamela Hogle • -
Learning Solutions 2019 Conference & Expo Registration Officially Open
Learning Solutions 2019 Conference & Expo offers more than 200 learning experiences—everyone has the opportunity to find solutions to their L&D challenges.
By Cori Miller • -
Alexa Gets a Job: How AI Could Transform Performance Support
Consumers are increasingly integrating digital assistants into work tasks, offering the potential to transform performance support.
By Pamela Hogle • -
Pivot: Some Thoughts on L&D Personas
Personas are not limited to marketing. Designers must design with learners’ personas in mind, and leaders shouldn’t embody undesirable management personas.
By Joanne Etmanski • -
Building xAPI-Enabled Ecosystems Requires Strategic Choices
Moving to an xAPI-enabled ecosystem makes it possible to capture and use an enormous amount of data on learners’ activities and experiences.
By Megan Torrance, Rob Houck • -
Leaders in the Limelight: Marianne Carlson
Marianne Carlson, VP of sales training at Medline Industries, believes what you did in the past doesn’t matter. It’s all about what you have yet to achieve.
By Susan Jacobs • -
Learning Engineering and the Future of eLearning
Learning science and eLearning are becoming a new discipline: learning engineering. Read this overview, and attend the Learning Engineering Summit.
By Ellen Wagner, Olivia Blackmon •