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Measure L&D’s Business Impact: Here’s How
Data collection and analysis is important to L&D success. Having a measurement strategy in place is difficult but this article provides the resources.
By Bill Brandon • -
Don’t Make Me Think: Automating Practice, Feedback & Repetition
Bad interfaces require the user to think too much. Good interface design is about limiting the amount of thinking on the user side.
By Steven Loomis • -
COVID-19 Killed the Classroom Star
Most research on the efficacy of the virtual classroom has asked whether it was better than the physical classroom. The pandemic changed that overnight.
By Bill Brandon • -
Building and Maintaining Learner Engagement in the Virtual Classroom
Instruction in a virtual classroom is cheaper than in-person classes and, with attention to design and delivery details, can improve learner engagement.
By Bill Brandon • -
Explore xAPI in Free 12-Week Course
The free, 12-week xAPI Learning Cohort starts September 3, 2020 and will attract hundreds who want to energize their learning and performance ecosystem.
By Megan Torrance, Jess Jackson • -
In Real Life: What I’ve Learned as a Canadian Talk Show Host
What has your company done to strengthen your culture during these challenging times? Try doing a talk show!
By JD Dillon • -
xAPI Finds Activities That Do The Most For Learner Success
How do you know that your eLearning design efforts have succeeded? The key is to use formative evaluation and xAPI to examine the learners’ experience.
By Bill Brandon • -
Nuts and Bolts: Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Using Video Conferencing for Training
The recent sudden shift to online delivery has forced many organizations to turn to what might be called “emergency remote teaching.” There is a better way.
By Jane Bozarth • -
DevLearn Conference Announces New Virtual Pass
Explore exciting updates on this year’s DevLearn Conference including keynotes, sessions, and a new way to register. Register before August 14 to save big!
By Christine Shaw • -
Confidence, Knowledge, and Mastery: Better Learning Assessments
Confidence-based learning and assessment are mainstays in medical education and sales training, but use cases exist where mastery is an unnegotiable outcome.
By Bill Brandon •