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Are Your eLearning Courses Ready for Adobe Flash End of Life?
Read this advice about converting any remaining Flash-based content, or deciding to retire it. It’s time to take action!
By Diane Elkins • -
Earn a Nanodegree as a MS Azure Machine Learning Engineer
Udacity has launched the Machine Learning Scholarship Program for Microsoft Azure. Until June 30, 2020, you can apply to earn an ML Nanodegree scholarship.
By Bill Brandon • -
Why Self-Directed Learning is Crucial Today
Catherine Lombardozzi offers tips and strategies for L&D leaders who want to promote self-directed learning for the benefit of their organizations and employees.
By Christine Shaw • -
Why Everyone On Your Team Must Understand Instructional Design
Make sure your team understands enough of the project learning design to buy into it and get engaged in the process.
By Megan MacDonald • -
Make Experience the Focus of Your Learning Design
Consider how the expectations for your work in L&D are evolving from a focus on content to a focus on experience.
By Bill Brandon • -
In Memoriam: Robert F. Mager, 1923-2020
Robert F. Mager was one of the most influential thinkers and writers in the field of instructional design. He passed away in May, 2020.
By Bill Brandon • -
Meeting Challenges in Blending Virtual and Hands-On Teaching
Learn how a blend of delivery techniques—virtual and hands-on—is resolving the challenge of teaching massage therapy in the age of social distancing.
By Bill Brandon • -
Selecting an LMS: Five Features for COVID-19 and Beyond
There are mission-critical capabilities that a corporate LMS should support to serve as an effective training tool during and after the global pandemic.
By Irina Demianchuk • -
Nuts and Bolts: Moving to Virtual? A Tale of Two Companies
The outbreak of COVID-19 brought a rush to move face-to-face content to the virtual classroom. Here are the stories of two of these conversion efforts.
By Jane Bozarth • -
Getting Back To Work: Succeeding With Virtual Reality
The COVID pandemic won’t be over for some time, but people and organizations need to return to work. Opening up is a challenge, and VR can help.
By Bill Brandon •