Learning Research & Science
Insights culled from analysis and inquiry that keep learning professionals up-to-date on how people learn, technologies, approaches, and performance improvement practices.
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Drive Compliance Training Completion with Scalable Microlearning
Compliance training is a critical component of corporate governance, ensuring that employees adhere to legal, regulatory, and organizational policies. However, traditional compliance training methods—often long, monotonous, and detached from daily workflows—suffer from poor engagement and low completion rates. According to a 2022 study by Brandon Hall Group, organizations report completion rates as low as 40% […]
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True Impact: Measurable Performance Gains with Workflow Learning
For years, Learning & Development (L&D) has struggled to bridge the gap between formal training and real-world performance. While traditional training metrics—completion rates, learner satisfaction, and knowledge retention—have served as indicators of effectiveness, they fall short in measuring true business impact. Workflow learning, often referred to as “learning in the flow of work,” has emerged […]
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Promoting Employee Development: Beyond the ‘Banking Model’
Creating effective design strategies in line with effective adult learning theories is not an easy task for L&D specialists who face corporate constraints, such as appeasing company policies, scheduling development opportunities around busy schedules, meeting ROIs, and working with limited budgets. These constraints also cascade to employees who resist learning opportunities based on prior experiences […]
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The Human Touch: Why AI-Powered Learning Still Needs Us
AI in training offers promise, but success lies in human hands. We must define needs, design engaging content, ensure inclusion, and provide guidance.
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Emerging Technologies for Inclusive Learning
This report walks us through the many technological advancements made in learning and development over the years and how each has made an impact on accessibility and inclusion.
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David Kelly’s Curated Content for 1/27/2025
This edition of Curated Content explores strategies for inclusive eLearning, leveraging AI prompts for instructional design, working with greater intention, engaging learners through live video, and balancing performance with deep learning.
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David Kelly’s Curated Content for 12/2/2024
This week’s Curated Content explores strategies for addressing skills gaps, leveraging AI in people analytics, optimizing learning mediums, developing new managers, and enhancing productivity through actionable insights.
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Measuring the Business Impact of Learning 2024
Enhance your L&D strategy with Watershed’s latest industry report. It offers a detailed analysis of current trends, challenges, and best practices for effectively measuring the impact of learning.
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David Kelly’s Curated Content for 11/4/2024
This week’s curated content explores innovative tools and strategies for learning design, from using Twine for immersive scenarios and AI for instructional support to fostering habit change with commitment tools, creating accessible content through color contrast, and enhancing compliance training to build a culture of responsibility.
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Current Practices in Leader Development: A Report on Characteristics of Effective Leader Development in Current Contexts
In thissession, you’ll learn the results of a 2024 Learning Guild research projectthat explored the characteristics of effective leader development initiativesand how leader development strategies have changed to account for emergingcontemporary challenges. Findings are drawn from industry reports, academicresearch, and practitioner experiences. The report provides a rich picture ofcurrent practices that can be used as […]