A Golden Age for L&D?
This is a good time for learning and development, and it is also a dangerous time. Some fundamentals in our world are shifting, and while change bring...
New McKinsey book: Elevating Learning & Development: Insights and Practical Guidance from the Field
The defining attributes of the 21st-century economy and fourth industrial revolution are innovation, technology, globalization, and a rapid pace of ch...
Making the Most of Joining OEB as a First Timer (and my reasons to return)
Three years ago my colleagues asked me whether I would like to attend the OEB conference. I agreed, not knowing what I would be throwing myself into. ...
Learning Styles: Time to Explode the Myth
For years educational publishers, edTech, assessment companies and many educators have relied on the concept of learning styles, focussing on learners...
The Wave of the Future: Transforming New & Legacy Learning Materials with Learning Objects
Before today’s era of explosive technological advancement, textbook learning was the best option. It was portable, easily accessible, and could pack l...
Towards a Vision for Promoting Online Training for SMEs
For most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) active in high-tech domains, it is highly difficult to find, attract and retain highly skilled indi...
Making Learning Evaluation work: Two New Innovations Worth Your Time
Learning evaluation is one of the most critical competencies in the workplace learning field. If done well, it enables us to monitor our success, and ...
The rise of Learning Engineering
It has been 50 years since Nobel laureate Herb Simon, a Carnegie Mellon University professor and expert in artificial intelligence, called for a new f...
Dealing with data controversies raised by digital education
The possibilities of using data to inform educational policy and practice have generated enormous enthusiasm in recent years. Behind the hype, however...
The impact of innovative learning spaces
The educational sector worldwide, including higher education and K-12, faces tremendous challenges because of the changes caused by globalization and ...