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October 28, 2005
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Learning Management: The Enterprise Approach
The high-impact learning organization can be vitally linked to the management system that serves as its foundation. However, there are some pitfalls to successful implementation. Learn more about choosing an enterprise LMS.
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The Edge
These days, you don’t need to go the wrong way to fail—standing still is all that is required. In times of rapid change, it is said, the edge comes to you. Never has this been more true than in the field of corporate learning. Economic stability has been replaced by adaptability as the new benchmark…
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Contrast: The Mother of Learning
To say that I am a golfer would be a very liberal use of the term. Mark Twain once called golf, “A good walk, spoiled.” On the other hand, I believe that most golf courses provide a beautiful environment and that the game offers some powerful learning analogies. The best golf lesson I ever experienced…
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E-Reference: The Real Just-in-Time Training
I was recently talking with a colleague about how blurred the definition of e-learning has become. For many organizations, it means an online tutorial or Web-based training. For others, it involves different modalities, such as synchronous technologies. And for others, it includes Web communities driven by threaded message boards, blogs or wikis. The point here…
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Assessment Alternatives: Appraising Organizational Performance
Star employees know that improving their professional success requires asking for feedback and then taking action. While many companies rely on 360-degree assessment programs, there are many other assessment options.
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Validating Knowledge Through Testing and Assessment
Ensuring that learners leave training with the skills they need is essential to the CLO’s mission. Taking a performance approach to testing and assessment leads to greater productivity, fewer errors and more confident employees.
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What’s on the Mind of Your Senior Executives?
Each year, Accenture surveys more than 400 leaders of the largest companies and public-sector entities around the world. The survey questions boil down to a central theme: “What’s on your mind?” That is, what are those executives’ most important strategic goals, and how do they feel about the organization’s ability to achieve those goals? It’s…
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Learning Takes Time
Learning takes time to happen. Information can be instantly accessed. Collaboration can happen with the click of an instant message box. Books can arrive overnight. But let’s not assume that learning happens in a flash. This might seem strange coming from an advocate for e-learning, rapid learning development and mobile learning. We have to dramatically…