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Nelnet: The Benefits of a University Partnership
A leader in the education finance market offering student loan origination, repayment and consolidation services as well as university business solutions, Nelnet is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange with 3,200 employees and a market cap of ap
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Which Was First: Training or Relevance?
Back in my early classroom teaching days, I used to start a course by asking students why they were attending. I wanted to know what they wanted to get out of the class. I was always surprised how many would simply reply, “I have no idea. That’s why I’m
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A Salute to Outstanding Educators
A few years after graduate school and before I moved into the corporate world, I had the good fortune to teach at a university for a couple of years with remarkable fellow professors. I was recently reflecting just how much I learned from these devoted fa
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Sideways
There’s a big problem in the online learning world. There’s content out there that’s of marginal quality at best, and corporate budget-meisters look askance at the prospect of more spending in the field with uncertain payoffs. Although higher quality is p
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Driving Greater Value From an LMS
Anyone who’s been involved in the planning, selection and implementation of a learning management system knows the feeling. They know the feeling of one day waking up and realizing that the LMS hasn’t delivered the anticipated returns that had been touted
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Laying the Cornerstone: Alignment of Learning
The formula for success in learning and development is based on the careful execution of three relatively simple concepts: assessment, delivery and measurement. Assess the learner’s needs, deliver the content and measure to see if it had impact. With th
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Onboarding: Helping New Executives Get It Right
Too much. Too little. Just right. How does an organization successfully on-board its new executives? According to a survey by RHR International, an executive and organizational development consulting firm, about half of senior executives say they are not
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Johnson & Johnson: A New Paradigm for Learning Systems Management
The promise of an enterprise LMS is that by consolidating disparate learning technologies into a single platform, you’re better able to take control of your learning management, quality and costs. According to a Bersin & Associates study, appr