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The Power of Informal Learning
With the dramatic decline in traditional classroom training, the increased popularity of e-learning and the emergence of a more project-based and outcome-driven learning model, it’s important to take a look at the type of learner we are trying to serve an
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E-Learning for Customer Loyalty
A recent statistic quoted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that 40 percent of all Internet users in the United States now have broadband access at home—that’s 48 million residential users and growing. The news bodes well for sharing enr
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Introducing Your Personal Learning Device
Most often when we think of optimizing e-learning, we focus on instructional design and content, or basic access issues like bandwidth. But perhaps we should be focusing more on the delivery platform itself.
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The Chief Learning Officer’s Investment Portfolio
With global economic recovery well underway, senior training and development professionals are more optimistic in their outlook for the future. However, they are still under the gun to make investments that both deliver value immediately (if not sooner) a
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Steelcase University: Sticking to a Value Proposition
The year was 2000. Steelcase Inc., a global office furniture industry leader, gave a tactical nod to its “knowledge company” commitment with the opening of Steelcase University (SCU), a facility that redefines the traditional “bricks and mortar” learning
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Upgrading Performance and Targeting Learning
Business as usual no longer applies. The routine is now the exception to the norm, and the familiar has become almost exotic. In short, the workplace is in a constant state of flux and stretch. What is perhaps startling is that it is nevertheless succeedi
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Performance-Based Succession Planning
Developing direct reports is the responsibility of each and every supervisor. Succession planning provides a direct and easy-to-follow model for strategic talent management. Viewing employee development from the organizational perspective of succession pl
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The Future of Learning Technology
There is a good deal of confusion over where to bet the budget—and sometimes, one’s career—in the world of corporate online learning. Conflicting visions of the future collide in turbulent whitewater as powerful new streams of change and technology inters