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Using Adult Learning Theory
Have you ever wondered why some training products are more effective than others? Training your end-users how to use a new application should be pretty straightforward, right? We’ve thought a lot about this question. The conclusion we came to shouldn’t
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Outsourced Learning: Improving the Strategic Role of Training and Development
For many years, senior training and development managers have had to work hard to prove that they can play a truly strategic role within their organizations, often in vain. That is, until recently. Due to a confluence of events, things are beginning to ch
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CompuCom: Investing in Certified Solutions
Certification programs exist in many disciplines, from car mechanics to airline pilots, from accountants to nurses. But in few industries is certification so heavily relied upon as it is for Information Technology (IT) professionals. For these technologic
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Certification Exams: Alternatives to Training Curricula
Think back to the times when you have learned most effectively. Was it when you listened to a particularly stirring lecture? Was it when you read a well-structured book with excellent diagrams? Was it a great e-learning widget that suddenly made a complex
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Pitney Bowes: Transformation for Success
Since its beginnings in 1920 when Arthur Pitney and Walter Bowes invented the postage meter, Pitney Bowes has evolved into a $4.1 billion global provider of integrated mail and document management solutions. It’s hard to believe that a company whose produ
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Adopting E-Learning: Lessons From the Government
The use of e-learning within government agencies is one area where the government leads much of Corporate America in widespread adoption, the development of innovative applications and its incorporation as an essential component in agency-wide learning in
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QAD: Producing a Quality Team
QAD provides software solutions that help manufacturers collaborate with customers, suppliers and partners to ensure optimal productivity. QAD customers include manufacturers of automotive, food and beverage, consumer, electronics, industrial and medical
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IBM: Learning Through Simulations
With 3,288 patents in 2002 alone—a total greater than the 12 largest IT companies combined—it’s no surprise that IBM Corp. delivers innovative learning solutions backed up by scientific research. Nancy Lewis, director of IBM Management Development and Cen












