No, of course they don’t. But a recent article on Workforce Management “Training is Taking a Beating in Recession, Studies Find” quotes Bersin & Associates as having reported that the average company expenditure on an individual’s training has “dropped by 11% from $1202 per learner in 2007, to $1075 per... more
Instructional Design combines the design of effective educational content with a well though-out course structure, while keeping the target audience’s specific learning needs in mind. The roots of which are in cognitive and behavioural psychology. I know it’s not that simple, but that’s the general idea. So, you can see... more
I was having a browse around today and found a cool initiative from eLearning specialists Kineo. It’s called the Learning Technologies Green Room. They’ve got together with some eLearning stars like Jane Hart, Jay Cross and Don Taylor to answer a few simple questions related to the industry. Here’s a... more
Camtasia Studio 6 is a brilliant screen recording tool that allows you to create professional teaching videos which you can then upload in to your training courses. If you want your students to see what you’re doing on your computer, just use Camtasia to record your screen, mouse movements and... more
We’re all very familiar with PowerPoint for building presentations. But what happens when you find yourself on a computer without access to PowerPoint and you need to create, edit or view an important presentation? For many people this could be a real disaster. Who / What is 280 Slides? 280... more
Online Educa‘s 14th annual conference on Technology Supported Learning and Training for 2008 went ahead in Berlin Dec 3-5 and marked the launch of a UN initiative which will bring online learning to more than 160 developing countries. The UN hopes that by developing an E-Learning program they will be... more
We’ve done a few posts like this before, but I don’t really think it gets old. Especially seeing as time keeps truckin’ on and we inevitably have to keep coming up with new ways to make our presentations inspire. PowerPoints can be awesome, but they can also go very, very... more
Here’s a feisty blog post on tickledbylife.com by motivational speaker Denise Ryan entitled “Why People Hate Training”. She offers helpful tips to those of you locked in to an in-house staff training battle. There’s some great insight in to why people may not be keen on training sessions and some... more
It was December 2006 that saw Litmos acquire its first live customer – which seems like a lifetime ago! Over the past 2 years we’ve seen many milestones achieved and new features come to life such as the Powerpoint Uploader, Messaging System and High Quality Video to mention a few.... more
I’ve been sifting through the Nurturing Talent Research Report and there are a lot of interesting figures that confirm the time and money savings when companies recruit internally and upskill where necessary. This chart from the report shows almost half of those companies surveyed agreed that they had saved money... more
