Technology

In today’s business environment, where learning and knowledge transfer are essential to the success of every organization, chief learning officers must find ways to accelerate skills development and information flow. Combine this with the need to maximize

“You should be shot,” declared Bob. My presentation was on how to sell e-learning to upper management, and the real-world case study I presented emphasized some dramatic, multimillion dollar cost savings. “E-learning should not be about cost savings,” Bob

Internet learning, or e-learning, will remain a key means for achieving productivity gains in organizations. A simplistic view, however, is not only misleading but also costly. A comprehensive approach to learning with an emphasis on productivity should i

Educational theory taught us years ago that adult learners will engage in, remember and transfer learning much more effectively if they see the relevance of the instruction. The most popular question I used to hear when I taught train-the-trainer programs

Getting an e-learning initiative up and running is not devoid of challenges. One thing most learning executives will need to take into consideration is the readiness and willingness of their workforce to make the switch.

Microsoft Corp. announced that is will acquire PlaceWare Inc., a provider of Web conferencing services. The two companies will work together to provide customers with online conferencing solutions to connect people in a real-time conferencing environment.

Discouraged by the difficulty of sharing distance learning across various learning management systems, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) formed the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) specification group.

The relationship between productivity and learning has often been hard to demonstrate in the business world. The key question that remained unanswered is how to ensure a value on investment from learning projects. In a broader context, learning presents p

Momentum investing became very popular during the technology run of the 1990s, which ended with the dot-com bust. Momentum investors look for stocks in early stages of strong top-line and bottom growth that could continue based on fundamental business-mod

As you could see from reading the premier issue of this publication, e-learning is hot. Everyone’s looking to it as the next great training frontier, with good reason. Unlike other training technologies and methodologies that have entered the fray over th

Now the second largest lighting company in the United States, OSRAM SYLVANIA has proved throughout its 102 years in business that it can invent itself repeatedly using technology and redirecting leadership development to attract and retain the most demand

Executives in charge of the learning for their organizations are well aware that money spent on developing the workforce is money well spent. But determining budgets and figuring out how much is the right amount to spend can be a time-consuming and diffic