Platform Mission: Learning Circuits is dedicated to exploring the intersection of technology and human performance. Our curated content provides in-depth analyses of online learning, rapid development methodologies, collaborative digital tools, and the strategic role of continuous education in the on-demand enterprise.
By Theresa Seagraves
Adapted from Quick! Show Me Your Value, this article covers how to translate the value of performance solutions into financial terms.
By Ed Mayberry
Organizations face tight budgets, downsizing, and outsourcing. In response, online learning product developers must be able to improve their effectiveness by leveraging rapid development concepts. Here’s an overview of rapid development, and how you can optimize rapid prototyping for online learning.
By Jennifer DeVries
In Bersin & Associates’s February 2004 market survey of some 7,000 training practitioners, respondents said that their biggest obstacle in deploying e-learning programs is the ability to engage learners in a way that leads to program completion. According to its blended learning research, high levels of mastery come directly from interaction and real world exercises. Enter character simulations.
By Glen Mohr and Julia M. Nault
The more connected we are, the more isolated we are. The connectivity/isolation paradox is manifesting itself in many aspects of our professional and personal lives and is a fundamental reason why e-learning programs can be unsatisfying to instructors and learners. How can we design e-learning programs to overcome the connectivity/isolation paradox?
By Tony O’Driscoll and Paula Briki
As IBM examines the impact of Internet technologies on the future of the enterprise and the work they carry out, it envisions the development of the On-Demand Era in which business models are componentized around value rather than function, technologies are autonomic (they heal themselves), and socially enabled, networked organizations anticipate market needs ahead of time.
By Darin E. Hartley
ROI and learning analytics are topics that Hartley gets excited—and irritated—about simultaneously. Mainly, he's excited about some of the powerful tools that are out there for training professionals. Here's a look at some of his favorites.
By Stephen Downes
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• Simulation Usage on the Rise
• Sophistication of IT Businesses Creates New HR Position
• New Client and Partnership Announcements
• TRAIN Act to Provide Tax Credit for IT Training
• SRIC-BI Report Optimistic About the Growth of the Learning Outsourcing Industry
• ADL and Medbiquitous Collaborate on Healthcare Education Standards
• Flight Attendant Unions Demand Security Training
• FedEx Institute of Technology, Nortel Networks Deploy Services to ADL
• The Canadian Department of National Defense Forms E-Learning Lab with United States
• IT Security Training Pays Off, Says CompTIA
• Outsourcing Firmly Embedded in HR Functions, Says New Report from The Conference Board
When the bottom fell out of the high tech industry, Texas Instruments was suddenly forced to compete for customers, a radical adjustment for its management. To bring home the message, the company turned to BTS USA, a training firm that uses simulations to enhance realism. (READ ARTICLE)
DazzlerMax: Training Media Reviews recommends DazzlerMax to organizations that need a quick quiz- or question-based e-learning development tool that aren’t concerned with price. (FULL REVIEW)
Try It! Performance Support: Goalmaker & Websurveyor. (LEARN MORE)
This installment of Answer Geeks addresses the question: Can you recommend a resource to help us streamline our e-learning development process using storyboards and version control? (ANSWER ARCHIVE)