Nurturing the Whole Person: Self-Paced Learning for Mental Health and Well-Being
At 8:30 PM on a Tuesday, I found myself still responding to emails, my dinner sitting cold beside me. During the pandemic, our company permanently shifted our operations to a work from home model, and the boundaries between work and home had dissolved. Like many, I struggled to figure out how to rebuild them. This […]
Beyond Completion Rates: Transforming Learning Data into Organizational Success
I’ve shared before that in my “past life” I was an accountant. Well, that’s not entirely true—I’m still an accountant, but my passion is helping others grow their potential. One of my favorite parts of that life was examining data to unlock its secrets and then building out the story that it was trying to […]
Exploring the HyFlex Frontier: Building Effective Corporate Learning Experiences
I love attending a conference or a client-sponsored training event. The buzz of the vendor hall, meeting new people, the excitement of learning new things. BUT…the cost is so high – both financially and personally. On top of the registration fee, there’s airfare, hotels, meals—not to mention the time away from home and all the […]
Microlearning Moments: How to Integrate Learning in the Flow of Work
How many times have you attended a training session, returned to the office full of great ideas, and then promptly lost that knowledge or new skill because you weren’t able to apply it immediately? I can’t even begin to list how often that’s happened to me. Especially when it’s a focused skill. For me, the […]
Social Media’s Impact on eLearning
I took a brief break from work recently to visit with my Mother on Canada’s west coast. Waiting for my flight, I found myself mindlessly scrolling through my social media feed. In just fifteen minutes, I had consumed dozens of short videos, read several brief articles, and engaged with countless images. As I put my […]
The Collective Advantage: How Collaborative Learning Creates Lasting Results
I used to dread the words “team-building exercise” during professional development sessions. The moment our facilitator announced we’d be doing role play or building the tallest structure using only spaghetti, tape, and marshmallows, I’d have to stifle a groan. It felt like a waste of time that could be better spent learning “real” skills. Yet […]
Emotion and Memory: Creating Training That Sticks
As an accountant, I’ve endured countless hours of continuing professional education to maintain my credentials. Most of these courses consisted of slide after slide of dry regulations and technical updates. I’d dutifully click through, earn my credits, and promptly forget most of what I’d “learned.” The information simply didn’t stick. When I changed careers to […]
AI-Powered Personalized Learning: The Future of Cost-Effective E-Learning
Picture this: Two ambitious professionals are each taking an online project management course. Two Design Approaches Which of these two learners will be more likely to achieve—and retain—the promised learning objectives and outcomes? Mitchel is taking a course designed using a generalized learning approach. Long the norm for eLearning development, it is a one-size-fits-all solution […]
The Science of Adult Learning: Leveraging Self-Direction, Life Experience, and AI Technologies
I love learning! It’s no surprise that I transitioned from a career in accounting and auditing to instructional design, because I also love helping people learn. Recently, I took an online course on prompt engineering. But, my goodness… the course was dense… …and obviously not designed for a busy professional. It was lecture-focused and provided […]
Combatting the Forgetting Curve
In my past professional life, I often felt frustrated spending valuable time learning a new skill, only to struggle with recalling the information when I needed it. For instance, after attending an advanced Excel seminar and being captivated by pivot tables, I couldn’t recall how to use them six months later when the perfect opportunity […]