It’s not about the software…but it sure helps. When focusing on transforming business and operations, we typically focus on increased productivity and efficiency. It is the behavior of people that may need to change in order to recognize both. Investing in learning to support those behavior changes is vital. The learning strategy needs to focus on increased productivity and efficiency as well. Why would we expect anything less? As was stated in a prior blog post, we want to do “more with less” but don’t want to do “less with less for more.” Read More
Mobile learning continues to be a topic of interest to training departments eager to reach their audience. The always on, always available aspect of smart phones and tablet devices is an appealing avenue to “push” all that corporate knowledge and essential information to the masses. The opportunity to reach internal employees and external partners and consumers has never been greater. The advances of the mobile phones and tablet devices have created an insatiable demand for more and more information and tools to be consumed. Read More
3D Virtual Worlds are coming of age, but the question I still get asked about using virtual worlds for learning is “So What? What is the benefit? Why not hold the virtual meeting in WebEx or similar environment?” Read More
Today’s learning environment is “everywhere” at “anytime”. Today’s learners are not only asking for learning and performance support on their terms, as Mal Poulin pointed out in last week’s post, they are ‘screaming’ for it! Today’s employee is technically astute and not only comfortable with technology, they are driving how corporations plan their technology roadmap. This is often referred to as the ‘consumerization of IT’ and the same is true for the learning function. Read More
In the first part of this series, I discussed how to kickoff a mobile pilot by limiting scope, working with IT to govern security, and target a small set of initial devices to ensure success. One of the next critical steps in the process is to consider the types of content that you will be surfacing on these devices.
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