Tablet computers, smart phones, and mobile technology in general is permeating our personal and professional lives. These devices have made working professionals more productive on the go, but they also have the side effect of making many of us less focused and less able to sustain prolonged attention to any one task. With this in [...]
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Bite Sized Learning
Posted in Employee Development, Learning, Productivity, Training, tagged bite sized learning, Chief Learning Officer, corporate learning, Employee Development, learning on April 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Games and Learning Good Bedfellows?
Posted in Technology, Training on August 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
With Generation Y, or “Millennials,” coming into the workforce in greater and greater numbers, many companies are now recognizing that old teaching and learning techniques don’t necessarily work for younger employees. Millennials are much more apt to learn when a company’s learning initiatives take advantage of the technologies they use every day. This technology includes [...]
EBSCO Publishing to attend the 2011 ASTD Conference
Posted in Training, tagged ASTD, corporate learning, EBSCO Publishing, training and development on May 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The ASTD 2011 International Conference & Exposition will be held May 22–25 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, and EBSCO Publishing will be there. If you planned on attending the conference, please stop by booth 1209 to learn more about our company and what we have to offer the corporate learning community. About [...]
New book summary available for Evidence-Based Training Methods
Posted in Book Summaries, Employee Development, Training, tagged ASTD Press, corporate training, Ruth Colvin Clark, teaching, training on July 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the education community, a useful body of research evidence related to training development and delivery has emerged only in the last 20 years. With that evidence, training practitioners now have a better idea of how learning occurs in the brain. In Evidence-Based Training Methods, Ruth Colvin Clark summarizes the most current research that relates [...]
