A couple of weeks ago I responded to some questions by clients on learning management systems. LMS frustrations continue, and so I feel compelled to write some more. Yesterday I was listening to the podcast Duct Tape Marketing, episode entitled If you still think the customer is king (Nov 16, 2011). John Jantsch was interviewing...Read More
Compliance e-learning – the bane of many an e-learning developer. Why? Because there is often a mismatch in e-learning design expectations between the subject mattter expert and the learning professional that understands the difference between content and application. For the SME, they want to ensure staff know the content of a policy (e.g. Code of conduct, IT security,...Read More
Question from a client: What’s one approach to choosing a LMS provider? One of my roles working with clients is to help them to choose the right LMS and LMS provider for their organisation. This is about helping the client understand their needs and then ask the right questions of the LMS providers. The process...Read More
Question from client 1: What do we need to think about when choosing a LMS? Another way this question may be phrased is “How can I avoid choosing the wrong LMS?” There are processes that we can go through to get to a good understanding of requirements and to understand the IT operating environment. However,...Read More
A question from a client in organisational learning. Earning and learning The client was interested to get my perspective on a comment that suggested classroom-based learning gave participants a sense of ‘earning’ training whereas work-based training can seem like business as usual – with little reward/recognition. These are my thoughts When we are trying to...Read More
Hello and welcome to the Connect Thinking Blog. My name is Alison Bickford, and I’m director of Connect Thinking. I’ve been writing blog posts for a number of years now – my Research blog, and our E-Learning Academy blog. Today we have launched the Connect Thinking blog. Each blog has a different purpose: Read the Connect Thinking...Read More
