Over the past few years I’ve been working on a series of courses aimed at practitioners treating patients who have both mental health and substance use disorders. The client wanted …
Economy forces eLearning programs to forefront
Training and Development, Will recession mean lower eLearning budgets? A preliminary “State of the Industry” report from Training Magazine and Bersin & Associates breaks down some of the expected and …
Obama and Mobile Learning
Being involved for over 25 years with training, I have always grappled with the question: Does a new generation demand a new way of learning and more specifically become so …
Silver Learning in Practice Award at CLO Symposium
Recently, Allen journeyed to sunny San Diego to be a part of the CLO Symposium in Coronado. At the awards ceremony, CLO distinguished Allen with a silver provider award for …
Working the Web 2.0 to Learning 2.0 Angle
As anyone scanning our blog has noticed, there is a bit of a frenzy of Web 2.0 exploration going on at Allen and in the eLearning community at large. I …
Keep it Simple
I’m at the Fall CLO Symposium in Coronado today, where Allen just received a Learning in Practice Award for Excellence in eLearning for a recent OJD initiative we helped Toyota …
Are Cultural References Stupid?
Last week, I was teaching students about introductory paragraphs—about the hook—to get readers interested in what they have to say. These are students at DeVry—students who work full time, attend …
Fixing a broken lock and the Web 2.0 dilemma
Looking for the next wave in training “Web 2.0?” So time has passed and the web marches on…Before being hit by Web 3.0 just around the corner perhaps the big …
Veteran or Pretender?
Bear with me as I illustrate something that is fairly self-evident: Hard-earned experience is extremely valuable. For us as an elearning company, 27 years of experience helping our clients develop …