Link’spiration™ – A chance to be surprised and inspired by unexpected connections What inspires you? This question is at the heart of a creative field. Well, we’ve gathered a few …
DesignJot™ Version 1.2: The Training Industry’s Equivalent to the Swiss Army Knife
DesignJot built to assist training professionals rapidly assess needs and generate high-level course design. SALT LAKE CITY (September 11, 2013) – Allen Communication Learning Services is excited to launch updates …
Merge Training Content for New and Existing Learners
As the old saying goes, there are two kinds of people in the world: those who like Neil Diamond and those who don’t. Similarly, many of us in adult education …
Gradeless eLearning
A couple of weeks ago I found myself musing over the theories behind gradeless colleges. What could I as a corporate instructional designer learn from their rationale and their alternative …
Leveraging Mobile Expectations in Learning Solutions
When I launch an app on my mobile device, I have a few expectations: I want to know where I am and what I can do. Even more so than …
What it Takes to Get a 5-star eLearning Course
We see quality ratings everywhere these days. Everyone wants the credibility of a 5-star rating, but how can you know if something is really quality? At Allen, we ensure that …
Allen Communication Releases Update for DesignJot™, Recently Named Bersin & Associates 2012 Learning Leaders™ Winner
SALT LAKE CITY (February 23, 2012)– Allen Communication Learning Services, the leader in custom corporate training and instructional design, is pleased to be named a 2012 Bersin & Associates Learning …
Learning In Context – The Evolving Way We Learn
This past week, I ran into one of my friends who is a grade school teacher at a social event. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the adoption and …
Corporate Learners, the Renaissance, and Autodidacticism
Last week I spent a few days in Orlando at Masie’s 2011 Learning Conference. There was a great line-up of speakers this year—Bill Clinton, John Lithgow, Dean Kamen, Betsy Myers, …