Managing eLearning to Save Time and Money

This post is provided by guest blogger, Tonya Stafford, graduate student at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Il., MS in Training and Development program.

Managing eLearning requires careful considerations in many areas.  Keeping within time and budget limits are two important areas to plan for when developing and managing eLearning.  In a recent article, Renie McClay (2018) discusses proactive

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Authentic Assessment and the Real World

This post is provided by guest blogger, Tonya Stafford, graduate student at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Il., MS in Training and Development program.

Authentic assessment uses real-world tasks to demonstrate the practical application of knowledge acquired and skills learned.  In a recent article, Kaider, Hains-Wesson, and Young (2017) discuss equipping students with skills needed for employment through

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YouTube for Training? Good Idea or Not So Much?

This post is provided by guest blogger, Tonya Stafford, graduate student at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, MS in Training and Development program.

Training is how we help workers successfully perform their jobs.  Formats of training are changing from classroom-based to technology-based, with many emergent technologies innovating the way that information is passed.  In a recent article, Mike Peterson and

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Farewell, Traditional E-Learning, We Hardly Knew Ye

This post is provided by guest blogger, Tonya Stafford, a graduate student at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Il., MS in Training and Development program.

E-learning has exploded, but are the traditional methods still effective?  In a recent article, Juliette Denny (2017), Managing Director of a learning technology company, discusses why one-off learning events no longer work and ways to replace them with Continue reading