Reference & Education

Google Arts & Culture is an interactive platform that explores the intersection of art and culture with history, science, and technology. The potential of Google Arts & Culture in education is immense. From taking students on virtual tours to historical sites and museums from all around the world to learning about the world’s cultures in Read more

Zhanna Hapanovich/Shutterstock.com Summary: Are you ready to make the most out of your collaboration with subject matter experts? There are some major benefits of working closely with internal Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) that are often overlooked. These benefits can have a positive impact on the organization and make a strong business case for your learning Read more

There is a huge stress on cloud migration nowadays. The cloud has many advantages because it provides round-the-clock ease of access to your customers. The companies need to decide what purpose they want the cloud to serve, whether it should only be used for storing data or contain a mobile app. To determine the utility Read more

The continual turmoil in the labor market signals that the competition for talent doesn’t seem to be cooling off any time soon. With quit rates remaining high and many workers exiting the workforce entirely, this leaves the pool of talent diminished. Both skilled and unskilled workers remain in high demand, as the working world adjusts Read more

Choosing a new Learning Management System (LMS) for your company is daunting, or at least it was for me. Every month there seems to be a new, innovative platform for microlearning and shiny, “must-have” features continuously being added to the classics. I’ve spent much of my career as a learning manager for a complex, multi-division Read more

October is National Dyslexia Month, an occasion during which Educational Technology and Mobile Learning highlights resources and tools that educators and teachers can use to make learning more inclusive and accessible. In yesterday’s post I covered the new and recent accessibility features added to Chromebooks and in today’s post I am sharing with you this excellent Read more

AvatarMaker is a good web tool that students can use to easily create various types of avatars. This tool which I discovered through a tweet by Noreen Dooley is featured in TCEA’s ebook entitled 51 Fun Tech Tools & Resources for Busy Educators. In her Tweet, Dooley shared examples of how 3rd graders used AvatarMaker Read more

Nomad_Soul/Shutterstock.com Summary: This eBook features 10 terrifying design practices, as well as tips to break the L&D curse and fully engage your online learners. Forget about things that go bump in the night. eLearning Designers have more horrifying things to worry about, like learner boredom, cognitive overload, and extended seat time. Fortunately, this eBook is Read more

There has always been a challenge for organizations to match the organizational capabilities with emerging skillsets and technologies. This is especially true for the Learning and Development domain. Big organizations plan to recruit more people for each new skillset in their Learning and Development teams. But for organizations that cannot afford or do not want Read more

Today’s workplace is a fast-changing environment. We can be forgiven for falling out of step with the latest innovations in LMS/LXP technology, or with what our users need, want, and expect. Add in changing business drivers and considerations around governance and the task of keeping our learners continuously engaged can be really tough. There can Read more