Editor’s note: You’ll find this useful if you need evidence to support a case for putting employees at the heart of learning design. Research of 10,000 employees by Towards Maturity shows what employees are looking for from L&D.
Editor’s note: Thanks to Nick Shackleton-Jones for sharing this piece on students’ views on teaching. Note the importance of relationships between the teacher and student. This is the most important factor affecting engagement in learning.
Editor’s note: According to research from Towards Maturity, fostering conversation and connection is key to developing more relevant and responsive learning.
Editor’s note: Research shows what makes a good day at work. The top reasons are related to doing meaningful work, having autonomy and getting things done.
Editor’s note: This is a very interesting piece of research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. It asked 3,700 employees to what extent they use the skills they have in work and how they develop new skills at work. There are some useful insights into the L&D tactics that are most useful.
Editor’s note: This report is interesting to get a handle on the types of skills employers will need over the coming months and years. The report has a section on the UK and key skills include innovation, creativity,learning skills, leadership and social influence.
Editor’s note: Yet more research to suggest that skills development is becoming the number one priority for organisations. And that includes skills development within the L&D team.
Editor’s note: In a recent Thinking Environment workshop I was struck by an anecdote from our facilitator Meg Peppin about how starting a meeting with sharing what’s been going well completely changed the course and outcome of the meeting she was facilitating. Looking at this small piece of research, I wonder if we need to help colleagues focus more on what’s going well and noting that down.
Editor’s note: LinkedIn Learning’s research of 4,000 executives – including L&D professionals, managers and employees – shows that the number one challenge for L&D is getting employees to make time for learning. As well as the challenges facing L&D, this research looks at how learning teams are delivering and evaluating learning interventions.
Editor’s note: Rob Briner, professor of organizational psychology at Queen Mary University of London, takes a look at whether unconscious bias actually works.
Editor’s note: Research shows that there re a common set of universal moral principles. Could these be used to help promote understanding across cultures and maybe even across organisations?
Editor’s note: Donald Clark has very usefully curated a range of practical, and research-based, articles on learning design. From using video to evaluation, there’s a load of useful information here.
Editor’s note: The latest global sentiment survey from Don Taylor shows the top 16 ‘hot’ areas for L&D for the year ahead. Provides a good snapshot of what’s ‘on trend’.
Editor’s note: This is the mother of all internet reports and very worthy of your time if you are interest in the growth of the Internet, devices etc. Also features some interesting slides on lifelong learning.
Editor’s note: Research shows that people who think they have superior beliefs to others also exaggerate their knowledge – they think they are better informed. They are not better informed. The good news is they can be helped if they are shown their knowledge is more lacking then they think it is.