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Podcast

• Planning and Marketing your Learning and Organizational Development Brand
  HR Today speaks with Judy Whitcomb of Vi (formerly Classic Residence by Hyatt). Vi is the developer, owner, and manager of residential communities for older adults. Judy Whitcomb, SPHR, Vice President, Human Resources and Learning and Organizational Development shares how they have created engagement with the learning and development function and promoted their L&D brand both internally and externally at Vi.

Articles

• Vi's CLO Guide to Planning and Marketing Your Learning and Development Brand
  Vi (formerly Classic Residence by Hyatt) is the developer, owner, and manager of residential communities for older adults. Judy Whitcomb, SPHR, Vice President, Human Resources and Learning and Organizational Development shares how they have created engagement with the learning and development function and promoted their L&D brand both internally and externally at Vi.
• 7 Reasons Why mLearning Is Better Than eLearning
  I love to make eLearning, but I don’t like to take eLearning. The eLearning I have to take is usually of a certain, unfortunate type: an epic-length slide deck, both dense and wordy, converted to Flash by a rapid eLearning authoring tool, delivered all in one shot on a Learning Management System (LMS) during a randomly-chosen, mandatory learning month. These courses are the bane of all eLearning.
• Learning Metrics: Don't Wait for the Game to End Before Determining the Score
  When peeling the onion of the learning metrics we as educators should be using, there is no particularly easy (or right) answer as to which layer will provide us exactly the information we need in every instance, or at any given moment. Much has been written and discussed around the idea that we somehow have to move beyond the concept of “butts in seats” (course enrollments, lesson launches, training hours….) but the business reality is that these numbers are were and will remain an extremely effective way to communicate effort, and in spite of the fact that they are educational void of anything useful – will continue to be demanded by upper management as the first line of justification for our existence within an organization.
• Think Different”: How Steve Jobs Brought Learning to a Whole New Level
  Apple’s late co-founder was on a mission to change the world. The technologies that Jobs created such as the tablets and mobile devices have contributed to dynamic change in both our personal lives and across all industries.
• Unwired 2.0: Green Learning for Hard Skills Training
  The current economic crisis has soured the notion of "green" such that it now suggests extraneous, expensive and experimental. But nothing could be further from the truth. Companies are using simple human resources technology to solve the complex problem of making learning more green. The concept of green rests on three principles: sustainability, renewability and lowering the impact on the environment by reducing the demand for resources. Applying these principles to the structure and delivery of knowledge is green learning.
• Comcast University: L&D Strategies of the Largest US Cable Operator
  Human Resources iQ Speaks with Martha Soehren, Chief Learning Officer for Comcast Cable about Comcast’s learning and training strategies, trends and challenges.
• The 8 Major Trends in HR Today
  Here it is, folks. HRIQ readers and industry practitioners weigh in on the top trends in HR today, in the categories of analytics and metrics; technology; outsourcing; compliance; compensation; benefits and employee incentives; training and development; and a growingly contingent and mobile workforce. Find out what these industry trends mean for your business, and how to hop on before you miss the bandwagon.
• The Best-Kept Secrets of Learning Smarter
  This is a long article. But it's worth reading. We ask you to stay with it. Why? Because we are using this article as a foundation for subsequent articles on the subject of the new learning and the new teaching.

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