Leading Learning
The Community for Learning Leaders
The learning business changes continually – and we’ve seen some big changes over the years. Tagoras, the parent company of Leading Learning, recently turned 15 years old – we were founded in May 2007. During those 15 years, we’ve worked with a lot of organizations, done a lot of research, published hundreds of articles and …
In case you haven’t noticed, online learning has become big business – more so, and much more credibly so than back in the mid 90s when I joined my first e-learning start-up. Venture capital firms have jumped back into the game head first, massive open online course (MOOC) providers, originally rooted in universities, have gone …
Whether you’re trying to tackle a single project or achieve broad organizational goals, you’ll accomplish a lot more using online collaboration tools that empower everyone involved to shares ideas, document required activities, and track progress. As an inherent bonus, you’ll greatly boost the amount of learning that happens for yourself and your organization if you …
This data comes from the most recent round of our Webinar survey that was conducted in July 2021. There were 180 qualified responses to the survey. Participation in the survey was diverse. Respondents represented a wide range of professions and industries as well as a range of organization types – from trade and professional associations, …
The terms learning culture (or, alternatively, culture of learning) and learning ecosystem have been relatively trendy in the corporate learning and development world for many years, but our experience has been that they are used much less frequently in the world of learning businesses. We’re seeing some signs that may be changing, and it’s a …
Because this tends to be a particularly fertile time of year for insights and ideas, this is a longer edition of Leading Links than usual. You can still get substantial benefit from skimming it, but … … as with all editions of Leading Links, we hope you will embrace the mind of a true lifelong …
Leading Links 2020, Issue 10 Given that we usually send Leading Links out the last Tuesday of the month, and that tends to conflict with holidays in November and December, we’ve combined the two months into a single issue that we’re sending our a bit earlier (or later). A few quick items before this month’s …
One of the challenges with virtual conferences – particularly with there now starting to be many, many more of them as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – is that it is pretty easy for them to feel like bunch of Webinars strung together. The topics covered in each session are obviously somewhat related, and …
We have been tracking and reporting on virtual conferences—not to mention hosting our own—for years, but clearly interest in and demand for them has skyrocketed in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, interest in finding the best virtual conference platforms has also risen dramatically. In this post, we aim to highlight and …
I first posed this question in a post published in 2014. At the time, I framed it as “not such a crazy question” given the growing criticism of higher education as well as the emergence of myriad options for self-directed learning and the rise of alternative forms of credentialing. Roll forward eight years, and the …
This is a guest post contributed by Web Courseworks. One of the biggest benefits of joining a professional association is the continuing education (CE) opportunities membership provides. After joining an association, members are able and encouraged to meet with other professionals in their field and complete credits and certifications that will advance their careers and …
In the business of adult lifelong learning, whether a prospective learner will choose to participate in an educational experience you offer and how much she is willing to pay (if anything) depends on a range of intersecting factors, but four stand out in my experience. Capability To what extent do I believe this experience will …
