To hire someone and complete the work internally or to outsource the work to someone external? This is the question that many organisations ask themselves about their learning and development function, particularly when it comes to developing courseware (face-to-face, blended or e-learning). With over 15 years working in the learning and development industry, I have experienced all sides of this industry, including: Working as a National L&D Manager looking after 12,000 empl
Articulate Storyline is a fantastic computer program that is used to create e-learning courses. Providing the Instructional Designer that you have creating the course is experienced with Articulate, the courses can be built to be highly interactive and engaging, which is exactly what learners want and need. I thought that this week I would share some of my favourite Articulate Storyline shortcuts that I have gathered over the years. This is certainly by no means all the shor
When we communicate, we often think that the way we communicate is the way that everyone communicates. Nothing could be further from the truth! Communication is a two-way process that involves a sender and a receiver (or perceiver depending on how you look at it). The sender sends the communication over to the receiver (this could be verbally, in writing, text or email) in a way that makes sense to them. The receiver will receive the message and decode it using their own ex