OpenSesame hosted more than 200 customers, course publishers and LMS companies at its annual user conference 11-12 September in Portland, Oregon. This year’s conference centered on themes surrounding future skilling and developing leaders for a 21st century workforce, leveraging learning technology advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence, maximizing elearning utilization, finding training budgets and… Read more »
This January the Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will go into effect in California. While this is a California law, it has ramifications both across the United States and globally because it applies not just to all California based companies, but also to anyone who collects and uses the personal data of any California residents. Even… Read more »
I know the world is changing. I know people don’t talk on the phone anymore, and it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that teenagers send digital kisses to each other to save themselves the trouble of having to do the actual work of making out. And I know the way you do business is changing,… Read more »
So you want to come up with a new strategy. Maybe things are OK but you think they could be better – or perhaps things aren’t so good and you want to turn that around. Maybe you sense your industry changing and want to stay ahead of the curve. There are a million reasons you… Read more »
In a recent podcast hosted by Rachel Cooke of the Brandon Hall Group, Diane Haines, VP of Marketing for OpenSesame and Stephen Sklarew, CEO/Co-Founder of Synaptiq, discussed curation and machine learning. Both Diane and Stephen come from extensive backgrounds in data usage and offered some great insights into how AI can assist in curation. How… Read more »
Earthquakes come with or without warning, causing mass destruction and even death. If one were to hit, would you know what to do to stay safe? Would you know how to make life easier after a major quake? With the recent earthquakes in California and Nevada, we thought it would be smart to share some… Read more »
Extended Reality (xR), a blanket term for immersive learning technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality, is being increasingly used in corporate training and across a variety of industries. Although the technology itself is more than 50 years old, recent major breakthroughs have accelerated its adoption and application. Extended Reality has proven… Read more »
Several articles on the internet claim that Learnability is one of the most desirable traits in the modern workplace. With technology morphing every imaginable industry, an employee’s ability to learn, unlearn and relearn critical skills can determine how fast she grows on the job. But when, where and how does learning occur? Neuroscientists, biologists, and… Read more »
In a recent OpenSesame webinar David Wentworth, Principal Learning Analyst at Brandon Hall Group, and Diane Haines, VP of Marketing for OpenSesame, revealed best practices on how to get started with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to curate courses for your learners. The biggest challenge with curation is that it is still an overwhelming… Read more »
7 Ideas to Build an Engaging and Powerful Learning Experience An engaging and long-lasting learning experience is critical to the success of your organization. Today’s businesses demand rapid development and even faster deployment. Competition is fierce in nearly every sector and the low-unemployment economy has created a war for talent. The demand for training programs… Read more »
What training do your learners need today? To say that L&D runs lean is an understatement. With limited time, budget, and resources, L&D teams like yours are relying more on their trusted content partner for curation to save time, learn about hot training topics, and prepare the organization for the future. This is where OpenSesame… Read more »
In today’s digital information age, the amount of information and data we have can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, we have access to almost any information at any time. But on the other, it can be challenging to filter through it all to find exactly what we need. The same is true… Read more »
To create compelling elearning programs and meet the needs of a diverse workforce, you work with hundreds, if not thousands, of OpenSesame courses. Keeping them organized, sharing with the key stakeholders in your organization, and collecting feedback becomes increasingly important as your organization grows—and as you manage more courses. Lists are a great way to… Read more »
To create compelling training programs and meet the needs of a diverse workforce, you work with hundreds, if not thousands, of OpenSesame elearning courses. Keeping them organized, sharing with the key stakeholders in your organization, and collecting feedback becomes increasingly important as your organization grows—and as you manage more courses. Lists are a great way… Read more »
In the early 2000s, Flash became the dominant platform for online videos, interactive sites, and games. If you’ve watched anything on YouTube or any other video streaming provider, it’s guaranteed that you’ve used Flash to view it. The Adobe honeymoon period started to end in 2010 when Apple famously refused to allow Flash on iPhones… Read more »
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was approved by the European Union (EU) Parliament and will be effective 25 May 2018, at which time those organizations in non-compliance will face heavy fines. What is the GDPR and why is it important? GDPR is designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, protect and empower all… Read more »
We are experiencing an employee engagement crisis: only 13 percent of employees globally are engaged at work, while the rest are either neutral or, worse, actively disengaged. Despite an overall increase in budget toward improving this, many organizations are still having limited success in increasing employee engagement. With a troubling overall lack of engagement and… Read more »
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, as of July 2017, over 700 companies were breached, nearly matching the total of all breaches in 2016. Cybercrimes are happening more often than ever. A data breach has occurred when an individual’s name plus Social Security Number (SSN), driver’s license number, medical record, or a financial record/credit/debit… Read more »
Just about anyone can create an e-Learning course on a soft skills topic. You gather up the right information and some relevant and clever animated images or pictures. You follow the established instructional design protocol of ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation) and then present your content to the learner and ta-da! you have… Read more »
How many Learning Management Systems (LMS) are used at your organization? As company size grows, learning is increasingly planned at the department level and the number of LMS increases–some companies use up to 30 LMS! Two-thirds of industry leaders admit that decentralized learning strategies hurt employee development, tenure and engagement. In a recent webinar sponsored… Read more »
