Simon Greany

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We are on a mission to promote learning design techniques that work. In this series of articles, we share insights from the data we’ve collected from thousands of elearning projects, to help boost your elearning strategy. Here, we help you calculate the real cost of your elearning, whether you produce it in-house or outsource it, […]

We’ve looked at the cost of learning time, and now we are turning to the optimal length of a piece of elearning. Should it be short and sweet, or in-depth and involved? Of course it depends on the type of content, context and audience. However, there are some rules of thumb you can apply to […]

Personalization is a big buzzword in L&D, and so it should be. Target your learners with specific content and support to help them move from A to B, in their context. This way you’re not only being more efficient with their time, but you’re more likely to see results. With smart analytics, you can then […]

We’re all about empowering teams to create better learning, quickly. While we’ve always provided a range of layouts and interactions that work across all devices, we’ve now gone a step further. With our new Layout Designer, you can now create pages however you want. And, no, you don’t need to be able to code. You […]

Make sure your learning venture is meeting learner and business needs by giving its production the right start. In this article, we share five tips to help you get to the heart of the problem you’re trying to fix and ensure your learning projects stay relevant. Our recent Elucidat articles provide guides on smartening up […]

Have you considered reshaping your elearning production process to support modern learning principles? In this article, we’ll explore how collaborative technology can remove crucial barriers that are holding back – and slowing down – your elearning process. How can you take the best of collaborative working practices and reshape your elearning production process so that it […]

Is your standard elearning process working smart enough to support modern learning? In this article, we share three common process pitfalls and explain why they may be holding you back from creating smart elearning. In our new guide on how to use smarter processes, we pose two questions. Does the common elearning development process best meet your […]

Are you using old, inefficient elearning authoring processes? In this article, Simon Greany will explain why modern elearning requires you to use smarter processes. Online, mobile, and technology-enabled learning is set to keep rising as 53% of corporate learning and development (L&D) teams plan to increase their investment in digital learning this year. And it’s no wonder […]

Polls can have huge influence on learning, especially in relation to changing opinions and behavior. But, they are also a great tool for sharing the wisdom of the crowd and for revealing hints and tips, and getting social learning online. We share 5 reasons you should consider using social polls in your elearning. First, a […]

Gamification—one of the most used words in the learning industry. And now it’s being used to help save the planet. Bidgely, a California energy analytics company, teamed up with United Energy in Melbourne, Australia, to create an app that incentivized customers to reduce energy use at peak times. Habits and behaviors are familiar targets if you’re […]

If you want to modernize your learning strategy and stay fit for the future, what can you do to keep up? In Preparing for the Future of Learning, Towards Maturity survey corporate Learning and Development (L&D) teams and report on how they intend to modernize learning over the next two years. Those aspirations are then compared […]

When it comes to elearning, there’s certainly no need to feel shackled to a course. In fact, there’s no need to limit your digital content to learning in a traditional sense. After all, we’re in the business of improving peoples’ performance, and we know modern learners also want content that can help them at their […]

It was not that long ago that elearning was produced for one device, often in Flash. Yet that creative content is now untapped by a lot of its potential audience. It might have been created only five years ago, but since then there’s been a smartphone super-boom, with the average person checking their phone nine […]

Six in 10 millennials feel that their leadership skills aren’t being adequately developed. Chances are, if you aren’t providing this itchy-feet generation with the training and development they want, they’ll be off — within two years or less. We’ve been writing about the opportunities to close the gap between leaders and the training they are […]

Leaders and managers are crying out for smart, personalized, blended, and digital solutions they can access on any device – wherever and whenever they need it. If they can’t find what they need in-house, they turn to Google. So, if you want to provide leaders and managers with learning and performance support that works, what […]

What impact does digital technology have on business performance? A lot. A recent report from the Harvard Business Review (HBR) found that “the most digital companies see outsized growth in productivity and profit.” In this article we’ll explore how this might impact learning. The report looked at three key areas—digital assets, digital usage, and digital […]

Short and focused learning is a concept most people in L&D agree with. We know learning time is tight and that people slot it into their days when they can—and more often, when needed. Resource-based or bite-size learning is a fad that’s here to stay for this reason. But bite-size learning isn’t like bread—you don’t […]

Are you considering a move from face-to-face to online training? In this article, Simon Greany shares some practical advice on how to get started with the transition. Many training providers are moving toward online or blended learning offers and for various reasons: to reduce production, maintenance, and delivery costs and to reach wider audiences or […]

A recent report from Towards Maturity contains some great news for online learning, with 80% of those surveyed saying how it helps further their career. In fact, “70% think online learning has had a positive impact on job performance.” But the report also says that corporate learning is “wildly out of sync” with how people […]