The L&D Forum

Recommended reading for CIPD Level 5?

Hi everyone, 

Would any of you recommend some good books for the Level 5 course?

I'm early in my HR journey and wanted to know what you guys would suggest.

Thank you!

Georgina

Appraisals

Hi, I've been tasked with overhauling our appraisal process or lack of! 

My MD is really keen on my ideas to bring in some L&D alongside the appraisals don't suppose anyone has worked with any appraisal software, I'm lucky enough to have an MD willing

Is Blended Learning Nonsense?

I love blended learning. The 702010 concept has helped organisations realise there's much more to learning that putting people through classroom based courses. Even so I'm starting to wonder whether this blended learning is a load of nonsense. Not th

Managing Virtual / Remote Teams

Hi all

I'm currently designing an online workshop on 'Managing Remote  / Virtual Teams'.....just wanted to know if anyone knows of any concepts,theories or models relating to this topic?

Pre-employment e-Learning

Apologies if this topic has been posted previously but....do any of you ask new employeess to complete e-Learning before starting work? I ask as we have 6 mandatory courses but 2, I feel are essential to a new starter. These being GDPR & Cyber Securi

LMS access at home

Hi everyone! I'm hoping you can help me...

How many of you work for a company who has an LMS? And can you access this at home (and maybe on an app too)?

My Company and I have been having battles around access to our LMS at home. Historically we have on

CHANGE MODELS

Hi

I'd be really grateful to hear of any recommendations of simple models to introduce the concept of managing change throughout an organisation.

I have worked in many places where change was a constant, and in the most part was accepted as normal by t

Spreading some positivity in these daunting times ...

To all the lovely L&D and HR professionals out there - here is a personal tip of how I combat all that negativity and anxiety around the Covid19 - by focussing on some 'Good News' (literally)

and here is my favourite resource to do so, which I wanted

How I have seen L&D change over the years.....

I have worked in L&D since 2001 and have seen so many changes over the years, I thought I would share some of my observations with you.

Back in 2001 the department was called Training and Development (T&D) and we changed to Learning & Development ove

Help needed with CIPD Level 5 assessment 1

Good Morning

Can any of you lovely people help me with my first assignment, as I am having difficulty condensing the content I have found into 1600 word count. The main difficulty I am having is under the skills, knowledge and behaviours of the two ch

Intro to Apprenticeship for Levy Non-Paying Employer

Hi all, 

I am currently looking into Apprenticeship for our company. We are SME and don't pay apprenticeship levy at this moment so we'd be looking at co-investment apprenticeship. This is a very new topic for me, and I woudl appreciate any advice and

Using tablets in learning sessions

Hi All

I wanted to ask if any of you had ever designed a quiz for use in training that can be answered by learners on tablets.  I have looked at some applications and there are so many to choose from.

I am wanting something there delegates can answer