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Learning and Development Structures

Hi everyone - can I pick your brains?

I am reviewing the structure of our L&D function to better meet the needs of our business. We are an operational business based at around 60 sites across the UK plus a head office - each site has a small team of o

Started by Karen Lough in Learning Delivery & Facilitation

0 Replies · Reply by Max Mayfield Oct 31

Business simulation games for learning

Business simulation games for learning is something that was talked about this morning in a webinar run by the Learning and Skills group led by Brightwave. Simulations in learning have been used for years in the traditional classroom environment.

Started by Ady Howes in Learning Tools & Technologies

3 Replies · Reply by Jamica Oct 9

The Brain is less flexible than we thought when learning!

I came across this interesting article on the back of research carried out by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. It reveals that the brain has various mechanisms and constraints which re-orgnaises its neural activity when le

Started by Karen Cottam in Being An Effective Practitioner

3 Replies · Reply by Jamica Oct 2

Your input is required for a new mentoring software

Mentoring is more than having someone to learn from, reference back to and share your developmental journey with. We aim to make this accessible to all with an interactive approach.I wanted to request my connections to please take the time to help us

Started by Nazia Sarkar

0 Replies · Reply by Robyn Lindsey Sep 25

Will you respond to my survey?

Hi everyone! My research survey is ready. It's quite short. Will you help me out and answer my questions?

Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvQbC859QkP8dhxUuJjLHHNIunFiOskTzWF9eP2je_0HlWwg/viewform

Started by Sarah Wood in Learning Design

1 Reply · Reply by Harryjohn Aug 7

Stories as a vehicle for learning

Hi,

My last three pieces of work have been designed around stories that put the learner at the heart of decision making to shape the learning journey and make decisions that influence outcomes for the characters in the stories. It works particularly

Started by Joy Wilson in Learning Design

8 Replies · Reply by Nadia Forde Jul 15

Would you like to take part in an L&D podcast?

The Good Practice podcast, a weekly show about work, performance and learning, is looking for someone in the early stages of an L&D career to talk about their experiences. It involves a 30-40 min relaxed chat with one of the hosts based on a few gu

Started by Gary Norris in Being An Effective Practitioner

6 Replies · Reply by Haibara Eilish Jul 10

The Power of Video in Learning

Video is an awesome learning tool. It's can be a real, authentic, engaging way of sharing knowledge and stories. Whether we provide video or not in our organisations, our people have been for decades been learning from video. Some of us will remember

Started by Ady Howes in Learning Tools & Technologies

3 Replies · Reply by Victor Patrick Jun 23

Modern learning and development graduate trainee program

Hi everyone,
As part of my work, I am reviewing and redesigning our graduate trainee program to ensure it is modern and up-to-date.The objective is to benchmark other businesses that use best practices, attract candidates, and make training more eng

Started by Maryanne Olotu in Learning Design

2 Replies · Reply by Anna Watts Apr 11

Onboarding

Hi all

I am putting together a business case for a Talent Management system and have been tasked with exploring best practice for on boarding. What do your organisations do and how does technology contribute to this?

Many thanks

Anna

Started by Anna Dixon in Learning Tools & Technologies

5 Replies · Reply by Chandra Mule Feb 22

How do you identify the learning needs of your employees?

This isn't a trick question! The reason I ask is because I heard an interesting case study on how BP does this at the recent CIPD L&D Show in London. The approach is deceptively simple: ask employees about the daily challenges they face in their job

Started by Martin Couzins in Learning Needs Analysis and Demonstrating Value in L&D

3 Replies · Reply by Mehak Mathur Feb 1

Learning and Development Employee Manual/Guide

Dear all,

I am in the process of designing a learning and development program that requires an L&D manual as a guideline. I am currently working in a small company that has a total of 15 employees.

Our Learning and development program is based on the

Started by Abdulrahman Al-Masoud in Learning Design

4 Replies · Reply by Harry Beard Nov 14, 2022

Reflective vloging - is it worth it?

DPG Community, your thoughts please...

A former colleague and I are considering starting a YouTube channel with the aim of reflecting on our own experiences in the world of L+D/HR. I'm in the early stages of my CIPD Lvl 5 LDM and he is has also just s

Started by Michael Pryor in Being An Effective Practitioner, Learning Tools & Technologies, and Learning Delivery & Facilitation

7 Replies · Reply by Harry Beard Nov 14, 2022

10 Clever Tricks to Add Text to PowerPoint

No-one likes a boring PPT slide deck.

The phrase 'Death by PowerPoint' has been used since PPT began - however it is often the tool that is blamed rather than the user. Good design can make all the difference, so in the spirit of sharing here are so

Started by Mike Collins in Learning Design and Learning Tools & Technologies

1 Reply · Reply by NeilLewis Oct 29, 2022

Virtual Reality: the next big transformational learning technology

In this research, Kallidus asked 206 L&D professionals about their views on virtual reality and its potential for learning and development. It's interesting to see that there is a ve

Started by Martin Couzins in Learning Tools & Technologies and Latest Trends

4 Replies · Reply by Chelsea Gault Oct 3, 2022

Unconscious Bias Training and Virtual team activities

Good afternoon all,

I've been asked to adapt an existing Unconscious Bias training pack that was previously delivered in the classroom into a virtual training session (probably via Teams). The material contains some activities that were very successfu

Started by Richard Booth in Learning Tools & Technologies

5 Replies · Reply by Helen Jeffery May 5, 2021

Make a Difference, one by one

I love stories, who doesn't. I came across this short story the other day when I was looking at some coaching material.

It's got me thinking. Wondering. What's the link between this and the work that we do in L&D? Would love to hear your thoughts.

Started by Ady Howes in Being An Effective Practitioner

27 Replies · Reply by Magda Rushton Apr 25, 2021

Returning to face-to-face

If anyone is carrying out any face-to-face training, I'd be interested to know what issues you are finding. What is working and wjhat chalenges are you coming up against.

Where f2f is necessary we are finding that limited numbers and thorough risk as

Started by Jonathan Handcock in Learning Delivery & Facilitation

2 Replies · Reply by Jonathan Handcock Feb 16, 2021